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Veronique de Rugy: How will congress choose to handle the Iran bill?

Whatever you think of the war in Iran, there's a separate question — independent of the military merits — that Congress must answer: How will it be paid for? The Pentagon has requested $200 billion to fund the campaign. While circumstances could change the price tag, interest payments on ...

Keith Raffel: Erasing Cesar Chavez, enshrining Donald Trump

Cesar Chavez led the fight for farmworker and Latino rights in postwar America. But at the same time, he was molesting and raping women. Ana Murguia has told The New York Times that while in his 40s, Chavez trapped her behind a locked office door and pulled down her pants down. She was only ...

Froma Harrop: Does social media really addict us?

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are running content very harmful to children. So said a jury in New Mexico that just slapped their owner, Meta, with a $375 million fine. The state accused the company of spreading pornographic images and helping adults contact vulnerable children. Meta faces ...

Ben Shapiro: Are we safe anymore?

It's time to ask some serious questions. As spring travel ramps up, a record 171 million Americans are expected to take to the skies. Airports will be crowded, security lines long, and for many travelers, a fundamental question will linger: Are we safe? That question extends far beyond the ...

Armstrong Williams: Is the American empire doomed to crumble?

History does not whisper. It warns. Empires do not collapse because of a single moment of weakness. They erode from within, slowly hollowed out by overreach, moral ambiguity and the false belief that their power exempts them from consequence. The question before us is not whether America is ...

Ka‘ana Mana‘o: The wide world of Esports

The world came to UH Maui College in December 2024 for the first-ever international academic Esports competition. This past January, eight teams from the U.S., Korea, the Netherlands, Norway, Austria, and Australia gathered in Sydney for the follow-up match, now officially known as the ...