Why Trump Really Wants To Rename Lake Ontario
An executive order to rename Lake Ontario is a bandage on a wounded ego, not the power move Trump seems to think it is.
Alone-ness, Loneliness and the Content Crisis
Derek Thompson on the antisocial century
Pardon Attorney Ed Martin Reflects on 'Year of Mercy'
Ed Martin is finishing up as pardon attorney next week. Under his guidance, President Trump has pardoned hundreds of victims of the Biden administration's weaponization of the…
Trump Announces Vast U.S. Stake in Venezuelan Oil Industry
A U.S. official told CBS News that interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodriguez granted a private joint venture a 100-year concession to operate in oil fields that make up 65…
Can Fixing Potholes Rebuild Trust in the Government?
In cities where everything seems to take forever to build, literally covering over these sites of everyday urban friction has become a powerfully visible form of political…
September Effect: Is a Treasury Bond Crisis Coming?
The September Effect says the stock market tends to slump after Labor Day. This year's Effect would likely be triggered by the bond market.JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon says the stock…
GOP's Midterm Convention Tells You About Its Priorities
Trump's unprecedented GOP midterm convention shows Republicans are more interested in stealing elections than winning them.
Antifa Networks Panic After Sanctions on Their Servers
This move by the U.S. State and Treasury Departments is the first sign they understand how to address the unique challenge of far-left terrorism.
Trump's Big Midterm Strategy Is About To Backfire
President Donald Trump wants you to pretend that he's on the ballot in the midterm elections.
Return of the Common Good
Our contemporary categories too often simplify and even estrange us from our political inheritance, and from moral and political reality.
Rogers' Plan To Defeat El-Sayed
Mr. El-Sayed has called Mr. Rogers a "coward." At the convention after our interview, Mr. Rogers calls the Democrat "con man Abdul."
Why Won't Legacy Media Cover Big Pharma Properly?
I have some suspicions.
Darline Graham's Message to GOP About the Midterms
Maybe voters, including even Republican primary voters, are more interested in the economy and domestic issues than foreign affairs.
Backlash Against Data Centers Real, Organic, Widespread
Recently, Republican political operatives have been sounding the alarm about the bad politics of data centers. Data centers have become politically toxic, and the polling makes it…
If Election Is 'Capitalism vs. Socialism', GOP Wins
With just over nine weeks remaining before the midterm elections, Republicans face a difficult political environment as they seek to retain their majorities in the House and…
Tsunami From the Sky: Behind the Flash Flood in Nepal
Thousands are feared dead after a churning wall of mud, rock and pulverised ice bulldozed down a Himalayan valley straddling the border of Nepal and China.
ICE on Track To Hit Goal of 2,000 Daily Arrests
A surge in immigration arrests this summer has swept up thousands of people who had not previously been the focus of President Trump's mass deportation campaign. They included…
Et Tu, David Axelrod?
By Cory Franklin August 28th, 2026 At the legendary South Loop delicatessen, Manny's, every stratum of Chicagoan comes to enjoy the delicious corned beef sandwiches. They eat…
The England I Knew Is Gone
Leslie Poles Hartley famously dubbed the past a foreign country. This summer, for the first time, I sensed that the present can be one too. My annual visit to...
Why Dems Can't Escape Far Left's Transgender Demands
From Seth Moulton's debate reversal to Byron Donalds' attacks in Florida, transgender policy is emerging as a central issue in 2026 midterm campaigns.
Meta Has Suffered a Huge Blow
The company has been forced to pay billions in fines and overhaul some of its most destructive practices. Hopefully there's more where that came from.
Watching Lindsay Clancy Defenders Shocked Me
Yes, social media is susceptible to groupthink. But if the TikTok moms posting 'Same, Lindsay' really mean it, they should log off and seek help.
The DSA May Cost Dems Their Blue Wave
A new Echelon Insights poll raises the question: just how inevitable is this menacing Blue Wave?
Troy Jackson Is Looking Forward In Maine
Maine's U.S. Senate candidate poses the strongest challenge to Susan Collins of her career.
America Becoming a Peter Pan Nation
I passed some of my happiest days living under communism.
Democrats Are Courting Disaster, Again
Seven years ago, I warned that Democrats were "courting disaster" by turning their frustration with the Supreme Court into a campaign to remake it. Their 2020 presidential field…
Lessons From Graham's GOP Primary Win
Darline Graham Nordone's embarrassing debate flub on a basic question about U.S.-Taiwan policy didn't seem to matter at all in the election results.
Welcome to Britain. Remember Not To Rape Anyone
The government's official response to concerns about sexual violence by asylum seekers amounts to structural sexism.
Log Cabin Republicans' Retreat Doesn't Make Them Conservative
Log Cabin Republicans announced this week that it is dropping the "T" from LGBT and will now describe itself as an "LGB advocacy organization." President Ross Hemminger wrote that…
El-Sayed's Latest Blunder
During a live interview on his show, Fox News host Jesse Watters asked Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed, So you think it's OK for a parent to slash his kid's…
Democrats' Hasan Piker Mess Isn't Going Away
Earlier this month, progressive Abdul El-Sayed defeated moderate representative Haley Stevens for the Democratic nomination in Michigan's crucial Senate race - but by a much…
Path to Zero: The Botched Withdrawal From Afghanistan
Five years after the fall of Kabul, this Wall Street Journal opinion documentary investigates the day-to-day process of America's disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, told by…
Gov. Shapiro's Unseemly Rush to Lancaster County
Governor Shapiro's unseemly rush to Lancaster County to convene a national press conference and his giddy delight in announcing two measles deaths was a morose commentary on the…
What College Is Really For
The whole world will keep telling you to find yourself, but college should teach you instead to look beyond yourself in pursuit of something larger, writes Carlos Carvalho.
