Noah Rothman

Is it MAGA to want plastic bags back?

The Gates memo may soon touch off a mad scramble for the cash that the donor class is still willing to contribute to climate.

The administration should stop handing ammunition to its opponents.

It would be a colossal mistake for the president to glide into a war in South America for which he sought no public support or congressional buy-in.

The Russians are dragging their feet, and why wouldn’t they?

Israel is now the military hegemon in the region, and Hamas is a shadow of its former self.

The incentive structure here is all wrong.

They can’t (or won’t) do it.

Republicans are imitating Obama’s approach by needling Democratic voters to the point that they take leave of their senses. And it could backfire.

They love her for the violence she committed and advocated.

Bad headlines and a rough poll for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill suggest that the Republican has a chance in New Jersey.

The president’s tough talk is a challenge to the Kremlin.

It’s all, and only, about Israel.

There are those who seek to live an unobtrusive life in the identity of their choice, and those whose gender dysphoria is accompanied by clinical paranoia.

If we honor Charlie Kirk’s legacy of good-faith engagement, we will reflexively step back from the precipice.

If Russia thinks NATO is a paper tiger, Moscow must be forced to reconsider.

A draft of a new National Defense Strategy envisions a smaller, weaker, more self-conscious America.

The fabricated death of a Palestinian boy is only the latest offense.

A metaphor no more.

A new resolution condemning Israel is about as marred as the process that produced it.

Appointees who represent the biggest departures from convention are the squeakiest wheels, and not in a good way.

Nate Silver seems somehow unfamiliar with the decade of remorseless political warfare waged by Democrats. Here’s a refresher.

The Democratic Party’s problems run even deeper than its operational headaches.

Will Russia have the chance to challenge NATO on the cheap?

The Russian president is demanding a steep price for peace — on terms so favorable for Moscow that it would likely be a temporary reprieve.

‘State capitalism’ never works.

Their reaction to Trump’s D.C. police takeover is unconvincing.

With Mamdani-like indifference, the AP published a hand-wringing exposé about the suffering Israel inflicted on Hezbollah and the souls caught in its orbit.

Teachers’ unions and their allies should be afraid.

The fact that the Court is prepared to review what the left regards as a foundational element of anti-discrimination law may come as a shock to some. It shouldn’t.