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President John F. Kennedy’s assassination 60 years ago on November 22, left an indelible scar on the American psyche that transcended my family’s loss of an uncle, brother, husband, and father. That national trauma robbed us of something else that day. With him died a vision for our country that …

In July, some of the brightest minds in American technology descended on Washington to celebrate a major milestone: the launch of President Donald Trump’s bold initiative to ensure the United States remains the world’s unrivaled leader in artificial intelligence (AI). Let me be blunt: the AI arms race is no …

President Donald Trump recently canceled public-employee union contracts for thousands of federal workers. The employees worked in agencies tied to national security, allowing Trump to invoke a national security exemption to the normal rules governing federal employees. Trump’s decision builds on his March executive order expanding the agencies covered by …

With the possible exception of cosmetic plastic surgery and dermatology, the world of medicine involves managing imperfection rather than aspiring to perfection, staving off the pathology of illness and death as long as possible, not worshiping a transcendent ideal. We doctors know too much to worship a perfect body. The …

As we have been preparing for the 51st annual March for Life, and the second post-Roe anniversary, our organization has been reflecting on what “theme” or message our culture most needs to hear right now. The false narrative around abortion – whether it be through mainstream media or the entertainment …

A false narrative is being advanced in Arkansas and elsewhere that if a government body displays a privately donated Ten Commandments monument for historical reasons, it is legally required to accept and display any and all other monuments offered by a private individual or group, even those honoring Satan. The …

Formore than 140 years,LaborDayhas been a time to honor the contributions, achievements and sacrifices ofworkers in America. But this year, in the wake of growingeconomic inequalityand agovernment increasingly catering to billionaires and special interests,LaborDayneeds to be more than a long holiday weekend. It must be the impetus of a battle …

As someone whose life’s work is helping small businesses navigate our nation’s complex tax system, I have witnessed firsthand how the Internal Revenue Service has become an outsized force that too often targets those least equipped to fight back. While the agency has long maintained that its enforcement efforts are …

“God ain’t got no power over this hit. God got no power here.” The man gestured like a royal but the scene he revealed was the largest open-air drug market on the East Coast — the Kensington neighborhood in Philadelphia. The man then sat down on an overturned milk crate, …

Any person who can survive captivity under extreme conditions is a hero in anyone’s book. Yes, there are variations in the degree of starvation, torture, mental anguish and deprivation; the degree of exposure to respiratory and gastrointestinal infections; not to mention the compounded torment for those who have been injured, …