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Commentary By Daniel McCarthy

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May 27, 2025

Trump, Harvard, and the Brain-Drain Myth By Daniel McCarthy

   Has Donald Trump declared war on Albert Einstein?

May 20, 2025

China's Power Is a Virus By Daniel McCarthy

When a nation bears the blame for more than 7 million deaths worldwide, what is Washington going to do?

May 13, 2025

How Glenn Youngkin's Miracle Became a Curse By Daniel McCarthy

Don't blame President Donald Trump for the setback Republicans are facing this November.

May 6, 2025

Trump's Rumble on Sesame Street By Daniel McCarthy

President Donald Trump has fought plenty of political heavyweights, but now he's up against a foe far tougher than Hillary Clinton or Kamala Harris: Big Bird.

April 29, 2025

Don't Make Ukraine Another Vietnam By Daniel McCarthy

Fifty years ago on April 30, Saigon fell to the North Vietnamese, and the defeat was America's, too.

April 22, 2025

After Francis, Catholics Need a Populist Pope By Daniel McCarthy

Pope Francis was meant to be a pontiff for the age of globalization.

April 15, 2025

Is Luigi Mangione the Left's Donald Trump? By Daniel McCarthy

On CNN, approving of murder is hardly any worse than voting for Donald Trump.

April 8, 2025

Tariffs Are a Reason to Cut Taxes and Red Tape By Daniel McCarthy

   If there's one thing supporters and opponents of President Donald Trump's tariffs should agree on, it's the need to unchain prosperity at home while international trade is in flux.

April 1, 2025

Lawfare Isn't Beaten -- In France or America By Daniel McCarthy

Elections are supposed to be decided at the ballot box, not in the courtroom -- unless you're French, or, in this country, a liberal.

March 25, 2025

Will Trump Turn Nationalism Against America? By Daniel McCarthy

President Donald Trump is nothing if not strong-willed, and he's the leader of the mightiest nation on Earth -- but there's one power even Trump can't afford to discount.

March 18, 2025

The Democrats' Civil War By Daniel McCarthy

Chuck Schumer is running scared from his own party.

March 11, 2025

Can Donald Trump Win a Trade War? By Daniel McCarthy

President Donald Trump knows better than to treat the "honeymoon" a president gets in his first months of office as a time to relax. He's fighting as hard now as he did at the height of last year's campaign.

March 4, 2025

Europe's Decline Was a Choice By Daniel McCarthy

Donald Tusk, the prime minister of Poland, might not shock Europe's leaders the way Donald Trump does, but he too has a tough message for them.

February 25, 2025

How Trump Makes Europe Stronger By Daniel McCarthy

   President Donald Trump has a plan to save Europe, and the results of Sunday's election in Germany show it's working.

February 18, 2025

The Civil Service's Partisanship Problem By Daniel McCarthy

   Here's a dirty secret about the federal government many Americans are just learning:

February 11, 2025

What Kind of a Populist Is Elon Musk? By Daniel McCarthy

   Can the world's richest man be a populist?

February 4, 2025

Can Trump Win Trade Wars Before They Start? By Daniel McCarthy

        Donald Trump knows exactly what he's doing with tariffs.

January 28, 2025

The Pro-Life Federalism of Trump and Vance By Daniel McCarthy

Reports of the pro-life movement's death have been greatly exaggerated.

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January 21, 2025

Trump Inaugurates a New Era By Daniel McCarthy

Breathtaking: There's no other word for the sheer ambition and scope of Donald Trump's second inaugural address.

January 14, 2025

Democrats Aren't Democracy's Party By Daniel McCarthy

When Donald Trump is sworn in next week, America will have a president for the first time in four years.