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If we needed a reminder as to the greatness of our country, we had to look no further than our televisions or computer screens Tuesday night. Two men of modest beginnings—born to immigrant fathers, and both with a personal drive to excel beyond their station in life—took center stage to …

There was no good guy available to protect the children of Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. from evil. Those poor, innocent, defenseless children had to wait 20 minutes for police to arrive, and the horror only ended when the gunman chose to take own life. I am passionate …

Judy, the English pointer heroine of my new book, “No Better Friend,” suffered mightily as a prisoner of war (yes–a dog who was a POW) in the jungles of Sumatra during WWII. She was also sunk two different times by enemy fire, forced to swim for her life in the …

The execution of North Korea’s defense minister for apparent disloyalty to Kim Jon Un – is once again proof how ruthless and vile dictatorship run regimes truly are and why trying to trust them or deal with them may more often than not conclude with bad results. The defense minister …

Republicans never win with the media. Nominate a rich, old, white guy and media outlets complain he’s old and out of touch. Have the most vibrant and diverse field of candidates either party might have had in history? It’s a “clown car,” according to liberal and even some more traditional …

The most important outcome of the meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping in San Francisco will probably be that it forced Gov. Gavin Newsom to finally clean up the city. For a few days, people can walk the street without worrying about stepping on human …

The American economy continues to stumble along, doing better than expected at the macro level, while hurting working Americans at the micro level. Inflation continues to loom large, despite October’s numbers beating Wall Street’s expectations; interest rates are at near record high levels, the housing market is a trainwreck, and …

Ignited by Hamas’ terrorist attack against Israel, divisive domestic conversations about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have driven a new wave of campus censorship. But the problem of stifled speech on campus for both students and faculty has been around long before Oct. 7. According to a forthcoming survey developed by our …

Editor’s note: A version of this column first appeared on author Jonathan Turley’s blog. The second indictment of Hunter Biden brought nine new criminal charges and a host of problems for both him and his father, President Biden. The indictment shatters past claims and denials related to the massive influence-peddling …

Some of my earliest memories of politics revolve around the New Hampshire primary contests leading up to the 2008 U.S. presidential election. I was a high school student at Hanover High School in Hanover, New Hampshire, eager to make my voice heard and cast my first ballot as a newly …