Category: biden administration

Biden Must Work to Enhance Taiwan’s Air and Sea Denial Capabilities

Commentary Under the Trump administration, the United States worked to enhance Taiwan’s ability to deny China access to the seas off its coast and its airspace. President Joe Biden should continue helping Taiwan modernize its military because it’s strategically significant. If China controlled Taiwan, Beijing would control what came in and out of the South…


Biden’s Embattled OMB Pick Neera Tanden Drops Out of Confirmation Process

President Joe Biden’s nominee Neera Tanden has withdrawn her nomination for Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the White House confirmed on Tuesday, signifying the first cabinet defeat for the Biden administration. Tanden’s request to withdraw comes as Senators expressed reservations about the nominee over her incendiary statements that had insulted lawmakers, including those who…


Biden’s Appointees: Diversity But Not Much Else

Commentary Dr. Rachel Levine’s nomination to be assistant secretary of Health and Human Services is being hailed as “historic” by Democrats and the media, solely because Levine is transgender. That’s crazy. Her own sexual identity should be irrelevant. What’s needed, especially during the pandemic, is competence. Levine lacks it. As Pennsylvania health secretary, Levine was…


Biden Omits Mention of Dr. Seuss From ‘Read Across America Day’ Amid Concerns of Racist Undertones

President Joe Biden appears to have removed legendary children’s book author Dr. Seuss from “Read Across America Day,” which is observed on March 2, the birthday of author. In a proclamation Monday, Biden declared Tuesday “Read Across America Day,” but left out mention of the children’s author, as has been presidential tradition in recent years….


Under Biden, ICE Officers Are Now Instructed to Defy Court Orders

Commentary I have said for the past two years that when they’re in power, the anti-border left would never abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) outright. Instead, they’d just cripple the agency with a lack of funding and policies that would tie their hands. I enforced the immigration laws for nearly 35 years, and I…


Biden Won’t Release Virtual Visitor Logs, Amid Calls for Transparency

The Biden administration is not releasing the names of those attending its White House virtual meetings, despite recent calls from political transparency groups calling for more public disclosures. While the White House has previously committed to releasing in-person visitor logs, virtual meetings have since become the main mode of interaction amid the CCP (Chinese Communist…


Building Back Better Means Blackouts and Fragile Grids

Commentary South Australia in 2016; California last year; now, Texas. The recent blackout is a terrible ordeal for Texans but a political disaster for the Biden administration. The president had just signed an executive order making climate change the organizing principle of his administration. All coal and natural gas power stations are to be taken off the…


Democrats’ New Big Tech Reform Agenda: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Commentary Congressional Democrats recently initiated discussions with the Biden administration on cracking down on Big Tech’s abuses of fair marketplaces and the American people. While these leaders’ attention to this crucial public policy matter is noted and appreciated, the policy prescriptions they seek to impose are not all peaches and cream. With the balance of power equally…


Biden’s Misinterpretation of Chinese History May Affect US Policy Toward China 

Commentary When CNN asked U.S. President Joe Biden about his China policy during a televised event held in Milwaukee on Feb. 16, he said he couldn’t discuss it in just 10 minutes. Biden then made bizarre remarks. He not only misinterpreted Chinese history, but also justified Communist Party leader Xi Jinping’s authoritarian policies. The direction…


Opinion: Biden’s Misinterpretation of Chinese History May Affect US Policy Toward China 

Commentary When CNN asked U.S. President Joe Biden about his China policy during a televised event held in Milwaukee on Feb. 16, he said he couldn’t discuss it in just 10 minutes. Biden then made bizarre remarks. He not only misinterpreted Chinese history, but also justified Communist Party leader Xi Jinping’s authoritarian policies. The direction…