As a committed interventionist, John Bolton is, you’ll be shocked to learn, not on board with eliminating the Deep State’s cash cow that is USAID. In voicing his dissatisfaction with the work of DOGE vis-à-vis USAID, he also pledged to bring back Voice of America, the U.S. government’s global propaganda machine. (For the last […]

On a summer morning somewhere in the heartland, a grandfather in Iowa kneels next to his grandson’s bike, adjusting the chain. In a bustling Houston hospital, a nurse wraps a diabetic patient’s foot with bandages paid for by an insurance mandate.  In Tennessee, a teenager sits on a clinic […]

It’s a Saturday evening. The week’s done. The world’s still spinning. And if you’ve got a minute, I want to tell you about a game. Not one you’ll find on your phone or between commercial breaks, but an actual game built on wood, discipline, and cold-blooded precision. It’s called […]

There’s a bit of a media brawl taking place this week over the issue of USAID funding which was cut off by DOGE. At base it’s an argument over whether the cutting off of that funding has had any clearly discernible effects in places around the globe. There is a Boston University professor named […]

The war in Gaza continues, and Trump’s favored negotiator Steve Witkoff expressed his frustration Saturday with Hamas’ intransigence in ongoing negotiations, but never fear: the governments of France and Saudi Arabia are rushing in to save the day. They’re planning to come to New York City, which is an odd choice of venue, as […]