Category Archives: Commentary

Bessent Is Turning the Screws. Iran’s Money Is the Target.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has made clear the United States is preparing a new round [...]

Florida primaries could shape control of Congress

Voters in Florida will head to the polls to elect partisan representatives in races that [...]

DSA Praises Fidel Castro in 100th Birthday Tribute, Denounces Marco Rubio as ‘Genocidal’

The Democratic Socialists of America website called deceased Cuban dictator Fidel Castro a “stalwart symbol of anti-imperialist [...]

Are You Ready for Woke 2?

“Woke 1” is a term AOC invented in a recent interview when she flashed that [...]

Krugman and the Politics of Falling Crime

Paul Krugman remains one of the left’s most influential voices. In his latest column, he [...]

The DNC Just Endorsed Abolishing ICE. That Is Not a Minor Gesture.

At its summer meeting in Austin, the Democratic National Committee approved a resolution urging Democratic [...]

The Dragon on Ice: China’s Quiet Conquest of the Arctic

At an Arctic Council meeting in Rovaniemi, Finland, in May 2019, Mike Pompeo asked whether the [...]

The Real Abdul El-Sayed: What He Deleted, What He Faked, and What He Hid

Michigan Democrats nominated Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed (Now called Abdul El-Sayed) for U.S. Senate. Let’s look [...]

Almonds sold as raw have been gassed with a chemical drag racing associations have banned. (And their water use beats data centers!)

Almonds demand an extraordinary volume of water in California’s arid Central Valley, locking the state [...]

You’re Not a Socialist—You Just Chose a $200K Degree Over a Trade

Sami Winc: So, Victor, let’s look at some of these primaries. We already talked a little [...]