UNIONTOWN, Pennsylvania — Scott Dunn did not get a call from Washington. Instead, he received calls from his constituents. The chairman of the Fayette County Board of Commissioners had watched the March announcement like everyone else: a $17 billion natural gas generation hub somewhere in southwestern Pennsylvania, with 4.3 gigawatts of capacity, financed through Japan’s […]
Critical minerals are the strategic resource in today’s version of the Cold War. These raw materials, which require sophisticated and complex techniques to extract and process, will largely dictate U.S. success or failure in that geopolitical contest. Their applications span the aerospace, defense, electronics, energy, medical, and transportation sectors. Fortunately, after years of lagging in the […]
Electricity bills keep climbing, and politicians and pundits are searching for someone to blame. Data centers have become a popular scapegoat — a narrative the Taxpayers Protection Alliance has been busy debunking. Others point the finger at utilities, arguing they are incentivized to build more and spend more to goose a guaranteed rate of return […]
President Donald Trump’s supposed weekslong war on Iran has now trudged into months, but while it’s hard to say whether he’s winning his war over the country’s suicidal dictatorship, it’s becoming increasingly clear that, against all odds and a concerted, anti-American psy-op, the White House is winning its war for oil independence. In a narrative-defying […]
For four years, a Philadelphia nonprofit organization called the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention operated with no connection whatsoever to the family of Raphael Lemkin, the Jewish lawyer whose name it took. Then the family filed a complaint with Pennsylvania authorities, the press picked it up, and the institute made an announcement. A man named […]
For most of the past century, the U.S. Congress has shaped veterans’ issues and benefits with the able and direct assistance of the Veterans’ Service Organizations. Some of these VSOs are very familiar to most of the public. Organizations such as the American Legion — of which I have been a proud member for almost […]
President Donald Trump gave the Pentagon 90 days to update the rule governing autonomy in weapon systems. That window closes this week. The administration’s instruction was not simply to adopt artificial intelligence faster. It was to do so while preserving the chain of command and operational authority. That gives the Pentagon an opportunity to solve […]
While headlines are dominated by election news and the war in Iran, our government is quietly getting ready for one of the most important events of the year. In under four weeks, President Donald Trump will host Chinese President Xi Jinping at the White House. The meeting comes at a crucial juncture for bilateral relations. […]
I’ve reviewed plenty of depositions and board minutes as an expert witness on fiduciary duty, and you learn fast to spot an answer from a dodge. New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) just handed Congress a masterclass in the dodge, and it took her four weeks to do it. Here’s the situation. New Jersey’s Motor […]
Congress should pass tougher sanctions on Russia. President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine should carry real consequences, and countries helping finance it through purchases of Russian oil and gas should not get a free pass. The Senate overwhelmingly agreed. To its credit, it also improved the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act before […]
President Donald Trump literally wrote the book on the art of the deal. When Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in Washington, D.C., in September, he should put artificial intelligence on the table and secure a strong international agreement to end the reckless competition that is increasing the chances of human beings losing control of AI. […]
Every nation has problems. That much is banal. What is not banal is the nature of those problems — and that distinction is the real dividing line. Some problems are structural, sitting at the foundation of a system. Others are more like buildup: real, visible, sometimes ugly, but sitting on top of a foundation that […]
In December 2024, the Biden Treasury Department sanctioned Bidzina Ivanishvili, the billionaire who made his fortune in Russia and whose party has governed Georgia since 2012. He holds no public office. He was the prime minister for one year, more than a decade ago. He hasn’t needed an office since. I wrote in these pages […]
