By Peter Suciu Breach Bang Clear Ah, the Red Ryder BB Gun. It’s iconic. Almost as iconic as the phrase it birthed: “You’ll shoot your eye out!” The quote is from the holiday classic A Christmas Story. Those of a certain age, and by that, we mean anyone who grew up in the 1980s or early 1990s, […]
At a critical juncture in the Battle of the Bulge, General George S. Patton’s Third Army became bogged down in its drive to relieve the legendary 101st Airborne Division trapped at Bastogne, Belgium. The besieged Americans defended the vital crossroads town from a German force that outnumbered them by nine-to-one in critical sectors. Meanwhile, wintry conditions […]
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) sharply criticized President Donald Trump on Tuesday following the Justice Department’s release of a new batch of documents tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, marking another public break between the two former allies. Greene’s comments came hours after the records were made public. The materials include multiple references to […]
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu drew sharp attention on Monday after crediting the city’s Somali community with virtually all of Boston’s major accomplishments, remarks that came as Somali communities nationwide face heightened scrutiny over a massive fraud case in Minnesota. Speaking at a public event, Wu said Boston’s progress across nearly every major metric could not […]
KUALA LUMPUR/PHNOM PENH, Dec. 24, 2025 — Cambodia and Thailand agreed to hold defense-level talks on Christmas Eve in an effort to revive a ceasefire after nearly three weeks of intense border fighting, regional officials said. The discussions come as clashes continue along the two countries’ disputed frontier, raising pressure on both governments to halt […]
The return to the base at Manta comes a month after Ecuadorian voters rejected a measure to allow the reopening of foreign bases. By Nicholas Slayton Task & Purpose The U.S. military is sending a contingent of Air Force personnel to Ecuador in support of “anti-drug trafficking” operations. The U.S. embassy in Quito announced the […]
A simple principle should govern health care delivery. The professional who examines the patient, makes the diagnosis, and bears legal responsibility for the outcome should control treatment. Texas law rejects that principle. It erects a wall between doctors and the medications they prescribe, while empowering pharmacists who have never met the patient to veto care […]
High Court Upholds Lower Court Block on Trump’s Troop Plan WASHINGTON (Dec. 23, 2025) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to allow the Trump administration to deploy National Guard troops in the Chicago area, rejecting an emergency request to overturn lower court rulings that have blocked the deployment, court orders show. The 6-3 […]
LAFOURCHE PARISH, La. — A Louisiana middle school expelled a 13-year-old girl after she struck a classmate she says created and spread a sexually explicit, AI-generated image of her — a decision now fueling national outrage and a looming federal lawsuit. According to the family’s attorneys, the fake image circulated among students for weeks, including […]
The Venezuelan military has begun distributing rifles to civilians in the country’s working-class neighborhoods. By Anzhelika Kalchenko for Militarnyi Officially, this is presented as the creation of local militias capable of armed resistance in the event of a foreign invasion, according to the La Guardia de Honor Presidencial (Presidential Guard of Honor) of Venezuela. The initiative is […]
PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – Top aide to Vladimir Putin contradicted U.S. claims that three days of peace talks in Miami went well, calling several of Washington’s proposals meant to end Russia’s war with Ukraine “rather unconstructive.” Progress is “quite solid.” Initial drafts of U.S. proposals for a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia meet many […]
How 20,000 Emus Defeated The Australian Army
It is the holiday season. Most of the year, I write about policy, institutions, incentives, and the quiet ways governments fail. That work matters. But seasons matter too. Holidays are for perspective. They are for stepping back from abstractions and remembering that political authority, for all its seriousness, sometimes wanders into outright absurdity. With that […]