Universities across America are brazenly defying President Donald Trump’s executive orders that banned diversity, equity, and inclusion policies, and Congress needs to hold them accountable. This week, undercover videos showed administrators at the University of Tennessee admitting that they are merely changing the name of their race- and gender-based programs to skirt Trump’s orders. “It’s […]
“The purpose of a system is what it does,” British theorist Stafford Beer once observed. For decades, federal and state governments poured tens of billions of dollars into programs to reduce homelessness, providing free housing and treatment later. Thousands of jobs were created at nonprofit organizations in cities across the country, and millions of dollars […]
After months of delays, President Trump’s long-awaited global tariffs are slated to take effect at the end of this week. Trump on April 2 announced “reciprocal” tariffs on dozens of other countries, using trade deficits to help calculate the tariff rate. But a week later, he lowered those rates to 10 percent for three months...
The Ohio State University (OSU) President Ted Carter said on Sunday that he thinks Ivy League schools are in “survival mode,” when asked about Columbia University’s settlement with the Trump administration. In an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” moderator Margaret Brennan asked Carter whether he’s troubled by the “precedent” that the settlement sets...
In a recent op-ed, Conn Carroll declares that there is no feminist solution to the fertility crisis, which, in his view, is a crisis of marriage in disguise. Rather than helping the people who raise children, mostly women, with things such as affordable childcare, he proposes giving men a raise. To be sure, many of […]
“Underpromise and overdeliver.” That’s a Sales 101 rule when it comes to managing expectations. And as it pertains to the case of Jeffrey Epstein and the specific charge of sex trafficking of unsuspecting underage girls for the rich and powerful to have sex with on “Epstein Island,” Attorney General Pam Bondi did the exact opposite […]
Last fall, the Wall Street Journal reported on the “rental market boom” sweeping Argentina’s capital. “Landlords are rushing to put their properties back on the market, with Buenos Aires rental supplies increasing by over 170%,” the newspaper reported. “While rents are still up in nominal terms, many renters are getting better deals than ever, with […]
According to actor and comedian John Fugelsang, there are two kinds of Christians. There are “Christians” who are hypocritical right-wingers who love wars and hate gays and turn back immigrants. Then there are “Christ followers.” Christ followers are peaceful and loving, and believe in every liberal cause that comes from the offices of the Democratic […]
People coming of political age in the last decade or so were no doubt shocked to learn of the Biden administration’s insane plan for saving the northern spotted owl from purported extinction. According to the Fish and Wildlife Service, the agency responsible for implementing the Endangered Species Act, preserving the owl requires slaughtering nearly half […]
If the goal of current and former federal government officials was to restore some semblance of trust in our institutions, this past week has done absolutely nothing to move the ball forward in that direction. Either by a multitude of unforced errors and tacit admissions, or by information gathered from congressional investigations, the leadership of […]
Spain is actively undercutting the very alliance that undergirds its own security. Madrid is working with American foes, discarding its commitment to NATO, and threatening key U.S. allies. The United States must be clear with its longtime friend that such behavior won’t be without consequence. Spain has decided to award a multimillion-dollar contract to Huawei, […]
Senate Republicans have until Friday to pass a $9.4 billion rescissions package requested by President Donald Trump last month. Otherwise, they will be forced to start the process all over again, virtually ending Congress’s chance of making permanent the spending cuts the Department of Government Efficiency put in place earlier this year. “We have other rescission packages that we will send if […]
A CRASH COURSE IN ARTICLE II. Among other things, the second Trump administration is giving the political world an education in the meaning of Article II of the Constitution, the article that establishes the executive branch and lays out the president’s powers. A lot of people do not like what they are learning. “The executive power […]
