California is a bundle of contradictions. It is simultaneously the American promised land–it is literally where the American Dream was first formulated–and a declining hellhole of a state where the major industry is whining for dollars. There are few regions on Earth that contain so much beauty. From Death Valley’s forbidding and stark wonders,  Yosemite’s […]

How discouraged should conservatives be about the results of the midterm elections, which returned Republicans to only a slim majority in the House and actually gave Democrats one more seat in the Senate? It’s OK to be dismayed briefly, but conservatives should shake it off and keep moving forward to reach the public policy goals […]

Covering Joe Biden is often a challenging task. A lot of the time, you’re looking at things that are completely incoherent and you’re thinking, “What was he trying to say?” Other times, what he says is clear, but you think, “Oh, my God, did he just say that?!?” because it’s so horrible and/or just so […]

In the wake of news that the Pentagon will pay for service members and their dependents to travel to abort their unborn babies, Republicans are reminding the Department of Defense that it may not fund abortions. “Both the law itself and Congressional intent are clear: the U.S. military may not fund elective abortion,” the bicameral group of […]

Most of Europe is already dealing with a depressed economy and threats of widespread labor strikes. The war in Ukraine, combined with the self-inflicted energy crisis has created even more angst in many European nations. But now, European Union leaders are openly speaking out about another threat that they are facing and it’s coming from […]

Let’s just call it what it is, right up front: blatant wealth redistribution — the cornerstone objective of the Democrat Party. They know it, they know we know it, and they know we know they know we know it. Moreover, everything the Democrats support or oppose can be connected to the ballot box with no more […]