The CHIPS and Science Act was signed into law a year ago, earmarking nearly $53 billion to reinvigorate the U.S. semiconductor industry. Now comes the tough part: strategic implementation and oversight. The growth of well-paying manufacturing jobs has been one of the selling points for CHIPS. But creating jobs should not be the primary lens […]
The United States champions the right to free and fair elections around the globe. Wherever political machines are abused to interfere in elections, American administrations have spoken out against those abuses — and the Biden administration is no exception. In 2021, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemned Venezuela’s Maduro regime for its actions that […]
Jim Wallis, the Christian evangelical pastor who is a VIP in liberal political circles, has a new book coming out. It’s called The False White Gospel: Rejecting Christian Nationalism, Reclaiming True Faith, and Refounding Democracy. The book is timed to stir up acrimony and resentment leading into the 2024 election. The False White Gospel is […]
(By: Steve Forbes) Champions of free markets should applaud the recent announcement of a deal in which Nippon Steel, a Japan-based company, will buy U.S. Steel. Instead of focusing on government-imposed tariffs that allegedly protect steelmakers (these taxes raised steel prices to American manufacturers and manifestly failed in saving jobs), the market has found a […]
The mighty can fall. We have witnessed this reality recently. Two presidents of elite universities have been driven from office: first Elizabeth Magill of Penn and then Claudine Gay of Harvard. Magill resigned directly after her disastrous comments about antisemitism on campuses during testimony at a House committee meeting. Gay, who also testified, received scathing […]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared that Israel will only end its war on Hamas when the group ceases to exist in Gaza. It is a reasonable ambition. After all, the United States eradicated Puerto Rican terrorists who were once so bold to shoot up the U.S. Capitol. Vietnam ended the Khmer Rouge’s brutal and […]
The House Democrats' campaign arm is launching a push to reach Black, Latino and Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander voters ahead of November's general election. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) is putting eight figures behind P.O.W.E.R. — Persuade. Organize. Welcome. Educate. Reach. — The People, the multicultural, multilingual campaign that it hopes will...