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Man Behind Reagan’s ‘Evil Empire’ March 26, 2025

I think it was one of the best presidential speechwriting teams in American history. And its faithful leader for eight years, hired by President Reagan at age 32 and serving the entirety of the administration — reportedly the only White House senior-...

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Trump Delivers on Reagan’s Promise To Dismantle Education Dep. March 21, 2025

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The Fragile Axis of Upheaval March 18, 2025

Even regional wars have geopolitical consequences, and when it comes to Russia’s war on Ukraine, the most important of these has been the formation of a loose entente among China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia. Some U.S. national security experts hav...

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Trump’s Economy: The Reagan Story or the Biden Story? March 13, 2025

James Carville’s political instincts remain sharp, though he is not as in tune with the current political moment as he was 33 years ago. Still, you could do worse as a political maxim than “It’s the economy, stupid!”...

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Betraying Ukraine Will Not Make America Great March 08, 2025

“A shining city upon a hill” — in the words of John Winthrop and Ronald Reagan, America has long been a nation guided by principle and purpose. To uphold this legacy, we cannot fail the simplest of tests: recognizing, condemning and deterring interna...

Cuba and the Vatican Deal in the Face of U.S. Elections March 07, 2025

During the last week of Biden’s presidency, the Vatican negotiated the removal of Cuba from the terrorism sponsors list in yet another example of its long-standing relationship with the Cuban dictatorship. It’s time for the Church to stop whitewashin...

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