Every now and then, some dirt surfaces that make everyday Americans stop and ask a very simple question: who on earth thought this was a good idea? That is exactly where we are now. But this “dirt” actually surfaced a year ago, and many people missed it.
Growing friction between the United States and Canada is being interpreted by some analysts as part of Washington’s wider effort to tighten alignment among allies in its strategic competition with China. Canada is already so economically, militarily, and politically integrated with the US it has no practical…
As Israel bans NGOs, the U.S. is handing aid delivery in Gaza to private companies pursuing their own agendas. Palantir Technologies has a permanent desk at the U.S.-led Civil Military Coordination Center (CMCC) headquarters in southern Israel, three sources from the diplomatic community inside the CMCC told…
I’ve set aside our standard of living in favor of our quality of life because standard of living is so easily gamed with financial statistics. You know the drill: as life becomes increasingly unaffordable and precarious, we’re inundated with statistics purporting to back up the claim that life is getting better, every day, in every…
“That a government’s primary responsibility is to its citizens should not be a controversial proposition.” —Coddled Affluent Professional on X The zeitgeist is a rough beast, hard to ride as it slouches into the unknown. Our country is trying to hang on while a party of goblins…
“Yeah, That’s the Pizza” and Other Sentences That Should Put People in Prison. Someone sent Epstein an image titled “The pizza monster.” He replies: “She looks pregnant.” The sender clarifies: “You mean radiating a soft glow with the look of bliss and excitement. Yeah, that’s the pizza.”…
The ongoing buildup in the Middle East is unlikely to be symbolic or a bargaining ploy for the Art of the Deal. Israel’s (and thus Trump’s) conflict with Iran is not about Iran’s nuclear program which is perpetually 1-2 weeks away from making a bomb. It’s…
Buckley: The Life and the Revolution that Changed America by Sam Tanenhaus ,Random House; 1040 pp., $40.00 If ever there was something that could coherently be called an American conservative movement, William F. Buckley, Jr. was its most important tribune. Hero to a generation of would-be…
A series of failed policy decisions by Trump has led to a stalemate with Iran. What’s even more worrying now than a miscalculation is a decision being made for him. There’s nothing Donald Trump enjoys more than creating a dramatic situation where all attention is focused on…
Residents living near the large-scale asylum seekers’ center (AZC) in Harderwijk, the Netherlands, have described what they say is a sharp deterioration in safety and quality of life. Tom de Nooijer, party leader and municipal council member of the Christian Association Oldebroek (CVO), canvassed opinion ahead of…
