After an election like this one, the political consultant class searches for one tidy explanation for what went wrong. There never is, and anybody who tells you a single issue cost Republicans control of Congress is selling you something. Smart politicos can all point to inflation, turnout, candidate quality, and the old midterm curse on […]
Twenty-two governors recently signed Vice President JD Vance’s Pledge to Protect Americans from Fraud. Noting that American taxpayers fund trillions in government benefits to support citizens in need, the pledge declares: “We must do all we can to stop the fraud and bring fraudsters and their enablers to justice, restoring trust and preserving these programs […]
On Sunday morning, two days before Michigan voted, Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) walked into Perfecting Church in Detroit and took a seat beside Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers. She had been scheduled to attend a Detroit church service that same day with Abdul el Sayed, the man who narrowly beat her in the August Democratic […]
This year, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation is awarding its “Freedom Prize” to the “Iranian people,” with Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi — the heir to Iran’s monarchy and a popular, influential, respected, and credible Iranian figure — accepting on their behalf. The announcement immediately unleashed intrigue, smear campaigns, controversy, and toxic propaganda from a familiar triangle […]
California is a stronghold of the American Left. Yet even there, a wealth tax on billionaires appears to have been rejected by voters. The tax was supported, among others, by economists Gabriel Zucman and Emmanuel Saez, who have been campaigning for higher taxes on large fortunes for years. The proposal called for a one-time tax […]
Sixty percent. That’s how many Michigan Jews early exit polling reveals voted for a candidate who not only couldn’t passively condemn Jew-hate from peers, but actively campaigned on sinister rhetoric himself. That’s how many Jews willingly, even enthusiastically, participated in sending the first explicitly anti-zionist Senate candidate to Washington. In a word: oy. This is […]
In my medical career and my public service as a county commissioner president. I have learned that budgets reveal true priorities. When corporate consolidation or systemic inefficiencies drain local healthcare resources, independent physicians feel the squeeze first. The exact same economic friction applies to the national electorate. The proposed cutoff of direct aid to Israel […]
The Department of Education move took many families by surprise while giving kids only a remote chance of learning anything, even without the technical...
Russian forces struck a train platform at Dnipro’s main railway station in central Ukraine last week, killing at least 15 people and wounding at least 14 others. Russia targeted the train with its potent new weapon, a jet-powered drone. For almost five years, Russia has relied on the Shahed, a cheap Iranian-designed attack drone, to […]
Iran’s Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf is the ultimate linchpin binding the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ wartime command network, its post-war construction monopoly, and the legislative machinery anchoring both. While dominating Tehran as mayor from 2005 to 2017, Ghalibaf systematically funneled no fewer than 23 parcels of land and buildings to the Guard Intelligence Unit under a […]
President Donald Trump’s self-proclaimed golden age is over. He ended it himself. Starting in January, the president will deal with large Democrat majorities in the House and the Senate — featuring Democrat senators from Texas, Kansas, South Carolina, and possibly Mississippi — kicking off two straight years of investigations, impeachment efforts, and brinkmanship government. The […]
The United States must accelerate its pivot away from Western Europe toward Asia and Australia. Excluding China, the nations of Asia believe in capitalism, hard work, and personal responsibility. Their economies are dynamic, and their demographics are not yet a dead weight on economic growth. In stark contrast, Europe is sliding into economic stagnation driven […]
For the first time in 20 years, corruption was the top issue on voters’ minds this election year. President Donald Trump rightly deserves blame for making it a top-tier issue. The day before Republicans suffered historic losses in the House and Senate, turning both chambers over to the Democrats, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) told radio […]
Pass the salt. It’s time for me to eat my words. A month ago, I argued in this space that the Republicans would hold both houses of Congress because massive numbers of quiet, pollster-ignoring Republicans would vote in a loud red wave. As Maxwell Smart used to say, “Missed it by that much.” Or Bob […]
