With the personal saving rate near its lowest level since the mid-2000s, it’s fair to ask whether consumers will keep spending. The slow revival of a long-dormant financial product may offer a partial answer.
Without adequate wireless spectrum America is at a huge security disadvantage relative to its major competitors such as China. U.S. global leadership is at stake right now, a time of high security and economic tensions in various regions and ever-growing competition with our adversaries on multiple fronts.
When it comes to responding to catastrophes, little has changed in the last three decades. This was shown most recently in our national response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A year into Israel’s fight against Hamas, it has become clear that the military “center of gravity” — the most important element of the conflict — is not the missiles or manpower of the terrorist group. Rather, it is the 400-plus miles of tunnels carved out under the Gaza Strip.
Thousands of Venezuelans have taken to the streets in Caracas and worldwide to protest Nicolás Maduro’s refusal to recognize his overwhelming defeat in the presidential election a month ago.
Voters will have to decide if this is the direction they want to take and if they can continue to support leaders whose “principles” — on the most fundamental of issues — so readily shift with the wind.
Political leaders should be looking for ways to lower barriers to entry for all aspiring educators.
A divisive new law allows some Greek firms to enforce a six-day work week — a first in Europe and one that runs counter to the trend of experimenting with shorter work weeks to attract talent.
The terrible disaster of the collapse of the Afghanistan government and sweeping Taliban victory three years ago was a reversal for the United States and the international community, and a serious leadership failure by the Biden administration. However, the collapse does not have to be a strategic defeat for the U.S.
Modern technology can give one side an advantage in collecting intelligence, unless the other side can come up with some way to offset it. Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar knows the best way to ensure his own survival is not to communicate electronically.
It has been popular to criticize the Department of Veterans Affairs for not being responsive to the needs of veterans. I have found just the opposite to be true.
I’m not saying unity is necessarily bad, but its goodness depends entirely on what you do with it. If politicians routinely used the term “power” instead of “unity,” more people might understand that skepticism is warranted when politicians demand or claim it for their agenda.
Mark Zuckerberg has been attracting heat this week over what some saw as a capitulation, an attempt to appease Republicans ahead of a potential second Donald Trump presidency by throwing himself under the bus.
A Penn State study revealed that three years post-separation, 61% of veterans reported being underemployed, and surveys show nearly half of veterans leave their first civilian job within a year. Yet many veterans possess specialized training and highly transferable skills — and have vast potential to transition to civilian careers.
South Korea and the United States on Aug. 19 began regular annual military exercises, including operations geared toward North Korea, but this year there is a difference. Japan is a more visible defense partner in the Pacific and beyond.
The relationship between pop culture and politics has evolved with each generation, keeping pace with the changing times and new technologies.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is the exact kind of politician Social Security needs at the moment.
The F-35 is a cautionary tale. The Pentagon is arguably trying to learn from it. Congress should too. Perhaps slowing down on the sixth-generation fighter is a logical place to start.
Amid the short-lived debate over private-sector “greed” occasioned by Vice President Kamala Harris’ proposal, we heard almost nothing about the avarice of the public sector.