Commentary “It’s a false economy that we’re living in. We’re in a bubble.” The man who said that, regarding Federal Reserve policy, was none other than President Donald Trump. He was right then, as a candidate, and he is right now, as president. Trump’s latest dustup with the Fed comes on the back of substantial […]

It seems a truism, or at least a reasonable hypothesis, that half of President Donald Trump’s supporters think that he walks on water, while at least half of his critics wish he would drown in it. Members of the second group would also heave many others into the drink, starting with Kanye West, followed by Senate Republicans, Democratic […]

Commentary On the morning of Oct. 10, there was a brief furor in the news media after Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein supposedly canceled a scheduled appearance before the House Judiciary Committee. Soon after, the news became confusing, as some reporters noted they had sources telling them no such meeting had ever been scheduled in the first […]

News Analysis On March 9, 2016, Department of Justice (DOJ) oversight personnel learned that the FBI had been employing outside contractors who had access to raw Section 702 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) data, and retained that access after their work for the FBI was completed. This information was disclosed in a 99-page FISA court ruling on […]

Commentary How divided are we? Victor Davis Hanson wrote this about what the Kavanaugh hearings showed: “The lesson of the hearings transcends the Kavanaugh confirmation. We were presented with two radically different and now competing versions of American jurisprudence and due process, one traditional and constitutional, one fluid and revolutionary. It will be up to Americans, ultimately, to decide by which […]

I call Nellie Ohr “the woman in the middle.” Holding a doctorate in Soviet history, Ohr worked for Glenn Simpson’s Fusion GPS as it was creating what is known as the “Steele dossier” of uncorroborated allegations of Trump-Russia collusion. She is married to Bruce Ohr, a senior Justice Department official whose involvement in the “dossier” affair—including contacts […]

President Donald Trump is approaching his midterm. Even before he was president, leftists and media elites didn’t just want Trump to fail, they predicted he would fail. He was a television star, not a serious candidate. Despite what they hoped and foretold, they have turned out to be wrong. In just two years, Trump has […]

Radio host Charlamagne tha God has canceled a TimesTalk interview with Kanye West that was scheduled for Oct. 17. That’s when the two men were supposed to discuss mental health. According to the left, West’s White House visit last week and his enthusiastic embrace of President Donald Trump were displays of mental illness—an illness that, from their […]

A few months ago, I wrote an article for the World Economic Forum called “A Yellow Card for the Global Economy.” I intended it to serve as a warning about the rising imbalances of the emerging and leading economies. Unfortunately, since then, those imbalances have continued to rise and market complacency has reached new highs. […]

When María Carolina Roldan found her car burned and destroyed in Buenos Aires, Argentina, she lost more than her mode of transport. The single mother and struggling immigrant from Venezuela lost her means to make a living as a driver via the Cabify app. She became another one of the thousands of victims around the […]

Commentary On Oct. 8, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a project of the United Nations, published a report that warns of multiple dire consequences if the average global temperature rises by more than a half-degree Celsius from current levels. The IPCC report asserts, “Limiting global warming to 1.5 C [one degree already having occurred over the past 150 […]

Every September, I search for a television series that might appeal to me. The search is rarely successful. That is because I am unusually picky. There are two reasons for my pickiness: I have less leisure time than most people, and my standards are relatively strict. This year was unusual. I found two series that […]

Commentary This article is part of a series on corporate surveillance highlighting civil liberty, privacy, cybersecurity, safety, and tech-product user exploitation threats associated with connected products that are supported by the Android (Google) OS, Apple iOS, and Microsoft Windows OS. In the first article of this series, “Surveillance Capitalism: Monetizing the Smartphone User,” we learned that a person’s […]

Commentary Recently, the Chronicle of Higher Education published a commentary that opened with the following statement: “In recent years, several countries across the world have been overtaken by a certain kind of far-right nationalism; the list includes Russia, Hungary, Poland, India, Turkey, and the United States.” Note the verb “overtaken.” It’s not that forms of […]

