New York City voters last week elected socialist Zohran Mamdani as their next mayor. It wasn’t an isolated win. Across the country, progressives dominated key races, including the gubernatorial contests in New Jersey and Virginia. In race after race, conservative, moderate, and establishment Democrats were swept aside by aggressive, hard-left challengers. The message could not […]

In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to give readers the full picture. You can find our full list of In Focus pieces here. With this week’s arrival of the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft […]

Sen. Chuck Grassley’s latest revelations regarding Operation Arctic Frost demonstrate that the weaponization of our government is far more dangerous than previously understood. However, what is truly infuriating is the Republican reflex to attach Biden’s name to abuses carried out by the FBI, CIA, or any one of our endless alphabet agencies. Framing it as […]

I went back to grad school later in life. Thus, I was many years older, decades even, than my intellectual cohorts. I’ll never forget when a young lady in class, no older than 25, made a comment rather cavalierly about taking her SSRI pills. I was stunned at how natural this disclosure seemed to her. […]

There’s little doubt that Donald Trump’s election was a boon for America’s military recruitment. Fiscal Year 2025 saw a 15-year high in recruitment numbers, with the U.S. Army hitting its 61,000 recruitment target in record time, a full four months before the fiscal year ended. Furthermore, all branches of the military easily met their recruitment […]