American politics today is a blood sport with polarizations unseen since the Civil War era. One thing unifies American politicians, from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Donald Trump: ego. Every congressperson looks in a mirror and sees a senator, and every senator sees in his reflection a president. When politicians reach such echelons of power, they seek […]
With long-term oil prices in question as tensions in the Middle East rise, America must ensure a stable and predictable environment for domestic energy production. That stability is threatened by a wave of climate lawsuits filed by states seeking to punish American energy producers for lawful, federally regulated activity. American fossil fuel producers only account […]
CNN reported Wednesday that a leaked preliminary intelligence assessment found that President Donald Trump’s strikes on Iran did not destroy the core components of its nuclear program, but only set it back a few months. On Thursday morning, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth pointed to numerous other assessments, including from the International Atomic Energy Agency […]
HEGSETH IS RIGHT. This newsletter has often noted a peculiar feature of some media coverage of President Donald Trump: When Trump or Republicans say something, many reporters and commentators reflexively seek to knock it down. When Trump or Republicans say A, they immediately say not-A. Do Trump and his GOP allies say former President Joe Biden […]
Props to Senate Majority Leader John Thune for keeping that President Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill moving ahead, herding cats as masterfully as Speaker...
The failures of a foreign technocratic nation-building project turned many Americans into cynics and panic-mongers. Trump reminded them that a superpower must act like...
Democratic candidate for New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani is really leaning into socialism. It makes sense, given the leftward lurch of the Democratic Party. Mamdani, 33, championed by the media and celebrities, has vowed to enact policies fellow socialists Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and former Mayor Bill de Blasio could only dream of in […]
