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Pearl-Clutching for the Ayatollah

Nothing says, "We have the moral high ground" like wagging your finger at America while cozying up to a fascist theocracy that's basically a...

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Kevin Finn

Strait of Hormuz: The Chokepoint of Power

While European governments work on emergency plans to mitigate soaring energy prices, the maritime insurance market is experiencing a seismic shock.

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Thomas Kolbe

A Tale of Two Obituaries — and Two Very Different Standards

How corporate media soften tyrants abroad while sharpening labels at home.

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Brian C. Joondeph, M.d.

Gen Z is Getting Dumber and That’s Hurting the GOP — and America

Zoomers have a serious problem in dealing with reality.

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Joseph Ford Cotto

Updating Marx’s 'Internal Contradictions'

Instead of the One Collectivist Ring to rule them all, Ayatollah Khomeini came up with One Religious Ring to rule them all.

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Christopher Chantrill

America Needs a New Class of Leaders

Division is also opportunity.

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J.b. Shurk

Good News for American Education, but Also a Red Flag

Virginia’s new über-leftist state government is about to make homeschooling much more attractive. But be careful...

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Jeff minick

Draining the Swamp and Reshaping the World

By patiently setting the stage, President Trump has realigned the Middle East, formed a strong new alliance against communism and narcoterrorism in...

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Clarice Feldman

The Problem with Blaming the Gun

Leftist scare-mongering about firearms is not just disingenuous. It’s also dangerous.

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Jay rogers

Trump’s Race Against Time

Eight months before the crucial midterm elections, the administration of President Donald Trump is battling high living costs.

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Thomas Kolbe

Timing is Everything: Epic Fury and Shabbat Zachor

Echoes from Jewish history lend a unique resonance to the Epic Fury campaign.

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Malia marks

To Survive, America Must Find A Beneficial Equilibrium

An unstable nation will eventually find stability. We conservatives need to control that process or lose America.

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Allan J. Feifer

Move Over COVID: TDS is Here

Praise for Trump in Denmark will draw amazing criticism from the locals.

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Stephen Helgesen

Iran — Time for a Zero-Bullet Doctrine

Containment has failed, which is why a new strategy is paramount.

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Arik arad

America’s Nuclear Energy Renaissance: Reviving Oak Ridge’s Legacy for a Clean, Secure Future

Innovation has always been the heartbeat of America, but for too long, we’ve overlooked one of our greatest homegrown breakthroughs: renewable green...

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Alex Ashe

The United States is the World Policeman

The role of the Unites States as the world policeman is a more just world.

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Ben Voth

The Lou Holtz Didn’t Just Create A Great Team, He Created Great Men

Lou Holtz left a permanent imprint on football because he was a man who loved the game and knew and respected his players.

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Will o'toole

Seeds of Evil

The resurgence of antisemitism in Western Europe: Echoes of history and the erosion of civilizational resolve.

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Lars Møller

Huckleberries in the Hood

Why are so many young black men so quick to anger, to lash out and kill?

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Sloan Oliver

Renewable Energy's Fake Alchemy

New York's experience offers a stark warning: green dreams can turn into economic nightmares when they ignore basic math and reality.

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Alex Ashe

Trump Cracks China’s Fortune Cookie

MAGA is bringing the fight to the CCP.

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J.b. Shurk

How Epic Fury Enhances MAGA

The sooner we equip and train the Iranian patriots the sooner the U.S. military forces can withdraw, and the sooner that President Trump can focus on...

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Scott S. Powell

47 Years of Economic War: Epic Fury at Iran’s Assault on America

Iran is often looked at in terms of terrorism. But economically, the mullah regime has cost us billions, too.

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Joseph Ford Cotto

What Obituaries Can Teach Us

Plus what they will teach us about those who are still with us.

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Joan Swirsky

‘Death to America’ Democrats Don’t Belong Here

Those who support our enemies are enemies, too.

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J.b. Shurk

How California Steals Land

It’s a long-term con, and very tricky. Also very effective.

