Why Higher Education Is Likely Doomed
The public exposure, resignation, and subsequent death of the British fabulist Jason Arday have reignited the longstanding (if not eternal) debate about the…
August 2026
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California Democrats Embrace Failure–What Can Republicans Do?
According to recent polling, California’s 2026 Voter ID initiative is in danger of losing, even though a supermajority of Americans of all political backgrounds…
The ‘Smartening’ of America
The formerly sleepy suburb of Menlo Park, where I live, suddenly appeared on everyone’s radar in 2011 when Facebook moved in. Then-Mayor Rich Cline presciently…
Sciolistic and Treadless: The Democrats’ Rough 2026
So how is it going? In the Republic, I mean. Pretty well, I’d say. President Trump just announced the Mother of All Oil Deals with Venezuela…
Air Conditioning and Other American Sins
Expats have never been exceptionally rational creatures, and today’s version is no different. Most have benefited enormously from everything America offered…
Sweden Hit the Brakes on the Digital Classroom. Maybe We Should Ask Why.
For years, parents were told the future of education was digital. Out went textbooks. In came tablets. Out went handwriting. In came keyboards.
Health Care for All?—Don’t Surrender Your Health Care to the Lords of the Lockdown
Memory is a tricky thing. It can conveniently forget or gloss over your painful experiences of the past. In the case of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Lords of the…
Illegal Aliens Deported Last Week Include Murders, Rapists, Arsonists
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deported a slew of criminal illegal aliens last week, including those convicted for murder, rape, kidnapping…
Five Nuclear Energy Companies Selected to Build Micro Reactors at US Army Bases
The U.S. Army has launched a program awarding up to $2.2 billion in combined contracts to five private energy vendors to build and operate transportable nuclear…
Trump Administration Eyes Major Stake in Venezuela’s Vast Oil Reserves
The Trump administration is negotiating with Venezuela’s interim government for a U.S. ownership stake in some of the country’s massive oil reserves…