Business
Trump makes gold great again
The global price of gold rose above $3,000 an ounce on March 14 and has stayed close to or even above that price ever since. That figure…
April 16, 2025
Inside this issue: Trump’s economy & tariffs, AI & ChatGPT, energy & gold booms, Hungary’s family policy, Houthis in Yemen, and more market insights.
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Capitol Hill on Thune control
Congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump scored a big win on April 10 when the House voted for the Senate’s budget framework 216 to 214. Big? It…
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In the Janet Malcolm archives
Janet Malcolm is remembered for the clarity of her vision, and what she saw most acutely was our blindness. “The phenomenon of transference — how we all…
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More like dire frankenwolves
Time magazine wants you to believe scientists have brought dire wolves back from the dead. Popularized by the HBO series Game of Thrones, dire wolves are the…
Faith, Freedom & Self-Reliance
Banned books vs. the Good Book
Liberal activist Kyle McDaniel might be an ideologue, a thief, and a cad, but give him this: He’s no hypocrite. McDaniel’s former employer has sued him for…
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Congressional republicans aim to nix Biden regulations — but it requires a new law
Late in March, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives turned their energies to appliances. They passed two resolutions to strike down energy conservation regulations affecting the…
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Mothers go to space
Someone missed the space travel invite, and she doesn’t seem happy about it. Actress Olivia Munn recently ripped into the all-female crew set to take an 11-minute…
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When the Navy hit the charts
In a recent column, I wrote about my friend, Lt. David Pingenot, who joined the U.S. Navy in 1965 partly to see a body of water larger…
Defense
After nearly a month of ‘relentless’ bombing, Yemen’s Houthis are degraded, but undeterred
In a bid to, in the words of Secretary of State Marco Rubio, “do the world a favor” by restoring freedom of navigation to the Middle East,…
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Gentle problem-solving
“The slower you do things,” a very wise person once told me, “the more time you seem to have.” This is excellent advice. I tend to rush…