As world leaders gather in New York this week for the 81st United Nations General Assembly, the Western Hemisphere has an opportunity to elevate a security conversation that too often receives attention only after a crisis: how the nations of the Americas can work together to confront transnational threats. The U.N.’s High-Level Week runs Sept. […]
Remember the “hands up, don’t shoot” hoax? How about the “Russian collusion” lie? Do you recall Nicholas Sandmann from Covington Catholic and his interaction with an elderly Native American protester? These were all popular stories that left-wing news outlets reported, were advanced in numerous subsequent news stories, and helped persuade the American public that they […]
When President Donald Trump sat down face-to-face with Chinese President Xi Jinping in May, he proved that his personal intervention can yield real results for persecuted Christians. In that meeting, Trump called on the Chinese leader to release Pastor Ezra Jin, founder of Beijing’s Zion Church. Weeks later, over the Fourth of July, Jin was […]
Nepal Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal’s request for a foreign response to his country’s disastrous Himalayan flood would be better made as an appeal to the charitable instincts of people than as a demand for compensation from climate sinners. Khanal connects the Aug. 26 flood to the popular narrative that industrial emissions of carbon dioxide cause […]
Inside libertarian circles, critics attack anyone defending Israel as “collectivists” peddling broken ancestral claims. Their intellectual challenge boils down to one smug question: “Where is the private property? Where is the chain of title?” Fine. Ignore the archaeology, genetics, and linguistics proving indigenous Jewish ties. Let us meet these critics strictly on their own turf: […]
Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly are battling for dominance in one of medicine’s largest and fastest-growing markets: drugs for obesity and weight loss. On Monday, Novo announced encouraging results for its experimental drug CagriSema. In a Phase 3 study of patients with type 2 diabetes, CagriSema produced 12.4% average weight loss after 60 weeks, compared […]
Did Obama administration officials use government power to influence a private patent dispute involving a corporation co-founded by one of former President Barack Obama’s longtime political supporters? The known facts do not prove they did. But unusual events surrounding ParkerVision’s long-running litigation against Qualcomm raise that possibility and demand an answer. The threat extends beyond […]
I spent 30 years as an expert witness answering one question for a judge or jury: did the person managing someone else’s money know, or should have known, something was wrong. Gov. Tim Walz’s (D-MN) Minnesota just handed the country a five-minute version of that question. Federal prosecutors say Feeding Our Future, a nonprofit group […]
