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Union leaders, some of them, are self-destructive idiots! America's ports have fallen behind! Not a single one ranks in the top 50 worldwide! A big reason is that dock unions stop innovation! This fall, the International Longshoremen's Association shut down East and Gulf coast ports, striking for a raise and a ban on automation. They got the ...Read more

When President George W. Bush stood in front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, 2005, and gave his second inaugural address, as this column has noted before, he argued that maintaining freedom in the United States would require spreading freedom all around the world.

"We are led, by events and common sense, to one conclusion," Bush declared. "...Read more

No one should be surprised that President Joe Biden lied when he said he would not pardon his corrupt son Hunter before wandering out of office. As much as journalists want to pretend this is just a Dear Old Dad rescue scenario, Hunter Biden enriched most of the Biden clan in his foreign influence-peddling projects, including Joe and Jill.

No ...Read more

SAN DIEGO -- What a strange time.

Americans are embroiled in a heated national conversation about whether the phrase "rule of law" actually means anything as long as there are presidential pardons. And the major political parties -- both of which have corrupted the pardon process for their benefit -- are pretending their hands are clean and ...Read more

It's amazing how controversial common sense is these days. Look at the reaction to Pete Hegseth's comments about women in combat roles.

President-elect Donald Trump wants Hegseth to be his secretary of defense. He served in the Army National Guard, deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan. He's talked repeatedly about the problems he sees in today's...Read more

BEDFORD, Pennsylvania -- On any given day, walking into the main entrance of the Omni Bedford Springs, the grande dame of American historic hotels, is always a welcoming and breathtaking embrace of the past. Walking in during the Christmas season is even more extraordinary, as you are immediately dazzled by the nostalgic and warm scent of ...Read more

Hard to believe it was just four years ago that Joe Biden was elected with a promise to unite the country. After the misery of COVID-19 deaths and lockdowns and the riots in the streets of major cities, Americans WANTED to be united by a unifying national purpose.

Alas, it never happened. Instead, Biden and his leftist allies were drunk with ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- I am glad President Joe Biden pardoned his son Hunter. I don't think it would be good for the country if a president's son were put behind bars for a nonviolent crime.

Besides, I never believed Biden when he said he wouldn't pardon his son. I don't take the president at his word. In 2019, Biden said he had "never spoken" to ...Read more

This is a message for President Donald Trump, Trump's Border Czar Tom Homan and the entire Trump Homeland Security team.

I know you already have your plan. And I'm sure it's brilliant. But two heads are better than one, and I have some creative ideas to add to the mix.

First, I'm on record on my TV and radio shows supporting and pushing for ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- There's been a change in Washington since Donald Trump won the election. Democrats have begun to wonder about some of their more extreme messages.

The New York Times reported Tuesday on regrets among transgender activists who now question the movement's confrontational approach -- as they realize their overboard rhetoric helped ...Read more

Growing up, Thanksgiving was always -- by far -- my favorite holiday on the American civic calendar. It still is today. And while I have fond memories of playing football on Thanksgiving Day with childhood friends and eating turkey legs smothered in gravy, it was obvious to me at a fairly young age that Thanksgiving is about far more than that...Read more

Postmortems of the Democratic Party's loss, running well beyond the defeat of Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.), are starting to come in from some of the party's most perceptive thinkers.

And it was a loss across the board, not just this year. As RealClearPolitics' Sean Trende has argued, 2024's voting patterns were a "...Read more

Democratic attorneys waged legal war on former President Donald Trump on every level of government: federal, state, county and city. Now that he's been reelected, all that legal wrangling is going to be curtailed. Biden-appointed special counsel Jack Smith had to fold his tent, and on Nov. 25, the networks offered live "breaking news" that just ...Read more

How is everybody coping with the decline of America? I'll tell you how I'm doing in a bit, but first I have a few observations about Thanksgiving.

I wish I had a dime for every time I've heard someone declare that Thanksgiving is their favorite holiday. I used to say it myself, before I realized that it's so commonplace. What makes it so ...Read more

"Government requires make-believe. Make believe that the king is divine, make believe that he can do no wrong or make believe that the voice of the people is the voice of God. Make believe that the people have a voice or make believe that the representatives of the people are the people. Make believe that governors are the servants of the ...Read more

Count your blessings on Thanksgiving. Be grateful for what you enjoy. Do not dwell on grievances. Be inspired by the sacrifices of the Pilgrims at our first Thanksgiving, overcoming hardships that would be unthinkable today. Half their number perished in their maiden winter.

Look on the sunny side of life -- endless opportunities to flourish ...Read more

America's greatness lies not in perfection but in her relentless pursuit of it. For nearly 250 years, this nation has strived to fully realize the revolutionary ideals laid out in its founding documents. While we have often fallen short, our capacity for self-reflection and renewal inspires hope and spurs improvement.

Let us hope the efforts ...Read more

Years ago, I read a book by the historian Barbara Tuchman called "Bible and Sword: England and Palestine from the Bronze Age to Balfour." It's worth a read for anyone wondering about the origins of the present-day conflicts in the Middle East.

Like so many other contemporary catastrophes, the ongoing wars between Israel and Arab nations are ...Read more