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I’m a lowly Santa Barbara County judge — but I’m more powerful than POTUS

A county judge in Santa Barbara has decided that she has more power than the President of the United States to regulate American energy supplies in wartime. Last month,...

Supposed new Iran peace talks are looking more like a joke than a hope

As US negotiators head back to Pakistan for more peace talks, we have to...

Trump impeachment was a frame, Florida school-choice lessons and other commentary

Documents just released by Tulsi Gabbard “show a coordinated effort to frame President Trump”...

Legendary record producer Clive Davis on the unique deal he gave Whitney Houston

Record exec Clive Davis. Don’t know him, then you’ve been under a fossil 600 years. So...

Judges slam Trump admin over social media censorship, limits on transgender treatments for kids

The Trump administration faces more legal setbacks after judges found the government illegally censored anti-ICE activists online and acted beyond its legal authority in trying to block doctors from delivering certain medical treatments to transgender kids.

I’m a lowly Santa Barbara County judge — but I’m more powerful than POTUS

A county judge in Santa Barbara has decided that she has more power than the President of the United States to regulate American energy...

Supposed new Iran peace talks are looking more like a joke than a hope

As US negotiators head back to Pakistan for more peace talks, we have to ask: What’s the point?

Trump impeachment was a frame, Florida school-choice lessons and other commentary

Documents just released by Tulsi Gabbard “show a coordinated effort to frame President Trump” over his July 2018 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr...

Legendary record producer Clive Davis on the unique deal he gave Whitney Houston

Record exec Clive Davis. Don’t know him, then you’ve been under a fossil 600 years. So I asked him to explain what a record executive does.

If we don’t lock up and treat the mentally ill, we’ll continue to pay a deadly price

Last week, in Nebraska, Noemi Guzman tried to kidnap a 3-year-old from Walmart.

Leo’s anti-war words: Letters to the Editor — April 20, 2026

The Issue: Pope Leo’s denunciation of war with Iran and the extent of his involvement in global politics. It’s reasonable for the pope to...

Tactical tourism is the overlooked pathway to domestic terrorism

To understand risks to homeland security, counterterrorism officials need to examine the travel history of suspects.

‘Free’ day care isn’t what you think it is

Child care got expensive — more than $13,000 per child, per year.  So many people want government to pay for it. My state just...

I was one of a few conservative professor at Harvard — here’s where the school went wrong

Universities should be places of rigorous debate. But Harvard has become a place where there's only one right answer.

Trump is right to rebalance global drug prices

Americans pay the highest prices in the world for brand-name prescription drugs. Patients in other wealthy countries, meanwhile, pay far less for the exact same treatments. Their government-run health systems bully drug companies into offering huge discounts, and then the United States is left subsidizing drug costs for the rest of the world. The Trump […]

Prices are going up. Its only the beginning unless Congress takes action

The U.S. and Iran have reached a fragile ceasefire, but despite the long-awaited reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, the future of the ceasefire remains uncertain, and American families are still facing real economic consequences at the gas pump, in grocery store aisles, and on their electric bills. Gasoline prices have increased by more than […]

Washington talks energy dominance. Without permitting reform, it can’t build

If Congress allows permitting reform to stall again, the United States will inevitably face higher energy costs, weaker energy reliability, and reduced geopolitical influence. Washington favors strong language and superlatives about resilience, competitiveness, energy dominance, and winning the future. But for all that rhetoric, policymakers don’t seem to feel the urgency of a major weakness […]

Don’t make law enforcement the backup plan for healthcare cuts

We’ve all seen it: Officers respond to someone in the midst of a mental health crisis or an overdose. As a former officer and police chief in Irving, Texas, I saw those painful moments again and again. We answered those calls because someone had to, but too often, we were being asked to respond to […]

The shadow war: Confronting Iran’s playbook

I have spent years on the ground across the corridors that shape global power — Africa, the Middle East, and Asia — working not just with executives and policymakers, but with the truck drivers, the field operators, and the logistics crews who keep energy flowing to us. I have sat with regional leaders, spoken directly […]

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