“The whole question is—who will overtake whom?”- V. I.  Lenin,1921 For communists like Vladimir Lenin and all other totalitarians, both of the “left” and “right,” the only question to be answered in matters of state is one of wielding the political power to destroy...

When the Rev. Jesse Jackson died this week in Chicago at age 84, the tributes were predictable. Jackson was a protégé of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., a two‑time presidential candidate, and the most prominent black civil‑rights leader for decades. The Associated...

In the halls of the U.S. Capitol, where lawmakers craft policies that shape the nation's economy, a persistent ethical dilemma looms: the ability of members of Congress to trade stocks while possessing privileged, non-public information. This practice raises serious...