The most insulting thing about the success of Breaking Rust, an artificial intelligence "artist" that topped Billboard's Country Digital Song Sales Chart this week, is the titles of the hits.

"Walk My Way."

"Living on Borrowed Time."

The EP — which is also on the charts — is called "Resilient," as if Breaking Rust spent years playing for ...Read more

As the White House toys with the no-joke prospect of actually invading Venezuela out of (understandable) ire at the government of (reprehensible) strongman Nicolas Maduro, a damning new Human Rights Watch report says that 252 Venezuelans, many of them political refugees from the socialist dictator, that the Trump administration recently deported...Read more

The term tipping point provides a useful way of thinking about that theoretical juncture along any path when the possible becomes the inevitable.

We often use the term in connection with climate change: The tipping point is the moment when the processes that contribute to global warming take on an irreversible life of their own. For example, ...Read more

President Donald Trump cannot accept defeat.

His psychologist niece explains it in her book, “Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man.”

He showed it to the world on Jan. 6 by trying to persuade his vice president to overturn the election he had lost.

The same character flaw explains why he told ...Read more

Democrats claim to be concerned about “affordability” and job creation. Why, then, do they repeatedly propose policies that undermine those goals?

Consider California, where the dismal results are in for the state’s experiment in restaurant central planning.

In 2023, the state bumped the minimum wage to $20 an hour for fast-food chains ...Read more

The 2028 presidential election is more than 1,000 days away, but you’d hardly know it from all the speculation and anticipation that’s swirling from Sacramento to the Washington Beltway.

Standing at the center of attention is California Gov. Gavin Newsom, fresh off his big victory on Proposition 50, the backatcha ballot measure that ...Read more

The phrase “kids will be kids” has long been used to excuse bad behavior. It grew out of a centuries-old idea that youth itself should confer some form of immunity — that immaturity, carelessness or even cruelty are simply part of growing up. What began as a forgiving nod to childhood mischief has evolved into a cultural permission slip, a...Read more

Everyone knows John Lennon’s “Imagine.”

It floats through Times Square on New Year’s Eve, plays during Olympic ceremonies, and fills the air at corporate galas meant to celebrate “unity.” Its melody is tender, its message is simple, and its premise is seductive: If only we could imagine a world without possessions, borders, or ...Read more

Should the U.S. and Russia resume nuclear testing?

The answer to that question must be a resounding “No.” Yet President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin, eager to project strength, have raised fears that they may be moving to revive the dangerous practice.

While the significance of testing nuclear weapons dwindled over 60 ...Read more

The world has, for the most part, welcomed the trade truce between the U.S. and China. Exporters, in particular, are hoping for a period of quiet that will allow them to adjust to a new world with higher tariffs and more restrictions.

Yet for workers and companies across the developing world, the possibility of a return to a status quo ante isn...Read more

When millions of European immigrants came to the United States in the 19th century only to be scorned by mainstream society, it was the Catholic Church that embraced them, taught that keeping the customs of one's native lands was not bad and created systems of mutual aid and education for the newcomers that didn't rely on the government.

The ...Read more

Members of the Trump administration have floated a new proposal to address the nation’s housing crisis. It’s a dud. They should stick to the basics.

President Donald Trump took to Truth Social last weekend to advocate for the creation of a 50-year mortgage loan. Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, then called the ...Read more

America’s drug policy is broken. For decades, we’ve focused primarily on the supply side—interdicting smugglers, prosecuting dealers, and escalating penalties while neglecting the demand side. Individuals who use drugs, more often than not, do so out of desperation, trauma, or addiction. This imbalance has cost lives, strained law ...Read more

The longest government shutdown in history is over following Sunday’s “Senate surrender,” as described by U.S. Rep. Marilyn Strickland, D-Tacoma. Seven Democrats and one independent voted with Republicans to advance the Senate’s short-term funding bill. The Tacoma Democrat piled onto a heap of intraparty condemnation, saying those ...Read more

Twenty-two years ago, the devils came on horseback. Now they come on pickup trucks mounted with machine guns, funded by gold and assisted by drones. Now, the devils fight against the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) rather than for it, and they’re doing so with more efficient tools. But if you’re a civilian in Darfur, the outcome is the same: ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — So far, gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra has escaped the bright spotlight focused on Gov. Gavin Newsom in the money pilfering scandal involving their former top aides. But that could change.

It seems only a matter of time before one of Becerra's campaign rivals seizes the federal fraud case for attack fodder. I can...Read more

Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson has gotten slammed by more than a few of his fellow Democrats for displaying cold feet at the prospect of congressional redistricting in the state.

Critics include his Old Dominion counterpart, Virginia Senate President L. Louise Lucas, who recently accused him of echoing “MAGA talking points” after ...Read more

On Truth Social earlier this month President Donald Trump ordered Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to “prepare for possible action” to protect Christians in Nigeria. (Hegseth’s social-mediated response: “Yes sir”). The order appears to have been prompted at least in part by a statement from Sen. Ted Cruz last month accusing the Nigerian ...Read more

No good reason exists to secretly photograph millions of Americans. But under the paper-thin pretense of identifying non-citizens, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has launched a chilling new surveillance tool to do that.

The Mobile Fortify biometric cell phone app marks a behind-the-scenes escalation in DHS’ brutal immigrant roundups...Read more

“To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle,” warned George Orwell, the famous British author of "1984." He was referring to politicians’ dangerous tendency to ignore facts that challenge their preferences or ingrained beliefs.

While that quote could refer to many aspects of President Donald Trump’s domestic ...Read more