There’s a lot to celebrate this Independence Day, as we mark the 249th anniversary of our national divorce from Great Britain and the abuses of King George III.

Yet under the flags and fireworks, the hotdogs and hamburgers, and the checkered tablecloths camouflaged in red, white, and blue, lies an uncomfortable, ironic truth: You're not as ...Read more

Asked during a White House news conference last week whether he would consider striking Iran again if the U.S. intelligence community found the country reassembling its nuclear program, President Donald Trump answered unequivocally: “Without question.”

Trump’s remarks were as ominous as the query posed to him, for it suggests that ...Read more

As Christianity declines in the West, the faith is flourishing in sub-Saharan Africa, which is seeing the fastest growth in Christianity the world over. By 2060, more than 4 in 10 Christians worldwide are expected to live in sub-Saharan Africa, compared with just 1 in 10 in 1970, according to Pew Research.

But this growth is coming at a cost. ...Read more

Open primaries create fine opportunities for citizens who are registered as independents or unaffiliated voters to vote for either Democrats or Republicans in primary elections, but they tacitly undermine the mission of those independents who are opposed to both major parties by luring them into establishment electoral politics.

Indeed, ...Read more

The pledge by NATO members to spend 3.5% of gross domestic product on military capabilities and 1.5% on defense infrastructure is the alliance’s boldest commitment in decades. It concedes a basic truth: Russia’s war in Ukraine has exposed critical shortfalls in Europe’s defenses at a time when U.S. support has become less certain. The ...Read more

It’s not always obvious which of the multitude of species of bacteria riding around in us should be classified as germs and attacked, and which are essential workers that should be nurtured.

One that’s particularly hard to classify is H. pylori, which was the subject of the 2005 Nobel Prize for the discovery that it causes peptic ulcers. ...Read more

Earlier this year, 23andMe announced it was filing for bankruptcy, and dozens of states are suing to stop the company from selling off personal data. Yet, unlike for-profit businesses, lawyers in nonprofit organizations cannot just stop representing clients when funding ends. We continue the representation until the matter is concluded. This is ...Read more

Here’s why I think the Supreme Court might be on to something in its Friday decision allowing a group of Muslim and Christian parents to opt their young children out of public-school lessons that feature “LGBTQ+-inclusive texts”: my wife and I sent our kids to private school.

How does B lead to A? Let me explain.

The case before the ...Read more

Every Fourth of July, Erwin Knoll, the late editor of The Progressive magazine, would host a party. He’d grill burgers and brats and tack copies of the Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights to trees in his backyard in Madison, Wis.

The U.S. government has never had a fiercer critic than Knoll. And yet, having come to New York City as...Read more

It’s difficult to determine who was more enthusiastic about the results of New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary last week, the party’s progressive extremists or national Republicans.

Those on the far left swooned over the victory by Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old state lawmaker who surprised most observers by defeating former Gov. ...Read more

Given the choice between an f-bomb on live TV and a 30,000-pound bunker buster that can penetrate 60 feet of concrete and 200 feet of earth before exploding, I’d choose the f-bomb every time,

Yet, days after President Donald Trump unleashed the thunder with a bombing campaign that “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear weapons arsenal, many pearl...Read more

There are plenty of reasons to dislike Carl DeMaio, if you so choose.

The first-term San Diego assembly member is MAGA to his marrow, bringing President Donald Trump's noxious politics and personal approach to Sacramento. For Democrats, the mere mention of his name has the same effect as nails applied to a chalkboard.

Fellow Republicans aren't...Read more

One year from now, the nation will mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. I fear it could be a shame, even possibly a sham.

Don’t get me wrong. Our founding principles of freedom, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are worth celebrating. The optimist in me still thinks most Americans will find ways to do just that. ...Read more

Just two and a half years after OpenAI stunned the world with ChatGPT, AI is no longer only answering questions — it is taking actions. We are now entering the era of AI agents, in which AI large language models don’t just passively provide information in response to your queries, they actively go into the world and do things for — or ...Read more

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is the preeminent center for pediatric medicine in Southern California. For three decades, it’s also been one of the world’s leading destinations for trans care for minors. Don’t take my word for it: CHLA boasts about its record of providing “high-quality, evidence-based, medically essential care for ...Read more

When President Donald Trump declared that the U.S. strikes “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear program, it wasn’t just a policy claim—it was an exercise in narrative control.

Predictably, his assertion was met with both support and skepticism. Yet more than a comment on military efficacy, the statement falls into a broader pattern that ...Read more

Bruce Scott’s only obituary was published in the Tribune on Dec. 30, 2001. A meager recounting of his family, friends and neighborhood, the final sentence bluntly tells readers, “No services will be held.”

It’s a sparse account for the plaintiff in one of the first successful cases in U.S. history defending gay Americans from ...Read more

There’s plenty not to like about President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” now being hashed out in the Senate, not least of which is that it would enlarge the national debt. But at least one part of the budget bill stands to help the less fortunate, while still bringing smiles to the faces of the investor class.

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In their efforts to offset tax cuts and exert more control over the Federal Reserve, some U.S. legislators have lately focused attention on an otherwise obscure element of monetary policy: The Fed, they argue, should stop paying interest on the cash reserves that banks hold at the central bank.

It's a bad idea, in more ways than one.

The ...Read more

The masters of the universe were in a lather last week after New York City Democrats nominated Zohran Mamdani — an honest-to-God, dyed-in-the-wool socialist — to be mayor of the finance capital of the country.

There’s now audible chatter in New York from that city’s numerous titans of finance about doing what would have been ...Read more