Forty years ago, today, Ronald Reagan had a busy birthday, including speeches to large gatherings of federal employees at the Departments of Treasury and Health & Human Services. His schedule for the day suggests an intimate birthday dinner in the residence that… Read More
February marks the 250th anniversary of the publication of the first volume of Edward Gibbon’s monumental The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. The legacy of Gibbon’s fundamental thesis can be found in President Trump’s new National Security… Read More
This week we honor the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr., but it is a contested legacy. Was he some form of Marxist or democratic socialist, in tune with those who call for “socialism” and “collectivism” in America? Or should… Read More
New Year’s started with a bang: just hours after the ball dropped in New York City, its new mayor lauded the “warmth of collectivism,” deriding America’s tradition of “rugged individualism.” Many under the age of 40 might mistakenly believe that… Read More
Americans have been shocked to see the election of “socialists” to high public office in New York and elsewhere. How did this happen? A recent survey explains the context: 62% of America’s young adults have favorable views toward some form… Read More
President Trump declared the first week of November “Anti-Communism Week.” His proclamation, channeling Ronald Reagan, called for “honoring the victims of oppression by keeping their cause alive and by ensuring that communism … [ends up] once and for all on… Read More
Last week, President Trump returned from Asia with much talk of deals on trade announced after a meeting between Trump and China’s Xi Jinping. Amid the discussion of these deals, it is well-worth remembering the headlines Xi made the previous… Read More
Class warfare. We’ve not heard the term much in recent years, even as the most aggressive neo-Marxist currents have been expressed via critical race theory and gender ideologies. But the political platforms of New York City’s radical Zohran Mamdani and his… Read More
“Two worlds collide, rival nations. It’s a primitive clash venting years of frustrations…Is it East versus West or man against man?” Thus begins Burning Heart, one of the iconic songs of Rocky IV. This autumn marks the fortieth anniversary of Sylvester Stallone’s… Read More
The major election year 2026 kicks off with a new mayor taking over Gotham on Jan. 1. From Sacramento to Minneapolis to New York, some candidates are peddling Karl Marx. The most glaring example is Zohran Mamdani, who pledges innumerable freebies and has called for “seizing the means of… Read More
