Former Trump Campaign Adviser: Don’t Believe the Anti-Tariff Hysteria | Opinion
On April 2, 2025, President Donald J. Trump didn’t just unveil tariffs—he sparked a revolution. In the Rose Garden, surrounded by proud union workers, the president proclaimed America’s “Liberation Day,” smashing the free-trade orthodoxy that had devastated our middle class and shipped our jobs overseas. These tariffs aren’t some meek adjustment; they’re a rebuke to […]
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Sen. Jim Banks: Trump’s Tariffs Protect U.S. Workers From China | Opinion
The moment then-candidate Donald Trump came down that escalator ten years ago to announce his presidential campaign and launch the America First movement, elites and Washington insiders foolishly underestimated him. But working people all over the country—like my dad, a factory worker from Columbia City, Indiana—understood what those elites didn’t. They knew, for the first […]
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Potentially Fatal Start to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Leadership at HHS | Opinion
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wasted no time in launching into an agenda that was widely reported on even before his confirmation hearings, including restoring HHS to evidence-based science and medicine. Those working in the public health arena strongly opposed his nomination, however, fearing his lack of knowledge and experience […]
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The U.S. Is No Longer Turning the Other Cheek on Trade | Opinion
Those of us who remember Donald Trump in the 1980’s, recall his attacking various countries, especially Japan, for “ripping us off” when it came to trade were hardly surprised when President Trump implemented a series of tariffs on dozens of countries he has been railing against for decades, including Japan. The real question is why […]
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OPINION: Jon Moxley Needs To Lose AEW World Title To Swerve Strickland
The anticipation for AEW Dynasty 2025, which will take place at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia on April 6th, 2025, is reaching a fever pitch. At the heart of this event lies a pivotal clash between two of AEW’s prominent figures: the reigning AEW World Champion, Jon Moxley, and the widely popular Swerve Strickland. This […]
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The Great Black Church Schism—How Black Americans’ Becoming Less Religious Will Impact Future Elections | Opinion
In recent years, research has consistently shown Black Americans becoming less religious. In a 2023 Pew poll, 72 percent of Black people identified as Christian, with 24 percent identifying as religiously unaffiliated. Just a decade earlier in 2013, 79 percent identified as Christian and 16 percent identified as religiously unaffiliated. For political epidemiologists like myself […]
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Trump Is Trampling the Constitution With Bogus Emergencies | Opinion
Americans should beware of emergencies—real and imagined. All the famous dictators accumulated their power during so-called “emergencies.” So far, President Donald Trump has invented a bunch of bogus ones and Congress almost opened the door to a real one when Democrats contemplated allowing a government shutdown last week. Here we have a president trying to […]
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Will the DEI Backlash Bury Pay Equity, Too? That’d Be a Costly Mistake | Opinion
The past few months have seen upheaval in the employment law compliance landscape. The headlines mostly reflect the eradication of all federal diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs. But one of the greatest impacts to the private sector was eliminating the requirement to prepare most Affirmative Action Plans (AAPs) by federal contractors and subcontractors—which among […]
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Congresswoman: House Republicans Should Stand Up to Elon Musk | Opinion
One month into President Donald Trump‘s second term, only one person in the country has achieved as much attention as the president himself: Elon Musk. But there is an important distinction between the two men. I’m a Democrat who was elected on the same night as Donald Trump, in a district and a state that […]
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Donald Trump Is No Andrew Jackson—Or Even Richard Nixon | Opinion
Do past mistakes justify new ones? Some supporters of President Donald Trump‘s Administration are pointing to historical illegalities to justify the current ones. They should consider the “two wrongs fallacy” that reminds us that two wrongs don’t make a right. Indeed, Americans have historically rejected lawless behavior and, indeed, so have the law breakers some […]
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