It’s known as “swatting,” and you could fairly call it a form of terrorism. Some anonymous criminal calls in and falsely alleges some serious incident — a hostage situation, a pending suicide attempt, or domestic violence — that could trigger a raid by police or even a SWAT team.
As a candidate for president in 2020, Joe Biden’s campaign slogan was “Build Back Better.” This platform included a dramatic shift away from the pro-American energy policies of the Trump administration. It was a process that started during Biden’s first week. However, after three years in office, absolutely nothing is better, and the only thing that seems built is the debt people have accumulated because of soaring energy prices resulting from Biden’s policies.
The best way to defeat an enemy is never to let it get to the battlefield in the first place. Japan tried to do that to the U.S. Navy at Pearl Harbor in 1941. No doubt Beijing will be thinking along the same lines as it attempts to keep the United States out of any fight over Taiwan.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is complaining that his city is being given no notice about when or how many illegal immigrants are arriving in his city. This raises a pretty concerning question: Does Brandon Johnson know how illegal immigration works?
The New York Times is usually a far more prolific promoter of polyamory than the New Yorker, but this week’s book section included an essay by Jennifer Wilson lamenting that the growing movement was being co-opted by the rich.
In a bid to outflank former President Donald Trump and show off his conservative bona fides, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) is once again touting a plan to move federal agencies out of Washington.
In the 2024 GOP primary, some Republican politicians support former President Donald Trump over former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley or Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) out of loyalty — maybe Trump helped them win competitive primaries in the past. Others support Trump because they are very Trumpy themselves — in ideology and temperament. And others are openly and nakedly opportunists who never pretended to be anything else.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted Louisiana the right to approve projects that store carbon dioxide underground. These projects take carbon dioxide emitted by energy production or industrial processes and inject it into rock formations underground to prevent it from going into the atmosphere and worsening climate change. The EPA said last week that...