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There seems to be a bizarre disconnect between the surging U.S. stock market and the sad state of American politics. Winston Churchill supposedly quipped, “Americans always do the right thing, after they have tried…

by Daniel J. Flynn   Matt Gaetz did with seven other votes what Kevin McCarthy could not do with more than half of the House chamber. He imposed his will. The general commanding a majority of the troops on the field capitulated to…

by Lou Aguilar   To save America, first save the court system. Because it may be the last institution in the country doing its job — repelling progressive insanity. Four sound, sage judgments last Friday battered the Left all the way…

Congressional Democrats are coming to the defense of their demonstrably unhinged colleague, Representative Jamaal Bowman of New York. Bowman, last seen attempting to assault Rep. Tom Massie (R-Ky.), pulled a fire alarm in the Cannon…

by Rick Manning   New research is challenging assumptions about the Republican Party’s core values, showing the GOP of the 2020s is an entirely different animal from the GOP of the 2010s. The research captures an increasing shift…

by Jeffrey Lord   If you pull back to the proverbial 30,000 feet and look down on the American political scene, the conclusion is impossible to escape. Witness this latest headline from the New York Times: Judge Rules Trump Committed…

by Rep. Andy Biggs   In the current atmosphere of acrimony surrounding the failure of Congress to produce a balanced budget, or even an unbalanced budget, it is important to review the facts. The facts are important because the…

by Paul Gottfried   Christopher F. Rufo’s America’s Cultural Revolution is a landmark study of America’s radicalization since the 1960s. It is a carefully constructed work full of insights, which confirmed for me the conclusions that I…

by Bill Wilson   For years, Americans who believe in limited government and putting the American people first have had to watch as states like California, New York, and Illinois have turned their cities into dystopian hellscapes and…

by Rachel Greszler   This Labor Day, the Biden administration and Big Labor will no doubt tout the alleged successes of President Joe Biden’s “whole of government” push to increase unionization in the workplace and unions’ modest…