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Over the past half-decade, energy prices for Americans have risen.
Will AI bring about doomsday?
In the satirical 1964 anti-war film "Dr. Strangelove," fears of a "doomsday machine" grip U.S. leaders and the Soviet ambassador in the American "war room."
Why a Black Christian economist cannot embrace democratic socialism
Many Black and brown voters are increasingly questioning whether democratic socialism offers the best path forward for their families and communities.
Free money for everyone! Trump gets desperate as crushing midterm losses loom
There's a trick magicians love: the reveal that never comes. President Trump has been performing a version of this trick for years now.
Liberal judge Noel Wise says foreign students can bash America
Noel Wise, a President Biden-appointed U.S. District Court judge, issued an opinion in late August limiting President Trump's ability to kick out foreign students who protest the U.S. and its allies.
Preserving American capitalism
America has thrived on risk-taking, immigration and competition, but our politics are increasingly dominated by extreme personalities who either blame foreigners or villainize billionaires.
Manufacturing profits soar on Trump reforms
Few people noticed a recent report from the Census Bureau showing that after-tax profits from American manufacturers are booming.
Taiwan cannot afford to become China's back door
Within a single recent week, two cases in Taiwan raised the same uncomfortable question: How secure is a "trusted" supply chain?
George W. Bush still gets Islam wrong after 9/11
On the eve of the 25th anniversary of 9/11, former President George W. Bush reiterated what he said less than a week after those attacks.
Utilities not to blame for rising electric bills
Another day, another use of the trope that greedy electric companies are the reason power bills are going up.
America's enemies are winning the anti-Israel PR war
With the "war" in Iran on a slow economic burn, the anti-Israel grievance industry will soon return to claims of genocide in the Gaza Strip.
BOOK REVIEW: 'The Goddess That Failed'
"Feminism has lied to us all." So begins "The Goddess That Failed: Feminism's Unending War Against Men, Families, and Civilization Itself," Janice Fiamengo's new book.
Arming the U.S. military for the new cold war
Thomas Jefferson was not enthusiastic about either foreign wars or military spending.
Obama wants to do to AI what he did to healthcare
Barack Obama used his former presidential position to push fellow Democrats at a private fundraiser to manage, oversee, regulate and, ultimately, control the direction of artificial intelligence development.
The terrorism court that America forgot
On the 25th anniversary of 9/11, the Justice Department announced a first: An Afghan permanent resident had been deported through the Alien Terrorist Removal Court.
The Cold War never ended
On April 4, 1997, I was flying a naval intelligence surveillance mission in U.S. airspace at the entrance to Puget Sound.
Trump's $5,000 checks turn politics into shameless vote buying
"Money is the mother's milk of politics," said Jesse M. Unruh, who in the 1960s was a powerful Democratic politician and speaker of the California State Assembly.
Foreign funding of U.S. universities demands full transparency
For decades, America's most prestigious universities have asked the federal government and the public to trust them to disclose their foreign financial relationships.
Why we must prepare for the Chinese Communist Party's collapse
The greatest strategic challenge posed by China may not be what happens if the Chinese Communist Party succeeds, but what happens if it suddenly fails.
Americans need affordable broadband access
Imagine that your phone shuts off tomorrow. It is not because you forgot to pay, but because you could not.