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Republican dissidents show themselves the door

Tucker Carlson says he can no longer support the Republican Party. In that regard, he finds himself in familiar company. A growing faction on the populist Right – including figures such as Candace Owens, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Nick Fuentes – has increasingly positioned itself in opposition to core Republican foreign policy principles. Rather than seeking to persuade the party, many now appear ready to abandon it altogether. That may not be a crisis for Republicans. It may simply be a clarification. Political movements require ideological boundaries. Parties are more than ...

Public opinion blunts power in democracy

President Trump has been musing about whether he's the most powerful man in world history, and judging by the results lately, the answer is definitely "no." It's certainly true that Trump has technical tools at his disposal that would have astounded famous pre-20th century contenders for the title of most powerful man, whether Caesar, Alexander the Great, Charlemagne or Napoleon. Trump's power, though, isn't defined by, say, the precision and explosive punch of the Tomahawk missile. As the leader of a constitutional republic that disperses power and depends ultimately on democratic ...

Minimum wage law fails

Not long ago, new kinds of jobs appeared: app-based gig work. They include jobs like dog walking on Rover, Taskrabbit work, DoorDash food delivery, Uber and Lyft driving ... Lots of people like gig work. It's flexible. You work when you want to work. But "workers' rights" activists and governing socialists don't like that. Gig workers rarely join unions. They don't get a minimum wage. "Uber and Lyft exploit their workers" is a headline at MS NOW. "We can't ignore it." The Democratic Socialists said they had a solution. Seattle's city council imposed a $26 delivery driver minimum ...

Will Trump ever control Iran peace deal?

French President Emmanuel Macron managed to find a way to prevent U.S. President Donald Trump from bolting out of boredom from the latest G7 summit in France. If he stuck around to the very end, then Macron would let him sign his latest "peace deal" (that really isn't one) at the Chateau de Versailles: the former home of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, renowned for its opulent gold decor. The European version of Trump's Mar-a-Lago. Except instead of throwing in the towel after a day on the golf course, you do it after losing a war. Like Germany in the First World War. And now Trump ...

America at 250: Freedom has to be fought, defended

Success often sows the seeds of future failure. That's the danger America faces now. America is a great and powerful country. But this shouldn't blind us to an obvious historical reality. Great empires rise – and fall. Just look at the history of the Roman Empire. Or the Babylonian Empire. Or the Mongol Empire. Success often comes with a temptation – to abandon the things that made you successful. Think about an athlete who's spent a decade training for six hours a day, six days a week. He makes it to the pros and signs a big contract. Suddenly, he's a ...

A word from other side

President Trump and Vice President Vance spent most of last week trying to convince Americans the "Memo of Understanding" (MOU) with Iran is a good deal for the United States and world peace. That's not what Iran believes. Hassan Khomeini, the grandson of the founder of the Islamic Republic, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, has hailed the MOU as a major "victory" for Tehran. The "greater jihad" would now begin, he promised, according to a speech aired by Iranian state media last week. You read that correctly. The greater Jihad. To some this might sound like the same propaganda we have ...