By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – April 14, 2025 Six in 10 able-bodied adults on the healthcare program have no earned income. Exhibit A is Medicaid, the fast-growing entitlement that now spends more than $850 billion a year while delivering subpar healthcare for the poor. The left and the press are trying to intimidate the GOP from addressing the…

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America’s annual rituals and observances include days we usually celebrate together (July Fourth, Memorial Day, Veterans Day), or as members of special groups (Passover, Easter and Christmas).
By: Don Feder – washingtontimes.com – April 13, 2025 Whenever you see a demonstration, you need to ask two questions: Who is behind it, and what do they really want? In the case of anti-DOGE protests — 1,300 in one weekend this month — the driving force is the spending interests: The Democratic Party, teachers unions and a variety of…
Today, America is deeply divided, but there is no single conflict at the core of our discord. Instead, an ideological divide is widening at an alarming pace. We…
China’s economy is built on a system that distorts free trade. Determined to grow at any cost, China has been overproducing everything. It started with roads and rail lines, then moved to apartments and mansions, and now it’s cars, refrigerators and semiconductors. These goods are dumped on foreign markets, including in America. Trump’s tariffs may be disruptive, but they can…
In the military, we believe that your enemy’s reality must become your own, or it will be at a time of grave disadvantage. Let’s put all silly pretense aside and come to the realization that Communist China is our number one geopolitical foe—they see us as such. China has enacted such egregious actions against the United States since we foolishly…
This Holy Week, Melania and I join in prayer with Christians celebrating the crucifixion and resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ—the living…
By: Frederick M. Hess – nationalreview.com – March 27, 2025 It’s time for colleges to recommit to teaching and learning. After decades of campus decay propelled by politicization, bureaucratization, and bloat, there’s finally cause for cautious optimism. Legislators are dismantling DEI (that infamous trio of diversity, equity, and inclusion) programs. Governors are appointing tough-minded trustees. The Trump administration has hit the…
By: Becket Adams – nationalreview.com – April 13, 2025 Blaming ‘herd mentality’ elides the true culprit. If you’re waiting for an apology from the press for its effort to conceal Joe Biden’s decrepitude from the public, don’t hold your breath. You’ll likely never get one. Axios co-founder Mike Allen last week blamed “groupthink” and “herd mentality” for the industry-wide campaign to downplay…
In his latest iteration of “The Art of the Deal,” President Donald Trump is finally giving China its due after more than two decades of lying, stealing, and wildly nefarious trade practices.
History’s great Benjamin Franklin is credited with saying, “Nothing is certain except death and taxes.” I would paraphrase Franklin’s wise words with this update: “Nothing is certain except these people always being wrong…