A Homeland Security inspector general report found documentation or vetting errors in 40% of Afghan asylum applications reviewed under Operation Allies Welcome, raising concerns.
John Fetterman faces a choice in Pennsylvania: Does he want to be a Democrat, or does he want to be a senator? By the time the 2028 elections roll around, he will not be able to be both. A New York Times/Philadelphia Inquirer/Siena University poll laid clear Fetterman’s standing in the state once again. Among Pennsylvania Republicans, Fetterman […]
Modern workplaces, politics, and international relations can be complex: impossible tasks, conflict, unreasonable demands, temperamental leaders, and moral dilemmas. A Middle Eastern nation controls a vital shipping channel and blocks major international commerce. It relents, then reneges, creating international turmoil. You work hard to advance your employers’ mission: sacrificing, caring, succeeding. Then you observe some […]
Washington and Moscow agree on very little. This week, diplomats from both countries accused Annalena Baerbock, president of the United Nations General Assembly, of exceeding her authority in the selection of the next U.N. secretary-general. The Trump administration is right. Baerbock has turned a useful exercise in public scrutiny into an attempt to decide which […]
It is often said that the Middle East’s greatest export isn’t oil, it’s instability. For centuries, great powers have been drawn to the region, often filled with ambitions of grandeur and empire, only to grow disillusioned and broken, shattered by what they can not change. And yet, try as it may, the West can’t seem […]
Republicans heading into the midterm elections have plenty worth defending. They should not defend a private jet tax carve-out tucked into the aviation safety legislation written after 67 people died in the collision between American Airlines Flight 5342 and an Army Black Hawk. A safety bill should be about safety, not a back-door tax benefit […]
To comment on the fact that electricity prices are skyrocketing would be to tell you the sky is blue, or that you can find the forks in a kitchen drawer. Everyone knows this because everyone feels it. National Retail Electricity prices have risen so quickly that they’ve actually outpaced inflation and natural gas since 2022. […]
South Carolina lets anyone 65 or older mail in a ballot for any reason at all. Everyone younger needed an excuse: a disability, a job that keeps you out of the county, a stint in the county jail. On Aug. 18, the Fourth Circuit said that scheme violates the 26th Amendment. Not because mail voting […]
President Donald Trump is right that Greenland is strategically vital. He is wrong that the United States needs to own it. Greenland matters for missile warning, space surveillance, Arctic access, critical minerals, and the future balance of power in the High North. Recognizing that importance does not require annexation. It requires a stronger alliance. The […]
The nuclear resurgence in the United States and the West more broadly has focused heavily on innovation in small modular reactors. The advanced reactor field is increasingly crowded with organizations announcing ambitious timelines and aggressive commercialization plans, many led by capable engineers pursuing meaningful innovation. Innovation, however, should not be mistaken for commercial readiness. Nuclear […]
America can build its next growth surge by putting more earned income back into working families’ paychecks. President Donald Trump and Congress have strengthened incentives for businesses to invest, manufacture, innovate, and expand. When lawmakers return in September, they should strengthen household purchasing power by reducing the 10% individual income-tax rate to 8% and the […]
The notable philosopher John Locke maintained that justified land titles are predicated upon homesteading — the first person to mix his labor with the land is the rightful owner of it. Not the most recent occupant, the original homesteader. Unless, of course, the rightful owner abandoned his property. Then the next person to step up […]
