Iran’s strategy in this war was never complicated. The mullahs believed that if they choked the Strait of Hormuz long enough, Americans would feel it at the gas pump and Washington would lose its nerve before the midterms. Brent crude spiked past $107 a barrel this month, and Iranian-aligned ...
As predictions of a blue wave swell, it’s worthwhile to remember that polls are sometimes wrong, that surveys have tended to undercount Trump voters (though they have been better in midterms), that professional prognosticators can err, and that Allan Lichtman is only right when he’s lucky. ...
JD Vance was in Iowa two weeks ago, trying to shore up GOP support in the heartland. “We want farming to be easier in the United States of America, not harder,” the vice president told the crowd in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Farming is always hard, but what could be making it even harder these days? Hmmm. Could it be President Trump’s tariffs and trade wars that have raised farmers’ costs and lost them markets abroad due to retaliation? Asking for a friend in the Midwest. While Mr. Trump can claim all he wants that foreigners pay his tariffs, Deere & Co. said on an earnings ...
Thomas Cromwell was the Lord Chancellor of England for much of the reign of King Henry VIII in the 16th century. He engineered the convictions and executions of many whom Henry wanted out of the way, including his two predecessors in office — one of whom was St. Thomas More — and even the ...
Terrorists want nothing more than to prevent peace. It’s why they fly planes into buildings, don explosive vests and rain indiscriminate missiles on civilian populations. The response to such terrorism isn’t to cower. It is to lead with boldness, courage and, sometimes, outright ...
The world is facing at least three crises today that cannot be resolved by any one country. Two are longer-term and arguably existential: the threat of uncontrolled artificial intelligence and the growing impact of climate change. One is shorter-term and damaging the global economy: the disruption of shipping lanes in the Middle East. All three require the kind of high-level international cooperation that helped manage other challenges, like the threat of nuclear warfare during the Cold War and the damage to the ozone layer. Yet almost nobody was expecting meaningful progress during ...
