The European Union and Davos-style globalism is saturating the globe on all continents. It pretends to make the world a better place. It does no such thing.
Powerful forces are indeed taking aim at academic freedom, as Jennifer Ruth contends, but they are not politicians. They are ideologues who increasingly infest and control university bureaucracies.
In the case surrounding the alleged plot to kidnap Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer, the FBI will be on trial just as much, if not more, than the four men who stand accused.
To retain our deterrence abroad, we must tighten our belts at home, pump oil and gas, start to balance our budget, junk wokeism as a nihilist indulgence, and recalibrate our military.