Reintroducing privateers would solve a costly problem: a U.S. Navy that lacks the power to meet its commitments. The U.S. Navy isn’t just for fighting overseas or protecting the homeland. It’s also a basic tool of force projection, diplomacy, and protecting and regulating international trade. But today’s Navy is too small to meet the demands...
The Biden-Harris administration’s weakness and appeasement is an invitation to terror. In the span of 24 hours, Israel killed two top terrorists: Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the Palestinian Hamas terror organization that was responsible for the massacre, rape, torture and hostage taking of more than 1,200 Israelis on Oct. 7; and senior Hezbollah leader Fuad Shukr....
President Joe Biden and the Democrats talk a lot these days about the need to “defend democracy.” But what does that mean? A president is the sole U.S. elected official chosen by all the people. But in recent decades, a large unelected bureaucracy wielding great power sees the people’s government as its exclusive domain. As...
AI is bringing an unprecedented surge in energy consumption, whether policymakers understand the energy implications or not. In the realm of artificial intelligence (AI), where data crunching and machine-learning algorithms reign supreme, the demand for energy has emerged as a critical concern. Mark P. Mills, the executive director of the National Center for Energy Analytics (an initiative...
There was a remarkable back and forth recently between Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo and California Gov. Gavin Newsom over California’s culpability for high gasoline prices on the West Coast. Lombardo sent Newsom a letter expressing concern over yet another California tax on energy, 2023’s SB X1-2 (the unartfully named California Gas Price Gouging and Transparency Law) and its spillover effects on Nevada, which gets...
As the specter of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan looms, the need to safeguard America’s interests has never been more pressing. The Chinese spy balloon incident of early 2023 painted a tangible picture of the growing problem of Chinese espionage, heightening concerns over the government’s intentions. Partly as a result, efforts at the state level...
President Woodrow Wilson had similar health issues to Biden while in office and that undermined national security. President Joe Biden is in serious mental decline, from the “perpetual state of confusion” displayed on his trip to France, to Washington insiders reporting that the president has performed poorly in meetings, the president’s cognitive impairment raises serious...
The Lost Creek neighborhood in Austin, Texas, is charting a way for communities to band together and break up with abusive city governments. It’s not often that a low-key municipal election makes international news, but one recent contest in an affluent Austin suburb has people excited about its result — and its potential implications for...
There’s a lot to unpack in Erik Prince’s sprawling 4,600-word May 2 opinion piece in the Daily Caller entitled, “Neocons Almost Killed America. Here’s How Patriots Can Fix It.”–so much so that it required two responses to adequately discuss. Part one discussed Prince’s largely correct critique of America’s post-Cold War foreign policy failures and the...
There’s a lot to unpack in Erik Prince’s sprawling 4,600 word May 2 opinion piece in the Daily Caller entitled, “Neocons Almost Killed America. Here’s How Patriots Can Fix It.” So, I’ll take on his three contentions in two parts, starting with the areas we find some agreement on: that America’s post-Cold War foreign policy...
The implications are not just limited to espionage but extend to the potential for creating societal disruptions and furthering the CCP’s global influence campaign in America. President Joe Biden has completely abandoned U.S. border security. Of the some 10 million people who have illegally entered America under Biden’s unwatchful reign, a particularly alarming threat has...
USAA was ‘founded on military values.’ Now it embraces leftist ideas, transgender ideology, and corporate cancel culture. Mention the word “debanked,” and some might think you stuttered or misspoke. Explain what debanking is — financial institutions canceling a customer over his politics — and most will think you’re paranoid. Yet from oil and gas service firms...