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Buh-bye ActBlue! Trump set to sign memorandum targeting foreign dollars in American elections - 4/24/25 by Olivia Murray April 24, 2025 by Olivia Murray As expected, the Democrats cry foul. More
With the ‘Maryland father’ stunt failing, Democrats shift to the ‘disappeared’ Venezuelan - 4/24/25 by Andrea Widburg April 24, 2025 by Andrea Widburg The obvious goal is to make the Trump administration sound like a repeat of the murdered “desaparecidos” (“disappeared”) under Argentina’s military juntas. More
Gunfight at the Oregon corral - 4/24/25 by John Woods April 24, 2025 by John Woods Gun control is a constant issue in Oregon. More
President Trump must secure a Canadian tariff framework deal this week - 4/24/25 by Rovvy Lepor April 24, 2025 by Rovvy Lepor Canada is in the midst of a national election that will determine the future of Canada and of the Canadian-American alliance. More
Decentralized Capitalism: The future of free markets - 4/24/25 by Steve Beaman April 24, 2025 by Steve Beaman The age of ‘capitalism veresus socialism’ is over. The time has come for something new. More
Sunny Hostin shreds Trump’s $5,000 ‘baby bonus’ idea as racial politics - 4/24/25 by Olivia Murray April 24, 2025 by Olivia Murray The scary part is, these hags have an audience. More
Restoring our national monuments and resurrecting U.S. historical truth - 4/24/25 by Susan Quinn April 24, 2025 by Susan Quinn If we want to teach the truth about U.S. history, we need to ensure that we have our facts right. More
LA government sends out ‘brush clearance’ warnings to property owners…months after their homes and businesses burned down - 4/24/25 by Olivia Murray April 24, 2025 by Olivia Murray Only the government…. More
The Democrat party is flying apart - 4/24/25 by D. Parker April 24, 2025 by D. Parker How can pro-freedom Americans capitalize? More
To defuse the risk from unvetted illegal migrants, settle the Constitutional questions - 4/24/25 by Matthew G. Andersson April 24, 2025 by Matthew G. Andersson The experience of 9/11 should be a reminder. More
Want more babies? Get HR off our backs - 4/24/25 by Noel S. Williams April 24, 2025 by Noel S. Williams Despite a gradual decline in “no fraternization” policies, employee ethos in many organizations is sensibly distrustful of HR departments abusing “catch-all” codes of conduct. More
No Kristi on my TV channel - 4/24/25 by Silvio Canto, Jr. April 24, 2025 by Silvio Canto, Jr. Mexico wants to censor television ads warning criminal migrants to stay out of America. More
EPA chief Lee Zeldin comes to see the Tijuana sewage fouling San Diego - 4/23/25 by Monica Showalter April 23, 2025 by Monica Showalter Once again, we didn't need new laws -- we needed new leaders. More
Pope Francis kicked an important can down the road - 4/23/25 by Ned Cosby April 23, 2025 by Ned Cosby His successor will still have to address it—or at least, he should address it. More
Media hypocrisy: Hegseth must go because he’ll get us all killed - 4/23/25 by Olivia Murray April 23, 2025 by Olivia Murray Yet, when troops actually died under Lloyd Austin, no one called for his resignation. More
Britain bans French philosopher who conceptualized the 'great replacement' theory, from entering country - 4/23/25 by Eric Utter April 23, 2025 by Eric Utter They ban a lot of people from that country, which, curiously enough, doesn't seem to protect them from anything. More
AOC versus visionary leadership - 4/23/25 by Pete Colan April 23, 2025 by Pete Colan Will the 2028 election be a contest between AOC and a conservative visionary? I hope so. More
The color revolution waged by our judiciary - 4/23/25 by Patricia McCarthy April 23, 2025 by Patricia McCarthy There are more than enough activist judges willing to undertake the job of stopping every move Trump makes to fulfill his campaign promises to the voters.  More
Why Democrats should become Republicans - 4/23/25 by M.B. Mathews April 23, 2025 by M.B. Mathews Disillusioned Democrats are welcome to continue voting Republican, realizing we are the party of sanity. More
Another insubordinate officer? - 4/23/25 by Mike McDaniel April 23, 2025 by Mike McDaniel Hegseth is successfully returning the military to a force dedicated to deterring and killing America’s enemies rather than a runaway social justice lab experiment.  More
Fredi Otto, the new Greta Thunberg - 4/23/25 by Bill Ponton April 23, 2025 by Bill Ponton With darling Greta Thunberg going off script, the Left needed a new poster child for their cause of climate change. More
Are we prepared for a new Chinese period of the warring states? - 4/23/25 by Joseph Somsel April 23, 2025 by Joseph Somsel Assuming Trump’s success in cornering China on trade, will there be an implosion or an explosion? More
Tim Walz: helping China colonize Minnesota? - 4/23/25 by Mike McDaniel April 23, 2025 by Mike McDaniel Perhaps under President Trump, we might thoroughly investigate Walz’s support for the CCP? More
Terrorism works? - 4/23/25 by Earick Ward April 23, 2025 by Earick Ward That’s certainly how it looks with regard to Elon Musk and DOGE. More
