Congressional Republicans have been using the phrase “common sense vs. crazy” in their midterm campaign messaging. It is catchy, because it is actually a true representation of the policies of the two major political parties today. In 2024, a common-sense sleeper issue may have been the turning point of the presidential election. Democrats were pushing […]
For more than a decade, America’s racial grievance industry has enjoyed the extraordinary privilege of having its accusations travel at the speed of social media. Before the facts can emerge, activists assign racial motives, media personalities identify villains, and online agitators assemble the mob. Private citizens can suddenly find their photographs, families, workplaces, and telephone […]
“Tax the rich” is no longer just an economic slogan. It’s become a moral escape hatch for the populist left — a convenient excuse to blame billionaires, landlords, and business owners for every personal or financial frustration. At the center of it all sits one word: “inequality.” It’s not just echoing in one city — […]
Frank Kendall ran the Air Force under former President Joe Biden. Last week, the Pentagon yanked his security clearance, accusing him of telling a reporter that the Qatari-donated jumbo jet now serving as Air Force One lacks some of the defensive gear the old plane carried. Kendall says he is completely mystified. Maybe he is. […]
We do not know why Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and her longtime partner, Riley Roberts, reportedly ended their engagement. She has not explained it, and there is no evidence that politics, race, or her ambitions for higher office caused the breakup. So let me be clear from the beginning: what follows is speculation. This week, […]
The housing market is stagnant, and while people are staring at interest rates as the culprit, there’s a second culprit: a capital gains tax bill Washington wrote in 1997 and has left alone since. Congress has a chance to fix that with a bill that would index capital gains taxation on home sales for inflation. […]
America has a critical minerals problem. Washington knows it. China knows it. And increasingly, mining companies know that having the right people in Washington, D.C. can matter almost as much as having the right rocks in the ground. That reality helps explain why NovaRed Mining, a Vancouver-based junior exploration company, brought former Department of Homeland […]
President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order that could substantially alter the childhood vaccine schedule in the United States. Among other things, the order calls for the measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine to be given as three separate shots, says childhood vaccines should be spread out between medical visits as much as possible, […]
The Trump administration is searching for a legal way to impose tariffs to combat unfair foreign trade practices. After the Supreme Court slapped down Trump’s initial round of tariffs, it’s unclear whether this second attempt will meet legal muster and accomplish the administration’s objectives. There is a better way. The administration already has access to […]
Aaron Farinacci, the alleged arsonist in the Washington state catastrophic wildfires, has, according to prosecutors, “admitted to starting one Spokane wildfire and more than two dozen others since last year.” Whoever the arsonist was, he is eminently deserving of the death penalty, and if it was Farinacci, he deserves it in spades. The premeditation is […]
I love explaining what “girl math” is to my friends who gamble because they seem to think that I’m the financially irresponsible one. In reality, their hobby costs them more than girl math ever could, and is quite frankly, unattractive. The science behind girl math is focused on the change in one’s bank account. Things […]
On Aug. 7, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, a mutual-defense pact declaring that an attack on any one signatory will be treated as an attack on all three. Two days later, Iran-aligned Houthi forces attacked Saudi Arabia and Saudi-backed forces in Yemen anyway — an early test of what […]
American interests in the Gulf region, including advancing an accommodation between Saudi Arabia and Israel, have been undermined by the present quagmire. The Saudi priorities include protecting its infrastructure and addressing the danger posed by an Iranian nuclear weapon. The latter helps explain the kingdom’s pursuit of a nuclear program, including fuel reprocessing and enrichment, […]
Sixteen years after passage of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), America has accumulated enough experience to ask a question that extends beyond any one administration or political party: Where did the money go? The Affordable Care Act fundamentally reshaped American healthcare. Millions gained health insurance, and protections for patients with pre-existing conditions became permanent law. […]
