Oman’s strategy of calculated neutrality has run out of road. Long celebrated as a quiet diplomatic bridge between Washington and Tehran, Muscat has shattered its careful balancing act. A desperate attempt to revive a paralyzed shipping economy has transformed Oman into a central participant in a military conflict between the United States and Iran. The […]
I would love to think that Mark Zuckerberg saw the light. Meta, Zuckerberg’s massive tech company that owns Facebook and Instagram, agreed to a $17 billion settlement with 47 state attorneys general who had sued the company for deliberately addicting children to its products. In addition to the financial penalties, Meta agreed to implement features […]
End the federal gas tax? Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has made it one of her campaign promises in the Republican presidential primary. Haley has vowed to end federal gas and diesel taxes if she is elected president. It’s a bad idea. The 18.4-cent per gallon gas tax is a user fee, […]
When I first ranked former President Donald Trump’s top 10 vice presidential picks back in August, I had Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) at No. 3 behind Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Byron Donalds (R-FL). But after Stefanik’s performance on Meet the Press this Sunday, I’m moving her to No. 1. She was poised, confident, […]
“The American dream is available to everyone,” Larry Elder writes early on in his new book. “You only have to work for it.” It’s a belief that used to embody the nation’s spirit; it’s an idea that liberals, Democrats, and others on the Left killed long ago. Nevertheless, it is one of the core tenets […]
HARRISBURG — Thirteen years ago, after covering Tom Corbett’s inauguration as the commonwealth’s 46th governor, I stopped then-State Archivist David Haury as he was gingerly walking away from the ceremony carrying with him an extraordinary relic: William Penn’s 1698 family Bible which Corbett had just used for his swearing-in ceremony. Flanked by security, Haury was wearing […]
Vladimir Putin’s propaganda is bombarding the West with claims of military success in Ukraine, of Russia’s economic growth despite international sanctions, and of widespread global support for the Kremlin. In reality, Moscow’s alleged triumphs are based on the same illusions and deceptions as its failed communist past, in which the Soviet Union was supposedly destined to surpass the […]
Communist China plans to invade Taiwan, potentially sparking a devastating Sino-American war. But successfully repelling a Chinese invasion requires more than just U.S. involvement. Taiwan itself is key to defending its own sovereignty. And a successful defense of Taiwan will necessitate Taipei making changes — and fast. Xi Jinping is preparing China for war. In his annual […]
IOWA, ONE WEEK OUT. The first votes to be cast in the strangest presidential nomination in anyone’s memory will be cast one week from tonight in the Iowa caucuses. The polls say former President Donald Trump will run away with it, and they’re probably right. In the current RealClearPolitics average of polls, Trump has a 32.7-point […]
Might the madness finally be peaking? I don’t want to get my hopes up. Every past prediction of an anti-“woke” backlash has come to nothing. But I can’t help feeling that the resignation of Claudine Gay is a watershed. Until recently, Gay would have been immune to criticism. The fact that she is charged with […]
The Biden administration’s complete lack of commitment to maintaining deterrence has encouraged these dangerous actions and placed the American people in peril.
