Conventional wisdom—correct this time—asserts that the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan makes the world a more dangerous place. China, Russia, Iran, North Korea and Islamic triumphalists everywhere are emboldened. Fuses burning over Taiwan, Israel, Ukraine and other hot spots grow…
(The Washington Times) – Now is the time to defund National Public Radio. Heck, 2010 was the time, and Jan. 3, 2023, if Republicans retake the U.S. House and Senate in next year’s midterm elections, will be even better. In…
(New English Review) – Much has been said about the Cleveland Indians changing their name to the, yawn, Cleveland Guardians next year. But given the cosmic significance of the alteration, not quite enough. Fellow Buckeyes and relocated Buckeyes: Will you…
(Times of Israel) – Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken a week ago, said, “In the past few years, mistakes were made. Israel’s bipartisan standing was hurt. We will fix those mistakes together.… We…
(Townhall.com) – “Every war must end” was the title of defense analyst Fred C. Ikle’s 1971 book. Ikle became undersecretary of Defense for policy in the Reagan administration and his observation passed from insight to conventional wisdom. The Trump administration…
(Town Hall) – To break a nation, one doesn’t need invading armies, nuclear missiles or even a cyber warfare attack that fries the electrical grid. An incessant marketing campaign will do. Rebranding the United States as “racist”—allegedly systemic, structural or…