Having spent much of my government career in the nuclear weapons community, I’ve watched with fascination as Donald Trump has called for the development and deployment of what he refers to as an “Iron Dome” missile defense shield to protect…
In an era where digital interaction often eclipses physical connection, the conservative movement must champion not just the preservation of traditional values, but also the protection of our most vulnerable: our children. The pervasive influence of social media on the…
“Orbán should have been born in a big country like Germany,” a Hungarian acquaintance once told me, in typical East European fashion. “His genius is wasted in Hungary.” An optimistic observer might retort that everyone has an opinion on Hungary…
The fall of the Assad regime in Syria is a fatal blow to Iran’s position in the Middle East and could disrupt Russia’s power projection in the Mediterranean and Africa. But the extent to which this rolls back the Moscow–Tehran…
As Romania’s presidential candidate who is most Trump-like in his message, Călin Georgescu surged toward victory against a leftwing female opponent (sometimes called “Kamala”) in the election’s Dec. 8 final vote, the U.S. State Department issued a threatening warning about…
If the 2024 electoral outcome demonstrates anything enduring, it is this: So much for classical liberalism being on the “wrong side of history.” The American progressive movement has for decades averred that anyone opposed to their designs for remaking American…
When Julius Caesar was repeatedly stabbed in a Senate meeting in 44 B.C., it wasn’t just Brutus, Cassius, or the other 60 “liberators” who were killing him — it was, in their minds, “the people.” While the Senators miscalculated —…
It is universally agreed that Joe Biden’s legacy is in tatters. With Trump’s victory, Biden failed to fulfill the fundamental purpose of his presidency: putting “the adults” back in power and ending the movement Trump began. Even worse for Biden,…
An aftershock of Donald J. Trump’s election erupted in Romania last week in its first round of presidential elections when defiant voters selected Călin Georgescu, an outsider who insists government should work for its citizens, reject the woke agenda, and…