What Duffy Family's Reality Show Teaches About U.S.
Sean and Rachel, now married for 27 years, seem like great parents and a good hang. While it is their Catholic faith that guides all of their decisions - "My job is to get you…
The Lost World of the Founding Fathers
America lost one of its foremost historians in June when Gordon S. Wood was killed in an automobile accident near his home in Providence, Rhode Island.
GOP Nervous About Senate Map
Wednesday, August 26th on RealClearPolitics - Joined RCP Senior Elections Analyst Sean Trende and RCP National Political Reporter, Susan Crabtree
A Radically Simple Plan To Fix Higher Education
Voters are clear in their demand for greater affordability, with college costs near the top of their list. Here's how to deliver it.
Fare Gates Can Stop Transit Crime
Congress should fund modernized upgrades of the barriers instead of pouring more money into ineffective transit security measures.
The Donroe Doctrine's Old and Dangerous Playbook
The Trump administration's Donroe Doctrine promotes a flawed and failed policy of US intervention in the hemisphere.
Canada Is Running Out of Excuses
Carney has cynically stoked fear of America and fear of Trump, and used them as a means of obtaining and keeping power
Education for America's Next 250 Years
As America enters its 250th year, the question Publius posed in the first Federalist Paper remains just as pressing.
The End of the Mass Incarceration Myth
The United States seems to be experiencing a virtuous cycle in which crime and incarceration decline in tandem.
Mark Carney Tells Trump He Will Never Own Canada
Tired of the president's coercive tactics, the Canadian prime minister puts his country's economy on the line
What Are the Canadians Thinking?
A critical view on Canada-US relations, focusing on defense, trade, and political differences.
Dolly Parton, Pure Product of America
Try to think of anyone who has made as deep and long-lasting a mark on American culture as she has.
Why Parents Love a School With Bogus Numbers
Alpha School's growth scores aren't real. Alpha School's growth is.
The Choices We Make About AI Now Are Critical
We need a plan to ensure that the good outweighs the bad.
DNC Isn't Broken, It's Recent Meeting Was Success
The recent meeting was a success despite the naysayers.
Can Progressive Christians Reclaim God? Unlikely
Until the Democratic Party moderates, the effort is unlikely to succeed.
Repeating Tea Party Takedown Process on America First Coalition
In 2009, a grassroots revolt against bailouts, bureaucratic overreach, and a bipartisan Washington consensus was met-within a few short years-by a coordinated squeeze from four…
Basement-Rated Kimmel Talks About Retiring
Former comedian Jimmy Kimmel is currently on a summer hiatus. This comes not long after ABC/Disney announced his contract would be renewed for only a single year. That year is up…
This Is the Winning Message for Democrats
The top-performing messages we tested have a simple formula. They focus on Americans' day-to-day struggles to pay for rent and groceries, and the widespread frustration with…
Sherrod Brown's Fake Populism Exposed
Sherrod Brown claims to champion Ohio workers-but his record tells a different story. Discover why critics call his populism phony and who he really represents.
How Mayor Lurie Is Cleaning Up San Francisco
While his party debates abolishing prisons and owning grocery stores, Democratic Mayor Daniel Lurie is cleaning up his city.
Dolly Parton Leaves Us Wanting More
At Buckingham Palace the Coldstream Guards Band played "9 to 5" when they heard of her death. The White House ordered flags flown at half staff. In New York they turned the top of…
Nobody Wants Trump's Trade War With Canada
President Donald Trump seems dead set on escalating his trade war with Canada. And no one is really sure why.
WNBA's Bullies Are Floundering
The WNBA has an agenda, and isn't women's basketball. Every fan ejection and covered-up T-shirt reveals what the league truly values: ideological compliance.
Carville's Tirade Reveals Left's All-Consuming Politics of Rage
James Carville's rage erupted after House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries met with Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, calling Trump allies felons and traitors on his podcast.
Six Months In, Trump's Iran War Is a Total Disaster
The US president has been sucked into a quagmire of his own making, with both sides refusing to budge on red lines in negotiations. James C. Reynolds looks at the numbers behind a…
As Trump's Iran War Enters Sixth Month, No Good Options
Approval of Trump's handling of the war has been dropping as prices for gasoline and other goods remain elevated.
How Badly Is Iran War Hurting the GOP?
Thursday, August 27th on RealClearPolitics
Five Years After Abbey Gate
Sharp reporting and commentary on news, politics, and culture - without political correctness or spin. Includes Unfit to Print, The Drain Pipe, State of the Day, Mr. Right, Good…
Iran Faces Trouble as Strategic Value of Hormuz Erodes
Internal calls to end war get louder as Gulf neighbours plan alternative pipelines to cut reliance on waterway.