There was a noticeable shift in Moscow in the last few days. Russians seem ... lighter. Like they were just told that vodka hydrates better than water. And I’m not the only one to have noticed. American and Western expats here have picked up on the same vibe, and admit to a similar feeling ...

President Donald Trump’s proposal to transfer the few million Palestinian Arabs in Gaza to other Arab countries and then rebuild and redevelop Gaza was met with some surprise and pushback. Isn’t this unfair? Doesn’t this violate rights of Palestinians in Gaza? Usually when we think ...

Socialism is popular! A Pew study reports that more than a third of American adults view it positively. How is this possible? Little has brought more misery — first in the Soviet Union, then in China, Cuba, Nicaragua, now Venezuela ... One reason young people support socialism is ...

NIMBY stands for Not In My Backyard. It’s often employed as a shaming tool to portray those unwilling to turn their neighborhoods over to developers as selfish or even racist. It’s a weapon in efforts to plow through zoning laws put in place to preserve a sense of community and the comfort ...

President Donald Trump has a plan to save Europe, and the results of Sunday’s election in Germany show it’s working. The center-right Christian Democrats won the most seats in the Bundestag, and the party’s leader, Friedrich Merz, pledges that once he becomes chancellor, “My absolute ...

Democrats are raising an alarm about what they call a “constitutional crisis.” If there is one, they should know because they are to blame for it. That’s because their party, since the days of Franklin Roosevelt, have been violating the boundaries and restrictions on government set forth ...