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The government shutdown “proved an argument that conservatives have been making for 45 years: The U.S. Department of Education is


Last week’s surprise release of a draft Ukraine war peace plan has raised hopes that the nearly three-year bloody conflict

Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 presidential election was due in large part to his promises to pursue an America


I recall when then-President Barack Obama was planning to send troops to enforce his “Assad must go” policy in Syria,

According to data collected by the research firm Statista, 29 percent of Americans cannot afford to take a vacation this

According to several recent news reports, the two major Trump foreign policy shifts last week are the handiwork of Marco

“What do you expect when you sue the president?” Hearing that comment, some people may guess the comment was made

When it comes to destroying your brand, Norwegian Nobel Committee is the Bud Lite of peace prizes. After all, back

For all the media hand-wringing over the government shutdown the fact is only approximately 750,000 of the over two million

In my first column after the events of Jan. 6th, 2021, I criticized those who called the protest a “coup,”

The covid lockdowns caused many Americans to stop trusting the government’s propaganda and led to a 39 percent increase in

I had the pleasure of appearing on Charlie Kirk’s program a few times over the years and I always found

President Trump has recently suggested that, unless Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell cuts interest rates, the president might revert to

As Syria descends into full-scale civil war, with more than a thousand people killed in just the last few days,

Last week the Department of Justice announced that Jeffrey Epstein did not maintain a “client list” of prominent individuals who

A few weeks ago I urged President Trump to make a deal with Iran that would satisfy his stated goal

The US Senate worked through the weekend on the “Big Beautiful Bill.” The goal was to pass it quickly to

At a recent Senate hearing, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said something I never thought I’d hear from a top federal...

Just a few weeks ago in this space I urged President Trump to accept a deal with Iran allowing it

On March 20, President Trump signed an executive order “Eliminating Information Silos.” The order directed heads of federal agencies to

Last week’s dramatic blowout between President Trump and his one-time top collaborator Elon Musk was shocking yet predictable. According to

Japanese company Nippon Steel’s plan to purchase US Steel was bound to provoke a strong reaction from left- and right-wing

Deal-making is said to be President Trump’s specialty, yet after five rounds of indirect talks with Iran – most recently

Last week, Moody’s Ratings lowered the United States credit rating. Fitch Ratings and S&P Global Ratings had already lowered the

President Trump’s return to the Middle East this week, the first since his first-term 2017 visit, will take place amidst

President Trump has proposed using the revenue from his increased tariffs to lower or even eliminate income taxes — with


News this week that Elon Musk will soon be departing his “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) is a grim reminder of what happens when you...

Those who hoped the second Trump Administration would reject big spending, war, and restrictions on liberty continue to be disappointed.

Millions of people around the world were at the edge of their seats over the weekend, waiting to hear whether

President Trump was elected in part because he promised to reduce prices and not drag the country into foreign wars.

President Trump’s executive order from last week titled “Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities” could help bring

Over the weekend President Trump ordered a massive military operation against the small country of Yemen. Was Yemen in the


The US and China came closer to a full-fledged trade war last week when China imposed tariffs of up to

When I served in Congress, I was regularly lectured about how the people needed big government to keep them safe

Over the weekend, President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency head Elon Musk made quite a stir with just two words

President Trump recently issued an executive order instructing the US Mint to stop producing pennies. The reason for this is

The wailing sound you heard last Thursday was the chorus of the Beltway warmongers shrieking in despair at President Trump’s

This week, President Trump upended US Middle East policy by announcing that the United States would “take over” war-ravaged Gaza

As of this writing, when you attempt to access the US Agency for International Development (USAID) website or social media

“Delivering Emergency Price Relief for American Families and Defeating the Cost-of-Living Crisis” is the title of one of the many

By the time most of you read this column, we will have a new US President. Donald J. Trump will

Even though we are two weeks into 2025, I want to suggest some more New Year’s resolutions. The Federal Reserve

In the book Crisis and Leviathan, libertarian thinker Robert Higgs pointed out that the state uses crises to ratchet up its power and control over...

When the end of another year rolls around it is not a bad idea to think about how we might improve ourselves and perhaps even improve the lives of...

This week saw a new twist in what has become a D.C. Christmas tradition. I am not referring to the lighting of the White House Christmas tree but...

My first reaction to news earlier this month that the Syrian government had been overthrown was, how much did we have to do with it; how involved...

Politicians and pundits spent much of last week commenting on President Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter for lying on a federal gun purchase form,...

The interim between a US presidential election and the swearing in of a new Administration has for most of our history been a non-eventful period...
