American colleges have been hotbeds of racial grievance and enablers of violence since the 1960s. It should come as no surprise, then, that college students and professors are now celebrating terrorism and threatening Jewish students on their own campuses. Just on Thursday, the Department of Education announced that it isinvestigating …
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I’ll admit it: Democrats are on the defensive when it comes to crime. President Donald Trump’s takeovers of Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles aren’t making America any safer, but they’re effective stunts — designed to put Democrats on the back foot and distract from his administration driving our country to …
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In the last several months, I have debated some of the intellectual leaders of a group called the “national conservatives.” I consider myself a conservative (on most issues, though I lean more libertarian). National conservatives are well-meaning and make some very valid points about the things that are going in …
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The Air Force’s super-secret B-21 Raider stealth bomber quietly made its first flight in California on Nov. 10, flying from the factory to Edwards AFB at not much more than tree-top level. Yes, right before China’s President Xi Jinping visited San Francisco. All of a sudden China wants to start …
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In an audacious move, the White House recently issued a staggering111-page executive order on Artificial Intelligence. Typically, executive orders are concise directives, prompting federal agencies to craft specific, detailed regulations. However, this sweeping document reflects the worldview that AI isn’t just a technological advancement; it’s an existential societal threat and …
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In February 2021, Secretary of State Antony Blinkendelisted the Yemeni Houthias both a Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) and as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGT). Now, almost exactly three years later, it’s obvious this was a huge mistake. Blinken took the Houthi off the list just one month after his predecessor, …
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Last Friday in Jackson Hole, Federal Reserve ChairmanJayPowellfinally – and grudgingly – admitted what theTrumpteam has been saying all along:tariffs don’t fuel inflation. At most,tariffs create aone-time adjustment in prices, not the kind of runaway spiral that demands punishing rate hikes. And even thatone-time bump may be negligible if, as …
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As Cracker Barrel’s doomed $700 million rebrand plunged into its death spiral, I decided to visit seven of the iconic stores in a part of the country where it thrives, and I can report that the natives are getting restless. I also now have a working hypothesis of why the …
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Monday marksthe100th anniversary of Margaret Thatcher’s birth – an occasion that brings together leadersandsupporters from acrosstheAtlantic to pay tribute to her life. We attheRonaldReaganPresidentialFoundation&Instituteare honored to participate inthecelebration, an occasion that also invites us to reflect on her legacyandconnection withRonaldReaganinthecontext of our modern era. Namely, what made her partnership with …
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As someone whose life’s work is helping small businesses navigate our nation’s complex tax system, I have witnessed firsthand how the Internal Revenue Service has become an outsized force that too often targets those least equipped to fight back. While the agency has long maintained that its enforcement efforts are …
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