To the Journal editor: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has done it again. As his latest outrage touched off an unprecedented revolt by almost every media outlet covering the Pentagon, I once again was reminded of my own Army days when we called it the "five-sided funhouse," although not ...

What do you do when voters have rejected your party's policies and the losers have nothing new to offer? Answer: You stage large demonstrations that include name calling (this from Democrats who have called for "lowering" the rhetorical temperature). Anyone who believes last Saturday's "No ...

My two boys recently got new passports. The little books are gorgeously designed. On thick paper, drawings are etched of wheat fields and farmers, statues and monuments. Quotes from great Americans — former Presidents George Washington, Theodore Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy, as well as ...

The government is "shut down." Media call this a "crisis." A "crisis (with) no deal in sight," says Fox News. Reuters says it's a "key risk to US stability." But when I look around, I see business as usual -- families raise children, workers work, people play music ... The media act ...

"What all the wise men promised has not happened, and what all the damned fools said would happen has come to pass." That was the mordant comment of Lord Melbourne, Queen Victoria's first prime minister, on the failure of a liberal reform to achieve the results promised with great assurance by ...

What if the whole purpose of the Constitution was to establish and to limit the federal government? What if Congress's 16 enumerated powers in the Constitution no longer limit Congress but are actually used as a justification to extend Congress's authority over nearly every aspect of human ...