Author’s Note: This article is from my weekly “Top of Mind” email, sent to subscribers every Thursday. For more content like this and to receive the full newsletter each week, enter your name and email under “SIGN UP FOR OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER, ‘TOP OF MIND,’” located on the right-hand side of the site. On Sunday, the […]
Read MoreEditor’s Note: The following is an article originally published by the National Association of Scholars on September 2, 2025. It is crossposted here with permission. The Trump administration has rolled out the welcome mat for Chinese students. A few months ago, when Chinese President Xi Jinping held a meeting with President Trump regarding the ongoing trade war between China […]
Read MoreOn June 11, 2025, Chinese President Xi Jinping held a highly anticipated meeting with American President Donald Trump regarding the ongoing trade war between the two nations. In this conversation, President Xi requested that Chinese students be allowed to continue their studies in American universities in exchange for reduced tariffs and continued access to the […]
Read MoreBusiness and economic statecraft are not the same thing; what makes sense in one arena does not necessarily apply in another. What may be financially profitable in the near term can lead to national defeat not long after. This week, President Trump announced a plan to welcome 600,000 Chinese students into American universities. For perspective, […]
Read MoreAuthor’s Note: This article is from my weekly “Top of Mind” email, sent to subscribers every Thursday. For more content like this and to receive the full newsletter each week, enter your name and email under “SIGN UP FOR OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER, ‘TOP OF MIND,’” located on the right-hand side of the site. For decades, weather […]
Read MoreEditor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from the author’s book Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me: Debunking the False Narratives Defining America’s School Curricula. It is posted here with permission. One central left-wing myth, underlying many other beliefs, is that the United States is a “McCarthyite” society prone to “Red Scares.” The belief props […]
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