Trump challenges the Fed - 4/23/25 by William A. Owens, Barry W. Poulson April 23, 2025 by William A. Owens, Barry W. Poulson Trump’s creation of a Sovereign Wealth Fund and Strategic Cryptocurrency Reserve could undermine the Fed's independence. More
The last Austrian standing - 4/23/25 by Silvio Canto, Jr. April 23, 2025 by Silvio Canto, Jr. How much longer will Austria survive?   More
Keeping terrorists in America - 4/23/25 by Mike McDaniel April 23, 2025 by Mike McDaniel It's been often said the Constitution can’t be read as a suicide pact. More
Trump’s plan for Gaza vs. the New York Times - 4/22/25 by Walter E. Block April 22, 2025 by Walter E. Block Thomas Friedman sure has a lot to say. More
Minnesota state bureaucrat charged with vandalizing Teslas to the tune of $20,000 is let off scot-free - 4/22/25 by Monica Showalter April 22, 2025 by Monica Showalter Why does that guy still have a state job that gives him authority "to develop legislation" across multiple program areas? More
Celebrate Earth Day by not burning a Tesla - 4/22/25 by Anthony J. Sadar April 22, 2025 by Anthony J. Sadar Once again, self-proclaimed environmentalists have embarked on a course of action that is utterly at odds with their alleged principles. More
Summertime reality twisted into climate exasperation - 4/22/25 by Vijay Jayaraj April 22, 2025 by Vijay Jayaraj Summers are hot, and there is nothing the climate-industrial complex can, or should, do about it. More
Letitia James: it's either/or - 4/22/25 by Mike McDaniel April 22, 2025 by Mike McDaniel Justice may be coming for Letitia James, and it couldn’t happen to a more deserving powerful, black woman. More
What’s next for Syria? - 4/22/25 by Joseph Puder April 22, 2025 by Joseph Puder A lot of squabbling lately in that bedeviled part of the world. More
The eight narrative fallacies that drive American politics - 4/22/25 by Allan J. Feifer April 22, 2025 by Allan J. Feifer Unless Trump and other conservatives can decisively end these narratives, America cannot regain its strength. More
Life discovered on a distant planet? - 4/22/25 by Thomas Fix April 22, 2025 by Thomas Fix A massive ocean planet 124 light-years from Earth might harbor primitive life.  More
Tulsi Gabbard's latest Biden revelation - 4/22/25 by Mike McDaniel April 22, 2025 by Mike McDaniel For now, Tulsi Gabbard is helping to show the way toward accountable government by and for the people. More
Harvard elitism meets Donald Trump - 4/22/25 by Mike McDaniel April 22, 2025 by Mike McDaniel With any luck, Harvard will soon have to get along without tax exempt status.  More
The GEC is finally more than mostly dead - 4/22/25 by Mike McDaniel April 22, 2025 by Mike McDaniel Perhaps fired, anti-American, GEC operatives can learn to code? More
Mexican ammo wranglers - 4/22/25 by Mike McDaniel April 22, 2025 by Mike McDaniel With the cartel’s major source of income now severely curtailed, they probably have revenge on their minds and Islamists are always plotting our destruction. More
The answer is not blowing in the wind - 4/22/25 by Silvio Canto, Jr. April 22, 2025 by Silvio Canto, Jr. When it comes to “The Climate™,” beginning with the very first Earth Day, the climate activists have gotten it wrong. More
Rep. Jamie 'Maryland Man' Raskin also threatens Trump supporters - 4/22/25 by Eric Utter April 22, 2025 by Eric Utter Nice country you have there, Trump voters. Be a shame if ... More
We're not the same - 4/22/25 by Mike McDaniel April 22, 2025 by Mike McDaniel Abrego Garcia is their immigration poster child, and they can’t understand why Normal Americans don’t agree with them or why their approval rating is so low.  More
Hillary ‘the Russia Hoaxer’ Clinton wants to imprison people for ‘propaganda’ - 4/21/25 by Andrea Widburg April 21, 2025 by Andrea Widburg Rumor has it that she graduated from law school, but I’m beginning to wonder whether that’s true. More
Rep. Jamie Raskin threatens foreign leaders who cooperate with President Trump, 'when we come back to power — and we will' - 4/21/25 by Monica Showalter April 21, 2025 by Monica Showalter Do we have a naked violation of the Logan Act which prohibits private citizens from carrying out their own 'diplomacy' to influence a foreign power? More
A female fencer's courage is partly rewarded - 4/21/25 by Mike McDaniel April 21, 2025 by Mike McDaniel Why should women be denied the opportunities for which they’ve worked and which they deserve in favor of the whims of a few mentally ill men and their Democrat enablers? More
Maybe we need more living versions of “Hillbilly Funerals” - 4/21/25 by Robin M. Itzler April 21, 2025 by Robin M. Itzler JD Vance introduced the U.S. to a great idea when he celebrated his mother’s sobriety and her birthday. More
Pope Francis, RIP - 4/21/25 by Monica Showalter April 21, 2025 by Monica Showalter Yes, many of us had differences with him but we can appreciate his good points, too. His intentions were good. RIP More
Oregon pushes trans track - 4/21/25 by Mike McDaniel April 21, 2025 by Mike McDaniel Fortunately, as Bob Dylan wrote: “the times, they are a’changing.” More
Democrats' Cloward-Piven default - 4/21/25 by Mike McDaniel April 21, 2025 by Mike McDaniel Worrying about bringing down America and western civilization isn’t on their radar. More
