Op-Ed

For years, I’ve watched the same story play out in American politics. A candidate is expected to win. The polls look good, the messaging sounds right, then election night comes,...

In a move that should surprise no one who’s been paying attention to the shifting realities of global energy, the United Arab Emirates announced Tuesday it is withdrawing from both...

You probably didn't hear much about a trade meeting that wrapped up in Cameroon last month. That's understandable. What happened there, or more precisely what didn't happen, affects your paycheck,...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently announced that “it is regulatory malpractice that we don’t have early screening already,” saying “we now know that early treatment...

In Federalist 51, James Madison recognized the “great difficulty” of self-governance: “ou must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control...

In March we saw AI become a mainstream political issue and without a superior strategy Republicans will lose power.

A new edition of a science education manual for judges departs “sharply” from a “longstanding tradition of neutrality,” say three of America’s most distinguished physicists in a letter to U.S....

Earlier this year during President Donald Trump’s State of The Union address, he highlighted a little girl named Dalilah Coleman, for whom a new piece of legislation is named and...

President Donald Trump's tariffs on steel have done something no Washington consensus would have predicted five years ago: they put American economic security back on the agenda and kept it...

The Somali fraud is only a drop in the bucket, as it compares to the elaborate Indian fraud and scam networks that are taking American tech jobs and hurting the...

President Trump announced a ceasefire with Iran­ — the world’s leading exporter of terrorism — to the praise of world leaders. Time will tell if Iran continues to cooperate or...

As Americans grapple with painful prices at the pump amidst a global oil crisis, some Alaskan lawmakers seem intent on making that pain even worse. The 49th state is debating...

Ever heard someone once accused of being homophobic reply by saying, “why, some of my best friends are gay?”

Americans know fraud is bleeding their budgets dry, and a new national poll proves they’re paying close attention.

National Library Week (April 19–25) arrives each year with cheerful slogans about literacy, community and the joy of reading. But behind the celebration stands the American Library Association (ALA), an...

President Donald Trump has not been shy about wielding his executive power to boost domestic energy production and infrastructure throughout his second presidency. It’s all a piece of the “Build,...

Earth Day, April 22, 2026, has arrived! Who is the 2026 recipient of the Environmental Hero Award for Earth Day?! The past year has seen one clear winner.

Editor’s note: Big Tent Ideas always aims to provide balancing perspectives on the hottest issues of the day. Below is a column from Paul Cella, where he argues that the...

“Ambition must be made to counteract ambition,” counseled the author of the Federalist No. 51, arguing that competing centers of power were essential to checking the growth of tyranny. However,...

As President Donald Trump prepares to meet with President Xi, much of the conversation will center on tariffs, trade deficits, and global competition. But there is another issue, one far...