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In building relationships, it’s friends first

The Iran war hit close to home. I literally just got off a Zoom call with Dasn, a friend and business owner from Oman. They had a drone strike this morning from Iran that hit outside his factory and killed two people. He was emotional, “Oman is a peaceful country. We are friends with everyone. We host peace talks. We are one of the few countries still trading with Iran. They are crazy! Why would they attack a market and an industrial area with no military ties. They are destroying oil infrastructure in the region.” The drone strikes are terrorist acts meant to scare people and are ...

Three Big Lies Being Told About The Iran War

If you’ve been following coverage of the Trump administration’s military action against Iran, you’ve probably noticed something: A lot of people are determined to convince you that the United States is losing. They’re wrong. Even worse, many of them know they’re wrong. Critics across the political spectrum -- from Democrats to elements of the so-called horseshoe Right -- are pushing narratives that paint the conflict as a disaster in the making. The goal is simple: Undermine public confidence and turn what is shaping up as a strategic success into a perceived ...

Suffering Though Silent Attacks On Personal Freedom

During the first Trump administration, the FBI quietly spent $5 million on Pegasus, an Israeli-developed software product known generically as zero click. Zero click permits the user to download the contents of another mobile or desktop device without tricking the user of that device into clicking on a viral link. When FBI Director Christopher Wray was confronted with evidence of this purchase in 2021, he stated under oath at a congressional hearing that his agents did not and would not use it; but they bought it because they wanted to understand how it worked. He claimed that it was ...

Weighing Political Risks Of Waging War Against Iran

Will President Donald Trump’s war against Iran, undertaken in alignment with Israel, prove to be an electoral albatross for Republicans in November? Could Democrats, salivating at the prospect of impeaching and removing Trump from office in 2027, regain control of the House and Senate, fueled by the political repercussions of this war? Political clairvoyance is a rara avis. But the odds appear unfavorable to Trump and the Republican Party. Consider first the price of energy, including gasoline at the pump. A significant portion of the world’s oil and gas supply passes through the ...

Difference between pettiness and patriotism

Most State of the Union addresses are forgettable the moment they end. Not this one. President Donald Trump delivered a consequential speech that highlighted what he believes are some of his major accomplishments during the first year of his second term. He also demonstrated a flair for the dramatic. It was likely the most partisan message of its kind ever delivered by a president. He frequently criticized those Democrats who bothered to attend (more than 70 members didn’t), calling them “crazy” and accusing them of favoring open borders and higher taxes. He also criticized ...

Consider the disgraceful ravings of Candace Owens

Joe McCarthy was famously undone by the rhetorical questions at a 1954 congressional hearing: “Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?” If the same queries were directed to Candace Owens at such a forum, she’d sail on unperturbed — since she has no idea what “decency” means. The conspiratorial podcaster has embarked on an investigative series on Erika Kirk, the widow of Charlie Kirk. In this context, “investigative series” means a loosely stitched together collection of sewerish falsehoods and innuendo. Perhaps Owens can ...