It’s not really about Abrego Garcia - 4/21/25 by Silvio Canto, Jr. April 21, 2025 by Silvio Canto, Jr. Why have Democrats decided to die on another barren hill?  More
Post-election lawfare; legislating from the bench - 4/21/25 by Mike McDaniel April 21, 2025 by Mike McDaniel It’s time for the good guys to use the law to American’s advantage. More
The Starliner: worse than we thought - 4/21/25 by Mike McDaniel April 21, 2025 by Mike McDaniel Now we’re learning the problems with the Starliner were far worse than NASA has admitted. More
A New Mexico judge resigned over allegations that he kept a Tren de Aragua member in his home - 4/21/25 by Andrea Widburg April 21, 2025 by Andrea Widburg If he knew that the man was a gangbanger, and not just an illegal awaiting his hearing, it proves that, you can never underestimate the leftist rot. More
When Oregon became Bart Jason - 4/21/25 by John Woods April 21, 2025 by John Woods Oregon's supermajority Democrats are pushing for control of all water rights across Oregon. More
The Pope’s death is leading to yet more anti-Israel and anti-Trump propaganda - 4/21/25 by Andrea Widburg April 21, 2025 by Andrea Widburg It was inevitable that the passing of a very old, very sick man would be blamed on the Jews...but on JD Vance, too?! More
Professional sports leagues push gun control - 4/21/25 by Mike McDaniel April 21, 2025 by Mike McDaniel Perhaps our professional sports leagues aren’t quite as red, white and blue as they’d have us believe. More
Ivy League college invites antisemitic rapper onto campus - 4/21/25 by Ed Sherdlu April 21, 2025 by Ed Sherdlu Kehlani is rabidly antisemitic, so it looks as if this is another campus that needs to get the Bob Jones treatment for violating the Civil Rights Act. More
Bukele turns his troll power towards Maduro, offers him an exchange - 4/20/25 by Monica Showalter April 20, 2025 by Monica Showalter He's lays down a plan to expose Maduro's hypocrisy. More
So-called 'trans women' activists are getting increasingly dangerous - 4/20/25 by Andrea Widburg April 20, 2025 by Andrea Widburg Men who claim to be women have the aggression of men and the emotionalism of women, which is a very dangerous combination. More
The unintended message of ‘Adolescence’ - 4/20/25 by Chris Boland April 20, 2025 by Chris Boland The show is meant to attack “toxic masculinity” and social media, but actually, and quite brilliantly, exposes the moral emptiness of a post-virtue culture. More
Slaving over a hot keyboard - 4/20/25 by Mike McDaniel April 20, 2025 by Mike McDaniel Or there’s more to getting 21-plus American Thinker essays published every day than meets the eye. More
Easter Vigil observation: Thank goodness for immigrants - 4/20/25 by Monica Showalter April 20, 2025 by Monica Showalter The more immigrants, the more traditional the Church starts to look. More
The DOJ must block Justice Gorsuch’s textualist approach to Supreme Court reasoning - 4/20/25 by Andrea Widburg April 20, 2025 by Andrea Widburg We’re witnessing the transgender fallout from his textualist approach to the Civil Rights Act, and the DOJ has to act to protect against this happening again. More
Van Hollen backtracks even more, trying to shake his laughingstock status - 4/20/25 by Monica Showalter April 20, 2025 by Monica Showalter In multiple ways, he's trying not to look as though he's been played, and it's not working. More
President AOC? Yes, it’s a real possibility. - 4/20/25 by Andrea Widburg April 20, 2025 by Andrea Widburg She’s telegenic, has name recognition, and makes the same ideology that eventually killed tens of millions of people in the 20th century seem user-friendly. More
Democrats try re-casting DEI as nothing more than ADA - 4/20/25 by Andrea Widburg April 20, 2025 by Andrea Widburg They are going to die on the balkanized, illegal hill, and they’ll use subterfuge to do it. More
Investigate the DEMOVASION - 4/20/25 by Ned Cosby April 20, 2025 by Ned Cosby The flood of illegal aliens into our country wasn’t an accident; it was a plan, and that plan must be exposed before the next election. More
A new stage of uncertainty for the Ukraine war - 4/20/25 by Uldis Sprogis April 20, 2025 by Uldis Sprogis What even is going on over there anymore? More
DOGE savings suggestions - 4/20/25 by Noel S. Williams April 20, 2025 by Noel S. Williams Elon is seeking pointers from the public. Here are a few. More
Malicious compliance bedevils our military - 4/20/25 by Mike McDaniel April 20, 2025 by Mike McDaniel Any honest servicemember would know what they’re doing is insubordination.  More
Power to the parents - 4/20/25 by Silvio Canto, Jr. April 20, 2025 by Silvio Canto, Jr. In Texas, teachers’ unions are finally taking a backseat to students’ needs. More
The IRS boss flees DOGE - 4/20/25 by Mike McDaniel April 20, 2025 by Mike McDaniel It's reasonable to think Krause, like so many other federal bureaucrats, reacts to accountability like vampires react to sunlight.  More
Flip! Suddenly, radical leftwing Barbara Lee surges ahead to win Oakland's mayoral election after extended counting - 4/19/25 by Monica Showalter April 19, 2025 by Monica Showalter Ranked choice voting -- or outright fraud -- may be to blame. More
