In 1940, Winston Churchill ordered the evacuation of 338,000 troops facing annihilation on the beaches of Dunkirk. Churchill called the successful operation "a miracle of deliverance." Historians portray it as a perfect example of victory in defeat. Democrats raging at eight members of their ...

Last week, two things happened that may shed some light on where American capitalism is heading. First, Tesla's board caved in to Elon Musk's demand that he get a pay package of $1 trillion (if he meets various goals). Musk's trillion-dollar pay package is so grotesque as to make a mockery ...

"America will never be a socialist country!" says President Donald Trump. I hope not. Trump rightly declared socialism "the wrecker of nations and destroyer of societies." But I fear he's confused about what socialism is. "Trump says he's against socialism, but he is having the ...

I once met a man who claimed to make up his mind who he wanted in presidential elections only after stepping into the voting booth. "Are you kidding me?" I asked, aghast. How could anyone, I marveled, not know who they were planning to vote for? What were they waiting for, a message from ...

For decades I have been hearing the old courtroom saying about how a grand jury would indict a ham sandwich if given the chance, but I never expected to see it happen. What the saying conveys is that grand juries, which approve or reject charges to go to trial, only hear from one side, the ...

There are an estimated 42 million people receiving food aid from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps. The figure represents 12.3 percent of the U.S. population, according to the USDA. In the richest nation on Earth that is not something to brag about. It ...