Columnists
The party of Mike Pence is long dead
In normal times, former Vice President Mike Pence would have been considered an obvious Republican presidential candidate. The mere fact of having been a successful vice president…
November 7, 2023
Defense
America’s Achilles’ heel: Critical shipyards shortage threatens US naval dominance
As China has doggedly pursued its stated goal of fielding a modern, capable, “world class” military, the U.S. has watched Beijing’s navy grow. Meanwhile, America’s naval fleet…
Foreign Policy
Brewing global disruption
The horrific Hamas Oct. 7 massacre of Israelis is bringing the new China–Russia–Iran axis into sharper focus. New House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) showed some promise that…
Magazine - Features
Arizona Senate rivals move to the center in independent-minded swing state
There’s nothing new about politicians shape-shifting and changing their public images. But voters in Arizona’s 2024 Senate race are already getting a particularly heavy dose of it,…
Letters to the Editor
A plague on both the parties
Today’s voters face a conundrum akin to Winston Churchill’s lament that democracy is the worst form of government except for all the others. Look at the 2024…
Foreign Policy
Biden holds the line on Israel against staff dissent — for now
For the past few weeks, President Joe Biden has been steady in his public support for Israel following Hamas’s murderous Oct. 7 rampage. Three days after the…
Beltway Confidential
Uncle Sam needs to figure out how to stop bankrolling the college cartel
For decades, higher education has sat at a noxious nexus of “intersectionality” among self-proclaimed aggrieved groups. Colleges and universities have positioned themselves as vanguards in a vocal…
Magazine - Features
The House GOP’s arduous path to a new speaker
Two weeks before Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was ousted from the speakership, he had a conversation with Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC). He informed the North Carolina Republican…
Justice
Supreme Court set to consider conservative-backed state social media laws
The Supreme Court will soon consider the proper limits of government influence on the content moderation decisions of social media platforms like Meta and YouTube. In two…
Columnists
H&R Block and Intuit show the perils of living off the government
I really like TurboTax. Before I used TurboTax, I used to pay an accountant hundreds of dollars a year to do my slightly complicated taxes. (I have…