In the early hours of February 28, American and Israeli forces began a large-scale offensive against Iran. Immediately there was confusion on the nature of “Operation Epic Fury.” Was it a limited military operation meant to further degrade the Iranian missile and nuclear program, or was it a much more ambitious gamble on regime change? 　　The administration’s messaging has been...

　　Shortly before Valentine’s Day, Gail Slater, the head of antitrust enforcement at the Department of Justice (DOJ), announced she was leaving “with great sadness.” Accounts of the split vary, but Slater appears to have been the loser of an internal political struggle at the White House and given a choice: resign or be fired. Whether the action was warranted is debatable, but many...

　　The Roberts Court has been restoring the separation of powers in the administrative state by strengthening presidential control over the executive branch, pressing Congress to speak clearly when it delegates major authority, and insisting that judges—not agencies—say what the law means. This judicial duty is weakened by doctrines that require courts to defer to administrative agencies interpretations of the law....

　　How Do I Pray for My Spouse? 　　By: Michelle Lazurek 　　For where two or three gather in my name, I am with them.Matthew 18:20 　　How can I pray for you? 　　These words came from my husband's mouth one evening after a long workday. My husband's work schedule had changed, causing him to work late nights, often getting home just in...

　　Justice Neil Gorsuch’s concurring opinion in the tariff case of Learning Resources v. Trump rightfully has garnered favorable attention. This is largely due to its clear explanation of the Supreme Court’s “major questions doctrine.” As recited by Justice Gorsuch, the major questions doctrine is that, “to sustain a claim that Congress has granted them an extraordinary power, executive officials must...

　　In his famous draft of the Kentucky Resolutions of 1798, Thomas Jefferson advised that “in questions of power, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.” Jefferson’s rhetorically powerful phrase rested on a simple assumption: that the Constitution constrained federal power. That assumption is understandable. After all,...

　　A Prayer to Grow in Godly Wisdom 　　By Sophia Bricker 　　Bible Reading: 　　“Where then does wisdom come from? Where does understanding dwell? … And he said to the human race, ‘The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding” (Job 28:20, 28, NIV). 　　Listen or Read Below: 　　“Don’t judge a book by its cover” is generally true. There...

　　Everyone seems crazy about Severance. One of the first shows in a while to be a true “water cooler” show, it has a 96 percent rating from Rotten Tomatoes critics and 76 percent from audiences. It’s spawned an entire cottage industry of YouTube sleuths theorizing about every clue the show’s given to the show’s mystery. It’s even crossed political boundaries,...

　　What Solzhenitsyn called the ideological lie was not limited to a single country, government, or movement. And it did not, unfortunately, die off in 1989. In his new book, Daniel Mahoney presents the lie as the replacement of traditional categories of good and evil with progress and reaction, a change that ripples through political and social ideas in a way...

　　In his bracing account of the reasons for the clash of American and British forces at Lexington and Concord, Richard Ryerson has touched on several of the most vital themes of both British and American constitutional history, running from Magna Carta (1215) to the Glorious Revolution (1688–89) to the American Revolution (1776). He concludes his account with a question about...

　　The most successful city in the world is named after Britain’s most abject failure as a monarch. By the time he was overthrown after three short years on the throne, James II, previously the Duke of York, was a symbol of intolerance, trying to impose Roman Catholicism by decree against the popular wishes of a largely Protestant nation. In Taking...

　　His nature is too noble for the world: 　　He would not flatter Neptune for his trident, 　　Or Jove fors power to thunder. 　　– Coriolanus, Act 3, scene 1 　　John Quincy Adams was a witness to the birth of the American republic. The son of the statesman most responsible for the independence of the United States, he spent his formative years...