Last night, during the eclipse, I was having a few drinks. That’s not the news. The news is that I was having drinks with a retired paratrooper who put his life on the line during various special operations in the…
I was born and raised in New York City and lived there until my early forties. I loved the city of my birth, although from time to time, like many others (even in those last days of the twentieth century,…
Happiness is an odd thing to measure. To begin with, it’s incredibly subjective. For instance, let’s suppose you’re a Gallup pollster and you ask me, “Were you happy last year?” while I’m listening to Pachelbel’s organ fugues on the Magnificat…
When most people think of Kansas they think of corn, and justifiably so: Just over 10 percent of the state was planted in corn last year. But that’s not how Americans thought of the territory during the first half of…
What do foreign policy realists hope for? Not global democracy. Not the emergence of greater global governance. Not a unipolar world led by the United States or China. Not an end to all international conflict. Realists understand that some of…
Writing in the National Interest, James Holmes, the J.C. Wylie Chair of Maritime Strategy at the Naval War College and one of our nation’s most perceptive geopolitical thinkers, senses trouble ahead for the world’s maritime powers in reading a report…
Recreational and medical marijuana are legal in 38 states. Several more states will likely vote on legalization in 2024. Political pressure to approve legalization is high, fueled by public polling and lobbying from cannabis growers, distributors, and users. Unfortunately, much…
America 2023, as surrealistic as anything witnessed on the New Year’s Eve Twilight Zone marathon, morphed from Old Republic to Banana Republic. Donald Trump began the year free of legal charges and down in the polls. He ended it facing…
We cannot allow the Washington establishment to capitulate to China’s bullying demands. The Chinese government and the CCP do not respect any agreement. Whether it is the Paris Accord, trade agreements, intellectual property laws, or climate change, they ignore them…
Washington state Sen. Jeff Wilson was taken into custody by Chinese authorities at Hong Kong International Airport last Friday after he stored a revolver in his carry-on luggage. “It was an honest mistake, and I expect the situation to be…