Every September, Washington holds a fire sale on your money. Agencies with cash left rush to sign contracts and cut grant checks before Sept. 30, because they fear leftover funds will invite future budget cuts. Think Black Friday with a federal seal. That rush costs real money. A study in the American Economic Review found […]
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps recently released a 25-page open letter to the public. In addition to making a case against President Donald Trump, the Guard seeks to justify the Iranian nuclear energy posture. The tone was remarkably moderate. Iranian officials argued that their nuclear program is peaceful, normal, and economically necessary. They claim that […]
The tragic deaths of University of Mississippi students Aidan Hamilton and Robert Strang have turned the national spotlight on the dangers of kratom, the drug known as “gas-station heroin” for its cheapness, addictiveness, and ubiquity. These are just two of the countless reasons why the Foundation for Drug Policy Solutions, where I serve as CEO, […]
Recent high-profile battles between the White House and corporate media outlets have resulted in historic bans, courtroom fights over press credentials, and the sudden exclusion of major networks from the Air Force One travel pool — and inadvertently exposed a dark secret. These public spats pulled back the curtain on the subsidized world of the […]
In 1534, Spanish officials urged the Crown to garrison Mona Island as La llave de las Indias — the key to the Indies. Madrid refused, allowing French corsairs to exploit the unprotected mesa and repeatedly sack San German. Centuries later, German submarine U-156 shelled Camp Cofresi, treating a civilian camp as a military target. Eventually, […]
For Romania’s progressives, meeting an American ambassador now warrants a treason referral. Last weekend, a lawmaker from USR, a party that governed alongside former Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan, asked prosecutors to investigate three politicians for treason. Two of them had met Kimberly Guilfoyle, America’s ambassador to Greece, at a Bucharest restaurant on March 31: Sorin […]
2013—Rosemary Barkett’s 34-year Reign of Error in the American judiciary—first in Florida’s lower courts, then as a state supreme court justice (and chief justice),...
The Caspian Sea, the world’s largest lake, is fast becoming one of the most important trade arteries on the planet. Covering 143,000 square miles, an area larger than Germany, the Caspian is the salty remnant of an ancient sea, the Paratethys, cut off from the world’s oceans more than 5 million years ago. Today, it […]
The Trump administration has correctly identified fraud in government programs as a critical issue. Given the federal deficit, it is incumbent on the government to take a hard line on rampant COVID-era spending fraud and well-documented rip-offs of the Medicaid system. At the same time, Washington shouldn’t ignore “legalized” fraud ripping off taxpayers. A perfect […]
On Nov. 3, voters will decide who controls Congress while the war with Iran is still underway. What they will not decide is how that war gets paid for. Congress has scheduled that question for after they cast their ballots. My previous op-ed for the Washington Examiner asked who has the power to declare war. […]
