In 1805, President Thomas Jefferson ordered the U.S. Navy and Marines to stop Barbary pirates from disrupting shipping in the Mediterranean Sea. This successful measure is captured in the Marine Corps Hymn stanza “…to the shores of Tripoli….” When he takes…
The Federal Reserve’s premature victory lap over inflation reveals a worrisome misunderstanding of the predicament we still find ourselves in. Unprecedented government spending and debt, combined with mounting fears that the debt can’t (or won’t) be repaid, played a misunderstood…
There is a certain intoxication with winning that tends to border on insanity. A sports team, for instance, is much more likely to run risky plays if it has won the last five games; a politician is much more likely…
I’ve been saying for a while that Pete Hegseth’s confirmation process was going to mark a major change in American politics that was facilitated and caused by the election of Donald Trump on Nov. 5. It’s pretty clear that the…
Jack Smith lost at the Supreme Court, in federal court in Florida, and on Election Day. So, a week and 12 hours prior to Donald Trump again taking the oath of office, Smith, an illegally-appointed pretender special counsel, essentially bypassed…
Ya can’t make it up. Here’s a new headline focusing on the media. The source, in this case, is from Mediaite: “Jen Rubin Brutally Shreds The Washington Post While Announcing Her Exit: Bezos ‘Bent the Knee’ to Trump.” The story…
There was a major aftershock last week from Donald Trump’s landslide election in November — the public conversion by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to the cause of free speech. The full brunt of Zuckerberg’s capitulatory announcement of his intention to…
The Gulf of America, Canada, The Panama Canal, and Greenland are all on President Trump’s list as he approaches inauguration day. These talks, combined with Trudeau’s resignation and continued tensions in the Middle East, have made for a wild week….
As Donald Trump prepares to take office as the 47th President of the United States, among the most important policies he will formulate and implement will involve our Cold War conflict with Communist China. His incoming national security team consists…
