SAMUEL L. JACKSON endorses Karen Bass for L.A. mayor: "These are the times we need someone who understands government, who also understands the needs of the people. Someone who will go on the streets and gather the people together. Not someone who will divide them."
Former first lady Jill Biden said she was so "frightened" by the 2024 debate performance by her husband, President Joseph R. Biden, that she thought he was having a stroke.
Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to boot liberal partisan fact-checkers from his platforms is a welcome one, and it should be the end of any notion that the “fact-checkers” are anything but politically motivated censors. Zuckerberg announced on Facebook that Meta would be shifting to a fact-checking system like X’s community notes, which allows users […]
From the Pacific Palisades to Pasadena, the beachside Eden on Earth of Los Angeles County is burning to the ground. In less than one day, more than 80,000 Californians have been evacuated, multiple injured, and at least two dead. With more than 4,000 acres of some of the nation’s most valuable property up in flames, […]
On March 4, 1801, John Adams rose before dawn. It was his last day as president, and he was leaving Washington in defeat. Adams had no intention of staying for the inauguration of Thomas Jefferson, his political rival whom he’d narrowly defeated four years earlier. He missed his wife, Abigail, who had already departed for […]
President-elect Donald Trump has made no secret of his ambition to negotiate big diplomatic agreements. He wants to forge peace between Ukraine and Russia, and he wants to finalize a historic peace agreement both between Saudi Arabia and Israel and between Israel and the Palestinians. The last seems an unlikely mix, to put it mildly. Trump even seems to want […]
President Joe Biden just dealt a devastating blow to U.S. consumers and our domestic oil and gas industry. Through executive action this week, he permanently banned new oil and gas leasing across 625 million acres in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. Far from ensuring stability, this decision pushes the United States toward energy insecurity and […]
THE LOW POINT OF JIMMY CARTER’S AWFUL PRESIDENCY. Forty-five years ago, on July 15, 1979, President Jimmy Carter gave what came to be known as his “malaise” speech. More than halfway through his term as president, things were going terribly. Inflation was already high, 6.3%, when Carter took office. By the time of the malaise speech, […]
After the fall of Bashar Assad‘s regime in Syria, the incoming Trump administration faces a complex set of challenges. Despite President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to reduce U.S. involvement overseas, completely disengaging from Syria may not be a viable option. The interim government led by Hayat Tahrir al Sham has shown little intention of quickly transitioning […]
President-elect Donald Trump chose Pete Hegseth to lead the Department of Defense because he’s a combat veteran and change agent who isn’t afraid to take on the vital job of rebuilding the U.S. military from woke to lethal. He is the right person for the job, and I fully support him as our next secretary […]
Turf-fighting is a way of life at the State Department, as in much of the federal government. The department’s complex and varied responsibilities have, over time, led to an organizational chart that has defied multiple attempts at rationalization. Its internal culture has simultaneously grown more entrenched. The Foreign Service is perhaps the government’s strongest civilian […]
During his first administration, President-elect Donald Trump made clear his disdain for Africa when, during a January 2018 meeting with senators, he dismissed much of the continent as “shithole countries.” If he wishes his second-term legacy to roll back China’s rise against U.S. interests, Trump can no longer afford to ignore the continent. The Democratic […]
How many schoolchildren across this country are being taught to sympathize with terrorists? The question may sound absurd to many. Most people don’t want to hear or think about it. However, as a career educator, I can tell you it’s a problem staring us in the face and one we need to address head-on. In […]
Before Congress adjourned for Christmas, congressional leadership had set ambitious goals to counter the Chinese Communist Party. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Chairman John Moolenaar (R-MI) identified three China policy priorities to address: closing trade loopholes that provided a highway for Uyghur slave labor-produced goods to America, cutting off U.S. cooperation with CCP-controlled biotechnology companies, […]
There is no more unreformable bureaucracy in Washington than the Pentagon. There is also no more bureaucracy in need of urgent reform. The problem? Reforming the Pentagon would tax the acumen and patience of any politician or bureaucrat. Even the most inside-the-beltway mavens, such as Donald Rumsfeld, who served as secretary of defense twice, have […]
Many legacy media outlets have been publishing inaccurate casualty figures for Palestinians in the conflict in Gaza, and they have only themselves to blame. On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas and other Iranian proxies invaded Israel, massacring more than 1200 people and taking hundreds of people hostage. In response, Israel launched a military operation in Gaza […]
