Right now, the Chinese Communist Party is waging a secret war against Chinese Americans who fled persecution in China. The goal? To turn public opinion and the U.S. government against the Falun Gong spiritual practice. Ahead of CCP Chairman Xi Jinping’s visit to the United States, I’m asking you to stand with Falun Gong practitioners […]
The scale of the AI data center build-out is staggering. Capital commitments have already hit hundreds of billions of dollars and are forecast to top a trillion by 2029, larger than the GDP of most countries. Massive campuses spread over thousands of acres are planned. As a microchip executive recently put it, “This is the […]
Today’s surge in oil company profits amid the Iran-driven energy shock has understandably generated accusations of profiteering and price gouging. I spent the first half of my career in the oil industry, so I recognize my own industry sympathies. I am also a committed free-market capitalist. But I have a gut-level discomfort with the juxtaposition […]
President Donald Trump demands a 30-foot George Washington statue replace the "Infinity" sculpture outside the National Museum of American History in Washington.
New York City was not built by people who were scared. The whole point of the city has always been the speed and grit and ambition of its people. If there was a new tool that could build higher, move faster, or make someone more money, New Yorkers grabbed it with both hands. Which makes […]
There’s a lot of money to be made by defecting to the other side. Hopping across the aisle comes with fame, fawning New York Times profiles (that is, if the move is from Right to Left), and endless cable news hits. Just ask Liz Cheney or Robert F. Kennedy Jr. But in a world of narcissistic headline-seekers, there are […]
Consider a thought experiment. The year is 2030, two years after the Democrats have retaken the Congress and/or the White House. What does higher education look like? DEI has been restored as the central administrative and ideological pillar of college and university life. Institutions have once again made race and gender the focal point of […]
The young man holding an electric guitar on stage at the Cedar Point amusement park in Ohio earlier this summer looked briefly thoughtful. “Well, I’ve played some of my originals,” he said, “and I thank you for the response, but we have a big crowd here right now, so let’s do something that you all […]