The Gates of Vienna have fallen - 4/19/25 by Andrea Widburg April 19, 2025 by Andrea Widburg Ordinary Europeans are beginning to realize that their end is near, but the reality is that there’s not much they can do. More
Mahmoud Khalil, a spokesman for an organization advocating killing Jews, likens himself to an Auschwitz victim - 4/19/25 by Andrea Widburg April 19, 2025 by Andrea Widburg The Washington Post, a former newspaper, has soiled itself badly with this one. More
Import the third world ... - 4/19/25 by Monica Showalter April 19, 2025 by Monica Showalter ... get the third world. The rise of the informal sector has provided opportunities for true criminals. More
A Massachusetts judge has blocked Trump’s effort to remove imaginary ‘genders’ from passports - 4/19/25 by Andrea Widburg April 19, 2025 by Andrea Widburg Sadly, it seems she has a legal leg to stand on, thanks to Justice Gorsuch’s utterly misbegotten decision in Bostock v. Clayton County. More
DOGE shows just how deep illegal immigration rot goes - 4/19/25 by William Davis April 19, 2025 by William Davis The scope of illegals on Medicaid, and illegals voting in U.S. elections is shocking.   More
How climatologists got it all so horribly wrong - 4/19/25 by Douglas J. Cotton April 19, 2025 by Douglas J. Cotton They were making up data to fit observable phenomena, while ignoring gravity’s role in our climate. More
Illinois’s insane leftism now propping up bordering states! - 4/19/25 by Nick Lopez April 19, 2025 by Nick Lopez It appears that bordering states are relying on Illinois’s sky-high taxes to maintain a boom in their own economies. More
It couldn’t be clearer, Democrats are pro-crime and anti-American - 4/19/25 by Eric Utter April 19, 2025 by Eric Utter Democrats are vowing to pile into an El Salvadoran hotel to lobby for the return of MS-13’s wife-beating human-trafficker, Kilmar Abrego Garcia. More
Woke fascism at Binghamton University - 4/19/25 by Bob Kingsley April 19, 2025 by Bob Kingsley An example of the kind of product our college campuses are producing: autocratic, authoritarian, and close-minded bullies.   More
The hollow people - 4/19/25 by Michael Smith April 19, 2025 by Michael Smith A significant portion of America’s political and cultural Left has lost its way, untethered from the principles that make a civilization function. More
The right choice in Texas - 4/19/25 by Silvio Canto, Jr. April 19, 2025 by Silvio Canto, Jr. School choice is coming to Texas. More
Illegals: The latest - 4/19/25 by Bruce Majors April 19, 2025 by Bruce Majors Only when it comes to importing illegal aliens to replace the misbehaving American voter are liberals concerned about due process.  More
Letitia James: Karma is a b***h - 4/19/25 by Mike McDaniel April 19, 2025 by Mike McDaniel It couldn’t happen to a worse woman. More
Another disloyal officer is fired - 4/19/25 by Mike McDaniel April 19, 2025 by Mike McDaniel That the Trump Administration is acting to retore military discipline and purpose, and is transparent, is as encouraging as the betrayal by so many high-ranking officers is not. More
The new conservatives - 4/18/25 by Andrea Widburg April 18, 2025 by Andrea Widburg A new poll shows that there’s cause for optimism about the younger generation. More
Another left-wing propaganda minion moves the goalposts - 4/18/25 by Jim Davis April 18, 2025 by Jim Davis When Kilmar Abrego Garcia was found to be not quite the loving father the press had portrayed him to be ... More
Austin Metcalf’s dad attends Anthony family press conference, gets ejected as his presence is ‘disrespectful’ - 4/18/25 by Olivia Murray April 18, 2025 by Olivia Murray A very, very painful lesson in how this is in fact about race. More
Hawaii Supreme Court finds it trumps the U.S. Supreme Court - 4/18/25 by Eric Utter April 18, 2025 by Eric Utter It's a fig leaf for leftist rule and dangerous to national unity. More
The Christian life in tandem with Christ: Good Friday - 4/18/25 by Susan D. Harris April 18, 2025 by Susan D. Harris Every year brings fresh insights into these events, prompting deeper contemplation and reflection. More
Don’t be fooled by another Iran deal - 4/18/25 by Harley Lippman April 18, 2025 by Harley Lippman President Trump has good diplomatic instincts, but Iran needs careful and exceptional treatment. More
After the quake, Myanmar prays - 4/18/25 by Peter Kauffner April 18, 2025 by Peter Kauffner More
Yes, they’re peasants. That’s exactly the problem. - 4/18/25 by Maureen Steele April 18, 2025 by Maureen Steele J.D. Vance wasn’t being crass. He was being honest. More
For democracies, Islam may provide the ultimate irony - 4/18/25 by James Zumwalt April 18, 2025 by James Zumwalt Western states’ greatest strengths—their freedom and democracy—are also their greatest weaknesses. More
Truman did it. Why can’t we let Musk try? - 4/18/25 by Randy White April 18, 2025 by Randy White Americans fuming over DOGE should remember an earlier, more bipartisan America. More
The U.K. gets it right: ‘Trans’ women are not women - 4/18/25 by Susan Quinn April 18, 2025 by Susan Quinn Reason prevails. More
The left cannot and will not stop itself - 4/18/25 by Patricia McCarthy April 18, 2025 by Patricia McCarthy It is evident to all Americans who have been paying attention, that the left is doubling down on stupid ... More
