Anyone doubting gold’s dominant status as the world’s safe-haven asset has not been paying attention to its superior performance over its rivals. In its best performance since 1979, over the past year ...

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A recent federal appellate court decision in favor of a public high school student’s online, off-campus First Amendment speech rights reins in a school’s authority to police and punish offensive ...

Against the background of the parlous state of US and Japanese public finances, there are already clear signs suggesting that next year we will see the return of the bond market vigilantes in a way ...

Imagine you’re a dean at a public institution—the University of Florida (UF) Levin College of Law—and a second-year student posts this on X in March 2025: My position on Jews is simple: whatever ...

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On December 15, five conservative higher education thinkers discussed the Trump administration’s October 2025 Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education, framing it as a catalyst for an ...

The Pentagon recently released its annual report on China’s military developments and its findings are clear: China is eager to continue earning its keep as the Pentagon’s “pacing challenge,” while ...

A curious thing happened on the way to Kamala Harris’s defeat by Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election. The group that was supposed to pull her triumphantly across the finish line waving ...

The 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores underline a continuing decline in educational achievement in the United States. The Institute of Education Sciences’ tendency to ...

James Carville, Bill Clinton’s political advisor famously said that when it came to elections it was the economy, stupid. This year’s presidential election is likely to prove no exception. Six months ...

“The United States is a republic, not a democracy.” This is one of those oft-repeated expressions that one hears in civil discourse whose meaning nevertheless remains somewhat fuzzy. After all, the ...