The Housing Revolution Nobody Is Talking About
Millions of families now treat a starter home as a luxury good. They didn’t suddenly forget how to buy houses. We forgot how to build them cheaply. In 1950, the average new American home cost…
Why Viola Fletcher Still Slept with a Nightlight at age 111
Viola Fletcher passed away last week at age 111. Many may note that it would be a blessing to live to such an age. But I had just spoken about her multiple times this weekend, suggesting that…
Hurricane Melissa proves prediction does not equal protection
Last month it was Typhoon Kalmaegi hitting Vietnam. Before that it was Hurricane Melissa tearing through the Caribbean. Many of us watch these natural disasters from our living rooms, scrolling through news alerts and satellite…
Give Beyond One Day: Fund Urgent Medical Research To Save Lives
Yesterday, Giving Tuesday, was just one day. The needs from charitable organizations raising money for chronic illnesses or rare diseases go far beyond this day, week, month or year. This money is needed not only…
Focus on China’s Pollution Would Fortify the Trump Trade Agenda in Court
President Trump changed how America approaches trade. He used tariffs to bring back jobs, protect supply chains, and push back on China’s unfair practices. That shift worked, and the results proved it. Now, the fight…
Only Trump Can Overcome the Pentagon’s Upcoming Spectrum Obstruction
There is little debate that most future American technological advances will be dependent, in some form or fashion, on wireless technologies. Wireless capabilities are being embedded in nearly every device and service imaginable, and consumers’…
The Human Cost of Big Tech’s Cosmic Dreams
Imagine looking up at the night sky and noticing new constellations, only to find out they are made up of data centers. This may sound like science fiction, but Google has announced plans to make…
Why Hijab Bans Aren’t Freedom; They’re Control
European governments believe that by banning the hijab, they are saving Muslim women from repression and backwards religious practices. But in reality, they are taking away their freedom of expression. The hijab, a head covering…
1955-2014: The Rope, the River, the Playground — the Children America Refuses to Protect
In honor of Tamir Rice’s 23rd birthday On a cold November afternoon in 2014, the world ended for a 12-year-old Black boy on a Cleveland playground. His name was Tamir Elijah Rice. A child. A…