Please don’t lower the rim! - 4/18/25 by Ned Cosby April 18, 2025 by Ned Cosby We are a nation built upon excellence, but our educators want to bring everyone down to the lowest common denominator, whether in basketball or the classroom. More
Is there a moral imperative in trade? - 4/18/25 by Gary Schiff April 18, 2025 by Gary Schiff Once, American manufacturers and Democrats believed there was such an imperative, but until Trump came along, both political parties had abandoned that idea. More
Kilmar Angel, you're no angel to me - 4/18/25 by Silvio Canto, Jr. April 18, 2025 by Silvio Canto, Jr. As it turned out, Senator Chris Van Hollen did not meet with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador.  More
Hamas can no longer afford to pay for its pot-bellied terrorists -report - 4/17/25 by Monica Showalter April 17, 2025 by Monica Showalter Worse than a MOAB, in their terrorist minds. No food! More
Kilmar Abrego Garcia: The Soros connection - 4/17/25 by Monica Showalter April 17, 2025 by Monica Showalter Why was the left lionizing this illegal over all the others? Funny how he was a "member" of CASA de Maryland, an NGO funded by big leftist foundations, including Soros's. More
In maniacally woke Britain, the Supreme Court recognizes biological sex - 4/17/25 by Andrea Widburg April 17, 2025 by Andrea Widburg Meanwhile, in America, we’re still laboring under a Supreme Court decision that recognizes “transgender” as a sex. More
A deplorable explains the animosity for Trump as he cleans up Biden’s messes - 4/17/25 by Peter Merkl April 17, 2025 by Peter Merkl The new media should follow Trump’s lead and ignore the legacy media. More
Karmelo Anthony is OJ Simpson all over again - 4/17/25 by Olivia Murray April 17, 2025 by Olivia Murray If history is any indication, justice will not be blind. More
We should beware of terrorists in suits and ties - 4/17/25 by Al Bienenfeld April 17, 2025 by Al Bienenfeld Is President Trump crazy like a fox in his dealings with Turkey’s president, Tayyip Erdogan, or is he being taken in by a well-dressed thug? More
Karmelo Anthony’s family starts selling merch, and his fixer pushes ‘celebrity’ status with a bizarre social media video - 4/17/25 by Olivia Murray April 17, 2025 by Olivia Murray They’re stereotyping again…. More
Exactly how hard do we want our legislatures to work? - 4/17/25 by John Woods April 17, 2025 by John Woods Every bill a busybody, nanny-state government puts forth costs the taxpayer. Maybe 4,000 bills is overkill. More
Democrats infatuated with criminals and gang members — American citizens? Not so much - 4/17/25 by Eric Utter April 17, 2025 by Eric Utter Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., recently flew to El Salvador "to show solidarity" with MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia -- who was deported after being in the U.S. illegally. More
Harvard tells Trump to give it money or it’ll shoot the monkey - 4/17/25 by Andrea Widburg April 17, 2025 by Andrea Widburg As if channeling the famous 1973 National Lampoon cover showing a dog with a gun to its head, Harvard is threatening to execute its research animals. More
Media scream: ‘Trump is coming for your coffee!’ - 4/17/25 by Jack Hellner April 17, 2025 by Jack Hellner How will anyone ever afford a cup of coffee with all these tariffs?! More
Rubio brings free speech back to foreign (and domestic) policy - 4/17/25 by Wendi Strauch Mahoney April 17, 2025 by Wendi Strauch Mahoney The State Department’s latest move signals a significant step in the dismantling of state-run censorship. More
The erasure of Easter - 4/17/25 by John M. Grondelski April 17, 2025 by John M. Grondelski Is Easter fading away? More
Red states rising - 4/17/25 by M. Ray Evans April 17, 2025 by M. Ray Evans Our fight for every vote. More
Senator Van Hollen should get some tips from Bukele about keeping Baltimore safe - 4/17/25 by Silvio Canto, Jr. April 17, 2025 by Silvio Canto, Jr. One civil servant goes on a mission to bring back an MS-13 gang member to Maryland. More
Troll: Trump releases docs on foreign gang member a primping senator is trying to bring back from foreign prison - 4/16/25 by Monica Showalter April 16, 2025 by Monica Showalter Now he's a laughingstock. More
Not on my bingo card: Conservatives, or at least non-leftists, are coming close to winning elections in California - 4/16/25 by Monica Showalter April 16, 2025 by Monica Showalter The first threads of a red tide coming? More
Europe, Canada crossing a communist Rubicon from which they cannot return? - 4/16/25 by Eric Utter April 16, 2025 by Eric Utter Will anyone do anything about this? More
What the Democrat party’s heroes say about them - 4/16/25 by Andrea Widburg April 16, 2025 by Andrea Widburg Heroes represent a society’s values and aspirations. If you don’t know who they value, you don’t know what they value. More
Editor for The Guardian whines about Muslim convicts facing ‘disproportionate’ force while incarcerated in English prisons - 4/16/25 by Olivia Murray April 16, 2025 by Olivia Murray This comes amid disturbing new reports of how Muslim prisoners act behind bars. More
