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The Mar-a-Lago Raid: What Happened and What’s Next - The FBI is the most powerful law enforcement agency in our country. A growing number of Americans do not trust the FBI. Their suspicions are not unwarranted. The Biden administration and the D.C. establishment are making it clear they will use all the power of the state to intimidate anyone who stands in their way, even if it means weaponizing the FBI to punish political enemies and silence critics. At a time when faith in American institutions is at an all-time low, Biden and his allies are making matters worse by pursuing political vendettas against their opponents. Heritage Expert: Cully Stimson
How Rising Prices Are Affecting Young Adults – Considering the high probability of either a financial crisis and/or a fiscal reckoning before today’s young workers hit the middle of their careers, they will inevitably have lower incomes and pay higher taxes than if policymakers had been more fiscally responsible. Moreover, if America inflates its way out of unsustainable debt, today’s young workers will not only face lower incomes and higher taxes, but also higher prices and erosion of their life’s savings and investments. As much as inflation is hurting nearly everyone today, sustained high inflation will be even worse in the long run. Instead of doubling down on government spending and government intervention that’s added to inflation, policymakers should help expand more affordable alternative education options, reduce barriers to work and to rising incomes, eliminate needless regulations that drive up costs and restrict employment and income growth, and get America’s fiscal house in order so that younger workers aren’t burdened by the equivalent of a second mortgage. Heritage Expert: Rachel Greszler
The Public-Relations Ploy of ‘National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day’ – At the end of the day, National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day is a PR stunt. It does nothing other than tell the public what people already know: Fentanyl is the black mamba of illicit drugs. Its fangs contain a quick-acting, extremely aggressive, highly potent, merciless, and remorseless venom. What the administration should do is to increase our interdiction and enforcement efforts by using the DEA and Border Patrol to enforce the immigration and drug laws. Aggressively enforcing those laws against anyone involved in the illicit manufacturing, smuggling, distribution, and possession of illegal drugs such as fentanyl is, quite literally, a matter of life and death. We deserve to know how many Americans must die before the administration closes the border to the cartels’ fentanyl smuggling. Heritage Expert: Paul Larkin
Biden's risk-averse foreign policy is risky business for Americans – President Joe Biden's foreign policy is a toxic mix of ideas from both extremes of the political spectrum. On the one hand, Biden and company have embraced the Obama era policy of maximum restraint. The idea is that the less the U.S. engages in foreign affairs, the fewer problems it will have to deal with. The problem with maximum restraint is that it can let a manageable foreign problem fester and grow into a tremendous problem. It’s like when a homeowner keeps putting off fixing a leaky roof; one day the ceiling will collapse. Maximum restraint can also lead to precipitous withdrawal from foreign engagements. This too can be disastrous. For example, Obama precipitously withdrew from Iraq, and ISIS promptly filled the vacuum. Biden did the same in Afghanistan, and we now know that Al Qaeda has already reestablished a foothold there. Heritage Expert: James Carafano
The Navy’s Navigation Plan is good, but Congress has some heavy lifting to do to make it work – The Navigation Plan is also silent on adjustments to the numbered fleet structure and formulation of new campaign plans. This is unfortunate but does not diminish the fact that this is the best articulation in many years of where the Navy’s senior officer thinks the service needs to head. Yet, helpful as the plan is, the fact remains that, without more energetic support from the administration, it will remain up to Congress to ensure the nation is building, sustaining, and operating the Navy we need. Congress has been thrust into this role before, most notably in the lead up to World War Two. The Naval Act of 1938, which directed a just-in-time 20 percent growth of the fleet, has been credited with the eventual victory in the Pacific. Congress today needs to do much the same again, establishing year-by-year shipbuilding goals that will get the Navy where it needs to be within this decade — not 20-plus years out. Lawmakers should also resist the premature retirement of warships — something the Pentagon has promoted as a cost-saving measure. Decommissioning must be less than the annual rate of commissioning of new ships – meaning when a new ship is actually delivered, not just put on the schedule. Heritage Expert: Brent Sadler