All the fussing about the inevitable submergence of Earth’s islands and flooding of its continental coasts is debunked by simple island-watching.  In a fit of unintelligent climate foresight that would leave Greta Thunberg’s jaw agape, today the United Nations’s executive climate secretary, Simon Stiell, prophesied that humanity has two years left “to save the world” […]

PITTSBURGH — If you drive throughout the city neighborhood of Squirrel Hill, the signs for Bahvini Patel far outpace those for incumbent Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA), whom Patel is challenging in the Democratic Party for Pennsylvania’s 12th Congressional District. The same goes for other city neighborhoods and the suburban enclaves that encompass the city-centric district. […]

INFLATION NEVER WENT AWAY. The government announced Wednesday morning that inflation rose 0.4% in March, part of a 3.5% increase on an annual basis. The rise, which clearly means that inflation is not subsiding, took some big media outlets by surprise. The New York Times said the increase in prices was “unexpectedly sharp.” The Washington Post […]

A good metric for determining the values of a workplace is assessing the culture of a company is how employees treat their jobs and each other.  If a company values honesty and the input of its employees while expecting the highest standard of quality for its products, that is a moral and healthy corporate culture […]

The incompetence of California’s single-party Democratic rule shines through on every issue facing the state, but now homelessness is again taking the spotlight. Over the past five years, California has spent $24 billion on addressing homelessness. An audit examined how over half of that, $13.7 billion, was spent on five programs across the state. According […]

In the past 10 days, one brave column, along with the lack of internal outrage over a separate, truly awful column, together speak volumes about the ethical rot infecting the liberal legacy media. Let’s take the awful column first. On April 8, the New York Times published a “guest essay” on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict called […]

The International Court of Justice held yet another hearing on Tuesday focused on Israel’s self-defense in Gaza, this time brought by Nicaragua against Germany. Nicaragua is asking the international court to order Germany to stop supplying Israel with weapons, as yet another “provisional measure” targeting the Jewish state under the Genocide Convention.  The world court has already twice ordered provisional […]

“Taxes,” former Tax Foundation President Scott Hodge tells us in his new book, Taxocracy, “rule nearly every aspect of our daily lives.” In the course of 335 pages, Hodge backs up that statement, showing how the tax code can explain everything from the size and shape of buildings to why songwriters all suddenly started selling […]

When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. introduced his 2024 running mate last month, his allies expected a bump in excitement that typically follows a big campaign announcement. That bump hasn’t materialized. The Independent candidate is trailing President Biden and Donald Trump by significant margins even after unveiling attorney Nicole Shanahan as his vice presidential pick, leading...

Former President Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, actor Robert De Niro and Kristi Yamaguchi are expected to be among the extremely VIP guests at the White House on Wednesday for the state dinner for Japan. Also expected at the event are Apple CEO Tim Cook and Amazon's Jeff Bezos and his fiancé,...