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The Year of Illiberal Liberalism

Will Western politics in 2024 be fully ‘Ukrainized’ and absorbed in a proxy war against populism?

The State Department Has Lost the Plot

Its reported commitment to fast-track American recognition of a Palestinian state is ideologically blinkered, foolhardy, and monomaniacal.

Speaker Johnson says House will impeach Mayorkas ‘expeditiously’

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday called border security the "No. 1 priority" for Republicans and said part of that is the looming vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

Bannon says Speaker Johnson must go: ‘Next man up’

Former Trump adviser and podcaster Steve Bannon said Speaker Mike Johnson's time is up and Republicans need to look for a replacement.

Even Democrats say Biden’s pause on LNG is like ‘throwing a match in a bale of hay’

A robust chorus of congressional Democrats, business leaders, and Republicans, as well as international allies, are calling on President Joe Biden to undo the pause he placed on liquefied natural gas exports. Almost in unison, they say his decision actually undermines his climate agenda, jeopardizes national security, empowers Russia and Iran, and creates a schism […]

China seeks to encircle the Philippines’s Marcos at home and at sea

Sensing an opportunity to weaken a growing political thorn in its side, China is escalating its pressure on Philippine President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos. Beijing is infuriated by Marcos’s robust defense of his national sovereignty, especially in the South China Sea. Alongside other nations in the region, such as Vietnam, the Philippines is facing a nakedly […]

Systemic lying corrodes once-great institutions

The last six or seven months have been a couple of tough seasons for public policies based on lies. Two examples come to mind. One is the Disinformation industry, which has eroded the credibility of the public health establishment. The other is the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion industry, which has infected American higher education with a […]

Repel the enemy at the gates

We have to make a more concerted effort to repel leftist candidates for local elections before they can breach the gates and cause damage for us to clean up later. Jennifer Shabazz is the principal of Ballard Elementary School in Michigan. She has been a longtime resident of South Bend, Indiana, and is now running […]

On cue, Trump is making Biden more popular

It necessitates repeating that former President Donald Trump isn’t going to beat President Joe Biden just by relying on Biden’s unpopularity because it is clear that Trump’s mere presence makes Biden more popular. Biden’s approval rating among independents has risen over the past couple of months, with the only meaningful change in the political landscape […]

Crime, falling marriage, and more stringent return policies: The high costs of low-trust society

I saw this story about retail return fraud, and it made me think about our decline in marriage and falling birthrates. CNBC reports that folks are fraudulently claiming refunds by falsely claiming that something never arrived, sending back stolen items or other items, or trying to exploit the “just keep it” method of returns some […]

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