THE DEBATE
The President's First 100 Days Is a Return to American Greatness | Opinion
In just 100 days, we have witnessed one of the most productive presidential administrations in modern history.
By Roger Marshall
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The Emperor Has No Instincts | Opinion
Many did not believe that Trump would actually try to implement most of the controversial ideas he championed on the campaign trail.
By Tom Rogers
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What Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Is Missing About Autism | Opinion
What many who see autism-related grief from the outside miss is that this grief is not about the diagnosis itself.
By Garret Hoff
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Gets One Thing Right About Autism | Opinion
While I find Robert F. Kennedy's anti-vaccine views deeply troubling, I see just as much danger from those who ignore the existence of people with severe autism.
By Mark Kendall
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Trump's Attack on Harvard Will Fail | Opinion
Harvard isn't defending antisemitism—it's defending constitutional principles that protect everyone's freedom of expression.
By Nicholas Creel
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Harvard Will Lose Its Battle With the Trump Administration | Opinion
Harvard sits on a massive endowment of $53.2 billion, an amount exceeding the GDP of almost half the world's countries.
By Paul du Quenoy
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Trump's Tumultuous Tariffs | Opinion
Besieged at home by a collapsing economy and overseas by countries refusing to capitulate to extortion and humiliation, President Donald Trump chose to unwind some of his capricious tariffs.
By David Faris
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Sen. Jim Banks: Trump's Tariffs Protect U.S. Workers From China | Opinion
President Trump understands that communist China poses the greatest threat in the world today to our security and our prosperity.
By Jim Banks
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China Can't Win a Trade War Against the U.S. for a Simple Reason | Opinion
The trade war is on. Who backs down? It isn't going to be the U.S., and for good reason.
By Gordon G. Chang
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China's Ready for a Trade War. The U.S. Isn't. Here's Why | Opinion
This time, the stakes are different, and Beijing's response has caught Washington off guard.
By Imran Khalid
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The U.S. Is No Longer Turning the Other Cheek on Trade | Opinion
Those of us who remember Donald Trump in the 1980's, recall his attacking various countries, especially Japan, for "ripping us off" when it came to trade.
By Mark Joseph
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Trump's Tariffs: The Art of the Deal? Not Exactly | Opinion
If President Trump wants foreign trading partners to lower tariffs on American exports, he should try reducing U.S. import tariffs, ideally to zero.
By William F Shughart II
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New Senate Effort to Halt Aid to Israel Is Wrong for the U.S. | Opinion
On March 27, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) announced that he will force a Senate vote on joint resolutions of disapproval to block arms sales to Israel.
By David Lubin
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Democratic Rep: Israel Arms Embargo Is U.S.' Only Moral Option | Opinion
An arms embargo is the only leverage the United States posses to end the genocide in Gaza, save innocent children, and preserve America's moral standing.
By Bonnie Watson Coleman
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What Our Obsession With 'White Lotus' Says About Us | Opinion
HBO's The White Lotus is as hypnotic as it is unsettling. Created by Mike White, the anthology series captures the twisted allure of the ultra-wealthy as they unravel in paradise.
By Felipe Patterson
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'The White Lotus,' Female Friendship and the Presidency | Opinion
Female friendship has been in the news with "friendship" Barbies just announced by Mattel, as well as a few different takes on the messiness of friendship in HBO's "The White Lotus."
By Lily E. Hirsch
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Trump's War on Ed. Department Undermines American Nationhood | Opinion
Does America want to be a unified country or merely a confederation of states with vastly different rules, standards, and rights?
By Dan Perry
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Trump Is Right. The Department of Education Has To Go | Opinion
On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order designed to dismantle the Department of Education.
By William Bennett and Alfredo Ortiz
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Trump's Silence on Medicaid Speaks Volumes | Opinion
Not only will people on Medicaid see catastrophic cuts to their health insurance coverage, but even those who are not insured by the program will feel the negative effects across the health care system.
By Raja Krishnamoorthi
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Republicans Have the Moral High Ground on Medicaid Reform | Opinion
As the House and Senate debate what to put in the reconciliation bill, Democrats are savaging their Republican colleagues for "gutting" the health care program.
