Is Taiwan worth the fight?

The days of the United States being the world’s police force are over — and good riddance. The idealist’s vision of a U.S.-enforced rules-based international order, noble as it might have been once, was never firmly rooted in reality. Perpetual global instability meant perpetual military interventions, and even America’s vaunted military might has limits. In […]

The ‘baby bonus’ parents really want? Decent schools

President Donald Trump and Elon Musk are rightfully concerned about America’s low fertility rate, which is barely hovering above the record low it hit in 2023. As they seek to spark a baby boom, Trump and Musk must solve one huge factor that makes raising children harder and having children less appealing: Our country’s public […]

Trump can stop unions from tricking workers

President Donald Trump ran on a platform of empowering workers, and a new bill in Congress will help him keep that promise. On April 17, Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT) introduced the Start Applying Labor Transparency Act, which would require unions to practice the same transparency as businesses when it comes to talking to workers about […]

Ex-State Department employee pleads guilty to embezzling $650K

Levita Ferrer, 64, of Maryland, admitted she abused her signature authority over a checking account for the State Department over two years.

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