Today is the fifth day of the 12 days of Christmas. Some may recognize this day from the famous song “The Twelve Days of Christmas” as the day of “five golden rings.” Others may recognize it as the feast day of St. Thomas of Canterbury, the archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his assassination in […]
President Donald Trump’s announcement of a new Trump-class guided missile battleship makes clear that he intends to strengthen America’s military power, whatever one thinks of the name. The battleships will, however, take a great deal of money and dockyard space that could be better spent on other warships suited to countering China. The key measure […]
America’s military has a criminally inane reinvestment strategy. Despite being 250 years in the business of molding civilians into soldiers, our services seem unaware...
In 1992, President George H.W. Bush should’ve been “a shoo-in” for re-election, given his administration’s “spectacular foreign policy successes and a rebounding economy after...
Just-released federal data shows that illegal immigrants make up 14% of incarcerated individuals in New York — so they're overrepresented in the state’s prisons...
Driving up summer electricity demand with yet more air-conditioning units when Con Edison is already struggling to meet today’s needs is a recipe for...
A large chunk of TSA’s 60,000 employees are often preoccupied with union haggling — not with providing security for travelers. Good news: Team Trump...
For years, liberal Supreme Court justices have decried the dangers of what is known as the “shadow docket,” but when it suits their short-term political ends, suddenly the docket is their friend. In a short three-page decision written with little briefing and no oral argument, a 6-3 majority denied the Justice Department’s request to stay […]
