Opinion

President Joe Biden just dealt a devastating blow to U.S. consumers and our domestic oil and gas industry. Through executive action this week, he permanently banned new oil and gas leasing across 625 million acres in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. Far from ensuring stability, this decision pushes the United States toward energy insecurity and […]

THE LOW POINT OF JIMMY CARTER’S AWFUL PRESIDENCY. Forty-five years ago, on July 15, 1979, President Jimmy Carter gave what came to be known as his “malaise” speech. More than halfway through his term as president, things were going terribly. Inflation was already high, 6.3%, when Carter took office. By the time of the malaise speech, […]

After the fall of Bashar Assad‘s regime in Syria, the incoming Trump administration faces a complex set of challenges. Despite President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to reduce U.S. involvement overseas, completely disengaging from Syria may not be a viable option. The interim government led by Hayat Tahrir al Sham has shown little intention of quickly transitioning […]

President-elect Donald Trump chose Pete Hegseth to lead the Department of Defense because he’s a combat veteran and change agent who isn’t afraid to take on the vital job of rebuilding the U.S. military from woke to lethal. He is the right person for the job, and I fully support him as our next secretary […]

Turf-fighting is a way of life at the State Department, as in much of the federal government. The department’s complex and varied responsibilities have, over time, led to an organizational chart that has defied multiple attempts at rationalization. Its internal culture has simultaneously grown more entrenched. The Foreign Service is perhaps the government’s strongest civilian […]

During his first administration, President-elect Donald Trump made clear his disdain for Africa when, during a January 2018 meeting with senators, he dismissed much of the continent as “shithole countries.” If he wishes his second-term legacy to roll back China’s rise against U.S. interests, Trump can no longer afford to ignore the continent. The Democratic […]

How many schoolchildren across this country are being taught to sympathize with terrorists? The question may sound absurd to many. Most people don’t want to hear or think about it. However, as a career educator, I can tell you it’s a problem staring us in the face and one we need to address head-on. In […]

Before Congress adjourned for Christmas, congressional leadership had set ambitious goals to counter the Chinese Communist Party. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) identified three China policy priorities to address: closing trade loopholes that provided a highway for Uyghur slave labor-produced goods to America, cutting off U.S. cooperation with CCP-controlled biotechnology companies, […]

There is no more unreformable bureaucracy in Washington than the Pentagon. There is also no more bureaucracy in need of urgent reform. The problem? Reforming the Pentagon would tax the acumen and patience of any politician or bureaucrat.   Even the most inside-the-beltway mavens, such as Donald Rumsfeld, who served as secretary of defense twice, have […]

Many legacy media outlets have been publishing inaccurate casualty figures for Palestinians in the conflict in Gaza, and they have only themselves to blame. On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas and other Iranian proxies invaded Israel, massacring more than 1200 people and taking hundreds of people hostage. In response, Israel launched a military operation in Gaza […]

JPMorgan Chase, the biggest bank in the United States, announced it is abandoning the U.N. Net-Zero Banking Alliance on Tuesday, joining the nation’s other five largest banks in a major institutional shift that seems to have been encouraged by the reelection of President-elect Donald Trump. Last week, Bank of America, Citigroup, and Morgan Stanley joined Goldman […]