From left: Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, and China’s Vice Premier Liu He pose for a group photo at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, March 29, 2019. (Nicolas Asfouri/Pool via Reuters) Trump administration officials confirmed Monday that the U.S. will raise tariffs on Chinese goods on Friday following a breakdown of

LEXINGTON, Va. — Clare Perry considers herself a Democrat. Grayson Pearce is a Republican. She’s from Richmond, and he’s from Virginia Beach. Despite holding opposing political values, they both have the same question: What is the matter with Virginia? In particular, what’s wrong with its politics? A few months ago, in a cascade of disgraces,

Job seekers line up at an “Amazon Jobs Day” fair in Fall River, Mass., August 2, 2017. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) Last month the unemployment rate sank to an amazing 3.6 percent, the lowest rate since 1969. Unfortunately, the labor market is in worse shape today than it was 50 years ago. An important difference is that

George Papadopoulos leaves after his sentencing hearing at U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., September 7, 2018. (Yuri Gripas/Reuters) The State Department and an Australian diplomat grossly exaggerated Papadopoulos’s claims — which were probably false anyway. Chicanery was the force behind the formal opening of the FBI’s Trump-Russia investigation. There was a false premise, namely:

A Qatar Airways Airbus A350-900 takes off in Colomiers, France, in 2017. (Regis Duvignau/Reuters) Qatar is circumventing a trade agreement intended to ensure fair competition in international air travel. President Trump is in the middle of a growing number of trade disputes. On Sunday, he promised to dramatically raise tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese

Judge Brett Kavanaugh (CUA Law School via YouTube) 1993—In Baehr v. Lewin, the Hawaii Supreme Court rules that traditional marriage is presumptively unconstitutional and orders the state to demonstrate a “compelling state interest” for denying marriage licenses to same-sex couples. In 1998, the people of Hawaii respond by amending the state constitution to confirm that

A pro-life marcher holds a sign outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., March 2, 2016. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) One of their aims is to provoke thinking about the moral dimension of extinguishing a being with a visibly beating heart. While constitutional lawyers, ethicists, and theologians — in descending order of importance in the abortion debate

President Trump prepares to leave a note at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, May 22, 2017. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Left-wing smears overlook his numerous pro-Israel, pro-Jewish words and actions. Psychological projection has become a key characteristic of the Left. If Democrats and their serfs in the liberal media complain about something, they most likely do it

Palestinians do weird things. A few days ago, the Palestinian Authority (PA), which rules most of the West Bank, refused to accept the tax revenues it is owed by the Israeli government. Today, Hamas, which rules all of Gaza, launched more than 200 rockets into Israel. Both of these are, on the surface, self-defeating steps that make no sense.

Attorney General William Barr testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, May 1, 2019. (Aaron Bernstein/Reuters) Washington finds a bugaboo. I  can’t think of a better illustration of our partisan divide than the reactions to Attorney General William Barr’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday. Democrats are furious at Barr’s defense