John F. Di Leo

In January 2025, wildfires devastated Los Angeles County.While not every detail is yet known – and some details will likely never be known – these fires have destroyed entire communities, burned thousands of houses, schools, churches and…

There are news stories that make the front page, there are news stories that make the business page, and there are news stories that aren’t covered at all.Then there are the stories that are only news to an interest group so severely…

President Trump takes a lot of heat – as a Republican – for being comfortable advocating for the use of tariffs.We live in an age of free trade. For almost fifty years now, the prevailing economic theory concerning imported goods has…

Since Sunday night’s announcement of an expansive pardon for Hunter Biden, a generous gift from a wayward father to his wayward son, the press has been full of commentary ranging from serious to comical, from approval to horror.“How dare he…

As the un-American left lays the groundwork for undoing President Trump’s second-term policy goals, one of the areas in which Trump’s enemies expect to have an easy target is trade policy.Since conservatives believe in free markets…

Companies the world over watched the election results and tried to read the tea leaves on what will happen to trade policy. President Trump ran on increasing tariffs; now that he’s won, companies think they need to prepare for those…

Many are dancing an Irish jig – even non-Irishmen whom one would not expect to know such dances – over the prospect of Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy heading up a new “Grace Commission 2.0” of sorts, cheerfully nicknamed a Department of…

President Trump has been re-elected, and the American left is losing its mind. That was to be expected.It’s one of the ways leftists are losing their minds that might be a bit surprising. They warn that President Trump…

We have been told many things about the longshoremen’s strike over the past week. Most of the reporting has been in half-truths, at best – possibly because the press doesn’t know any better (the operations of our seaports are an admittedly…

Hurricanes can be predicted; the devastation they leave behind often cannot.Hurricane Helene left some people on its path alone, while causing devastating flooding for others. As with any massive storm like this, there were some…