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In Defense of Elon Musk
Elon Musk has done the unthinkable: he has dared to shine a light on the vast, unaccountable bureaucracy that siphons billions from...

Rick de la Torre
Feb 5, 20253 min read


The USAID Scam
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was never meant to be an untouchable institution, immune to oversight and...

Rick de la Torre
Feb 4, 20252 min read


GITMO Gets a Trump Upgrade
President Trump’s executive order to detain criminal illegal aliens at Guantanamo Bay is the decisive action America has long needed. The...

Rick de la Torre
Jan 31, 20253 min read


Trump’s ODNI Pick Deserves Scrutiny
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) was supposed to fix things. Created in 2005 in the wake of 9/11, it was meant...

Rick de la Torre
Jan 30, 20253 min read


Gustavo Petro: El Demagogo que Arruinó la Dignidad de Colombia
La decisión de Gustavo Petro de bloquear los vuelos de deportación desde Estados Unidos es otro capítulo en un preocupante patrón de...

Rick de la Torre
Jan 26, 20254 min read


Gustavo Petro: The Demagogue Who Fumbled Colombia’s Dignity
Gustavo Petro’s decision to block U.S. deportation flights is yet another chapter in a troubling pattern of reckless leadership....

Rick de la Torre
Jan 26, 20254 min read


Four Years of DEIA at CIA: A Failed Experiment Ends; Time to Refocus.
Four years of DEIA (diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility) initiatives have officially come to an end, thanks to recent...

Rick de la Torre
Jan 25, 20252 min read


Las Payasadas de Petro: Una Amenaza para la Estabilidad de Colombia y sus Relaciones con EE.UU.
Gustavo Petro ha dejado en claro que está más interesado en generar controversias que en liderar a Colombia. Con la llegada de Donald...

Rick de la Torre
Jan 23, 20253 min read


Petro’s Antics are a Threat to Colombia’s Stability and U.S. Relations
Gustavo Petro has made it abundantly clear that he’s less interested in leading Colombia and more interested in stirring up controversy....

Rick de la Torre
Jan 23, 20252 min read


How Bold Executive Actions Reassert National Security
January 20, 2025, marked a decisive shift in America’s trajectory. A new slate of executive actions signals a return to policies rooted...

Rick de la Torre
Jan 21, 20253 min read


Trump's Cease-Fire
The recent cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas represents a much-needed pause in one of the region’s most devastating...

Rick de la Torre
Jan 15, 20253 min read


A Gift to the Cuban Dictatorship
The Biden administration’s decision to remove Cuba from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism is a catastrophic misstep, framed...

Rick de la Torre
Jan 14, 20253 min read


Maduro’s Playbook: Intimidation, Silence, and Detention
Authoritarian regimes rarely crush dissent with a single, dramatic blow. They grind it down slowly, testing boundaries, numbing...

Rick de la Torre
Jan 9, 20252 min read


The Future of Supply Chain Wars
In the 21st century, wars aren’t fought exclusively on battlefields—they’re fought in factories, server farms, and shipping docks. Supply...

Rick de la Torre
Dec 31, 20243 min read


Chaos at the Darién Gap
The Darién Gap isn’t just a humanitarian disaster—it’s a front line in a war that affects every American family. This lawless corridor,...

Rick de la Torre
Dec 26, 20243 min read


Reclaiming America's Canal
The Panama Canal, once a testament to American ingenuity, now stands as a strategic vulnerability in the face of escalating tensions with...

Rick de la Torre
Dec 23, 20243 min read


Beijing’s Digital Trojan
China’s strategy for global dominance has gone digital, embedding itself in the systems we depend on and exploiting vulnerabilities to...

Rick de la Torre
Dec 18, 20243 min read
Guyana’s Oil Wealth
As tensions escalate in South America, Guyana finds itself at the nexus of an aggressive campaign by Nicolás Maduro’s Venezuela and a...

Rick de la Torre
Dec 16, 20243 min read


China en Cuba
Las operaciones de inteligencia de China en Cuba representan una provocación calculada, un desafío a la soberanía de Estados Unidos...

Rick de la Torre
Dec 7, 20243 min read


China’s Spy Games in Cuba
China’s intelligence operations in Cuba represent a calculated provocation, a middle finger to U.S. sovereignty delivered from just 90...

Rick de la Torre
Dec 7, 20243 min read
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