Commentary BOSTON—During Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential announcement speech before a surprisingly large standing-room-only crowd in the grand ballroom of the Boston Park Plaza Hotel on April 19, he made sure to tip his hat to President Joe Biden as if to say the differences between them weren’t all that great. He clearly didn’t want to…
Newsom Faces Tough Budget Battle Ahead
April 19, 2023
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Commentary Governments run on money. So of course, the most important thing any government does is pass a budget. For the first time since he became governor four years ago, Gov. Gavin Newsom is going to face a tough battle in the run-up to the June 15 constitutional deadline to pass a budget. Up until…
North Korea’s ‘DF-41’ Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
Commentary After having warned of its development for seven years and revealed its transporter erector launcher (TEL) in a Feb. 8 parade, on April 13 for the first time, North Korea successfully tested its solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which it calls the Hwasong-18. With propaganda images and videos of the Hwasong-18 and his daughter…
Two-thirds of Californians Want to Know Who’s Funding Environmental Lawsuits
April 19, 2023
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Commentary I was recently introduced to California 100 by Sal Rodriguez, the opinion editor for the Southern California News Group, which includes the Orange County Register. It’s a think tank of sorts and provides the following to describe itself: “California 100 is a transformative statewide initiative focused on inspiring a vision and strategy for California’s next…
China’s Fraying Claim to ‘Developing’ Status
April 19, 2023
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Commentary The U.S. House of Representatives has unanimously voted to strip China of its status as a “developing country.” Even if the Senate and President Joe Biden were to go along, Washington would have no power to force the issue. That lies with the international community and, to some extent, China. Beijing will not likely…
America Needs a Transfusion
April 19, 2023
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America needs a transfusion. One third of its population, having lost what Alexis de Tocqueville most admired about America—self-responsibility—should be replaced with new blood. We need people who are entrepreneurial, educated, skilled—qualities that built this great nation. It’s not a joke (except that “transfusion” could be “infusion”). Already, 71 percent of all Silicon Valley workers…
State Department Missing in Action as World Changes Rapidly
Commentary The theme for incoming Secretary of State Antony Blinken in 2021 and the mantra for the entire Biden administration was clear: The adults are back in charge. As the world hurtles toward conflict, as China conducts influence operations in an unrestrained manner, and as former, trusted partners of the United States have seemingly changed…
What They Meant by Essential and Nonessential
April 19, 2023
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Commentary In all my thinking about the lockdown years, I’ve only had time now to think carefully about this strange distinction between essential and nonessential. What did it mean in practice and where did it come from? The edict to divide the workforce came from a previously unknown agency called the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security…
The House GOP Effort to Defund—Not Police, but Wokeness
News Analysis Through executive orders and budget requests, the Biden administration has sought to embed “diversity, equity, and inclusion” principles across the entirety of the federal government—and in turn to touch the lives of every American. Now members of the Republican House majority, who see this whole-of-government effort as a woke assault on America and its core values, are…
2-Year Anniversary of Declining Real Wages for American Workers
Commentary This week marks the two-year anniversary of declining real wages for ordinary American workers due to ongoing high inflation. The latest Consumer Price Index (CPI), released this week, shows prices grew 20 percent faster than wages over the last 12 months. This sad anniversary is the result of President Biden and Congressional Democrats’ reckless spending that has diluted the value…
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