Fires are still burning, ominous wind warnings abound, and in ravaged communities, residents are searching the rubble for possessions and pets. Eventually decisions will have to be made — by residents, elected officials, developers and…

Seven Illinois counties voted in November 2024 to explore seceding from the state of Illinois. Now, Indiana lawmakers want to capitalize on their dissatisfaction. Indiana’s House speaker, Republican Todd Huston, wants to adopt those counties…

Aristocrats are “the most difficult Animals to manage, of anything in the whole Theory and practice of Government. They will not suffer themselves to be governed,” John Adams warned, writing after his presidency.  Banning titles…

The flames ripping through parts of Los Angeles and neighboring counties for the past week have been an unprecedented disaster, and persistent Santa Ana winds threaten to keep the smoke and horror going. At least…

Americans didn’t learn much about Pentagon nominee Pete Hegseth at his Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday, but they did learn more about the world’s greatest nondeliberative body. Democrats mostly played into Mr. Hegseth’s hands with…

Based on the questioning of the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, the justices sound inclined to uphold a law requiring the Chinese owner of TikTok to either sell the widely popular app or be banned…

For millenia, war has been a largely male undertaking. Women may have sparked conflict — think of Helen of Troy — or in countless numbers been its victims. They have also conducted daring missions behind…

We tend to forget, as the years go by, that this is how it always ends. No one walks away in their own time. It always takes a push. If you have the drive and…

As far as authorities can determine, the terrorist attack on New Orleans last week was an isolated incident. Only a single individual decided to plow into New Year’s Day revelers.  In information since discovered, he…

President Trump can’t change what happened four years ago on Jan. 6, when a mob of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in an impossible effort to undo his 2020 election loss.  Soon, though, Mr.…