The Economics of War

Why Do They Despise Musk? Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness,As the midterms approach, the Left has gone nearly berserk in its hatred of trillionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk. Yet its escalating venom would have been almost inconceivable before 2022, when Musk publicly declared that he would be voting Republican.Before Musk's recent political reversal (he voted for both Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Joe Biden in 2020), he was beloved by the Left as the first successful upstart challenger to the century-long dominance of the Big Three fossil-fuel automakers....

Trump Admin Says It Has 'No Position' On Orban For UN Chief Authored by Owen Evans via The Epoch Times,The Trump administration has said it has no position on whether former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban should become the next U.N. chief, after The Wall Street Journal reported that Washington is backing him."The United States has no position; we will continue to evaluate any and all candidates," a senior U.S. official told The Epoch Times by email."We are looking for a [secretary-general] that will implement the aggressive reform agenda that...

Pardoned J6er Sues Government For $18 Million Over Alleged Abuse In Pretrial Detention Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, A former Jan. 6 defendant who alleged torture and other abuse in custody is suing the federal government for almost $18 million. The lawsuit by Ryan Samsel of Bristol, Pennsylvania, was filed late June 9 in federal court in Virginia, six months after he gave the government the legally required notice he was planning to litigate. He is seeking $17,980,000 from the federal government for physical and mental injuries suffered from January...