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 […]
“With the Houthis firing missiles” regularly, cargo companies are diverting ships from the Red Sea to “much longer” and “more expensive alternate routes,” observes National...
In his new book, “The Virtue of Color-Blindness,” Andre Archie, an associate professor of ancient Greek philosophy at Colorado State University, argues that “social...
Failing to inform the president, the deputy defense secretary, and the Pentagon bureaucracy of his recent multiday medical incapacity this week, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin must be relieved of his office. Austin has shown moments of strong leadership, such as on Ukraine. But he can no longer command the nation's confidence at the Pentagon.
More than thirty years ago, political pundit James Carville famously said, “It’s the economy, stupid,” as a campaign rally cry for then-candidate Bill Clinton during the 1992 presidential campaign. It’s a saying used repeatedly to stress the importance of economic conditions with the public during campaigns.
Trailing former President Donald Trump in the polls and afflicted with a job approval rating around 40%, President Joe Biden is kicking off his reelection campaign not with a positive message about his accomplishments but with two speeches designed only to divide voters and scare them to the polls.
Widespread reporting paints a mostly rosy picture of receding nationwide violence and crime toward their pre-pandemic levels. However, the effects of many policy reforms...
