When a Western democracy enters a state of violent combustion, observers naturally look for the simplest explanation. Over the weekend, as smoke blanketed Paris, Lyon, and Marseille, American commentators quickly diagnosed the crisis as a pure failure of immigration policy and border control. Earlier this week, the president and vice president cited the same reasons […]
When British Defence Secretary Wes Streeting traveled to Washington last week to meet Pete Hegseth, he warned that the threats facing Britain and America were growing. He raised alarm about Russia waging war in Europe, and about rapid advances in machinery technology in the hands of adversaries. Appealing to their historic trans-Atlantic friendship — at […]
Shortly after President Donald Trump’s second term began, Elon Musk proclaimed “RIP CFPB” while trying to kill the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The president and Congress slashed the federal agency’s budget, almost in half, by enacting the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. However, Musk’s chainsaw and Congress’s axe can’t cut through political reality: Voters really […]
It’s no secret that Republicans are at risk of losing the Senate on Nov. 3. But what people may not realize is that, in Alaska and Maine, Democratic Senate candidates may win because of a scam known as ranked choice voting. It’s a left-wing scheme that confuses voters, disenfranchises people, and undermines public trust in […]
Fixing things on a blackboard and fixing things in real life are not the same. A recent article in Science, viewed by many to be the premier scientific journal in the United States (if not the world), presents a depressing example of this distinction. Purportedly to combat anthropogenic climate change, the 23 authors propose a […]
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta will report earnings on Wednesday, after the close of trading. The revenue numbers should be strong, with growth of 23% to $64 billion and an earnings number of about $6.50 per share (which would represent a decline of about 10% from the year-ago numbers). Costs are rising fast at the company. The […]
Democrats don’t want young conservatives in government, and they are threatening to use the legal system to harass those who choose to serve. That is the “deterrence” message Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) sent to college students last week, and it is just the latest disgraceful example of our parties, both of them, abusing the judicial […]
President Trump on Wednesday said Russia released imprisoned American teacher Stephen Hubbard, who the Kremlin accused of working as a mercenary in Ukraine before sentencing him to prison in 2024. "Stephen is on his way back home and will soon be with his family," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "The United States, out of respect...