Kelly Sloan

The question of Taiwan continues to bear down, never quite occupying the forefront of collective international thought — at least not for long, but permanently lingering in our peripheral vision. A constant storm warning, but just distant enough to lull us into an undeserved sense of security. There are, in fact, several questions surrounding Taiwan, […]

I met Charlie Kirk twice, the second time over dinner, several years ago as he was still just starting out on what would become a spectacularly ascendent career in the polemical arena. I found him to be an especially bright, articulate, and ambitious young man, a deeply committed Christian with sharp instincts who left you, […]

The special legislative session is now underway, the assigned task list for which includes measures to deal with the roughly (another) $1 billion hole in the budget. The reasons offered for the 11-digit deficit depend a great deal on one’s political affiliation: Democrats, rather conveniently, are blaming the One Big Beautiful Bill, the federal budget […]

Kelly Sloan There are few things that serve to focus the mind as sharply as a looming existential threat, and minds in Taiwan are focusing rather sharply these days. Alexander Tah-ray Yui, Taiwan’s ambassador to the U.S. (of course we can’t call him that), made a quick, quiet trip to Denver a fortnight ago, during […]

Kelly Sloan It is generally the business of the columnist to write something piquant about whatever it is that happens to be generating headlines and activating the salivary glands of those who consume current affairs on a given day. I find myself wondering, sort of, what Ed Feulner might have had to say about the […]

Kelly Sloan It’s probably understandable that there has been relatively scant coverage of the rescission bill just passed by the Senate, and on its way back to the House before consummating its journey on the president’s desk. After the several weeks this spring and summer in which we were inundated with the intricacies of the […]

Kelly Sloan It’s probably understandable that there has been relatively scant coverage of the rescission bill just passed by the Senate, and on its way back to the House before consummating its journey on the president’s desk. After the several weeks this spring and summer in which we were inundated with the intricacies of the […]

As I write this, word has percolated out that the U.S. House of Representatives has passed President Donald Trump's signature spending initiative, the “One Big Beautiful Bill.” That name conveys

The question on the minds of everyone watching the events unfold in the Middle East (namely, the whole world) is “what will the United States (meaning President Donald Trump) do?”

President Donald Trump’s deployment of the California National Guard (and now the Marines) to help quell the violence in Los Angeles and protect federal law enforcement officers and property has