Courage, Strength, and Optimism

People carry their belongings as they leave their office following Russian air attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Conservatives can’t stay neutral on Russia’s War in Ukraine

Kimberly Ross · October 22, 2026 10:09 am

Flames rise from Notre Dame cathedral.

If France can’t defend itself, why should America rely on it?

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff, left, shake hands prior to their talks in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, April 11, 2025.

Witkoff praises Putin as a humanitarian — to his shame and ours

A protester wraps a French flag around them in front of a burning tourism office.

France has fallen. America can’t be next

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth gives a State of the Force address at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026 in Quantico, Virginia.

Hegseth’s Pentagon initiatives hold promise

US must prepare for Chinese sabotage

Sean Durns April 25, 2023 6:00 am

America’s adversaries are moving in next door

Sen. Kevin Cramer April 25, 2023 5:28 am

China is no longer feigning a ‘peaceful rise’

Jeremy Hurewitz April 24, 2023 10:05 am

Cuts to discretionary spending won’t solve America’s debt crisis

Gary Wolfram April 24, 2023 6:58 am

How America’s literacy crisis will cripple our ability to combat China

Peter Laffin April 23, 2023 6:00 am

The Biden administration alone is at fault for the Afghanistan withdrawal and its aftermath

Garrett Exner April 22, 2023 6:00 am

DHS launches 90-day ‘sprint’ against China to counter security threats

Anna Giaritelli April 21, 2023 1:53 pm

Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson participates in a forum with other Chicago mayoral candidates hosted by the Chicago Women Take Action Alliance Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023.

Brandon Johnson thinks violent criminals are just being a little ‘silly’

Zachary Faria April 20, 2023 2:40 pm

The U.S. Capitol building stands past American flags before sunrise in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, July 11, 2017.

Congress needs better oversight on foreign force funding

Michael Rubin April 20, 2023 2:33 pm

There’s no reason to suffer from ‘climate anxiety’

Matt Lamb April 20, 2023 6:39 am

House committee advances resolution to cancel Biden’s solar emergency

Jeremy Beaman April 19, 2023 10:15 am

Via Airbus deals, Macron provides China new means of war against US

Morgan Ortagus April 19, 2023 6:00 am