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Take a load off Fani (Willis)

Many of us were stunned by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s decision last August to prosecute former President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants under Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. Although I’m not a lawyer, it certainly seemed to be a rather novel, and highly partisan, application of a law that hitherto had […]

How civics education can help solve the military recruitment crisis

For the second year in a row, every branch of the U.S. military, except the Marine and Space Corps, missed its recruiting target. To put this crisis into context, the U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force ended 2023 with a recruitment shortfall of 41,000. There has not been a more difficult recruitment environment since the […]

China interfered heavily in Taiwan’s election and failed — but next time it could succeed

In the lead-up to Taiwan's presidential election, China launched a massive disinformation campaign, with the explicit intention of sowing confusion and making the Taiwanese people question the validity of their own election.

Engage Central Asia and keep it from falling back into Russia’s orbit

A Russian victory in Ukraine could reverse Central Asia’s pro-Western orientation by generating new pressures to return the region to Moscow’s orbit.

Trump’s next trial: E. Jean Carroll seeks $10M in defamation case

Fresh off his runaway win in the nation's first 2024 presidential nominating contest, the next phase of former President Trump’s courtroom chronicles will begin Tuesday as a jury convenes to determine how much Trump must pay for defaming a longtime advice columnist. Last year, a jury concluded Trump sexually abused the columnist, E. Jean Carroll,...

Trump poised to win 98 out of 99 Iowa counties

Former President Trump is poised to emerge the top candidate in 98 of Iowa’s 99 counties after Monday's caucuses, with former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley edging him out in just one county. Haley, seen as the more moderate candidate in the race, got the top spot in Johnson County, which is home to the...

Press: Replace bad decision in Atlanta with a good one  

Nathan Wade must resign as special prosecutor. Let Georgia stop having to defend Fani Willis and Nathan Wade — and get back to prosecuting Donald Trump.  

Here’s why Trump won so big in Iowa 

Trump’s Iowa victory should be a wake-up call.

Congress races to avert shutdown amid conservative anger

Congress is racing to fund the government by Friday’s partial shutdown deadline, a heavy task that is bound to get weightier as Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) navigates growing anger in his conference over his handling of spending matters. The mad dash comes after congressional leaders rolled out a bipartisan deal to avert a shutdown over...

Federal rules on opioid addiction are hindering effective treatment

At a time when the opioid epidemic is fatal to hundreds of patients a day, the policies of SAMHSA have inadvertently created barriers to treatment.

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