Two months into Donald Trump’s second term as President of the United States, sworn in on Jan. 20, 2025, the nation finds itself at a pivotal crossroads. Tariffs, once a lightning rod of his first administration, have roared back into…
In the grand theater of 2025, where America’s economic stage is lit by the flickering glow of a manufacturing revival, tariffs have emerged as the unsung hero — or the villain du jour, depending on who’s clutching the pearls. President…
Social Security is as big as government programs get. Naturally, even a glance at it with DOGE’s magnifying glass found plenty that seemed — charitably — not quite right. “According to the Social Security database, these are the numbers of…
In its first hearing, the Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE) cited “hundreds of billions of taxpayers’ dollars wasted on improper payments and fraud.” The DOGE revelations include $20 billion at the Environmental Protection Agency, money the EPA bosses…
The Case of Mansuri Manuchekhri — And What It Means for America In February 2025, federal authorities arrested Mansuri Manuchekhri, a Tajik national residing in Brooklyn, on charges of conspiring to provide material support to ISIS. Manuchekhri entered the United States legally…
The U.S. government has no business running a newsroom. Voice of America (VOA), launched in 1942 to counter Nazi propaganda, is a taxpayer-funded anachronism that’s lost its edge. With a $250 million annual budget, it beams news to over 300…
A desperate email hit my inbox today: a husband, voice breaking through text, juggling care for his sick wife, aging parents, and his own failing health. “Any help for home caregivers?” he pleaded. The answer stings: almost none. While 65…
Jim Holmes, Chair of Maritime Strategy at the Naval War College and Distinguished Fellow at the Krulak Center at the Marine Corps University, is one of our country’s leading public intellectuals. He is a throwback to Alfred Thayer Mahan, a…
By attacking the Department of Education and the United States Agency for International Development, President Trump and special government employee Elon Musk are simply hitting fungos at spring training — like a crack baseball team, anxiously awaiting the first pitch…
