Treacherous and malicious as it was, the Democrats‘ coordinated and strategic 2016 campaign to portray President Donald Trump as an agent of Russia proved to be a resounding success. Initiated by the Democratic National Committee and the Hillary Clinton campaign, the effort quickly drew in high-ranking Obama administration officials, the federal agencies they led, Democratic leaders […]
Los Angeles is such a poorly run city that Mayor Karen Bass has to weaken the city’s police department even further for budgetary purposes. Bass announced that her proposed budget would include around 1,650 layoffs and the elimination of another roughly 1,000 unfilled jobs as the city tries to make up a deficit of around […]
The Trump administration reportedly is preparing to halve the State Department’s budget and, in one of the most far-reaching reorganizations in the department’s history, both close nearly every U.S. Embassy in Africa and eliminate the State Department’s nearly 70-year-old Bureau of African Affairs. In its place, the State Department would empower a special envoy who […]
When I settled into my plush theater seat to view Warfare on its opening weekend, I had done no research about the film. I anticipated the standard Global War on Terrorism fare: good guys and bad ones in an epic struggle watered down for the palates of Americans desperate for a denouement, and maybe a […]
The idea of purging the homeless, through initiatives such as drug decriminalization, is no longer in fashion. That doesn’t stop the ideological pendulum from brushing against it on the other side. This arc is evident in California, where public policy is a mess of incompetence and overcorrection. That is expected in so blue and overgoverned […]
President Donald Trump escalated his fairly one-sided war of words this week with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, whom he nominated for the position in 2017. “‘Preemptive Cuts’ in Interest Rates are being called for by many,” Trump posted on Truth Social on Monday. “With Energy Costs way down, food prices (including Biden’s egg disaster!) substantially lower, and […]
“Be not afraid.” When Pope John Paul II uttered those words in 1979, they resonated far beyond his native Warsaw, Poland. His proclamation was not simply spiritual guidance, but a principled stance against Soviet tyranny. John Paul II gave voice to the oppressed and reminded us why moral clarity matters. Sadly, that clarity was sometimes […]
Tens of millions of Americans deal with differing levels of fraud every year, so many that, in Oregon, Attorney General Dan Rayfield has made consumer protection one of his top priorities. When Oregon Democrats introduced House Bill 3789 and called it the Workers’ Fraud Protection Act, proclaiming to protect public employees from bad actors falsely […]
President Donald Trump is growing impatient with efforts to negotiate an end to Russia’s war against Ukraine. Reflecting on negotiations, he recently warned, “There’s a point at which you have to either put up or shut up.” Secretary of State Marco Rubio later backed up that stance by arguing that if a peace deal is […]
There is simply no educational equity, no opportunity and no meaningful learning without skilled and proficient reading — but city schools have taught it...
