A C-17 Globemaster left Joint Base Andrews on Aug. 25, routed by way of Riga, Latvia, and landed in Moscow. CIA Director John Ratcliffe was aboard and spent about eight hours there. The Kremlin says he did not meet Russian President Vladimir Putin. President Donald Trump called the trip semi-routine. What Ratcliffe carried there is […]
Major media's coverage of the Iran war is a disgrace, an endless wave of Trump-deranged journalistic malpractice emphasizing every difficulty in the US-Israeli effort
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 26, 1776 Gen. George Washington has been busy studying […]
Prediction market platforms are speaking out of both sides of their mouths. To users, the platforms this month are aggressively marketing bets on March Madness games. To regulators, they say, “What sports betting? Nothing to see here.” Who could blame them? Prediction markets’ existence depends on their ability to convince regulators and courts that their […]
Florida is going after the NFL’s Rooney Rule for being racially discriminatory. It is past time that the league dumps the rule and stops pandering to racial obsessives in the media. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier warned the NFL that failure to suspend the Rooney Rule “may result in enforcement actions against the league for race-based discrimination.” […]
SCRANTON, Pennsylvania — Less than two weeks ago, thousands of Scrantonites converged in their downtown for the 64th run of one of the oldest St. Patrick’s Day parades. Rob Bresnahan, the Republican congressman who represents the 8th district, joined them, walking with the local operating engineers union as it made its way along Mulberry, Wyoming, […]
The concept of “innocent until proven guilty” has long been recognized by the Supreme Court as a fundamental legal right of Americans, but don’t tell that to radical, left-wing Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner. As much as Krasner touts the importance of constitutionality, one would think he knows this. But that hasn’t stopped him from […]
President Donald Trump is saying he wants to end the Iran war within the next few weeks, according to White House insiders. This fits his frequent comparisons of the action against Iran with the swift operation against Venezuela in January. He has compared the two expeditions many times, such as when, a week into Operation […]
Responsible journalism has a standard — one that matters most when emotions run high. After 9/11, news organizations were careful to separate Islam from the extremists who claimed to act in its name. That distinction became a bedrock norm: separate a faith from those who weaponize it. The question raised by CNN’s recent documentary on […]
