Washington spent years restricting China’s access to advanced semiconductors and the equipment used to manufacture them. Those controls protect an important American advantage. They do not tell states and communities how to evaluate the facilities needed to install, power, and cool those chips at home. New York exposed that omission on July 14, when Gov. […]
We live in a world where access to information is more plentiful than ever, yet truth has never felt more elusive. AI summaries, 24/7 media, and never-ending social media “takes” create more opportunities for content to be corrupted by misinformation and disinformation. Wikipedia is another example. Fresh claims of left-wing bias have triggered congressional concerns […]
Electricity bills are rising fast and eroding household budgets for millions of the public. The median household in the bottom fifth of earners spends nearly 10% of its income on energy, while the top fifth spends around 1%. In 2024, 43% of adults in households earning under $25,000 reported being unable to pay an energy […]
Congress does this often: it passes a law directing an agency to solve a hard problem, and then the real work, the part that determines whether the law means anything, happens quietly inside the executive branch months later. A provision of last year’s defense authorization act is a clear case. Section 1513 of the Fiscal […]
Over the past decade, jihadist violence in sub-Saharan Africa has killed more than 150,000 people — a toll that likely exceeds the entire recorded history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including after Oct. 7, 2023. Amnesty International has not called an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council, the university protesters are absent, and op-ed pages […]
In 2025, President Donald Trump gave small businesses one of the largest regulatory relief victories ever by exempting U.S. businesses from the burdensome and unconstitutional Corporate Transparency Act. This little-known but highly intrusive law mandated that over 30 million small businesses register their beneficial ownership information with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. Failure to comply […]
Progressives have increasingly claimed they condemn Zionists, not Jews. However, in practice, their efforts often use a very broad definition of who is a Zionist, unfairly harming Jewish individuals and organizations that are deemed not sufficiently critical of Israeli policies. Thus, they severely limit the Jewish individuals who are acceptable. The two most visible Jews […]
Cook County Circuit Judge Cynthia Ramirez posted two words about a federal law enforcement agency on social media: “F*** ICE.” Ramirez is a sitting judge. Yet, as of this writing, the Illinois bar associations that demanded Judge James R. Brown’s removal over political commentary he wrote while retired have expressed no comparable public concern. Illinois […]
At this moment, the Lebanese government is participating in negotiations that may open the way to peace, greater stability, and the disarmament of Hezbollah. This direction enjoys significant support among Lebanese citizens across sectarian lines. Yet when we, as citizens, publicly support the same position adopted by our own government, we are threatened and punished. […]
There is a quiet, coordinated campaign underway to reshape American energy policy. It is being waged not by voters or their elected representatives, but by a small network of activist lawyers, blue-state officials, and anonymous donors. They have figured out that what they cannot win at the ballot box, they might extract from a courtroom. […]
JEANNETTE, Pa. — Nearly 263 years ago this August, Col. Henry Bouquet marched a relief column into a stand of oak and hickory forest west of Fort Ligonier and fought one of the most consequential battles of the colonial frontier. Most Americans have never heard of the battle, nor will they visit its grounds. But […]
We are in a moment of profound change around trade, onshoring, and supply chain resilience that is remaking the global economic and political order. These discussions are long overdue. However, as the United States reconsiders how it engages with the world, American policymakers must ensure that they do not inadvertently restrict access to affordable medicines […]
My acupuncturist is a bit of a contrarian. When I complain of a stiff neck or lower back pain, she smiles and reaches for my left hand. Needles are placed in my fingers, wrist, and elbow. Forty minutes later, the pain is mostly gone despite her never once touching my neck or back. Geopolitics works […]
As he first announced the terms of the memorandum of understanding with Iran, deceptively so, Vice President JD Vance flippantly told Megyn Kelly that if the 60-day negotiations with Iran failed, “the straits are still open … and … really, you know, we can get on with our lives as a country.” If only that […]
