Since the 1950s, every effort to reduce the size and scope of government has been bulldozed by a political establishment more concerned with furthering its own interests than those of the American people. Between sacred cows and special interest groups, we’re always told why nothing can get ...

We are in a state of emergency. Most newspapers report the facts, ma’am, but shy from stating American democracy is on the line, in serious peril. Scenes from the resistance: the Lincoln Memorial, the jammed independent bookstore and the floor of Congress, where Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) ...

There’s a classic episode of The Simpsons in which Homer gets a gun. He thinks his awesome gun is great for everything: home defense, opening beer bottles, whatever. When Marge says she doesn’t want a weapon in the house, Homer replies, “A gun is not a weapon, Marge, it’s a tool. Like a ...

Trump is following Putin’s, Xi’s, and Orban’s playbook. First, take over military and intelligence operations by purging career officers and substituting ones personally loyal to you. Next, subdue the courts by ignoring or threatening to ignore court rulings you disagree ...

My advice to congressional Democrats: If you’re going to embrace performative politics, be sure you give a good performance. Instead, the Dems at President Trump’s speech to a joint session of Congress looked like an angry and lonely clown car. They looked the very portrait that they ...

My mother-in-law was born on a small ranch in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, in 1951. After her mother died from illness, my mother-in-law crossed into Brownsville, Texas, during the Charro Days Fiesta. She was 13, undocumented and alone. I’ve written about my mother-in-law’s journey ...