If West Point Tolerates Cheating, It Violates Its Own Honor Code
On March 7, 1945, Lt. Karl Timmermann joined a small group of scouts on a rise overlooking the Rhine River and saw that the bridge at Remagen was yet standing.…
Soros Gets Behind Abolishing the Police
Liberal billionaire George Soros bankrolls a group that advocates abolishing the police. In fact, he funded its launch. The Foundation to Promote Open Society, a nonprofit in Soros’s vast network,…
‘The Elements of the China Challenge’: A Reply to Critics
In mid-November, the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff — I serve as the director — published “The Elements of the China Challenge.” The paper argues that the core of the…
Left-Wingers in Disarray
On Nov. 2, before the first votes in the presidential election had even been tallied, the foreign policy “experts” from the Blame America wing of the Democratic Party laid out…
The Trump Administration Must Prevent Maduro from Stealing from Americans to Aid His Repressive Regime
Venezuela’s recent facade election makes the country’s recovery a great deal less likely and it strengthens dictator strongman Nicolas Maduro’s grasp on power. The election results were a foregone conclusion…
There’s No Reason for Biden to Reward Iran
Back in September, Joe Biden described his Iran policy in an op-ed for CNN. After several paragraphs criticizing President Trump, Biden made an “unshakable commitment to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear…
Putting Human Rights Into Negotiations With Iran
During the presidential campaign, candidate Biden never spared his words criticizing the Trump administration’s Iran policy, in particular the decision to withdraw from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).…
Natan Sharansky and the Meaning of Freedom
Natan Sharansky has been a computer scientist, a chess player, a refusenik, a dissident, a political prisoner, a party leader, a government minister, a nonprofit executive, and a bestselling author.…
Missile Defense: More Innovation, Not Less
In this highly divided era, it is worth noting that missile defense enjoys strong bipartisan support not only in the halls of Congress but also among the American people. The…
‘The Squad’ Defends Socialism After Scuffle With House Democrats
Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) and Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) rushed to defend fellow left-wing Democrats after a colleague blamed their socialist messaging for her near loss in Tuesday’s election.…
The extension of a nuclear treaty between the U.S. and Russia would be a crucial, responsible step
Albert Einstein is said to have thought that God does not play dice with the universe. Two nations, Russia and the United States, now possess about 90 percent of the…
Can Macron stem the tide of Islamism in France?
Just over a week ago, Emanuel Macron said he wanted to end ‘Islamic separatism’ in France because a minority of the country’s estimated six million Muslims risk forming a ‘counter-society’.…
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Coalition Letter supporting efforts to encourage pharmaceutical firms to move operations to the United States
Dear Mr. President and Director Navarro, We write in support of the Administration prioritizing incentives for onshoring certain manufacturing, including pharmaceutical products and ingredients. As you well know, about 72…
Homeland Security Report Cites Many Threats to U.S. – Media Focuses Only on White Supremacists
In its first-of-its-kind “whole-of-DHS” Homeland Threat Assessment (HTA) report, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) provides a comprehensive look at the major domestic threats to the American homeland. Among them, it cites: Cyber,…
Leaving Socialism Behind: A Lesson From Germany
The images of East Germans eagerly pouring into West Berlin on the night of November 9, 1989, have become symbols of the beginning of the end of the Cold War…