Ronald Reagan delivered his famous “A Time For Choosing” speech a week before Election Day 1964. Nearly six decades later, the speech remains relevant and the parallels to the circumstances we face today are striking. The struggles against big government and Marxist do-gooders have only changed in the sense that they have intensified. Americans still … Read more
Iranian students protest at Tehran’s Amirkabir University of Technology in Tehran, October 10. Photo: -/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Iranians rally around the slogan “Woman, Life, Freedom.” But their revolution has a different slogan, aimed at those outside Iran: “Be our voice.” We ignore it at our peril. The last time the Iranian people risked their lives … Read more
Sic semper tyrannis! A century and a half later, John Wilkes Booth’s delusional cry for self-empowerment has a recognizably modern ring to it. His invocation of the ancient Romans’ condemnation of despots to justify the assassination of history’s greatest democratic leader resonates in contemporary politics. Abraham Lincoln probably did more than anyone else to advance … Read more
President Biden’s Sept. 1 speech in Philadelphia on “unity” is a poignant example of the confusion surrounding the concept of democracy. Mr. Biden declared that MAGA Republicans threaten “the very foundation of our republic.” The phrase a “threat to American democracy” is so common these days that it has almost no meaning—except that it encapsulates … Read more
The U.S. faces the most daunting security landscape in 45 years. That’s no coincidence. Earlier this year Russia launched the bloodiest armed conflict in Europe since World War II, and this summer China publicly displayed plans to strangle or swallow the free people of Taiwan. Leaders in both countries examined the landscape and determined they … Read more
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For those who believe that the commentariat is unduly fixated on Viktor Orbán, Matthew Continetti’s recent article in this newspaper should serve as a useful corrective. As Mr Continetti notes, Hungary’s prime minister has become a touchstone of a worldwide populist-nationalist social conservative movement – and the leader some of Donald Trump’s supporters hoped Mr … Read more
The proposed EU visa ban is morally dubious and reveals the lack of EU sanctions against Putin.
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