The Double-Edged Sword of Trump’s Tariffs: Environmental Whispers Amid Economic Pain | Opinion
The Trump administration’s recent tariffs on imported goods, primarily framed as economic nationalism to correct trade imbalances, have an often-overlooked aspect: potential environmental co-benefits in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and fast fashion waste. Societally, it is useful that these environmental co-benefits may occur, especially when the administration is actively anti-GHG mitigation and has left the […]
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The EU Needs a Navy. Can the UK Supply It? | Opinion
Two centuries ago, the Royal Navy utterly dominated the world’s oceans. Buoyed by the global empire its ships were tasked with expanding and defending, the nautical service maintained a “two-navy standard.” That is, it endeavored to be at least as strong as the next two navies combined. Today, the British fleet—the navy and the supporting […]
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We’re About To Lose One of the Best Things the Government Ever Built | Opinion
One of America’s most effective public-private partnerships is under threat. Not from foreign adversaries, but from proposed budget cuts that would eliminate the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star program. At first glance, Energy Star might seem like just a government label slapped on refrigerators or laptops. But behind that small, bright blue star, recognized […]
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Sens. Blackburn and Blumenthal: Big Tech Puts Profit Over Children’s Safety. Our Bipartisan Legislation Would Hold Them Accountable | Opinion
For years, Big Tech companies have knowingly sold American children as the product on their platforms, exposing them to appalling harms, including bullying, lethal drugs, and sexual exploitation. The reason for this negligence is as simple as it is reprehensible: Investing in children’s safety would cut into their profits. So they don’t—bringing tragic consequences. Earlier […]
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Doctor Mike: One Mile to Go, One Myth to Debunk—the Race to Eradication | Opinion
What if I told you there’s a preventative health measure that has saved more lives than almost any other medical intervention in history? That it’s rigorously tested and remarkably cost-effective? That sounds like it would be universally celebrated, right? A few weeks ago, I found myself surrounded by 17 people who were deeply skeptical of […]
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Javier Milei Has Been a Disaster for Argentina | Opinion
Just over a year into President Javier Milei’s radical experiment in Argentina, his government boasts of an economic miracle: a record fiscal surplus, a stronger currency, and surging market optimism. But behind these numbers lies a brutal truth. Milei’s program—one of the most austere in history and cheered on by figures of the global far […]
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Trump Is Not Hitler | Opinion
After a recent dinner with President Donald Trump, on his show, political commentator Bill Maher said he’d observed him to be a good listener, willing to laugh at himself, gracious, willing to take criticism—and more self-aware than he lets on in public. This description riled up many of those who prefer to view Trump as […]
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The President’s First 100 Days Is a Return to American Greatness | Opinion
The American people delivered a powerful mandate in November. They were ready to turn the page on the failures of the Biden-Harris administration and restore America first leadership by electing President Donald Trump. This choice has already begun to pay off tremendously. In just 100 days, we have witnessed one of the most productive presidential […]
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Congress, Don’t Give the Marijuana Industry a Tax Cut | Opinion
The Trump administration’s mantra is to cut waste and cut costs. So, it might seem unthinkable that the federal government would give an addictive industry a tax cut. But that’s exactly what many are proposing. Last year, companies that make highly addictive and dangerous drug products spent more than $4.5 million convincing lawmakers that today’s […]
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How Can We Never Forget What We Don’t Remember? | Opinion
I was 1 year old on September 11, 2001. I was 11 when former President Barack Obama announced that Navy SEALs had killed Osama bin-Laden. And I was 25 when I spent a week at Guantánamo Bay attending military court hearings for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his alleged co-conspirators in the 9/11 attacks. I remember […]
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