The removal of Nicolas Maduro from power is a watershed moment for the United States, the Western Hemisphere, and a world that has grown far too accustomed to tolerating narco-states masquerading as sovereign governments. Maduro presided over one of the most corrupt, brutal, and destabilizing regimes of the modern era, one that hollowed out Venezuela’s […]
President Donald Trump is irrationally exuberant about rebuilding Venezuela’s economy and its oil industry. The reality on the ground is far less encouraging. Venezuela is a broken nation-state. Over the past decade, its economy has contracted by roughly 75%. The country’s institutions have collapsed, and its currency is effectively worthless after years of hyperinflation. Rebuilding Venezuela’s […]
The lynchpin of the Democratic Party’s control over California is not elected officials but the million-plus members of government unions who collectively send more than a billion dollars a year to union leaders to maintain political dominance. However much Democrats may believe they run Sacramento, moments of conflict reveal where power truly lies. This is […]
Ashley Tisdale's mom scandal reveals the hollowed-out husk of subprime Hollywood, where flailing C-list actors and singers have been reduced to C-list influencers.
Wednesday’s deadly shooting in Minneapolis was "so preventable, so unnecessary" — that “protester” didn’t need to be blocking ICE agents in the first place,...
California fostered the conditions for the Los Angeles wildfires through poor forest management, lackluster water storage, and incompetent leadership. Naturally, the state wants to ignore those problems and focus on its expertise: hyperregulating normal people and pretending that these regulations move the needle. California is currently “drafting the toughest statewide rules in the country for […]
