While a U.S. delegation traveled to Kabul to secure the release of U.S. citizens in Taliban custody, Afghanistan‘s de facto government requested long-awaited recognition from its American counterparts. Ariana News reported last week that the Taliban delegates asked U.S. representatives to hand over the Afghan Embassy in Washington, D.C., and to reopen the U.S. Embassy in […]
If I were a betting man, I would not have put my early money on the Department of Government Efficiency bailing out an Obama-era, government-built tech program that is way over budget, has enabled fraud, and put taxpayers’ personal information at risk. But if you follow the latest news coming out of the General Services […]
President Donald Trump is preparing to issue a new travel and visa ban for citizens of countries whom he deems a security risk or who have a history of illegally remaining in the United States. During his first term, Trump issued several executive orders that banned entry for citizens of 15 countries. While many in […]
When folks think about the Coast Guard, they usually picture a rescue swimmer jumping from a helicopter — something straight out of The Guardian. But the real picture is far bigger and far more urgent. The Coast Guard might be one of the smallest branches of our military, but it carries a heavyweight mission. Coast […]
As the chief executive of a company that has been at the wrong end of TikTok’s unfair business practices, including being banned as an advertiser from the platform, I have much to gain by keeping TikTok operational — the hugely popular platform can continue to entertain 170 million U.S. users, 60% of them Generation Z […]
After months of uncertainty, “Liberation Day” finally arrived. On Wednesday, President Donald Trump gathered the people he loves most, his inner circle and the legacy media, to announce his big and not-so-beautiful tariff strategy, lauding it as a “declaration of economic independence.” Using national emergency powers — because the word “emergency” is the executive branch’s […]
The Department of Justice announced on Tuesday that Attorney General Pam Bondi has “directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty” in the case against Luigi Mangione. He is charged with killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Dec. 4 in New York City. Thompson, a father of two, was fatally shot in the back in a crime […]
Everybody likes cheap stuff. We bargain hunt constantly, eager to find a way to save a dollar here and a dollar there while buying what we want and need. Clever retailers, eager to convince shoppers that they are saving money, will market sales as a means to entice customers through the door. At the same […]
There is a glaring omission in all the words spoken and written about tariffs since President Donald Trump announced his horrific new trade policies on April 2. The scale of the probable horror is clear. Protectionism looks likely in the future to stanch American growth if it is not already doing so, kill American jobs, […]
There is an endless audience for the art of influence grifting, and influencer Paige Connell has found her niche: giving relationship “equity” advice. Truly, Connell’s antics reveal that she is just as unsatisfied with culture as the rest of us. A five-minute video filmed on Connell’s kitchen counter and titled “Why I considered divorcing my […]
The United States is about to plunge into recession, pulling much of the world down with it. The tariffs announced by President Donald Trump on April 2 will reverse decades of rising wealth based on specialization and exchange, based on little more than his unfocused feelings. Announcing his new rates, the president claimed they were […]
“Sex is for fun. Embryo screening is for babies.” That’s one motto of industrial eugenicist Noor Siddiqui, whose company makes babies in a lab, investigates their genes, eliminates the undesirable ones, and implants the desirable ones. If you make babies the old-fashioned way, Siddiqui warned, you could curse your child with mental illness, obesity, brown […]
In 1759, British Adm. John Byng was executed by firing squad for “failing to do his utmost” to relieve Minorca, a Mediterranean island besieged by the French navy. This minor episode in the Seven Years’ War, known in these parts as the French and Indian War, inspired a scene in Voltaire’s satirical novel Candide. When the naif Candide […]
The Star Wars franchise has fizzled as a cultural phenomenon thanks to the contempt Disney has for the franchise and its fans. Actor John Boyega, who played Finn in the latest trilogy, has almost come around to this position. In 2020, Boyega voiced his frustrations with Disney for hyping up his character just to make […]
