The Caspian Sea, the world’s largest lake, is fast becoming one of the most important trade arteries on the planet. Covering 143,000 square miles, an area larger than Germany, the Caspian is the salty remnant of an ancient sea, the Paratethys, cut off from the world’s oceans more than 5 million years ago. Today, it […]
The Trump administration has correctly identified fraud in government programs as a critical issue. Given the federal deficit, it is incumbent on the government to take a hard line on rampant COVID-era spending fraud and well-documented rip-offs of the Medicaid system. At the same time, Washington shouldn’t ignore “legalized” fraud ripping off taxpayers. A perfect […]
On Nov. 3, voters will decide who controls Congress while the war with Iran is still underway. What they will not decide is how that war gets paid for. Congress has scheduled that question for after they cast their ballots. My previous op-ed for the Washington Examiner asked who has the power to declare war. […]
President Donald Trump wants America to manufacture more, strengthen supply chains, and depend less on foreign adversaries. Those are understandable goals. But broad tariffs on medical technology could undermine them. Tariffs are taxes collected from American importers. Their costs ultimately show up as higher prices, lower profits, lower wages, and reduced investment. The Federal Reserve […]
Following Nazi Germany’s 1940 invasion of Norway, former Norwegian Defense Minister Vidkun Quisling agreed to serve as Norway’s minister-president under German tutelage. He was arrested in May 1945. After a three-week trial, a jury convicted Quisling of murder and conspiring with Nazi Germany. He was executed that October. While Quisling insisted history would vindicate him, […]
Just a few years ago, most Americans had barely heard the term “artificial intelligence.” Today, it is already changing daily life. An AI model can spot the signs of pancreatic cancer up to three years earlier than conventional methods. An AI sepsis-alert system cleared by the Food and Drug Administration is cutting hospital deaths by […]
As the world gets more complicated, the solutions don’t have to be. Affordable, American-made drones are the answer to a rapidly changing and complex battlefield. The War Department is right to treat drone dominance as the future of combat. As America’s adversaries develop new, cheap weaponry, the United States must have an industrial base ready […]
The United States finds itself in a new Cold War with an even more dangerous adversary: communist China. But Washington is woefully unprepared to counter Beijing. On Sept. 22, the China Aerospace Studies Institute announced that the Air Force had decided to shut down the organization. The institute will continue to publish reports already in […]
Fifty years ago — on Sept. 30, 1976 — Congress first enacted an amendment offered by the late, great Rep. Henry Hyde of Illinois to prohibit federal Medicaid funds from being used to subsidize the killing of unborn children by abortion. During debate in the House, Henry said: “An innocent, defenseless human life, in a […]