Fletch Daniels

In an interesting news week, the most instructive story was the reaction of the Left when we gave refuge to 56 South Africans under threat because of their race.The images of American-flag waving families, clearly relieved and thankful to…

Economic power is the single most important element of national security. Without it, national security is little more than a Potemkin village, consisting of a bunch of shiny tanks and planes sitting on a strangling pile of debt.That…

Many Republicans are disappointed in the results of the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, which is understandable, considering its potential significance. The truth is that it would have taken a miracle for Brad Schimel to win this…

President Trump demanded simple actions from Columbia University to recoup the $400 million in federal grants that he had rescinded, actions which amounted to taking active steps to protect Jewish students on campus.The university…

The Democrats stand primarily for their own personal power, prestige, and wealth. To maintain these, they’ve patched together a rogue’s gallery of supporters, forcing party leaders to navigate an array of…

The United States’ fertility rate has fallen to around 1.78, which, combined with the general downward trajectory, is a cause for concern. To replace the population, a country needs to maintain a rate around 2.1.When I was a young…

The Democrat party has descended into madness. For anyone who may have doubted that before the State of the Union address, the Democrats went into overdrive to hammer the message home.When you strip away all the platitudes around…

Every Republican president starts with distinct disadvantages. He inherits a largely disloyal and subversive federal bureaucracy, can expect nothing but hostile media coverage, and will be forced to battle for every inch against partisan…

What a difference a few months make. This time last year, we were hurtling toward societal collapse. The government's growth rate and requisite spending had hit such obscene levels that the question of whether we, like…

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