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American ingenuity transformed the world. Energy investments will define next 250 years

There is a phrase we have returned to again and again to explain the arc of our country: “American ingenuity.” It defines how a...

Brendan Simms’s new novel asks, have great powers returned?

It is clear by now that the end of the Cold War and the period of relative peace, globalization, and prosperity that ensued after...

The last Founding Father: How James Monroe paved the way for America’s greatness

George Washington was the father of our nation, a man seemingly cast from marble whose service, both in wartime and as president, made both...

An old friend’s surprise at a new vocation

I was in Paris last week for a party to celebrate the wedding anniversary of old friends. I know that’s a polarizing sentence to...

Erdogan’s Turkey is no place for the F-35

President Donald Trump would be justified in striking a $700 million deal to sell jet aircraft engines to the Turkish air force. But he...

America 250: The great landmarks of America’s fight for independence

Burl Ives, the famous 20th-century American entertainer whom many will recognize as the narrator of the Christmas classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, once said,...

A World Cup lesson: Rediscovering the country we’ve taken for granted

As Americans prepare to celebrate Independence Day, there is an undeniable irony hanging over the nation’s 250th birthday. Americans are deeply divided about the very...

Measles is back. Vaccinated children are suffering the consequences, too

Earlier this spring, a family brought their child into a Provo, Utah, pediatrician’s office with a runny nose and a fever. Doctors treated it...

One cappuccino, hold the antisemitism, please

A man’s daughter has to use the bathroom in New York City. The man ducks into a coffee shop, asks the barista if his...

The history lesson America’s critics desperately need

By all accounts, America’s 250th birthday celebration is already shaping up to be the greatest in our history. Hundreds of thousands of events across...
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