It is tough to find a modern presidency that has collapsed as swiftly as this one.

What is behind recent pessimistic appraisals of democracy’s future, from Hillary Clinton, Adam Schiff, Brian Williams and other elite intellectuals, media personalities, and politicians on the Left?

By George F. Will – washingtonpost.com – December 15, 2021 At the end of his year of Old Testament afflictions — the political equivalent of Job losing his camels and acquiring boils — President Biden might be muttering: Job was at least spared Sens. Joe Manchin III and Kyrsten Sinema. These Democrats, however, stand between him and the potentially worst of his self-inflicted wounds, the Build...

By: By Andrew A. Michta – wsj.com – December 14, 2021 The risk of confrontation between the U.S. and China is greater than it has been in decades, and a broader war, triggered by a Chinese action against Taiwan, is a possibility. In “Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap?” (2017), Graham Allison likened the situation to...

COVID-19 deaths are up. Politicians tell us to wear masks and get vaccinated.Amid the fear, I’m surprised that we haven’t heard more about two drugs that could make COVID-19 much less of a threat.

The Federal Reserve provided multiple indications Wednesday that its run of ultra-easy policy since the beginning of the Covid pandemic is coming to a close.

The committee argued that Meadows was “uniquely” situated to aid their inquiry.

DEIB isn’t a four-letter word. But it may just be the most important …

By: Phil Gramm and Mike Solon – wsj.com – December 13, 2021 The White House continues to insist that inflation will soon fade away and the country will return to its pre-pandemic prosperity. But the Biden administration’s regulatory agenda virtually ensures that the post-pandemic economy will be nothing like it was before. The mounting regulatory burden of Mr. Biden’s executive...

This time, the decision upheld New York’s vaccine mandate despite its overt hostility to religion.