Two hundred and 50 years ago, self-evident truths meant something. Today, for some, things appear far less self-evident and truth has become subjective. Freedom from tyranny was the object of the Declaration of Independence. Today, freedom has been transformed into license, the right to do ...
As America celebrates its 250th birthday, we will rightly remember the familiar names and places. We will speak of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, Valley Forge and the birth of a republic unlike any the world ...
PARIS – That's it, I'm starting a new human rights movement: the Cryophilic Freedom Front. Because rampant discrimination across Europe against cryophilic people – defined as those who are physically incapable of tolerating extreme heat – has no place in polite European society. Yet not ...
Weeks after returning to the White House, President Donald Trump looked to cut straight to the heart of birthright citizenship – the notion that anyone born in the United States is an American citizen – through an executive order titled "Protecting the Meaning and Value of American ...
Tenants' groups and leftwing activists are cheering New York City's newly announced multiyear rent freeze. But Mayor Zohran Mamdani's rent scheme is headed for a judicial smackdown at the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2023 and twice in 2024, a hesitant Supreme Court declined to hear challenges by ...
The pages of tomorrow's history are written by today's decisions. History is littered with failed republics and democracies. The Roman Republic became the Roman Empire. Democracy in ancient Greece turned into an aristocracy. This didn't just happen in ancient history. In 1961, a new constitution in Venezuela divided the government into three branches. But in 1999, Hugo Chavez swept to power and rewrote the country's constitution. He eventually became a dictator. The Founding Fathers were well aware of the fleeting nature of our form of government. In 1787, Elizabeth Willing ...
