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Opinion

Trump reverses Obama on Iran

Editorials and columns

Donald Trump has always been the anti-Obama. He rose in opposition to President Obama and has reversed many of his Democratic predecessor's policies. But perhaps no Trump undertaking runs more directly counter to Obama's approach than the Iran War. Obama sought to accommodate the Iranian ...

The ‘easy way out’ may not be so easy after all

Editorials and columns

I've been hearing a lot lately about how it's "taking the easy way out" to use GLP-1s to lose weight. That may be true. But then again, you might be able to say the same thing about virtually every medical advancement. When you boil it down, chemotherapy is "taking the easy way out" of ...

Bernard LaFayette Jr. was a leader guided by love

Editorials and columns

When I read about civil rights activist and minister Dr. Bernard LaFayette Jr. passing away earlier this month, I thought about how almost all the heralded foot soldiers of the civil rights movement who were momentous leaders during my youth have left us. LaFayette's passing comes in the wake ...

Should America have a red line?

Editorials and columns

President Trump has acted as no other president has by unleashing a war on Iran whose objective is not only preventing the ayatollahs from ever building a nuclear weapon but ideally (though unmentioned) replacing the fanatics with leaders more friendly to Israel and the West and delivering ...

What is victory in Operation Epic Fury?

Editorials and columns

Six days after the commencement of Operation Epic Fury, President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to announce, in the context of the ongoing joint American-Israeli military campaign against the Islamic Republic of Iran: "There will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!" In the ...

Tax the rich or discipline the government?

Editorials and columns

Wherever you look in American politics right now, you'll find legislators saying the government still doesn't tax enough -- especially when it comes to the wealthy. California progressives are pursuing a wealth tax on billionaires, advertised as a method to raise $100 billion in a single ...