Opinion

Feb. 19 marked the final date that drone owners can register with the federal government to avoid being branded a felon by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). As of now, all recreational drone owners whose quadcopters weigh more than 0.55 pounds—including those who owned drones before the registry went into effect on Dec. 21 of…

This week Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera is visiting Washington to participate in the first ever “U.S.-Sri Lanka Partnership Dialogue.” The dialogue—announced last May when John Kerry was the first U.S. secretary of state to visit Colombo in over 40 years–marks a milestone in U.S.-Sri Lanka relations, which have been on an upswing ever…

One of the oldest vessels in the U.S. fleet celebrates its 40th birthday this year. After four decades in service conducting icebreaking operations in the Polar Regions of the globe, the USCGC Polar Star, a critical component of the U.S. Coast Guard fleet, has sailed through years of wear and tear, repairs, and refurbishing. As the only…

In his budget released earlier this month, President Barack Obama took some time to boast about his economic record, saying that “we rescued our economy from the depths of the recession … [a]nd today, our economy is the strongest, most durable on Earth.” Unfortunately, he left out one slight caveat—America’s “recovery” under Obama, by almost…

Spending in Washington is out of control. Accountability has disappeared. Federal programs run on autopilot. Policymakers identify endless new spending “needs” without ever evaluating the effectiveness of existing programs. As individuals and families work to put food on their table, pay a mortgage or rent, and save for their children’s college or their own retirement,…

You’ve probably heard the term “crony capitalism” used quite a bit lately. From the Export-Import Bank to government bailouts, there’s no shortage of examples. In a new video from PragerU, Weekly Standard staff writer Jay Cost explains why you should care about it—and what can be done to stop it.

Late last year, the city council in Austin, Texas, passed a new law requiring ride-sharing companies like Uber and Lyft to replace their current background check systems with costly fingerprint-based checks when vetting potential drivers. The mandate, ostensibly promulgated in the name of public safety, now threatens to drive ride-sharing services out of the city. Austin…

The apocalyptic ideology that propels the Islamic State (also known as ISIS) is by now well known. Much less widely known are the use of chemical weapons by ISIS in Iraq and Syria and the disappearance of radioactive materials in Iraq that could be used in a “dirty bomb,” a radiological weapon of mass destruction (WMD)….

The question of drafting America’s young daughters is finally making the average voter consider the real implications of fully integrating the combat arms. The large majority of the population may have little or no connection to the military and therefore no concept of what’s at stake, until now. They’ve simply supported the idea because they…