What would have happened had the North not waged war against the South over slavery? Many historians have pondered this question, but to Professor Qin Hui, a prominent Chinese economic historian, a likely outcome is that the South would have…
A French court sentenced Marine Le Pen to four years in prison and banned her from standing for public office for five years. It seems likely that the court may forgo incarceration for an ankle monitor, and it is quite…
With so much transpiring regarding federal cutbacks and their impact on decades old programs of support, the fervent hope is that the leadership of the United States and all that it stands for in freedom, liberty, and democracy will not…
It has been said that one of the virtues of democratic governments is that they do not go to war without the consent and support of the people. Intuitively this makes sense. Wars, whether they be defensive or offensive, cost…
The first months of the new Trump Administration have laid bare the web of government technocrats and NGO activists and their public funding. It has never been easier to disregard the narratives these actors have concocted. Hungarians, then, largely rolled…
Jim Holmes, Chair of Maritime Strategy at the Naval War College and Distinguished Fellow at the Krulak Center at the Marine Corps University, is one of our country’s leading public intellectuals. He is a throwback to Alfred Thayer Mahan, a…
China’s constitution contains a list of conventional rights as impressive as anything in the West. Freedom of speech and freedom of religion are there, as they typically are in Communist constitutions after Stalin’s. It also has a clause that follows…
Conservatism and Skepticism In an era marked by political polarization and ideological entrenchment, the wisdom of Benjamin Franklin’s words resonates more profoundly than ever: “It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.” As we navigate the complexities…
Commentators such as Victor Davis Hanson have called the “coronation” of Vice President Kamala Harris as presumptive Democrat presidential nominee a coup coming upon another coup: the 2020 primary when front-runner Bernie Sanders was pressured by shadowy party bosses to…
