BAD FEELINGS ALL AROUND AFTER IRAN DEAL. The U.S. and Israel are mad at each other. At home, supporters of President Donald Trump’s decision to go to war are mad at him over the peace deal. Trump’s critics are happy the war might be coming to an end but mad at Trump for starting it. As […]
The Iranian government is running a digital influence campaign using artificially generated media to project military dominance while spreading fear. The effort blurs fact and fiction so effectively that even tools like Grok from xAI, created by Elon Musk, have missed key fabrications, including a viral synthetic video of a supposed strike on Tel Aviv. […]
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe will testify with other top intelligence community officials before the House and Senate’s respective intelligence committees on Tuesday and Wednesday. The war in Iran will obviously be a major focus for questions. But members of Congress must also prioritize asking harder questions about the […]
Paul Ehrlich, the celebrity bug scientist-turned-environmentalist who wrote a tract against babymaking called The Population Bomb, was disastrously wrong and never really admitted it. He spent his life defending The Population Bomb and saying he wished he had been more strident in it. He predicted mass starvation as a consequence of a growing population, but […]
WHY IS THERE STILL UNCERTAINTY ABOUT IRAN WAR AIMS? It is common for polls to show that a majority of people do not believe that President Donald Trump and his national security team have clearly explained the goals of Gulf War III. A recent Washington Post poll, a survey that, by the way, showed slightly rising […]
Virginia Democrats are pushing ahead with more gun control. It is a reminder that the Democratic Party’s gun control agenda targets law-abiding gun owners and lets criminals completely off the hook. The gun control proposals flowing through the Virginia legislature to Gov. Abigail Spanberger‘s (D-VA) desk are the typical incoherent Democratic talking points: banning the […]
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is confirming that he is precisely the sort of figure many critics warned he would be: An in-over-his-head communist with deep ties to terrorism sympathizers and antisemites — one of whom, it appears, is his spouse. While his base loves and shares his radicalism, many NYC voters were seduced […]
The following is an installment of “On This Day,” a series celebrating America’s 250th anniversary by following the actions of Gen. George Washington, the Continental Congress, and the men and women whose bravery and sacrifice led up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. March 16, 1776 The weather, specifically the severity of it, […]
Out-of-court manipulation of the courts is the latest play for climate activism. Recognizing the weakness of the merits of their novel litigation theories, trying to hold myriad defendants liable for climate change impacts, climate activists are trying to make an end run around the rigors of the legal system. The basic strategy: When the law […]
Conservatives have racked up massive wins in the courts: ending deference to government agencies, ending protections for abortion, expanding religious liberty, and many more. Lawsuits are also holding companies accountable for radical, woke diversity, equity, and inclusion and environmental, social, and governance policies. So why are Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) pushing […]
An FBI agent assigned to then-Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign has made bombshell allegations charging misconduct, political bias, and...
President Donald Trump will soon host Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi at the White House, where the two leaders will seek to strengthen the United States-Japan alliance and boost both countries’ economies. The president can advance these goals simultaneously in healthcare by urging Takaichi to reform how her aging nation’s healthcare system pays for prescription drugs. For […]
In the volatile waters of the Strait of Hormuz, maritime traffic has slowed to an agonizing crawl. Roughly a fifth of global oil trade passes through this narrow passage. Nearly half of the crude oil headed toward Asia must cross these waters. As the Iran war escalated, insurance firms raised premiums sharply, ship operators slowed […]
After news broke of a U.S.-Israeli strike on the Islamic Republic of Iran, for many people the first question wasn’t about military strategy — it was about the price of gasoline. Indeed, oil futures surged after the strikes, but situations such as these provide a valuable lesson about the importance of energy abundance. Energy markets […]