News Analysis Connecticut Senator and Senate Judiciary member Richard Blumenthal was one of the most vigorous opponents of new Supreme Court appointee Justice Brett Kavanaugh. In late September, before Republicans agreed to give the Federal Bureau of Investigation a week to investigate allegations of sexual impropriety, Blumenthal claimed that neglecting to call for such an investigation is “tantamount […]

Commentary The identity of one of the key Spygate leakers inside the Department of Justice appears to have been revealed earlier this week, because of a surprise document dump. The Department of Justice (DOJ), without any advance announcement, suddenly released a bombshell report on Oct. 15. In it, there is a new clue that hints […]

The Amazing Lucas is a YouTube sensation. The bodybuilder, 3D animator, and Trump supporter has more than 10 million views. The description on his YouTube channel reads: “I cover everything from Gaming to Bodybuilding to Politics with a taste for justice and common sense. Hardcore Spider-Man fan and competitive bodybuilder. Be Amazing.” Someone once said that […]

News Analysis The security clearances of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and five other individuals, who had been designated as “researchers”—including Clinton’s longtime lawyer, Cheryl Mills—were withdrawn between August and September. Clinton’s security clearance was withdrawn at her request, according to a statement by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), citing State Department […]

Most of our electronics and gadgets (and their components) are made overseas. Manufacturing in the United States, we are told, is too costly and can’t compete with low-cost countries. We are told, in the age of globalization, that President Donald Trump’s slogan “buy American, hire American” isn’t only incredibly antiquated, but also dumb and dangerous. […]

“The contemporary concern for social justice leads primarily to a stress on public-policy initiatives, to a reorganization of ‘the system,’ and to social reform,” Brian Benestad observes in his book “Church, State, and Society.” Understanding and practicing social justice, instead, as a personal virtue—one that inclines us to work with others for the common good—as he recommends, implies the […]

News Analysis While the dust hasn’t yet settled, Justice Brett Kavanaugh is on the Supreme Court, and it is time to draw some lessons about the law and about the American legal system from the national soap opera that the United States just experienced. The charge that almost derailed the 53-year-old Kavanaugh’s confirmation related to his high school […]

Commentary This article is part of a series on corporate surveillance highlighting civil liberty, privacy, cyber security, safety, and tech-product user exploitation threats associated with connected products that are supported by the Android (Google) OS, Apple iOS, and Microsoft Windows OS. Today, people, businesses, government officials, and law makers are unaware of the business model that supports […]

Commentary The totalitarian states of the 20th century, whether of national socialist (Nazi and fascist) or international socialist (communist) ambitions, were aiming to control and organize almost every aspect of life from the top down: to bring about by force of law and government what is broadly described as “the triumph of the Will over Nature.” The […]

News Analysis The U.S. presidential election of 2016 was widely acknowledged as an “epic fail” for the American media, an almost willful refusal to recognize Trump’s popular appeal and to understand the power of the populist issues he bannered. In the weeks that followed the upset victory, there was a broad consensus that the press […]

This familiar map of the 2016 American election, broken down by red (representing Republican) and blue (representing Democrat) counties—rather than by states—shows a stark division of citizens in a rural/urban pattern that has become typical of most Western democracies. Much about urbanization is explained by the attraction of better jobs, services and the glitter of […]

Two years after his election, President Donald Trump has won over many Republicans who vowed never to vote for him or work with him, the so-called NeverTrumpers. Political commentator Ben Shapiro gave up his resistance to Trump in early August. saying Trump had “governed much more conservative than I thought he was actually going to.” […]

Some recent headlines on life-saving activities by members of the NYPD deserve attention. These incidents are a reminder of the importance of the policing profession. They are proof-positive that the words courtesy, professionalism, and respect emblazoned on every NYPD vehicle are alive and well in New York City. Transit Officers Save 1-Year-Old On Oct. 9, […]