CIA Director John Ratcliffe’s visit to Moscow this week comes as U.S. intelligence warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin may be prepared to escalate against NATO. Washington must use this moment to send a simple message to Moscow: Russia cannot attack the West from the shadows and expect the West to stay silent. Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in […]
President Donald Trump’s populist economic doctrine is about to face a reality check on the shores of the Great Lakes. After trade negotiations broke down late last week, the president announced new 50% tariffs on Canadian imports ranging from lumber and agricultural products to consumer electronics. After Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that his […]
Desperate to end Western support for Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin is escalating his threats against NATO. Because Putin pays little heed to rhetorical warnings, the Trump administration must physically deter him. To be sure, NATO has its flaws and needs fixes. But the defensive alliance also remains the most successful in history. And aside […]
Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) is the leader of the Keystone State. Millions of Pennsylvanians rely on him to advise them on important matters, government affairs, and state-related issues. This is particularly true regarding health concerns in the state. He’s supposed to be honest with the state’s citizens. Yet recent events have shown that Shapiro struggles […]
An “-ism” is simply what your mind is willing to put time and effort behind. In America, you may choose yours so long as it does not extinguish anyone else’s. That remains the country’s actual magic. Gather friends on a commune, raise food, distribute it collectively — have at it. History already wrote the ending. […]
Don’t look now, but Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are returning to the United Kingdom and to the headlines. My reaction? As Valley Girls used to say, gag me with a fork. I love London and St. Andrews, Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher, Chaucer and Shakespeare, the Beatles and the Stones. British food? Not so […]
America does not have a single healthcare crisis. It has affordability, access, and safety crises. Washington has divided them by party, and each party is concentrating on only half of the problem. Republicans focus on what healthcare costs taxpayers and on stopping fraud, waste, and abuse. That concern is legitimate. The Centers for Medicare and […]
The big debate over American healthcare is stuck in a trap. Government officials treat Medicare like a simple math problem on a budget spreadsheet, believing they can balance the books by constantly cutting pay for physicians. This ignores how our bodies work because human life is not just another line item on a ledger, and […]
