From Washington Free Beacon
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Biden Admin Determined a National Address on Israel Would Provoke Iran
In the aftermath of Iran’s attacks against Israel on Saturday night, President Joe Biden chose not to address the nation to avoid escalating the conflict, Politico reported.
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Trump Goes to Trial in Hush Money Case as Legal Experts Voice Skepticism Over the Merits
Former president Donald Trump is scheduled to appear at a Manhattan courthouse on Monday as the trial over payments sent from the Trump Organization to porn star Stormy Daniels gets underway. The case will center on Trump’s culpability for the alleged falsification of Trump Organization business records, but legal experts are voicing skepticism over the […]
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Biden's Stutter Is Core to His Identity. His Account of the Moment He Overcame It Doesn’t Add Up.
All politicians have origin stories, and many, including President Joe Biden, have several anecdotes they have relayed time and again to tell voters who they are, how they learned the lessons that shaped their beliefs and worldview, and why they got into politics. Biden’s include the tragic death of his first wife and young daughter in a 1972 car crash, his transition as a young lawyer from private practice to the public defender’s office, and his efforts as a young boy and in adolescence to...
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'White Silence is Complicity': NPR’s New CEO Sounded More Like an Activist Than a Journalist in 2020 Tweets
NPR’s new CEO, Katherine Maher, shrugged off widespread looting and property damage during the 2020 riots, saying it was "hard to be mad" about the destruction. "I mean, sure, looting is counterproductive. But it’s hard to be mad about protests not prioritizing the private property of a system of oppression founded on treating people’s ancestors […]
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Lucky Joe
I have known Joseph Epstein for almost 40 years, but until I read his autobiography, I was unaware that he is not only one of the great essayists in English literature but also an amateur juggler. That makes sense, because no one juggles words better than he: They fall in surprising ways and make you wonder how he manages to do the apparently impossible with such unflappable ease. When I first began to read his essays, and later his stories, I told myself that I would give two fingers to be able...
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The Reagan-Trump Roadmap
"My idea of American policy toward the Soviet Union is simple," Ronald Reagan told Richard Allen, his future national security adviser, in 1977. "We win and they lose." Reagan lived to see his policy come to fruition when the Soviet regime collapsed 14 years later. A new foreign policy roadmap by Matthew Kroenig and Dan […]
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The Marriage Bonus
When I was 16, on the recommendation of Oprah Winfrey, I read Eat, Pray, Love (2006). The bestselling memoir tells of "one woman’s search for everything across Italy, India, and Indonesia," as the subtitle puts it, documenting author Elizabeth Gilbert’s abandonment of her marriage in pursuit of pasta, yoga, and romance.
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Iran Launches Drone Attack at Israel, Expected To Unfold 'Over Hours'
JERUSALEM (Reuters)—Iran launched dozens of drones at Israel on Saturday that will take hours to reach their targets, Israel's military said, an attack that may trigger a major escalation between the regional archenemies, with the U.S. pledging to back Israel. Two security sources in Iraq said dozens of drones had been spotted flying from Iran […]
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Japan's Foreign Policy Revolution
Washington is hardly the nation’s glamor center, and even so, visits by foreign dignitaries usually produce more style than substance. Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida’s state visit this week, however, was one of the most consequential in years. The understated leader of America’s largest Asian ally announced a series of agreements with President Biden that were unimaginable a few years ago. Japan’s quiet revolution in foreign policy is altering Asian politics and thwarting Xi Jinping’s...
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WATCH: Joe Biden's Senior Moment of the Week (Vol. 89)
This week Joe Biden wheeled out some of the ethnic nicknames he's given himself over the years, including "Bidenopolous" and "O'Biden." The 81-year-old president also said something about the recently collapsed bridge in Baltimore, we're just not sure what exactly.
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Jamaal Bowman Defends Union Fighting Subpoena Over Anti-Israel Resolution
New York Democratic congressman Jamaal Bowman is defending a union chapter that has resisted complying with a subpoena in a congressional investigation into an anti-Israel resolution that Republicans say may have infringed upon union members' rights.
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Biden Admin Lets Sanctions Waiver for Iran-Russia Nuclear Work Expire—But Won't Commit to Enforcing Those Sanctions
The Biden administration has allowed a series of sanctions waivers that permit Iran and Russia to engage in joint nuclear work to lapse but won't commit to enforcing those sanctions, sowing confusion about U.S. policy at a time when both countries are building out Tehran's atomic infrastructure.