Did Letitia James commit mortgage fraud? - 4/16/25 by Olivia Murray April 16, 2025 by Olivia Murray The documents seem to suggest so—what an ironic twist of fate. More
JD Vance says what needs to be said about illegal aliens and due process - 4/16/25 by Andrea Widburg April 16, 2025 by Andrea Widburg It’s inconceivable that our system was intended to give every single alien a full trial to determine his or her right to remain in the U.S. More
Karmelo Anthony’s family adds a new ride to list of luxuries they’re buying after raking in hundreds of thousands of dollars under pretense of ‘legal defense’ - 4/16/25 by Olivia Murray April 16, 2025 by Olivia Murray I literally called this just yesterday. More
Trump’s historic Holy Week message ignites Christian praise, secular backlash - 4/16/25 by Susan D. Harris April 16, 2025 by Susan D. Harris When President Trump’s presidential message on Holy Week popped up on my phone a couple of days ago, I kept checking to see if it was legit ... turns out it was. More
Who cares what Janet Yellen has to say? - 4/16/25 by Jack Hellner April 16, 2025 by Jack Hellner The woman has an abysmal record, yet mainstream media are lining up to drool over what she has to say about Trump’s tariffs. More
Cubism is stupid - 4/16/25 by Gregory Smith April 16, 2025 by Gregory Smith Worship of rebellion in the art world has only led to lots of bad art. More
Islamist incursions into East Plano, TX - 4/16/25 by Susan Quinn April 16, 2025 by Susan Quinn Perhaps we look to the European harbingers to anticipate where this might lead. More
What can we give Denmark for Greenland? - 4/16/25 by Noel S. Williams April 16, 2025 by Noel S. Williams Greenland’s destiny away from “Denmarkification” and toward Americanization seems to be unfolding inexorably. More
Democrats line up to visit El Salvador -- seeking to bring back a foreign gangbanger - 4/16/25 by Monica Showalter April 16, 2025 by Monica Showalter What a cause to rally around for them. More
The coming thrilla in Texas - 4/16/25 by Silvio Canto, Jr. April 16, 2025 by Silvio Canto, Jr. Get ready for the Texas version of a heavyweight fight between AG Ken Paxton and incumbent Senator John Cornyn.  More
Bernie Sanders complains about 'the oligarchy' at $1,000-a-ticket music festival - 4/15/25 by Monica Showalter April 15, 2025 by Monica Showalter As tone-deaf as his navy blue sport jacket. More
Stephen Miller blows apart the media's narrative about a repatriated Salvadoran illegal to reporters - 4/15/25 by Monica Showalter April 15, 2025 by Monica Showalter Steel-trap mind Miller, that must be his nickname.   More
European nations now more dangerous than El Salvador - 4/15/25 by Olivia Murray April 15, 2025 by Olivia Murray Twilight Zone politics. More
Biden’s illegal aliens came like the ‘killer bees’ - 4/15/25 by James Zumwalt April 15, 2025 by James Zumwalt Swarms of aggressive invaders poured in under Biden’s watch, harming the native population. More
Simple questions for the Democrats on Trump’s trade and tariffs policies - 4/15/25 by Jack Hellner April 15, 2025 by Jack Hellner At what point do they believe the trade deficit is too high, since over $1.5 trillion apparently isn’t high enough? More
Championing the MS-13ers - 4/15/25 by Bill Ponton April 15, 2025 by Bill Ponton Chris Van Hollen wanted a meeting with El Salvador’s Bukele to negotiate the return of violent criminals. More
Women and the ‘therapeutic military’ - 4/15/25 by Andrea Widburg April 15, 2025 by Andrea Widburg The left has been outraged about women being busted from their command, but women personalizing the military is a serious problem. More
Don’t expect justice for Austin Metcalf - 4/15/25 by Olivia Murray April 15, 2025 by Olivia Murray The judge lowers the bond because Karmelo Anthony’s family has “other plans” for the half a million dollars they just raked in on fundraising. More
About that stabbing murder in Frisco, Texas... - 4/15/25 by Patricia McCarthy April 15, 2025 by Patricia McCarthy The left is trying to smear the victim and lionize the accused. More
Make Greenland tradeable? - 4/15/25 by Stephen Helgesen April 15, 2025 by Stephen Helgesen How about making Greenland a free trade zone? More
Now that Israel is winning, the left demands that it surrender - 4/15/25 by Andrea Widburg April 15, 2025 by Andrea Widburg In a particularly despicable guest essay at the New York Times, two former State Department employees demand that Trump force Israel to bow down. More
What Trump is missing - 4/15/25 by Jay Davidson April 15, 2025 by Jay Davidson The president is going in the right direction, but he needs to add one more thing. More
Pleistocene Park and the myth of Prometheus - 4/15/25 by Mark C. Ross April 15, 2025 by Mark C. Ross What’s the deal with these dire wolves, anyway? More
Leftist judges are planning to run out the deportation clock - 4/15/25 by Andrea Widburg April 15, 2025 by Andrea Widburg This pernicious trend puts the judiciary in charge of our immigration system, in place of the constitutionally-designated executive branch. More
Bukele has done a great job - 4/15/25 by Silvio Canto, Jr. April 15, 2025 by Silvio Canto, Jr. People like leaders who keep their streets safe. More
'Little dictator' Ortega cancels Holy Week processions in Nicaragua - 4/14/25 by Monica Showalter April 14, 2025 by Monica Showalter Where is the pope and Ortega's past religious collaborators? More
