Alex Garland’s box office hit, Civil War, which is set in a future America at war with itself, has drawn lots of criticism for not telling audiences what caused the conflict — and for its refusal to more realistically portray the battle lines that divide Red and Blue America. That critique not only gets the movie wrong, in my view, but it’...Read more

Donald Trump took his dog whistle down to Florida last weekend, where he reportedly told a room full of donors: "When you are Democrat, you start off essentially at 40% because you have civil service, you have the unions and you have welfare." He then drove home this point: "And don't underestimate welfare. They get welfare to vote, and then ...Read more

Let it be noted that Hamas raced to the bargaining table once it became evident that Israel was prepared to follow through on its vow to enter Rafah and to finish off the terror group. Strange how that works.

Strange, because the Biden administration, in its effort to appease the hard-left activists who dominate the Democratic Party and who ...Read more

When you think of the Biden administration’s climate investments, you may imagine subsidies for Tesla drivers in affluent coastal cities. But those investments are helping Americans at all income levels, in both small towns and urban areas. One example: The Biden administration is bringing clean, resilient solar power to federally funded ...Read more

About a year and a half ago, I became one of Those People who track how many steps they walk each day. I know there’s nothing magical about the daily 10,000-step target, but it’s a fun little pastime, made more fun by the fact that I surpass 10,000 most days without really trying.

That’s because I live in Manhattan, with a dog to walk, ...Read more

Five years ago, Congress declared white supremacists and other far-right-wing extremists as the most significant domestic terrorism threat facing the United States.

Now, it is fair to argue the biggest danger to the well-being of many Americans comes from the far-left intelligentsia on the country's supposedly elite and enlightened college ...Read more

Not to beat a dead, ah, horse, but how can we ignore the spectacle that South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has made of herself during her publicity tour for her just-published memoir, "No Going Back?"

Over the weekend, she sparred with Margaret Brennan on "Face the Nation," when Brennan asked her to reflect on the wisdom of including anecdotes ...Read more

Los Angeles adopted an array of ambitious climate and transportation goals years ago under former Mayor Eric Garcetti, who had the relatively easy job of setting long-range targets knowing he would be out of office when they came due.

But now that some of those important deadlines are approaching, Mayor Karen Bass has the more difficult task of...Read more

In just nine years, the oldest Gen-Xers will reach Social Security’s normal retirement age of 67. But they have a rude awakening when they learn that the program’s trust fund is empty, leaving it able to pay out only as much in benefits as it takes from the paychecks of those then working.

That’s straight from the Social Security trustees...Read more

Neither of the two presumptive major party presidential nominees wants to seriously discuss Social Security. But political cowardice is no substitute for statesmanship. The longer Congress does nothing, the worse the problem gets for retirees and those nearing retirement.

On Monday, the Social Security trustees released their annual report on ...Read more

Now that the 2024 presidential nominees for both major parties have been decided, what promises to be a truly historic campaign is in full swing. And while primary elections will continue across the country through early fall, including important votes to pick nominees for gubernatorial and congressional races, the national attention is rapidly ...Read more

Nonprofits are feeding supporters a steady stream of petitions to sign and requests for checks. Here’s how to make them effective citizen advocates.

Since I founded the anti-poverty lobby RESULTS in 1980, I have been a staunch believer in the power of nonprofits to turn disengaged Americans into effective advocates. When citizens put down ...Read more

Rioters. Let’s call them exactly what they are.

What’s happened – and still happening – at institutions like Columbia, USC, UCLA and elsewhere might have charitably been called a free speech exercise at some point. People have a right to protest, even if most rational people vehemently disagree with them.

But protest stops being ...Read more

I pulled into a gas station near San Francisco, and my eyes popped out of my head: $6 a gallon!

Here we go again, the roller coaster of gas prices. And it’s not just in California. Since January, the national average price has increased 57 cents to $3.66 per gallon, almost a 20 percent increase.

Who or what causes gas prices at the pump to ...Read more

For his 10th violation of Acting Manhattan state Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan’s gag order — this time for complaining about the supposed political affiliation of the jury — Donald Trump must pay another $1,000 fine. Yet in his order, Merchan put Trump “on notice that if appropriate and warranted, violations of [the court’s] ...Read more

If you follow education policy at all, you’ve probably heard about the looming “Fiscal Cliff.” As pandemic-era federal support runs out, school districts that used temporary funding to create permanent initiatives are going to fall over it.

But American K-12 education appears to be in the midst of an immediate and menacing development: A ...Read more

It’s complicated.

Student protests are taking over college campuses across the nation. The turmoil over the Israel-Hamas war has inspired youthful fervor that is reminiscent of the anti-war protests of the 1960s.

The Middle East saga has infected America’s domestic political milieu in significant and new ways. Since 1948, when the state of...Read more

Although college isn’t for everyone, earning a degree still offers a pathway to success for many Americans. Yet each year, hundreds of thousands of low-income, college-ready students never actually enroll, partly because the application process prioritizes administrative busywork over academics. Policymakers should work to make it simpler.

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