In short, Iran has been the world’s largest supporter and exporter of terrorism for decades. Every president for the past half century has claimed a commitment to stop them yet none has done so. Only now has one — Trump — been willing to honor his pledge with action. Whether that decision is bold or reckless remains to be seen.

I join the demand that Epstein’s accomplices and co-conspirators be brought to justice. But remember that justice also demands the presumption of innocence.

In any well-run organization, good leadership and management adds value by clarifying goals and keeping the mission on track. Schools are no different.

Peaceful protest – I remember when that term wasn’t ironic — and civil disobedience have a long and storied history in our country leading to important social changes. Anarchy doesn’t.

Today, some demand in the name of empathy that we look past what earlier generations — of citizens and immigrants alike — refused to tolerate. Illegal immigration and welfare fraud must be intolerable. Empathy is no excuse. Restore standards, restore trust, follow the law, and our proud tradition as an immigrant nation may continue.

During oral arguments in Slaughter, Justice Katanji Brown Jackson gave voice to that very idea, saying that such expert independence from presidential authority is “for the good of the people.” There could hardly be a better example of condescending moral superiority than a Supreme Court justice implying that what’s good for the people is to have unelected experts ignoring their electoral will.

While presidents Obama and Biden were dividers-in-chief in their own wrongheaded ways, President Trump’s need to raise the divisiveness bar by wallowing in the gutter smears us all.

When teachers prize inquiry over ideology, they train not just students, but citizens. By demanding civility, balance, and intellectual honesty from our educators, perhaps our politics will follow. The reverse has failed us too often to ignore the lesson any longer