Trump is now at the zenith of his power. The moment he’s sworn in on January 20, he’s just the plain, old president of the United States.

To Compete With China, Trump Should Learn From Reagan.

At home, Yale Law School and DEI committees are out. Abroad, strength and escalation are in.

To safeguard U.S. interests, the next president must be clear-eyed and tough on Russia’s attempts to exploit negotiations.

Lately it seems that mine is a country with a death wish. Can we avoid national suicide?

Trump’s victory is a blow to political lawfare, critical race theory, woke campuses, legacy media, and Hollywood. It’s a win for a new generation of builders like Elon Musk.

In this climate, Democrats find it very hard to acknowledge the simple realities of Trump’s appeal – an appeal going far beyond his white, middle-American, middle-brow base. Even I began to worry in the final days that Trump might fall short, for two reasons.

I have nothing against Robert Jenrick. I have never met him. I have never read him. And I strongly suspect he has never read Tom Sowell—and that is the point. Jenrick is such an archetypally uninspired Tory frontbencher that he’s earned the nickname ‘Robert Generic’, whereas Kemi has convictions. She has principles. This is hard for generic Tories to take. ‘She doesn’t suffer fools gladly,’ I have heard it said.

Having worked at the Centre for Independent Studies in Sydney from 2008 to 2012, I know how inspirational the think tank’s annual Consilium conference can be. Last week’s gathering on the Gold Coast certainly was, not least because of a remarkable speech by the historian Niall Ferguson. Although Consilium operates under Chatham House rules (unattributed comment), Ferguson has given me permission to share insights from his keynote address. I am glad he did because his warnings could not be more timely.