This election year has been defined by candidates in both parties who are promising a political revolution. A majority of the American people are calling out for real change -- for dethroning a comfortable and overbearing elite and replacing it with a more accountable government. Published May 19, 2016
America's most iconic author, Mark Twain, once observed that "it ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't so." And in the United States, our secular academic elite has taught two generations of Americans to know a lot of things for sure that fall into that latter category -- they just aren't so. Published May 17, 2016
Last fall, Hillary Clinton took a question from a young girl at one of her rallies, who just happened to be sitting in a reserved seat in the front row. Published May 12, 2016
It's good practice for teams, businesses, and even political parties to learn as much from failure as they do from success. Published May 10, 2016
No one imagined three days ago that a month would disappear from the campaign calendar. Published May 6, 2016
In winning the Republican nomination on Tuesday night, Donald Trump accomplished something that virtually no one believed possible when he entered the race nearly one year ago, on June 16, 2015. Published May 5, 2016
The day after Donald Trump carried every county in five states (a remarkable achievement), he gave his first major foreign policy and national security speech to the Center for the National Interest. It was a substantive speech to a serious foreign policy and national security organization. Published April 28, 2016
The primaries Tuesday night are going to teach us a lot about the shape of the presidential race. Published April 26, 2016
Callista and I have been on a great cruise up the Rhine River from Amsterdam to Basel. Published April 22, 2016
The scale of Donald Trump's victory in New York turned him from frontrunner into presumptive Republican nominee. Published April 20, 2016
No American should be satisfied with the incompetence and corruption exemplified by the VA. Published April 15, 2016
What was most impressive and surprising about the Masters was that the event is about so much more than golf. From the pimento cheese sandwiches to the peach ice cream sandwiches (both tributes to the tournament's location in Georgia), there are more experiences than you can imagine. There is also an amazing amount of history at the Masters. Published April 13, 2016
Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders both had very big wins on Tuesday in Wisconsin. Published April 6, 2016
We were saddened by the passing of Mother Angelica who died at the age of 92 on Easter Sunday. This beloved Catholic nun lived a truly extraordinary life. Published March 29, 2016
Easter is the most important day of the year for Christians. Published March 25, 2016
Hours after the horrific terror attacks in Brussels on Tuesday, a correspondent on one of the American cable networks remarked that ordinary Belgians were predicting grimly that security would be very tight that day--and that the next day, it would return to the same casual mediocrity that had failed to stop the attack in the first place. Published March 23, 2016
700 days. That's roughly how long it has taken the Department of Veterans Affairs to seek the firing of three senior officials at the Phoenix VA who oversaw the systematic falsification of wait times for appointments. And that's how long they could continue to receive full pay before the VA actually succeeds in firing them. Published March 21, 2016
Donald Trump's victory on the Ides of March (March 15) was amazingly broad. Published March 16, 2016
Throughout our history, American innovators have used their freedom to improve the lives of their fellow citizens - making us healthier, happier, and more prosperous. But resistance to change naturally comes from those who see anything new as a threat to the old way of doing things. Published March 10, 2016
Callista and I were sorry to learn of the passing of Nancy Reagan on Sunday. We will miss her supportive and welcoming presence at the Reagan Presidential Library, but are comforted to know that she will once again be reunited with her beloved Ronnie. Published March 8, 2016
