In a previous article in The American Spectator, I asked: “Are we at the end of American maritime hegemony?” The article noted the concern expressed by two naval experts that our diminished shipbuilding capacity was endangering our maritime supremacy. I...
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Fri, 04 Apr 2025 02:15:30 +0000Whenever the subject of trade comes up, many right-leaning free traders and left-leaning neoliberals alike trot out the same talking point: “The economists all agree tariffs are terrible!” And perhaps they do — or at least most of them do....
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Fri, 04 Apr 2025 02:11:11 +0000Full disclosure. I am a Newsmax TV contributor. But I write this as a conservative — and as someone who has observed the serious rise of conservative media over time. The prompting for this column was the invitation to be present on...
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Fri, 04 Apr 2025 02:05:53 +0000Tariffs are bad for business. They harm the international division of labor and drive up consumer prices. Their comeback shows that we are living in an era dominated by politics. A new age of power politics has begun. Donald Trump...
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Fri, 04 Apr 2025 02:05:52 +0000Vice President JD Vance announced Thursday that the White House is on the brink of a deal over the ownership of TikTok. Under a deadline set by President Donald Trump, TikTok must be either sold to a U.S. company by...
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Fri, 04 Apr 2025 02:05:50 +0000There’s so much I could say about the imposition of President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs on countries across the globe that these would not be quick things unless I do my best to make them so. So I’m going to...
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Fri, 04 Apr 2025 02:05:47 +0000The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is about as rock ‘n’ roll as Wilford Brimley. It inducts this month to its crass cash scam 14 nominated acts, to include the talented but not-rock Mariah Carey, which inspires a revision...
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Thu, 03 Apr 2025 22:12:40 +0000Netflix’s current top show, Adolescence, is a chilling tale of a teenage boy who is accused of murdering his female classmate. The show spiked in popularity due to the underlying emphasis on larger issues, such as “toxic masculinity” and violence. (RELATED: Five...
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Thu, 03 Apr 2025 18:33:59 +0000WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump likes to troll Canada. He has been threatening our neighbor to the north with additional tariffs, and he thinks it’s funny to dangle his dream of turning our longtime trading partner into America’s 51st state. (RELATED:...
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Thu, 03 Apr 2025 18:21:20 +0000The first person I ever heard describe the three-legged stool of conservatism was Newt Gingrich. Sure, Ronald Reagan may have built the analogy, but, as someone born in 1985, Reagan was long gone from the national scene when I came...
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