My advice for Ken Paxton

Now that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has roundly defeated incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the Republican runoff primary for Cornyn’s U.S. Senate seat, the real battle begins.

The right way with technology

If you lived in America in 1843 and wanted to communicate with someone in a distant state, you would have to send that person a written message delivered by land.

What ‘compassion’ is not

One of the most frustrating aspects of contemporary conversations about politics and public policy is how often the deleterious effects of terrible programs are brushed aside with claims that the intentions behind the policies were “compassionate.

The other Iranian threat

Three days after President Donald Trump was elected to his second term, then-President Joe Biden’s Justice Department published a press release that included a statement by then-Attorney General Merrick Garland -- and cited murderous acts Iran was allegedly planning to perpetrate inside the United...

Trump and the looming MAGA challenge

Donald Trump is the undisputed king of the Republican Party. Earlier this month, Trump exacted revenge on Indiana state senators who had opposed his call to redistrict the Hoosier State; his endorsees won a majority of races against incumbents.Then Trump successfully nuked Sen.

A society without God is a society without truth

On Thursday evening, Jews will celebrate the holiday of Shavuot.

Big business bows down in Beijing

Among the $308.37 billion in goods the United States imported from the People’s Republic of China in 2025, the No. 1 category was described by the Census Bureau as “cell phones and other household goods.” Americans last year purchased $39.

Why the Nevada state treasurer race matters

It’s challenging enough to pay attention to political races in our home states, much less those in other states. But recent headlines make clear that it’s more important than ever, and that those who occupy them face national as well as regional scrutiny.

Why won’t Barack Obama go away?

In 1921, Woodrow Wilson, the first of America’s four transformative progressive presidents, became the first president to remain in Washington and make the nation’s capital his permanent home after leaving office.

Some observations at this point in the mid-term election cycle

There are six months left before the midterm elections. Here are a few observations about the current state of things: 1. Democrat policies produce chaos, and the media doesn’t call them out on it.