by Dave Patterson | Sep 19, 2025 | Articles, Military Affairs
The long-awaited phone call on trade and tariffs between President Donald Trump and China’s president, Xi Jinping, is scheduled for Sept. 19. High on the list of topics is a discussion on the transfer of TikTok, the ubiquitous social media application, to American...
by John Klar | Apr 3, 2025 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
A looming April 5 deadline for TikTok’s China-based parent company, ByteDance, to divest its holdings or be shut down revives a controversial battle. Free speech advocates and millions of American TikTok users who practically have a codependent relationship with the...
by Kelli Ballard | Feb 15, 2025 | Articles, Opinion, Social Issues
The recent, if short-lived, ban on TikTok showed an alarming amount of support for the Chinese-controlled social media platform – and a complete disregard for any potential threat. When it seemed likely the platform would shut down in January last year, thousands went...
by Dave Patterson | Jan 23, 2025 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
Historically, a US president’s travel desires have been intriguing but not world-shaking. That is unless that president is Donald Trump, who has expressed his intention to visit America’s nemesis, the People’s Republic of China (PRC), as soon as...
by Corey Smith | Jan 19, 2025 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
It’s official: TikTok is no longer available in the US. Congress passed a bill in April requiring the app to divest from its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, or face a nationwide ban on Jan. 19. TikTok didn’t even wait until today. Hours before Saturday turned to...
