Hegseth is not only qualified but also uniquely positioned to lead in a time when bold, reform-minded leadership is desperately needed. President-Elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Pete Hegseth for secretary of defense has sparked predictable criticism, largely centered on claims of inexperience and unpreparedness — entirely from the experts who have been wrong about everything...
Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally wasn’t simply a campaign stop in an unwinnable state. It was a bid to unify and rally a national coalition. Donald Trump’s rally in New York City’s iconic Madison Square Garden was much more than a campaign event in symbolically hostile territory; it was part of a broader strategy aimed...
Kamala Harris’s policies in action in California offer a preview of coming attractions should she be elected in a few weeks. If Kamala Harris becomes president, the policies that have plagued California could soon become the reality for the entire country. California, under the leadership of Harris and Gov. Gavin Newsom, foreshadows America’s fate if...
The military must be expected to defend its installations on American soil. When a sophisticated Chinese spy balloon floated over America in early 2023, lawmakers and the public were outraged at the Biden-Harris administration’s passivity and initial inclination to keep it quiet—only acknowledging the balloon after two civilian photographers forced their hand. Now, the Wall Street Journal...
Media attacked Bush over Katrina, but ignores Biden-Harris failures as Americans suffer. For five days, the U.S. Army’s helicopters stayed on the ground. The Biden-Harris administration’s response to Hurricane Helene has been slow, weak, and deadly—but, except for Fox News, you wouldn’t know it from the major media. Hurricane Helene made landfall on Thursday, Sept. 26, at 11:10...
Hurricane Helene wreaked havoc on the deepest red areas of North Carolina. Hundreds are dead and missing in the region. Destroyed roads and bridges and lack of water and electricity will make voting a challenge in a region that contributed a net of 231,000 votes for Donald Trump’s 2020 margin of 74,000 votes in the state. With early voting...
Max Boot’s biography Reagan — His Life and Legend will have an importance beyond its worth because its author, once a Republican in good standing, is now a prominent member of the anti-Trump intelligentsia. As a result, Boot, more than an average historian, betrays an agenda. We get a hint of Boot’s ulterior motive in the front...
Former President Donald Trump has called for “paper ballots, voter ID, and same-day voting” as steps on the path to improved election integrity. Rightly concerned about illegal election tactics, Republicans and conservative activists have rallied behind these ideas. The concerns over election fraud are real, but the suggested fixes have a common weakness in implementation: people. The...
The genius of ‘Reagan,’ the film and the man, is that both grasp the nature of evil and the courage and clarity required to confront it. Many Americans aren’t old enough to have adult memories of President Ronald Reagan. Fewer still have a personal understanding of the nature and origins of the Cold War —...
This week marked the third solemn anniversary of the botched, deadly pullout from Afghanistan. Vice President Kamala Harris was nowhere to be seen. President Joe Biden was on his second vacation. The families of the 13 servicemembers who died in Kabul — none of whom have heard from either Biden or Harris — asked former...
Reintroducing privateers would solve a costly problem: a U.S. Navy that lacks the power to meet its commitments. The U.S. Navy isn’t just for fighting overseas or protecting the homeland. It’s also a basic tool of force projection, diplomacy, and protecting and regulating international trade. But today’s Navy is too small to meet the demands...
The Biden-Harris administration’s weakness and appeasement is an invitation to terror. In the span of 24 hours, Israel killed two top terrorists: Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the Palestinian Hamas terror organization that was responsible for the massacre, rape, torture and hostage taking of more than 1,200 Israelis on Oct. 7; and senior Hezbollah leader Fuad Shukr....