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Jim cardoza

Weak Men And Hard Times: The SAVE Act As A Tipping Point

Unless the President and Republican leaders become strong men on immigration and the SAVE Act, we are in for some very bad times.

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Vince Coyner

They Can’t Give It Up

There are no moderates among elected Democrats.

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Whitson G. Waldo, Iii

Fresh Troubles for the EU

One thing unites the three great powers: all stand in increasingly strained relations with Brussels and the leading capitals of the European Union.

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Thomas Kolbe

The Fortification Of Dorchester Heights: A Miracle Of The American Revolution

It was an extraordinary feat of human ingenuity and effort, seemingly aided by the heavens.

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Craig Seibert

Restoring Western Confidence

A civilization unwilling to confront uncomfortable facts -- whether about itself or about others -- forfeits narrative authority.

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Kim Ezra Shienbaum

Is a Business Credit Crisis Imminent?

Markets often turn not because of a single catastrophic event, but because incremental stresses align.

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Peter C. Earle, Opinion Contributor  

Khamenei Finds His Time Is Up

We are being promised a short Iran war, but, as its future plays out, we need to ensure another Islamic dictatorship is not the end product.

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James Zumwalt

Trump’s Policies Are Always ‘America First’

True ‘America First-ism’ is not isolationism; it means intelligently and efficiently doing whatever will best serve American interests.

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Arthur Schaper

Republicans Need To Get Their Act Together If They’re To Win The Midterms And Beyond

Too many Republicans are so focused on single issues that they miss the big picture—and, unlike the disciplined Democrats, our party leadership...

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Allan J. Feifer

The Prevention of a Second Holocaust

That in itself is justification for Operation Epic Fury.

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Jeffrey Folks

The 1973 War Powers Resolution Cannot Block Trump’s Actions In Iran

The Act is an unconstitutional check on the President’s constitutional powers, and runs counter to the Founders’ understanding of Congress’s war...

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Robert F. Turner

Lessons From Lebanon

The transition from Christian “rule of law” to Muslim “mob rule” following demographic shifts and institutional collapse.

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Lars Møller

The End Of Western Effetism

One major revelation from the campaign against Iran: the West, meaning western Europe and Canada, is meaningless as a geopolitical force.

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Ted Tsaltas

There Is No Need For Congress To Declare War Because We’re Already At War

Although multiple U.S. presidents have ignored this fact, we’ve been at war for 47 years—the only difference is that President Trump is finally...

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Ted Noel

A Day of Reckoning For Hillary Clinton And The Rest Of The Cabal?

We’re finally getting hard proof, instead of reasonable supposition, about the scope of the Deep State’s acts of selling out America and attacking...

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Ron Wright

Why This War With Iran Was Always Necessary

This war has long been an existential necessity for America’s—and the West’s—survival, but Trump is the first president who has the courage to act.

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S. David Sultzer

Trump's High-stakes Gamble

The combat operations against Iran are high stakes for President Trump.

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J. Robert Smith

Europe Takes on the Shadow Fleet

Critics once warned that Trump’s style would isolate America and embolden adversaries. Instead, it has become a model.

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Monty donohew

Iran: Scalpel and Hammer

With brilliant intelligence and close U.S. and Israeli cooperation and coordination, Operation Epic Fury is systematically dismantling the terrorist...

02.03.2026 10

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Clarice Feldman

Trump Settles the American Family’s Business

He seeks future peace through present strength.

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J.b. Shurk

The Target For Tonight is … Tehran

Amazing what our forces, and Israel's forces, were able to do in one day's work.

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Ned Barnett

US Interests and a Far-Off Use of Force

Here is where isolationism collapses.

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John F. di Leo

The Gospel According to Hillary

Suddenly Democrats are turning to Jesus — but not to follow Him.

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T.r. Clancy

Is It ‘America Alone’ In The Fight To Save The West From China And Islam?

Increasingly, countries that were once U.S. allies are aligning themselves with America’s enemies.

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Janet Levy