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Birthright citizenship for illegal immigrants is insane

Weeks after returning to the White House, President Donald Trump looked to cut straight to the heart of birthright citizenship -- the notion that anyone born in the United States is an American citizen -- through an executive order titled "Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship" that looked to impede automatic citizenship for children born to illegal immigrants. But in a massive blow to the Trump administration, the U.S. Supreme Court just decided that this executive order violated the 14th Amendment, specifically the first line of Section 1: "All persons born or ...

Mamdani’s rent freeze threatens everyone who owns anything

Tenants' groups and leftwing activists are cheering New York City's newly announced multiyear rent freeze. But Mayor Zohran Mamdani's rent scheme is headed for a judicial smackdown at the U.S. Supreme Court. In 2023 and twice in 2024, a hesitant Supreme Court declined to hear challenges by ...

America at 250: Restoring America’s greatness

The pages of tomorrow's history are written by today's decisions. History is littered with failed republics and democracies. The Roman Republic became the Roman Empire. Democracy in ancient Greece turned into an aristocracy. This didn't just happen in ancient history. In 1961, a new ...

‘Toy Story 5’: A reminder of imagination’s importance

I found the "Toy Story 5" theme of tech versus toys very intriguing, as folks like me from older generations often lament that today's kids are missing out on one of the most wonderful parts of childhood: using your God-given imagination. Screentime on tablets can lock so many kids in, and while tech toys can teach them useful skills they will need, such as problem solving, language development and trial-and-error learning, they cannot replace the joyfulness and thrill that emanate from toys coming alive through the extraordinary power of creativity. "Toy Story 5" continues with Bonnie ...

Days of disgrace: America tells refugees to pound sand

"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free," reads the iconic welcome to the world's oppressed inscribed on the Statue of Liberty. Emma Lazarus, the poet who penned those words, had herself helped Jewish refugees from the anti-Semitic pogroms of Eastern Europe ...

In days of yore, adrift on waves of Chianti

It's summer, the season of vacations, therefore the season of air travel and the season of people getting kicked off planes because they've had too much to drink. The culture has shifted, though, and because of regulations or health consciousness or sheer panic at the idea of getting sued, I'm sure that I'll never again experience what I did on a transatlantic Alitalia flight from the U.S. about 25 years ago. I was broke at the time, and I'd somehow managed to snag a round-trip ticket to Athens on the Italian carrier for about $600. When I sat down, I noticed that I'd been placed in ...