By Jonathan Ingram and Paige Terryberry
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Is Strength Really the Only Language Terrorists Listen To? | Opinion
After a year and half, many are glad for the progress in negotiations and a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.
By Scott Gustafson
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How Hamas Can Be Destroyed With Military Force | Opinion
Recent events have reignited the debate over whether Hamas can be defeated militarily.
By John Spencer
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Even After Zelensky Spat, Trump Is Europe's Best Chance for Peace | Opinion
European elites are caught in a dangerous cycle of self-fulfilling prophecy. They claim U.S. President Donald Trump is abandoning NATO.
By Nikodem Rachoń
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Trump, Vance Debased U.S. Diplomacy—the World Noticed | Opinion
President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Washington under the pretense of negotiating a peace deal.
By Faisal Kutty
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Sen. Jim Banks: Trump Leading America Into New Golden Age | Opinion
Barely one full month into the Trump administration's four-year term, our country already has reversed the demoralizing decline we experienced under Biden.
By Jim Banks
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The Dealmaker-in-Chief Just Sold Off America's National Security | Opinion
This may be a week historians take note of: the moment when a U.S. president officially surrendered to our nation's enemies with nary a shot fired.
By Matt Robison
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Elon Musk is a Strong Candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize | Opinion
Based on past Nobel laureates, Elon Musk is an overwhelmingly deserving candidate for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize.
By John Pudner
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Elon Musk's Nobel Peace Prize Nomination Is Absurd | Opinion
Elon Musk isn't the free speech champion Musk and his acolytes say he is. Under his stewardship, X has outright censored speech and otherwise distorted the open exchange of ideas.
By Robert McCoy
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GOP Rep: Tariffs Necessary To Win the War on Fentanyl | Opinion
As a member of the Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee, I believe these tariffs are a powerful tool to finish the war on drugs.
By Carol D. Miller
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Put Workers at the Center of the Tariff and Trade Discussion | Opinion
Slapping tariffs on goods traded between the U.S. and Canada will drive up prices and cripple demand, leading to job losses in industries across both nations.
By Brian Bryant and David Chartrand
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Trump's Orders on Gender Put Science Back in the Driver's Seat | Opinion
President Donald Trump has signed a series of executive orders that respect biological reality in areas from medicine to sports to intimate spaces.
By J. Michael Bailey
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As Promised, Trump's Persecution of LGBTQ+ People Is Underway | Opinion
His latest actions are part of a political dog-whistle campaign targeting transgender rights.
By Kevin Bolling
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AG Bondi's Stand for Justice and the Rule of Law | Opinion
Attorney General Pam Bondi is taking action.
By Daniel Zamora
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AG Bondi Should Not Reverse Biden's Death Row Commutations | Opinion
I wonder if Attorney General Pam Bondi and President Donald Trump might want to hear what I and other murder victim family members who don't agree with executions have to say.
By Sharon Risher
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Trump's Gag Rule Is Part of Society's Pronatalist Conspiracy | Opinion
President Donald Trump has begun his rampage on reproductive rights, and it's as bad as we expected.
By Kirsten Stade
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Democrats' Abortion Radicalism Continues To Alienate Americans | Opinion
Abortion as an issue once cut through the Democratic and Republican Parties, with members from each championing protections for preborn infants and their mothers.
By Kristan Hawkins
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Trump Is Right. Gaza Is a Failed Experiment | Opinion
President Donald Trump's recent remarks about Gaza have sparked controversy but also offered a bold vision for change.
By Steven Burg
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Trump Just Crossed a Line in the Middle East. There's No Way Back | Opinion
There was a time in Israeli politics when the idea of population transfer—the mass displacement of Palestinians—was so toxic that it was met with universal condemnation.
By Raoul Wootliff
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Trump Should Keep His Eyes on the (Nobel) Prize in the Mideast | Opinion
The Middle East is the exception to world diplomacy: it's practically begging for a bashing of heads. Trump seems just the man, and it begins Tuesday.
By Dan Perry
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Trump's Gaza Plan Undermines Justice and International Law | Opinion
President Donald Trump's proposal to relocate 1.5 million Palestinians from Gaza to neighboring countries is a calculated affront to international law.
By Faisal Kutty
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