Reports that U.S. troops have been told the war with Iran is “all part of God’s divine plan” have ignited a debate that reaches far beyond military protocol. According to multiple complaints filed with the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, some commanders have invoked explicitly ...
When a Transportation Security Administration official warns that airports could "quite literally shut down," we are no longer talking about inconvenience, delays or political theater. We are talking about vulnerability in one of the most sensitive and critical systems in our country. Aviation ...
The conflict in Iran is posing alarming questions about America’s munitions stockpile and its ability to replenish it. The challenge America faces is not just how quickly we can manufacture interceptor missiles, but whether we have reliable access to the minerals required to do so. Our ...
Early this year, we learned that Elon Musk may become the first trillionaire in world history. My friends on the left of the political spectrum have been fuming about this story as the ultimate example of the rich getting richer and the poor getting crumbs. When I appeared on "Real Time ...
Dear ACME Dream Senders, I am sorry to have to write this letter of complaint. After a lifetime of mostly pleasant dreams, I now have to wonder if your entire creative team has been taken over by AI? I recognize that every human must suffer a certain allotment of stress dreams in their ...
At the height of the energy crisis in the 1970s, when oil prices more than sextupled, The Economist magazine showed a map of the Persian Gulf on its cover with the headline, "What's a Nice Thing Like Oil Doing in a Place Like This?" The Iranian miscreants, with whom we are now at war, ...