Remembering the great Mario Vargas Llosa -- RIP - 4/14/25 by Monica Showalter April 14, 2025 by Monica Showalter Terror of Marxist dictators, and a kind and engaging person. More
Harvard declares that it’s entitled to have taxpayer money subsidize its free speech *UPDATED* - 4/14/25 by Andrea Widburg April 14, 2025 by Andrea Widburg What We the People say is, if we’re paying for it, it’s not free. More
Peace in our time...with Iran? - 4/14/25 by Molly Slag April 14, 2025 by Molly Slag Given Iran’s values, it doesn’t seem as if even the savviest negotiator can get best the Mullah’s single-minded drive for our demise. More
A newly discovered Teotihuacan altar reminds us that our child sacrifice is worse than theirs was - 4/14/25 by Andrea Widburg April 14, 2025 by Andrea Widburg Then, they sacrificed children to the gods for the benefit of all. In the West, women sacrifice children in much greater numbers for their own benefit. More
New study: ‘Liberals generally trust science more than conservatives’ - 4/14/25 by Olivia Murray April 14, 2025 by Olivia Murray Translation: Leftists are stupider today than they’ve ever been. More
Bondi DOJ allegedly evading FOIA requests for Epstein documents - 4/14/25 by Olivia Murray April 14, 2025 by Olivia Murray “Most transparent administration ever.” More
Whoopi Goldberg calls for higher taxes to keep the government big and well fed - 4/14/25 by Monica Showalter April 14, 2025 by Monica Showalter Is this the Democrats have to offer?   More
Why is Bondi’s DOJ still prosecuting a pistol brace owner? - 4/14/25 by Olivia Murray April 14, 2025 by Olivia Murray Lawyers know better than anyone that the process is the punishment, so there’s really no excuse. More
‘Perceived foes’ - 4/14/25 by M. Walter April 14, 2025 by M. Walter The left has only impeached Trump — twice — tried to assassinate him — twice — indicted him multiple times, and came perilously close to sending him to Riker’s Island prison, but yeah, The New York Times asserts that the hostility is just “perceived.” More
The echoes of valor - 4/14/25 by M. Ray Evans April 14, 2025 by M. Ray Evans How quiet heroes hold the line. More
Junk science at NOAA about to come to an end - 4/14/25 by Bill Ponton April 14, 2025 by Bill Ponton It was a comical farce that they created, weaving tales about storms of biblical proportion due to a trace element in the atmosphere that happens to be the basis of all life. More
Donald Trump, free trade champion - 4/14/25 by James Swofford April 14, 2025 by James Swofford Since tariffs reduce mutual benefit or the gains of each party on each side of trade, why do so many countries have them?  More
Junk science and air pollution - 4/14/25 by S. Stanley Young, Warren B. Kindzierski April 14, 2025 by S. Stanley Young, Warren B. Kindzierski The discourse about small particles causing health impacts is highly debatable. More
Securing the border - 4/14/25 by Silvio Canto, Jr. April 14, 2025 by Silvio Canto, Jr. DJT orders troops to the border. More
DOGE removes a dead-ender fighting his own Fallujah at the Social Security Administration -- and the left melts down - 4/13/25 by Monica Showalter April 13, 2025 by Monica Showalter They actually think they own the government. More
Why we’ll almost certainly never see a 1929-style crash again - 4/13/25 by Andrea Widburg April 13, 2025 by Andrea Widburg People are drawing the wrong lessons about the stock market, just as they’re drawing the wrong lessons about Smoot-Hawley. More
Impatiently waiting for the Trump team in Oregon - 4/13/25 by John Woods April 13, 2025 by John Woods An Oregonian is drumming his fingers, waiting for President Trump's agencies to come see the clown show in Oregon -- which has so much to offer to investigators. More
The Maximum Support Act: A bipartisan push for Iranian democracy and human rights - 4/13/25 by Amil Imani April 13, 2025 by Amil Imani Unlike prior acts that punitively targeted the regime itself, this act also seeks to support Iran’s citizens in their fight for liberty. More
The intifada in Germany claims another victim - 4/13/25 by Andrea Widburg April 13, 2025 by Andrea Widburg What happens in Israel doesn’t stay in Israel, and being tolerant is not a workable defense. More
A majority of Americans oppose defunding colleges that allow antisemitism - 4/13/25 by Andrea Widburg April 13, 2025 by Andrea Widburg What’s worrisome is that it’s a small majority, especially among the young folks. More
What does it mean to be a Democrat today? - 4/13/25 by Eric Utter April 13, 2025 by Eric Utter Start with supporting vandalism -- of Teslas and cities. Then ... More
The newest hate crime in England: ‘Speak English’ *UPDATED* - 4/13/25 by Andrea Widburg April 13, 2025 by Andrea Widburg In one of the great historical ironies, America is why the British don’t have free speech and are subject to this insanity. More
Democrats have been wondering why they lost to Trump - 4/13/25 by Jack Hellner April 13, 2025 by Jack Hellner Maybe it’s because they’re so manifestly disdainful of what’s best for America and Americans. More
