Within six months, the world’s two best-known moral authorities found themselves in public exchanges with the president of the United States. In April, Pope Leo XIV, answering a harsh attack from President Donald Trump, said he had “no fear” of the Trump administration. On Friday, hours after winning the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, the South […]
Illicit Chinese vapes have flooded into the United States by the millions. These black-market products are laced with toxins and put users, especially kids, at risk of nicotine poisoning and life-threatening lung damage. They have never undergone FDA review. Smugglers move them across the border and through ports as part of the same illicit trade […]
Democrats are salivating over, and Republicans are bracing for, a potentially massive blue wave. One GOP pollster is urging everyone to calm down.Patrick Ruffini,...
If Republicans lose their House majority in the midterm elections, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) should offer his resignation as the top Republican. Whether his colleagues accept it is another matter. They might decide Johnson remains their best option. But that decision should be made through a vote of incoming members, conducted by secret ballot under […]
National borders are a privilege of sovereign governance, not a shield for state-sanctioned criminal anarchy. Recent independent analysis reveals that organized crime exercises effective control over roughly 30% of Mexican territory and disputes control over another 47%. This structural collapse leaves Mexico City with clear state predominance in a mere 23% of the country. Crucially, […]
I monitor Russian-language media. Most of what it says about President Donald Trump comes in two flavors: worship and contempt. Rarely does anyone do the work. This month, Mikhail Krutikhin did the work. He is a veteran Russian oil analyst whom the Kremlin has branded a “foreign agent,” and he is no admirer of Trump. […]
