The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts [tariffs] and Excises…. —U.S. Constituton, Article I, Section 8 Referring to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act...
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The Supreme Court Struck Down Trump’s Tariffs, But Will It Matter?
In a landmark 6–3 decision issued on February 20, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump exceeded his statutory authority when he imposed sweeping tariffs on imports from nearly every trading partner under the International Emergency Economic...
Immigration Policy Requires Facts, Not Sentimentalism
When Alysa Liu glided across the ice in Milan to claim gold at the 2026 Winter Olympics, the celebration was immediate and well deserved. She is a remarkable athlete. What followed just as quickly, however, was a familiar rhetorical maneuver: the deployment of her...
The Gaza Plan’s ‘Sick Kind of Detachment’ and its Dangers for America
On January 22, 2026—367 days after Donald Trump’s second inauguration and 352 days after his announcement of a plan for America to “Raze and Rebuild Gaza” and the day he launched his “Board of Peace” to “oversee” Gaza—Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner took the stage at...
Peace in Ukraine Requires Urgency From Both Sides
There is always an urgency to put an end to war. But there is a growing urgency to bring an end to the war in Ukraine. That urgency was expressed in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s claim that the Trump administration had set a June deadline for negotiating an...
How Unelected EU Officials Built a Transnational Speech Police
On December 5, 2025, the European Commission imposed a €120 million fine on X, formerly Twitter—its first enforcement action under the Digital Services Act (DSA). The stated violations had nothing to do with incitement, fraud, or child exploitation. The Commission...
Rise of the Right-Wing Leninists
“The whole question is—who will overtake whom?”- V. I. Lenin,1921 For communists like Vladimir Lenin and all other totalitarians, both of the “left” and “right,” the only question to be answered in matters of state is one of wielding the political power to destroy...
Sergei Lavrov is Right: America is ‘Agreement Incapable’
In February 2026, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accused the United States of "not being ready to fulfill agreements" reached during alleged Trump-Putin talks in Alaska in August 2025. The accusation fits a pattern. During a July 2020 conference on the Open...
U.S. Actions Toward Cuba Are Criminal
A recent Wall Street Journal article recently outlined yet the latest attempts by the U.S. government to bring down Cuba’s socialist government, a process that has been going on without much success for the past sixty-five years. Once upon a time, the U.S. policy...
TGIF: Immigration and Culture
I pay no attention to the Super Bowl, even less to the overhyped halftime show. But I do pay some attention to the reaction to the show's headliners when they're announced and afterward. So I know that some people did not like that Bad Bunny (whom I knew nothing about...
Structure, Loyalty, and Power: Understanding China’s Party-State Under Xi Jinping
In late January 2026, China’s Ministry of National Defense announced investigations into two of the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) most senior officers: General Zhang Youxia, long-time vice chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) and a close Xi Jinping...
Jesse Jackson: Peace Abroad, War at Home
When the Rev. Jesse Jackson died this week in Chicago at age 84, the tributes were predictable. Jackson was a protégé of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., a two‑time presidential candidate, and the most prominent black civil‑rights leader for decades. The Associated...
ICE Expansion and the Architecture of a Security State
The militarization of American cities by ICE is being addressed, or not addressed, around constitutional, moral, and practical questions familiar to Americans from sixty years of debates over “law and order.” Does ICE’s deployment follow the law? What kind of...
The Great Automotive Deregulation?
Late last year I wrote an article for this website titled “What Has the Government Done to Our Cars” decrying the way decades of excessive regulations have changed America’s automobiles for the worse. Now, just months later, in what EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin is...
The One Man Who The ‘Epstein Files’ Make Look Better
As we continue to learn more about the Epstein Files, including the gruesome details, due in large part to the valiant leadership of Congressmen Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Ro Khanna (D-CA), we are also beginning to hear more names that are mentioned in the documents. We...
ICE Is Freezing Out the Constitution
Mass deportations poll well, in part because many Americans believe immigrants should “get in line” and follow the law. However, the core issue isn't a nation's right to enforce its borders. When people are willing to overlook constitutional violations to “solve the...
Israel Needs Time Before Another Iran War—Here’s Why
The United States finds itself in an unfamiliar position. After spending approximately one hundred and fifty THAAD interceptors and eighty SM-3 missiles to help defend Israel during the Twelve-Day War in June 2025, the Pentagon faces a stark reality. Its stockpiles...
We Need Rules-Based Immigration (But Change the Rules)
Immigration debates in the United States tend to follow a familiar pattern. A controversial enforcement action occurs. Critics condemn the tactics of immigration agencies. Defenders respond that officers are merely enforcing the law as written. The discussion quickly...
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