More cowbell: While insane leftists keep screaming, DOGE finds more outrageous spending - 4/13/25 by D. Parker April 13, 2025 by D. Parker The left is yelling 'fascist' and 'Nazi' at President Trump and his allies because they have nothing else to offer. More
The courage of a female fencer - 4/13/25 by Mike McDaniel April 13, 2025 by Mike McDaniel At the beginning of April, fencer Stephanie Turner joined the expanding ranks of actual women demonstrating real courage.  More
Assassination culture comes for America - 4/13/25 by Mike McDaniel April 13, 2025 by Mike McDaniel A second civil war may be inevitable. More
Public schools define ‘excellence’ differently than the rest of us do - 4/13/25 by Ned Cosby April 13, 2025 by Ned Cosby Those of us who believe ‘excellence’ means excelling in academic disciplines are sadly mistaken. More
Can the Iranians get the nuke? - 4/13/25 by Mark C. Ross April 13, 2025 by Mark C. Ross It’s a little complicated. More
Something in the air, and it’s not carbon dioxide - 4/13/25 by Silvio Canto, Jr. April 13, 2025 by Silvio Canto, Jr. The obsession with climate change seems to be winding down. More
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Donald Trump: Right Man, Right Moment Bob Kingsley What happened to our nation during COVID set the table for accepting all that happened next. More
Secretary Hegseth Threatens the Deep State J.B. Shurk And the corrupt press continues its sabotage campaign. More
If Rubio Doesn’t Act, He Risks Giving the CCP Dominance over South American Shipping Jerome R. Corsi As China’s Belt and Road initiative tightens worldwide, the U.S. has a rare opportunity to stymie its inroads into Latin America. More
Trump Means to Reduce China J. Robert Smith Whittling down China, Trump’s principal weapons are trade policy and tariffs. If the president wins, the U.S. emerges as the shaper of the rest of the 21st Century. More
Islam Is Incompatible with Democracy James Zumwalt Perhaps we ought to reflect on the wisdom of Thomas Jefferson when considering how much Islam to allow into American society. More
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Buh-bye ActBlue! Trump set to sign memorandum targeting foreign dollars in American elections - 4/24/25 by Olivia Murray April 24, 2025 by Olivia Murray As expected, the Democrats cry foul. More
With the ‘Maryland father’ stunt failing, Democrats shift to the ‘disappeared’ Venezuelan - 4/24/25 by Andrea Widburg April 24, 2025 by Andrea Widburg The obvious goal is to make the Trump administration sound like a repeat of the murdered “desaparecidos” (“disappeared”) under Argentina’s military juntas. More
Gunfight at the Oregon corral - 4/24/25 by John Woods April 24, 2025 by John Woods Gun control is a constant issue in Oregon. More
President Trump must secure a Canadian tariff framework deal this week - 4/24/25 by Rovvy Lepor April 24, 2025 by Rovvy Lepor Canada is in the midst of a national election that will determine the future of Canada and of the Canadian-American alliance. More
Decentralized Capitalism: The future of free markets - 4/24/25 by Steve Beaman April 24, 2025 by Steve Beaman The age of ‘capitalism veresus socialism’ is over. The time has come for something new. More
Sunny Hostin shreds Trump’s $5,000 ‘baby bonus’ idea as racial politics - 4/24/25 by Olivia Murray April 24, 2025 by Olivia Murray The scary part is, these hags have an audience. More
Restoring our national monuments and resurrecting U.S. historical truth - 4/24/25 by Susan Quinn April 24, 2025 by Susan Quinn If we want to teach the truth about U.S. history, we need to ensure that we have our facts right. More
LA government sends out ‘brush clearance’ warnings to property owners…months after their homes and businesses burned down - 4/24/25 by Olivia Murray April 24, 2025 by Olivia Murray Only the government…. More
The Democrat party is flying apart - 4/24/25 by D. Parker April 24, 2025 by D. Parker How can pro-freedom Americans capitalize? More
To defuse the risk from unvetted illegal migrants, settle the Constitutional questions - 4/24/25 by Matthew G. Andersson April 24, 2025 by Matthew G. Andersson The experience of 9/11 should be a reminder. More
Want more babies? Get HR off our backs - 4/24/25 by Noel S. Williams April 24, 2025 by Noel S. Williams Despite a gradual decline in “no fraternization” policies, employee ethos in many organizations is sensibly distrustful of HR departments abusing “catch-all” codes of conduct. More
No Kristi on my TV channel - 4/24/25 by Silvio Canto, Jr. April 24, 2025 by Silvio Canto, Jr. Mexico wants to censor television ads warning criminal migrants to stay out of America. More
EPA chief Lee Zeldin comes to see the Tijuana sewage fouling San Diego - 4/23/25 by Monica Showalter April 23, 2025 by Monica Showalter Once again, we didn't need new laws -- we needed new leaders. More
Pope Francis kicked an important can down the road - 4/23/25 by Ned Cosby April 23, 2025 by Ned Cosby His successor will still have to address it—or at least, he should address it. More
Media hypocrisy: Hegseth must go because he’ll get us all killed - 4/23/25 by Olivia Murray April 23, 2025 by Olivia Murray Yet, when troops actually died under Lloyd Austin, no one called for his resignation. More
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