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A new book argues that democracy needs more religion

Tom Rogan · October 19, 2026 1:04 pm

Navi Pillay.

Is it right to panic over the targeting of Israel?

Close Up Shot Focused on Yellow Tape Showing Text Police Line Do Not Cross. Restricted Area of a Crime Scene. Bokeh Background with Flickering Siren Lights. Forensics Team Working on a Case

No protests or gold coffins for Philadelphia police officer shot and killed allegedly because he was white

Gov. Tina Kotek (D-OR)

The Oregonian endorses four more years of failure

Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Two reasons Ukraine had to resume Russian energy attacks

A view of the destruction after a Russian attack struck a warehouse in Ukraine.

Russian GRU shows true nature with indiscriminate terrorism

Tom Rogan September 8, 2026 2:03 pm

Education funds

The hate crime hoax that is costing one of California’s biggest school districts

Zachary Faria September 4, 2026 2:39 pm

Jared Kushner; Steve Witkoff; Donald Trump

Putin doesn’t want peace. Witkoff and Kushner’s visit will only enable his propaganda

Tom Rogan September 4, 2026 1:47 pm

If NFL teams were colluding, they would pay their cheerleaders a comparable amount, not anywhere from $0 to $125 per game.

Nobody wants effeminate-looking men waving pom-poms as NFL cheerleaders

Christopher Tremoglie September 4, 2026 10:58 am

This undated handout photo provided by NASA shows the Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctic.

The climate doomsayers promised a hell that never arose

Timothy P. Carney September 3, 2026 2:27 pm

A sign held up at a vigil in Trafalgar Square on Aug. 17, 2026, for the late Jason Arday.

Academia wants to exploit Jason Arday’s death to block further scrutiny

Zachary Faria September 3, 2026 1:52 pm

Mount Tumbledown stands tall behind Stanley on the Falkland Islands.

Trump’s Falkland Islands controversy is much ado about nothing

Tom Rogan September 3, 2026 12:16 pm

Supporters of Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris.

Why young Democratic women hate men

Conn Carroll September 3, 2026 11:15 am

New York City Police Department officers patrol in New York's Times Square, Friday, Oct. 19, 2018.

We need to address the problem of mentally ill criminals

Zachary Faria September 2, 2026 2:32 pm

AI Humanoid Robot artificial intelligence

On Wendell Berry: Limits in a limitless age

Timothy P. Carney September 2, 2026 1:55 pm

Ukrainian Antonov cargo planes

Germany incentivizes Russian terrorism with pathetic drone attack response

Tom Rogan September 1, 2026 3:03 pm

Abdul el Sayed, a progressive candidate in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Michigan donning sunglasses, left, talks poolside with streamer Hasan Piker, right, as he puts his hand on el Sayed's shoulder.

El Sayed wants you to forget his antisemitic, terrorist sympathizing comments

Zachary Faria September 1, 2026 1:48 pm