If it walks like a Democrat and talks like a Democrat, it probably is a Democrat. Such is the mantra that voters should apply to Nebraska “independent” Senate candidate Dan Osborn. Osborn is running against Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts and telling voters that he is truly independent from the two-party system. When asked if he […]
COVID-19 tested every governor’s character. Roy Cooper failed North Carolina because he treated power as a substitute for the honest, dependable leadership North Carolinians needed. The defining challenge was never whether the government should respond to a dangerous virus. It was whether leaders could protect lives without inflicting avoidable damage on families, livelihoods, and communities. […]
Megan Romer, a national co-chairwoman of the Democratic Socialists of America, has drawn attention for her refusal to call Cuba a dictatorship. Instead, she claims that “Cubans have access to their democracy in a way that we do not.” Romer additionally opposes continued U.S. military assistance to Ukraine, saying that the DSA “do not believe […]
For decades, whenever the Middle East faced a major security crisis, regional leaders looked toward Washington. That instinct is beginning to change. On Aug. 7, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan signed the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement. Its central commitment is unmistakably modeled on NATO: An armed attack against one member will be treated as an […]
A U.S. tariff is an import tax, ultimately paid by U.S. consumers, as importers cannot absorb much, or any, of the tax. Likewise, a Canadian tariff is an import tax ultimately paid by Canadians. President Donald Trump’s threats of 50% tariffs on goods we purchase from Canada have turned into reality. Canada decided to tax Canadians […]
Traditional foreign policy experts look at Eastern Europe and see a frozen crisis. They look at the map and see standard troop positions and old treaties. To them, the deadlock cannot be broken. But Washington is looking at the board differently. To understand the current American strategy toward NATO and the Russia-Ukraine war, we have […]
Hasan Piker's audience is a Democratic audience, and the party wants his support, even if its candidates won’t take responsibility for what Piker actually...
The federal government’s debt burden passed $40 trillion last week, a terrible milestone. It shows the extent to which we are living beyond our means and need to make hard choices. As we evaluate this growing economic and national security threat, we must first properly diagnose how we got into this dire position. Democrats are […]
The Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger should not be harder to resolve than the Middle East conflict. Yet California Attorney General Rob Bonta pulled out...
Talk about your ivory tower. The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority –– LA’s central homelessness agency –– has headquarters in the AON Center on...
