State sovereignty is at the heart of the election system. The Constitution places responsibility for success squarely on the shoulders of state legislators. The Founders’ decision to place elections in the hands of states followed months of debate about the proper balance of power between the states and the national government.
Rep. Karen Bass, California Democrat and chairwoman of the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on Africa, global health and global human rights, stressed that, moving forward, U.S. policy toward Africa should be more about trade and investment, less about aid.
There is Bernie Madoff-level government corruption in Washington. And there is Anthony Weiner-level sleaze wherever the media, government and politics collide. And then there is Hunter Biden.
People are dying--and I'm not talking about the pandemic.
Havana Syndrome was detected as early as 2016, when officials serving at the U.S. Embassy in Cuba fell ill with vertigo, headaches, fatigue and hearing loss.
There are two sides to every story" is the common, concise version of a more-lengthy quote from a 1700s sermon by the popular American Christian theologian Jonathan Edwards.
Last week, The New York Times revealed that the Department of Justice persuaded a federal grand jury to subpoena the telephone, email and texting records of about 20 people.
Freedom of speech is guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution. It should be revered on our college campuses. Sadly, that is where it is most at risk.
There is still a lot we don't know about where COVID-19 came from, but what we have learned about the state's apparent efforts to avoid accountability for their own involvement should frighten every American.
President Biden is recruiting new Democratic Party voters by opening the southern border. His obvious motive is not discussed much in Washington outside of a smattering of conservative media, but the evidence is clear.
Several developments in recent days have served to highlight the growing two-pronged drive in Washington to portray China as a rising military threat that must be contained or thwarted.
Homer Simpson was never meant to be a role model. Not as a father, and not as a leader.
I joined over 150 other lawmakers and human rights experts in signing a letter urging the United Nations Human Rights Commission to launch a formal inquiry into the 1988 massacre of at least 30,000 political prisoners in Iran.
Twenty-seven years ago, the U.S. Postal Service opened a new post office building in Mesquite, Nevada, a city of just under 21,000 some 90 miles northeast of Las Vegas.
Most gasoline sold in the United States is only about 90% gasoline. The other 10% is corn-based ethanol.
Policymakers rightly worry about COVID-19's negative impacts on women in the workplace, but the pandemic has accelerated even more threatening consequences for the economy.
No more Christmas, Hanukkah, Memorial Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, or even Indigenous Peoples Day (formerly known as Columbus Day).
The COVID-19 pandemic and the 2021 national census have raised concerns over not just the alarmingly aging population of China but the utterly deficient health infrastructure and medical facilities as well.
"A right-wing conspiracy." That's what political insider Terry McAuliffe, the Virginia Democratic nominee for governor, called critical race theory (CRT) being taught in our children's classrooms.
President Biden's overseas trip joining the G-7 summit has been nothing less than a catastrophe.
Joe Biden is on his first overseas trip as president of the United States, and if you're only reading the mainstream, establishment media or watching liberal network TV, it couldn't be going better.
Hypocrisy is a problem for more than Catholic politicians when it comes to the issue of abortion.
