The most dangerous people in public life are not the obvious crooks. At least a crook has the decency to enjoy the money. No, the real menace is the Continue Reading
Domestic Policy
The Northeast Is Losing Its Gunmakers
From Lexington to Exit Signs: How the Northeast’s Gun Laws Are Driving Firearms Manufacturers Away For generations, New England was synonymous with Continue Reading
The Subdued Flag Belongs on the ACU
By Staff Sgt. Taylor AmbosThe views presented in this paper are those of the author and do not reflect the position of the Department of the Army or Continue Reading
Failure Got Promoted and You Got the Bill
Failure used to leave a bruise. Now it gets a staff retreat, a revised title, and a lanyard printed by people who think “impact” is a substitute Continue Reading
The Bribe Faucet Is Drowning the Republic
America doesn’t have a polarization problem. America has a cash-register problem. The screaming, the tribal jerseys, the cable-news arsonists, the Continue Reading
California’s Compassion Slot Machine Keeps Paying the House
California has achieved something almost spiritual in its public policy: it can spend historic sums of money, produce visible collapse, and still Continue Reading
A “Livable Wage” Where?
A man in California allegedly set fire to a warehouse and recorded a video explaining why. His justification wasn’t geopolitical, ideological, or even Continue Reading
Compassion, Now in Luxury Trim
Nothing in America is more profitable than a sacred category with a billing code. Give a scheme the right moral costume and half the country will Continue Reading
Once You Strike the Match, You Don’t Get to Lecture the Fire on Its Manners
There is a comforting lie we tell ourselves about violence: that it can be summoned, directed, and restrained according to our intentions. That we can Continue Reading
Logistics Lead the Fight, Tactics Finish It
For most of American military history, tactical excellence has commanded the most attention, and battles are remembered by their maneuvers, Continue Reading
Working for Free in the Shutdown Season
Well, as of this morning, I am working for the government pro bono. I’m too “essential” to be furloughed but not valuable enough to be paid during a Continue Reading
Who Decides Who Enters America
Americans argue endlessly about immigration while skipping the only question that actually matters: why immigration authority exists at the federal Continue Reading