Responsibly Championing Human Rights

Considering the last 20 years of U.S. foreign policy and recent domestic turmoil, voters across the political spectrum are tempted to conclude that...

Denying China's Quest for Regional -- and Global -- Hegemony

"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory...

An Open Letter to Yale Law School Dean Heather Gerken

Dear Dean Gerken, Many years ago, when I was a student at Yale Law School, the institution prided itself on providing a continuation of liberal...

The Left Contributes More Than Its Share to Disunity

“It’s all your fault”—whether addressed to co-workers, friends, or spouse—are words that rarely pave the way to mutual understanding,...

Fostering the Emerging Consensus About the China Challenge

Although laden with former Obama administration officials—starting with President Biden himself, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and National...

Lessons Of Freedom From 20 Years Of War Against Jihadism

Lessons of Freedom From 20 Years of War Against Jihadism

In mid-August, owing to shoddy planning and execution, the Biden administration’s frenetic troop withdrawal paved the way to the Taliban’s...

David Brooks Reproaches Elites, Recycles Cliches About The People

To grasp the left’s rage and the right’s embitterment, it is useful to keep in mind a major asymmetry that marks the nation’s long-standing...

David Brooks Reproaches Elites, Recycles Cliches About the People

To grasp the left’s rage and the right’s embitterment, it is useful to keep in mind a major asymmetry that marks the nation’s long-standing...

Blinken's Diversity & Inclusion Plan Erodes Equality & Excellence

On April 12, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the appointment of Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, a career Foreign Service Officer and former...

Blinken's Diversity & Inclusion Plan Erodes Equality & Excellence

On April 12, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the appointment of Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, a career Foreign Service Officer and former...

The Roots Of The Elite Left's Attack On Freedom

“The CRT debate is just the latest squall in a tempest brewing and building for five years or so,” wrote Andrew Sullivan earlier this month in...

The Roots of the Elite Left's Attack on Freedom

“The CRT debate is just the latest squall in a tempest brewing and building for five years or so,” wrote Andrew Sullivan earlier this month in “...

The Clash Within Liberal Democracy: Israel, The United States, And The West

To ease social animosities and heal political wounds, leaders and citizens in America and Israel must rededicate themselves to the principles of...

America's Long-Running Conversation About Race And Justice

For more than a half century, popular culture, public policy, law, and universities in the United States have wrestled openly with questions of race...

America's Long-Running Conversation About Race and Justice

For more than a half century, popular culture, public policy, law, and universities in the United States have wrestled openly with questions of race...

Dershowitz's Lesson In Cultivating Respect For Free Speech

Respect for free speech must be cultivated because it does not come easily to human beings. We have a strong propensity to prefer our opinions to...

Dershowitz's Lesson in Cultivating Respect for Free Speech

Respect for free speech must be cultivated because it does not come easily to human beings. We have a strong propensity to prefer our opinions to...

Civic Action, Civil Discourse & The Dogma Of Systemic Racism

In a classic example of civic action, conservatives have undertaken a variety of initiatives to counter the upsurge in progressive efforts to enlist...

Civic Action, Civil Discourse & the Dogma of Systemic Racism

In a classic example of civic action, conservatives have undertaken a variety of initiatives to counter the upsurge in progressive efforts to enlist...

The Civic-Education Battles

Civic education has emerged as a major front in the bitter clash spilling over into many domains between left and right in America. Since the...

A Letter to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom

To the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom   Dear Chair Bhargava, Vice Chair Perkins, and Commissioners Bauer, Carr, Davie, Maenza,...