The Trump 2.0 presidency is scarcely a week old and an epic struggle is already underway to subvert it from within. The problem is not simply the expected one of a hostile Deep State bureaucracy.…

The U.S. Senate is expected to confirm Pete Hegseth today as our next Defense Secretary. His appointment – and the return to the White House of the man who made it – are the most…

Here’s a thought experiment: If the United States had a means of addictively informing, subversively manipulating and covertly collecting data on half the people of China – without the permission, let alone the control, of…

A long time ago, I served as a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense in Ronald Reagan’s Pentagon. In that role, I learned firsthand the truth of the President’s observation that “Personnel is policy.” So, I…

Gerald Ford’s remark on the occasion of his inauguration that “Our long national nightmare is over” kept running through my head as I watched Donald Trump’s second one yesterday. It’s a source of indescribable happiness…

The joyous return of three Israelis held hostage and abused by Hamas for fifteen months cannot obscure the reality of the deal that set them free: It’s not a ceasefire, it’s a hudna – a…

Donald Trump has recently stupefied his supporters by embracing Joe Biden’s policies towards Israel, antithetical to his own historic positions, to his campaign promises, and to our vital interests. Two new videos critically analyze the…

The Gaza ceasefire Joe Biden announced yesterday is a formula not for peace, but for more war. It would prevent Israel from finishing off Hamas and return the Gaza Strip to its effective control. When…

Can a man without an official portfolio inflict an enduring defeat on a President-elect not yet in power? That would be the case – unless Donald Trump promptly repudiates a disastrous deal engineered by a…

We traditionally mark the peaceful transfer of presidential power by holding the inauguration on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. A large temporary structure built for the occasion provides seating for not only the incoming…

Joe Biden is to visit the State Department today to boast about his foreign policy accomplishments. It should be a very short speech. Unfortunately, it will be likely be long, at best, highly selective –…

The catastrophic fires raging out of control in Los Angeles are a product of multiple factors ranging from high winds to empty hydrants. There’s growing evidence, however, that people have deliberately torching property. At least…

President-elect Donald Trump held an electrifying press conference Tuesday. In its course, he described the vital importance of Canada, Greenland and the Panama Canal to the national and economic security of the United States. While…