“A defective update to an obscure piece of security software knocked out security systems around the globe Friday, causing widespread disruptions to travel, medical care and businesses of all stripes while revealing in stunning fashion the fragility of a world economy on shared ...

“Freedom is always just one generation away from extinction.” — Ronald Reagan (1911-2004) In December 1776, just six months after the Declaration of Independence had been signed and a year and a half into the Revolutionary War, Thomas Paine sensed a desperation throughout the ...

A Democratic president announces he will not run for reelection and throws his support to his vice president. The vice president in turn wins over a majority of the delegates before August’s Chicago convention even without picking up any delegates in the primaries. The fall campaign will be ...

Alas, the coronation of Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee is complete. Democrats are surprisingly ecstatic with the decision, and Republicans, or at least the Trump campaign is very cross about it, complaining that democracy has been subverted. This is something of a reversal, given ...

After a fierce rainstorm, the light shone on the Capitol dome like a city on a hill. The House of Representatives was returning at that moment Monday to an utterly changed reality. The day before, President Joe Biden withdrew from his race for reelection. Within 24 hours of Biden bowing out ...

Bonjour, world! Bienvenue to the Paris Olympic Games! Come for the propaganda, stay for the rampant authoritarianism! The tone couldn’t have been better set. Paris blew EUR1.5 billion to “clean up” the Seine river – effectively an open-air sewer – promising Parisians a long-term ...