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Have Universities Become Useless Echo Chambers?

Reclaiming Citizenship From the Cloud

The United States belongs not to a board or a bureau, but to the people.

How Britain Became Poor: A Case Study in Self-Sabotage

When the Bottom Stories Are the Real News

The article discusses why negative news tends to dominate the national conversation while positive stories are often…

Trump Will Get What He Wants in Iran

We seem finally to have reached the denouement in the long, extremely one-sided, and comparatively bloodless war the…

Cycle of Threat, Detente, Deadlock Repeating Itself vs. Iran

A cycle of threat, detente and deadlock repeats itself wearisomely as the president's war in Iran drags on

Can Democrats Win a Senate Majority Without Platner?

An expanding map and his recent stumbles are nudging some in the party to look beyond Maine.

The Threat of Big Insurance

The industry is hugely lucrative, with endless sums of cash to influence lawmakers. A new report tracks 25 years of…

Why Kids Are Obsessed With Squishy Toys

The Big Bob Packwood Tax Reform

<p>The Oregon senator, who died Saturday at 93, closed loopholes and cut the top rate to 28%.</p>

State Department Uncovers 'Birth Tourism Networks'

The State Department has discovered several birth tourism networks worldwide, prompting US embassies to be on high…

Real California Lesson: Dems Have No Actual Leaders

Platner's Ex-Girlfriend Wants To Set the Record Straight

Lyndsey Fifield told 'The New York Times' Graham Platner emotionally abused her and became physical multiple times. So…

Trump Sees Strength in Primaries. He May Come To Regret It

So far, a clear media narrative has emerged from the 2026 midterm...

Actually, the SAT Was Necessary After All

Are Bibi and Trump on the Same Page?

Wednesday, June 10th on RealClearPolitics - Joined by RCP Columnist Peter Berkowitz: 00:00 Platner's Victory Speech…

America's 250th Replacing History With Toxic Myth

This year's events will be a melange of Trumpian egotism, Maga populism and Christian nationalism

U.S. Launches New Strikes on Iran

Evette and Wilson Head to Runoff for SC Governor

Evette won the GOP gubernatorial primary with about 29.1% of the vote compared to Wilson's 26.5%.

Real California Lesson: Dems Have No Actual Leaders

Spycraft Will Decide Iran's Fate

Platner-Collins Matchup Set in Maine Senate Race

Safety Starts With Solving Crimes, Not Just Reporting Them

up next: now reading: Public Safety Starts With Solving Crimes, Not Just Reporting Them Public Safety Starts With…

How To Shut Down an Immigrant Detention Camp

For more than two weeks, around 300 immigrants locked up at Delaney Hall, an immigrant detention camp in Newark, New…

Tariffs on Forced Labor Are Free-Market

Yet another blowout jobs report this morning, with the addition of 172,000 jobs beating all expectations and the prior…

Trump Just Might Deliver Rail Hub NYC Has Waited For

At last! You may have lost track of how many proposals and promises for an airy and gorgeous new Penn Station have…

Nothing About the Penn Station Slashing Is Normal

Normalizing mental illness-related violence lets public leaders avoid accountability.

High-Tech Seeks Skilled Tradesmen

A new program will pay workers as they train and promise them jobs building new digital infrastructure.

Late Ballots With No Postmark Is an Invitation to Fraud

With the flood of late-arriving mail-in ballots having helped propel Raman into second place, it's worth looking at…

Orwell the Fortune Teller

George Orwell wrote an essay in 1948 titled 'Writers and Leviathan' where he discussed the intersection of literature…

Meet the 'Dishonest' Press

Trump has long viewed legacy media as adversarial, and his 'Meet the Press' interview helps illustrate why, whether…

What Andy Rooney Might Say About 60 Minutes' Downfall

The turmoil engulfing CBS News and "60 Minutes" has left me wondering what my grandfather Andy Rooney would make of it…

Can America Escape Race? The Paradox of Colorblindness

The article discusses the concept of race in America, specifically in the context of Mississippi's Second…

How Bill Gates' Billions Shape U.S. Medical Research

Bill Gates, former Microsoft CEO, has directed much of his wealth toward philanthropy through the Bill and Melinda…

California Vote-Counting Fuels Conservative Distrust

The California vote-counting process has fueled conservative distrust after Spencer Pratt's lead in the Los Angeles…

Why It's Futile To Debate Israel's Enemies

There is only one nation on Earth that must continually argue for its right to exist, even when the very survival of…

California Still Counting

The RealClearPolitics podcast discussed the early results from primary elections in California, New Jersey, and Iowa.…

The 'Battle Hymn' Can't Be Ignored

Trump Just Might Deliver Rail Hub We've Waited For

Jefferson's Greatest Sentence

Walter Isaacson's new book, The Greatest Sentence Ever Written, reminds us that we are a nation dedicated to a…

Orwell the Fortune Teller

Once on the Brink, U.S. Steel's Oldest Plant Gets a Big Renovation

Some of the Kids Are All Right

Maybe Generation Alpha will show their elders the way.

Trump Asserting Blunt Power Over Israel

<p>The Israeli leader has long exploited divisions in Washington. But Trump&rsquo;s dominance over his party gives him…

CBS News Is On Fire

CBS News is facing criticism from its own anchor, Scott Pelley, who stated that the organization is on fire and in…

JD Vance Is Right About Henry Nowak

Whatever one feels about the helpfulness of the US intervention, the pearl-clutching over Vance's remarks is frankly…

The State of Freedom Conservatism

up next: now reading: The State of Freedom Conservatism The State of Freedom ConservatismCOMMENTARYBy Avik RoyJune 08,…

MAHA Moms Who Helped Elect Trump Out of Patience

As Republicans fight to hold Congress, they shouldn't count on the women who helped elect Trump in 2024, MAHA…

Nigel Farage Is Insulting Henry Nowak's Memory

Nigel Farage has been criticized for his response to the murder of Henry Nowak, a student who was killed by a Sikh…

Democrats Can't Escape the Bidens and Their Drama

You could almost feel sorry for Joe Biden when he crashed his wife Jill's debut book talk in New York last week.