The terrorist Iranian regime’s unprecedented recent attack on Israel -- which included 185 drones, 36 cruise missiles and 110 surface-to-surface missiles -- is an unambiguous act of war under international law.

Father God, we call to Your remembrance the commitment that the Pilgrims made to You. You brought them from bondage and guided them to Plymouth, Massachusetts, where survival was possible. You sent Squanto, a native man, to teach them survival skills. During terrible hardships, You were their source of strength. Honor goes to You and remembrance to them with the National Monument to the Forefathers in Plymouth. May “we, the people” take heed to the lessons on the monument for national survival.

The structure of the American government was designed by the Founders to prevent raw majoritarianism: the three branches of government and their checks and balances, the allocation of power between the state and federal governments, constitutional limits on the federal government’s power, the differing composition of the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, and the Electoral College.

The ancient Chinese military theorist Sun Tzu taught that a battle is won before it is fought because it is won by choosing the terrain on which it will be fought. If former President Donald Trump and other Republicans on the ballot this fall want to win, they must choose the proper terrain.

Back on May 30, 2023, after then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy cut a deal with President Joe Biden to suspend any limit on the federal debt through all of 2024, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer praised the deal as an act of “responsible” government.

California’s $20/hour minimum wage for fast food workers went into effect this month, and the early results are negative. Companies affected by the law are laying off workers, putting off needed capital improvements and raising prices. Some are closing their doors altogether or opening restaurants only in other states. Keep in mind that these companies already have dealt with post-COVID-lockdown business losses, homelessness, crime, retail theft and loss of customers as people move out of the state’s most populous cities. When I posted a critical Washington Examiner article on my Facebook page, a friend remarked that he understood the objections, but something needed to be done to address the problem of affordable housing for the working poor in California. The sentiment “We have to do something” drives disastrous decisions. Sentiment isn’t sense. Feelings aren’t facts. Politicians exploit voters when emotions run high. They get elected on facile promises to “solve” deeply entrenched problems. And then, when they enact policies that worsen those problems (and create others), they protest that their intentions were good. That’s not good enough.

John Eastman is a lawyer, legal scholar and a friend. A former clerk to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, candidate for California attorney general and dean of Chapman University School of Law, he and I got to know each other during my weeklong 2018 legal fellowship with the Claremont Institute, which he oversaw. We have stayed in touch and done at least one event together for Claremont since that time.

As I often do over the Easter holiday, I watched a film that has the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ central to the story. This year, it was “Risen,” a film about a Roman soldier named Clavius (played by Joseph Fiennes), an attaché to Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea.

Utah, Idaho and Wyoming all share common borders and something else that matters more. According to data the Census Bureau gathered in 2020, these were three of the four states that had the highest percentages of households headed by married couples of the opposite sex. New Hampshire also ranked in the top four.

The shocking and horrific Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore, Maryland, triggered by the Singaporeanflagged cargo ship Dali striking it during the wee hours of Tuesday morning, has functioned as something of a Rorschach test. That test cuts to the heart of today’s hyperonline culture and a concomitant willingness -- perhaps eagerness -- to believe anything sensationalist even if there is no supporting evidence.