Did Congress finance a corporate acquisition without knowing it?

When a near-insolvent defense contractor receives tens of millions in advance government funding as part of a contract award and immediately uses that liquidity to buy another company, a...
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Corporate

When Oversight Fails.

Over the past couple of weeks there has been speculation in certain corners of the internet about...
U.S.

Kash Patel and the Collapse of Serious American Leadership

Before Congress sat not Kash Patel, Director of the FBI, but Kash the Distinguished Discoverer — wizard, children’s book...
Human Stories

The Loudersons, Part Deux

I walked into the urgent care waiting room, hobbling on a cane, and there they were already,...

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Did Congress finance a corporate acquisition without knowing it?

When a near-insolvent defense contractor receives tens of millions in advance government funding as part of a...
Corporate

When Oversight Fails.

Over the past couple of weeks there has been speculation in certain corners of the internet about...
U.S.

Kash Patel and the Collapse of Serious American Leadership

Before Congress sat not Kash Patel, Director of the FBI, but Kash the Distinguished Discoverer — wizard, children’s book...
Human Stories

The Loudersons, Part Deux

I walked into the urgent care waiting room, hobbling on a cane, and there they were already,...
Africa

Flags of Convenience: Inside West Africa’s Hidden Oil Laundering Machine

Oil, for all its thick, black stubbornness, is surprisingly adaptable. Each barrel carries a story—origins, ownership, even...
Africa

Iran’s Shadow Fleet Has a New Port: Nigeria

It begins with two tankers bobbing just off the coast of Nigeria. One’s flagged to Cameroon, though...
U.S.

Democracy by Gunpoint and Other Dumb Ideas from a Man in a Hat.

There he was. Standing in front of the United States Military Academy like a man who’d just...
U.S.

Trump as Pope Isn’t Just Absurd—It’s a Moral Collapse

The image was jarring: Donald Trump, dressed in papal regalia, circulated by a government-linked account during the...
U.S.

Speak Softly, Carry a Big Stick—Or Just Yell Until No One Cares

Theodore Roosevelt had a knack for distilling power into poetry: “Speak softly and carry a big stick;...
U.S.

Missile Strikes and Group Chats: A Masterclass in National Insecurity

Of all the ways to set your national security credibility on fire, few top the achievement of...
Commentary

Jesuit Education: The Original Spy School.

You can always spot another Jesuit grad. Not because they flash a secret handshake, but because there’s...
Europe

No, America Didn’t ‘Allow’ Europe to Rebuild—And It’s Sure Not Stopping Russia Now

Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma recently graced CNN with a bit of historical revisionism, declaring, "We allowed...
Commentary

America, the Only Country to Ever Invoke Article 5

On September 12, 2001, just one day after the United States watched its skyline burn and its...
U.S.

When Idiots Play Spy: How Political Stupidity is Wrecking National Security

Nothing makes a politician madder than a complex reality they don’t understand. It’s like watching a dog...
Europe

Ukraine’s Fight, America’s Fumble: Did Oversight Fail in the Rush to Aid?

Imagine this: A war breaks out. Democracy itself is under siege, and the world rallies to defend...
U.S.

The GOP’s Decline, One Snub at a Time.

In the long history of human gestures, the handshake stands as one of the simplest and most...

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