Opinion

NEW KENSINGTON, Pennsylvania — Thomas Tull is walking along the old wooden brick floor of what began as the Pittsburgh Reduction Company and later became Alcoa, a place where researchers and manufacturers created a hub of foundational aluminum manufacturing for nearly a century. In truth, this was the center of innovation and manufacturing in America. […]

The Department of Justice this month announced that IBM has agreed to pay the federal government more than $17 million to resolve allegations that the company engaged in illegal diversity, equity, and inclusion practices while performing billions of dollars in government contracts. The settlement marks the first resolution under the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Fraud […]

If Iraq looks broken from the outside, it’s because we’re still using the wrong word. Iraq isn’t failing. It’s being captured. For years, Washington has described Iraq’s political paralysis as dysfunction, another messy chapter in a young democracy. But that framing ignores what Iraqis themselves see every day: a system that no longer answers to […]

Imagine if every final judgment of a court in the United States could be undone simply by appeal to be a more friendly court in a foreign nation. Thankfully, the legal order in the civilized world has evolved to prevent this kind of litigation adventurism.  Yet, Greenpeace is asking a Dutch court to upend that […]

Many have claimed that liberals and Democrats are not grounded in reality. Others have opined that leftists are delusional fanatics who are unhinged in their ideological beliefs. Such presumptions could be reinforced by the multiple studies that show a higher prevalence of mental health deficiencies among liberals, Democrats, and others on the Left, compared to […]

Are energy lockdowns on the way? When the war in Iran kicked off and energy prices spiked, there was some chatter from media outlets and think tanks that it was a possibility. But then nothing really happened. Or at least nothing happened in the United States — at least not yet. Personally, I was somewhat […]

In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to give readers the full picture. You can find our full list of In Focus pieces here. Had it been successful, the shooting at the White House […]

President Donald Trump has warned Cuba to “make a deal” or face a complete blockade. “THERE WILL BE NO MORE OIL OR MONEY GOING TO CUBA – ZERO!” he posted on Truth Social in January. The Communist regime in Cuba has been a thorn in the U.S.’s side for almost 70 years. While its revolutionary […]

Did you hear about the Egyptian family being cruelly targeted by the Trump administration, for some reason? Well, at least that’s the impression created by a Texas Tribune social media post published last weekend. The news organization, which boasts of its “nonpartisan newsroom” tasked with “informing” Texans, framed the story this way: “An Egyptian family […]

The Biden administration had a simple explanation for why housing became unaffordable: blame the landlords. As prices climbed and buyers were squeezed out, officials and allies avoided harder questions about inflation, interest rates, and supply. The Trump administration is now moving in a different direction. In late April, it announced that the Federal Housing Administration, […]

The most disturbing part about suspected White House Correspondents’ Association dinner gunman Cole Allen’s manifesto is that it is indistinguishable from what has become commonplace rhetoric of the Democratic Party and the wider Left. Allen calls President Donald Trump a “pedophile, rapist, and traitor,” almost identical to the language Allen’s congressman, Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA), […]