This summer marks the 80th anniversary of America’s victory over Imperial Japan and the end of World War II. Accordingly, it’s a fitting time to examine a region key to the Allied war effort, and remains strategically vital as the United States once again confronts the possibility of another large-scale war in the Pacific.. The […]

Watching The Naked Gun (2025), Akiva Schaffer’s remake of the 1988 slapstick classic, I got the impression he had been waiting his whole life to make this movie. The screenplay is a rapid‑fire catalog of jokes; ninety brisk minutes of sight gags, wordplay, and pratfalls.  Not every joke lands, but most do, and many had […]

The Democratic Party is having an identity crisis. My theory: The crisis arises from how most Democrats talk about and think about their party, which is entirely different from how the party actually functions. The Democratic Party has been described as the “party of government.” But what does that mean? The Founding Fathers believed that […]

Is imprisonment the best way?

A United Airlines pilot declared mayday late last month after suspecting possible engine failure after takeoff from Washington Dulles International Airport. “Engine failure, left engine, United 108 declaring an emergency. Mayday, mayday, mayday," the pilot said to air traffic control, according to an audio recording reported by numerous media outlets. The flight, which was headed...

Trump has both a firm floor on his numbers, as well as a pretty strong ceiling. 

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) sent a letter to Republican leaders Monday demanding a “Big Four” leadership meeting this week to discuss how to avoid a government shutdown next month. The Democratic leaders advised Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) that they...

It’s more like the great American backslide into the 1960s.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) threatened to remove Texas House Democrats from the legislature after they left the state on Sunday in a bid to stop Republicans from proceeding with a redistricting effort that would give the GOP five more opportunities to gain seats in the 2026 midterms. “This truancy ends now. The derelict Democrat...

A ceasefire in the U.S.-China trade war doesn’t change the fact that Americans are subject to Beijing’s whims when it comes to critical supplies of everything from magnets to minerals. This is not an accident but the result of decades of Beijing’s deliberate practices to build monopolies, dominate supply chains, stifle competition, and foster resource...