Hegseth’s Memo, What to Do Next
The signal flare has gone up, the opportunity to deliver capabilities faster, cheaper, and more effectively is not only possible – it is imperative.
The signal flare has gone up, the opportunity to deliver capabilities faster, cheaper, and more effectively is not only possible – it is imperative.
It isn’t just direct, obvious welfare, but a web of indirect dependency through pointless jobs and services tied to government. And it isn’t just an economic millstone – it’s a cultural rot. The US risks the same fate unless it heeds the warning.
It is to our eternal shame that in 2025 we are unprepared or unwilling to do what it takes to hand the baton of liberty to the next generations. Our negligence in defending it has rendered us undeserving.
To embrace Jewish identity fully (unapologetically and joyfully) is the most powerful response to those who have sought, and still seek, to erase it. Our answer to centuries of erasure is this: Am Yisrael Chai.
Tariffs are a way to punish foreigners for making money. And working way too hard. And being way too productive. And efficient. Nerds.
At a time when credibility and even-handedness are desperately needed, the UN Secretary-General has chosen ideology over integrity. That doesn’t just undermine Israel – it undermines the very institutions meant to foster peace.
Murray was appealing to something far more individually volitional – that of personal wisdom regarding the hugely disillusioned audiences they’re now talking to in this age of information. Veracity matters.
The outrage over Trump’s protectionism is so hypocritical and self serving from every quarter that I hope he wins and rewrites the rulebook on global trade.
The US president’s wave of duties on imports has roiled stock markets.