The controversial Real ID officially goes into effect today. It marks the end of a process that began 20 years ago as a national security response to the September 11 terrorist attacks. For the most part, it went unnoticed over the years until citizens began to panic about the approaching deadline to switch to a […]
Democrats continue to coddle and enable “pro-Palestine” protesters, even as they commit crimes during their antisemitic protests. The latest example comes from Michigan, where Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel dropped the charges against seven protesters who were charged with trespassing and resisting and obstructing a police officer. This comes after protests and a pressure campaign […]
In the midst of war in 1747, Benjamin Franklin appealed to the German Pennsylvania settlers, asking them to create a militia to defend the colony. Franklin said people are united by “love” that commands sacrifice and transcends mere economic interest. When the Germans resisted, he opposed their further immigration. “Why,” he asked, “should Pennsylvania, founded […]
With the number of older Americans who are successful independent professionals, solopreneurs, entrepreneurs, and small business owners, the narrative about them is disheartening. Sad sack stories abound about older people unretiring or having difficulty navigating these economic times, being the only reason they engage in independent contracting or the gig economy. This is a limited view and inaccurate […]
Two questions dominating the immigration debate for decades can be summed up as: who should America allow in, and how many should come? There are unlimited answers to these two questions, but the most unreasonable and irresponsible response would be for our government to leave it up to random chance. Unfortunately, this is precisely what […]
I once served on the campus budget committee for a large public university. Over a dozen years, starting in the late 90s, I witnessed many changes in how the university operated. The biggest change was the surge in international students, especially those from China. Those students helped us balance our budgets, hire exceptional faculty, and […]
The International Monetary Fund, the global lender of last resort for national governments, will meet on Friday to consider a new $1.3 billion loan to Pakistan under its Resilience and Sustainability Facility. The loan would be the 25th that the IMF has provided Pakistan, and it follows a $1.3 billion loan for climate change in […]
“President Trump is not going to do another ‘JCPOA’ with Iran. He’s simply not going to do a bad deal with the mullahs who have been trying to assassinate him for the past five years. It isn’t happening. Relax.” This is the refrain that people confident about the realism of President Donald Trump’s national security […]
During a blitz of interviews with the president’s favorite love-hate partner, the media, President Donald Trump offered one particular insight into the inner workings of his tariff strategy: The country’s millions of small businesses are not a priority. During an interview with NBC’s Meet the Press with Kristen Welker, in addition to taking credit for […]
The arguments over the new pope are breaking down among the usual lines. The conservative side views the Catholic Church as a bulwark worshipping science, transgenderism, feminism, vulgar popular culture and other evils of modernism. It loves tradition and the Latin Mass. The “progressive” side wants to welcome immigrants, legal or not; deify the LGBT […]
When the fitness influencer Kate Mackz uploaded her newest running-themed interview video, she had no idea she was about to become the internet’s latest punching bag. But Mackz had stepped into a minefield by doing something that in the ultraprogressive TikTok ecosystem is still unthinkable: humanizing a Trump administration official. For context, Mackz’s content is […]
President Donald Trump has been working steadily, if not always effectively, toward making the United States a country that builds things again. However, he needs Congress to make this a permanent improvement by passing legislation that reforms the permitting process. The House Natural Resources Committee stepped up and began this task last week when it […]
