A Caucasus Power Vacuum at Stake
This week a record number of world leaders delivered speeches to the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). As expected, the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic featured…
New Pentagon report confirms China’s plan to rule the waves
China has a plan to overtake the USA with a fused effort that combines trade with military expansion, as described in a new Pentagon report. It shows how China’s vaunted “One…
Now You See Me, Now You Don’t—A Magician’s Guide to Drug Pricing
You cannot have your cake and eat it, too. It is a tale as old as time. But apparently, with its latest “Most Favored Nation” executive order on drug pricing, the…
How Trump Changed the World
On Sept. 16 the editorial board of the New York Times did the impossible. It said something nice about President Trump. “The normalization of relations between Israel and two Arab states, the…
Minnesota Sued Over Mail-In Ballot Ruling
Republicans are challenging a move by Minnesota election officials to allow ballots to be counted past Election Day even if they are not postmarked. State representative Eric Lucero (R.) and…
The Case for Urban Charter Schooling
A decade ago, the charter-school movement was moving from strength to strength. As student enrollment surged and new schools opened in cities across the country, America’s first black president provided…
To Never-Trumpers: Now is the time!
The 45th President of the United States is opposed by several identifiable groups of people. True believers There are those who believe unquestionably the portrait of an evil man whose character…
Twitter Suspends True the Vote’s Account, Claims Military Ballot Deadline Tweet Violates Rules
Twitter, the social media giant that dominates online chatter, suspended Friday the account of the pro-ballot integrity group “True the Vote,” after alleging the group’s tweets about military ballots and…
Will ‘Silent’ Trump Supporters Swing Election?
With less than two months to go until the election former Vice President Joe Biden’s once considerable lead over Donald J. Trump appears to be vanishing. Polls are showing the…
The Dialectic of Woke
Last week a few sharp-eyed members of the audience for Disney’s live-action remake of Mulan noticed something ugly in the credits. The film’s producers thanked, among others, the publicity department of the “CPC…
On 9/11, We Failed to Remember
“Never forget.” That’s what we all said nearly twenty years ago while struggling to cope with our grief. Since the days of George Washington, we’d thought of ourselves as more…
Wealth Gap 2020: The destruction of the American dream
The closer the 2020 election comes, the more urgent the necessity for understanding the wealth gap which underlies the entire debate. The fundamental issue at stake in this election is…
Biden: ‘Firmly Planted to the Left’
Former Vice President Joe Biden, who’s deliberately projecting a moderate image in his campaign against President Donald J. Trump, was accused Monday of being “firmly planted to the left” by Republican National…
Secretary Of Education Betsy DeVos Issues Final Rule Protecting Religious Liberty On College Campuses
The Department of Education published a final rule Wednesday that expands religious liberty protections on college campuses and allows DOE to suspend or cut federal funding from colleges that violate the First…
Where The World Is Heading To?
Even before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the political, economic, financial, cultural, and moral health of the world have been quite unsettling. Most importantly, for centuries there has existed a…