Recent polls show that Donald Trump and Joe Biden are tied in this very early stage of the 2024 presidential race. Each has just over…

The headline in The New York Times “Lindsey Graham and Elizabeth Warren: When It Comes to Big Tech, Enough Is Enough” caught my eye for…

Reading a very good book recently I was once again reminded of the irrepressible nature of the American economy. The book is Chip War: The…

There is a common assumption that Adolf Hitler was elected to the position of Chancellor of Germany. That isn’t strictly correct. In 1933, the Nazi…

Today our good neighbours to the south are celebrating their country’s birthday—its 247th. Two hundred and forty seven days of democracy, the longest ever. The…

The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is the biggest Protestant denomination in the US, descending from Baptists who settled in the American colonies in the 17th…

People generally like to keep things simple. Black and white, right and wrong, men and women. But of course things generally aren’t all that simple.…

No society has ever created wealth like the United States. And no other society does today. Its dynamic capitalism with freer markets and smaller welfare…

A recent survey funded by The Wall Street Journal showed some dramatic changes in the attitudes of our neighbours to the south. For example, two…

Reading a Pew Research Center study about Americans and marijuana, I was surprised how rapidly support for legalization rose, and to what heights. From 16…

Starting with the election of Joe Biden in November 2020, U.S. election results have been looking rather good. The midterms in 2022 were predicted to…

I was saddened to hear that former U.S. president Jimmy Carter has gone home to die. A statement from The Carter Center read “After a…