What Mr. Xi can’t replicate is American freedom. Relinquish party control, and the communist project unravels. My latest @WSJFreeEx wsj.com/opinion/free-express…

A very interesting, and even important, interview piped.video/B7yl7fEHeKM?si=f9tY…

What Mr. Xi can’t replicate is American freedom. Relinquish party control, and the communist project unravels. My latest @WSJFreeEx wsj.com/opinion/free-express…

Breaking News: Lt. Gov. Dale Caldwell of New Jersey resigned after eight months in the role, following a report that found he had crossed ethical lines such as trying to secure a promotion for a girlfriend and dates for himself. nyti.ms/4ySIVMg

From @WSJFreeEx: For all the talk of military buildups, artificial intelligence, trade deficits, currency manipulation and Taiwan, the U.S.-China competition is at root a battle of ideas, writes @continetti on.wsj.com/4yyXNjn

New: A U.S. defense official tells me approximately 60 commercial vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday.

Why has America avoided debating values with China? Why haven’t our leaders spoken up more forcefully for dissidents? Why have we let this powerful tool go to rust? asks @continetti on.wsj.com/4Azbujk

RT @hughhewitt: Quite an essay from @xchrisgonz of @AEI, which also includes this: “Most American historians today have come up in a uniqu…

For all the talk of military buildups, artificial intelligence, trade deficits, currency manipulation and Taiwan, the U.S.-China competition is at root a battle of ideas, writes @continetti on.wsj.com/3T3JFiz

'Whatever the verdict on the approach of conservatives to Republican presidents, it does seem instructive that rather than embrace a defeatism in the face of the “conservative votes, liberal victories” phenomenon, conservatives then fixated on ensuring what came next.' Must-read Daniel J. Flynn @NRO nationalreview.com/2026/09/f…

'We always have to remind ourselves that, as Herbert Butterfield wrote, “The centuries have tiptoed and gone, and the things that people have been afraid of, the things that have raised a thrill, the things men have talked and joked and told easy lies about, have not always remained the same.”' @xchrisgonz @AEI aei.org/domestic-policy/the-…

🎯 @continetti “For all the talk of military buildups, artificial intelligence, trade deficits, currency manipulation and Taiwan, the U.S.-China competition is at root a battle of ideas. The Charters of Freedom state America’s purpose: a new nation, born 250 years ago, whose limited government was established to secure individual liberty. The Declaration’s self-evident truth of equal freedom, channeled through the Constitution’s federal architecture and sheltered by the Bill of Rights, is the basis of American power. It’s a rebuke to despots everywhere…Mr. Xi understands this. As a committed Marxist-Leninist, Mao division, he takes the idea of freedom more seriously than do most Western intellectuals.” wsj.com/opinion/free-express…

'Freedom comes with responsibilities. It requires adults who are willing to take care of themselves, raise their children, help their neighbors, build businesses, support churches and charities, participate in their communities, and solve problems without immediately demanding that Washington create a department to handle them.' Great piece @LarryOConnor @townhallcom townhall.com/columnists/larr…

JD Vance is not ripping away anyone’s health insurance coverage wapo.st/4hJLWsp

No, Xi is not meeting Trump from a position of strength. China's consumer spending slump shows how much his economy is failing China's people. Read more in today's WSJ Economics newsletter. wsj.com/economy/xis-economy-… Subscribe for free here: wsj.com/newsletters

Today: @continetti reminds Trump where the real battle with China lies; @andykessler watches an AI documentary for doomers; and @emmma_camp_ went to boarding school. Plus, @MattHennessey takes a look at the Harvard class catalogue. wsj.com/opinion/free-express…

Don't miss from @continetti : "What Mr. Xi can’t replicate is American freedom. Relinquish party control, and the communist project unravels. It happened in Eastern Europe. It happened in Soviet Russia. It could happen in China." wsj.com/opinion/free-express…

El-Sayed's alarming enthusiasm for authoritarianism and contempt for democracy commentary.org/seth-mandel/t…

Netanyahu’s Barn Burner of a Speech Makes the Case for Moral Clarity Against Antisemitism @larry_kudlow @NewYorkSun nysun.com/article/netanyahus…

One of the men who was wounded in the attempted assassination of President Trump at a 2024 campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, has died. cbsn.ws/4d1xLwh