Courage, Strength, and Optimism

Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal during a Spanish La Liga soccer match between FC Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Kylian Mbappe shouldn’t apologize for calling Mao a dictator

Ali Holcomb · October 28, 2026 1:17 pm

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, left, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, center, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), second to right, and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), right. (Washington Examiner illustration; AP Photos)

Bernie Sanders, AOC, and Mamdani cheer Lula — and China

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

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

Aid to Gaza at serious risk of terrorist diversion

Beth Bailey January 10, 2025 12:00 pm

Trump can pressure the Russian economy to get Putin negotiating

James Rogan January 10, 2025 9:00 am

Trump’s African opportunity

Aleksandra Gadzala Tirziu January 10, 2025 7:00 am

Trump should get tough again on chemical weapons states

Andrea Stricker January 10, 2025 6:00 am

A plane carrying Donald Trump Jr. lands in Nuuk, Greenland, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025.

Trump wants to take over Greenland — and he has several options to make it happen

Brady Knox January 9, 2025 3:24 pm

Washington should unleash Israel on the Houthis

Sean Durns January 9, 2025 1:00 pm

A Houthi soldier stands on board of the Israeli Galaxy ship, which was seized by the Houthis, in the port of Saleef near Hodeidah, Yemen, