In another striking show of force, the U.S. military on Wednesday seized two sanctioned oil tankers on the open sea. This followed President Trump’s declaration late Tuesday that the U.S. would sell sanctioned Venezuelan oil.…

You would think Congressional Republicans would take offense from being kept out of the loop of last Saturday’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Heck, even the U.S. oil industry had been alerted to the…

Americans are trying to figure out President Trump’s goals in Venezuela, but spare a thought this week for Greenland. The President has good strategic instincts about the world’s largest island, so it’s regrettable that his…

As Sunday dawned in Caracas and Washington, a new reality was also apparent a day after the U.S. snatched dictator Nicolás Maduro in a daring raid.  To wit, the dictator’s cronies are still running Venezuela,…

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fashions himself a tough guy, but on Monday he played the role of human-resources administrator, thundering that he would be adding a letter to Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly’s “personnel file.” Kelly,…

The Missouri General Assembly starts its 2026 session this week with one overriding mission: to fix the budget mess it made last year.  And it’s a big mess, folks.  Legislators last year passed a giant…

Though President Donald Trump may not admit it, Saturday’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro means the United States is once again in the business of regime change. At least that’s the usual outcome when…

President Nicolás Maduro is finally gone from Venezuela. He was captured by U.S. forces and flown out of the country early in the morning on Saturday. President Trump has said that the United States will…

I have had the same exact New Year’s Eve resolution for as long as I can remember: “Do better.” It might seem easy and overly simplistic, but if you have spent any extended period of…

If you want to understand the Kansas City Chiefs’ move to Kansas, stop asking whether it’s “good for the economy.” As an economist, I know it’s tempting, but it misses the point. The better question…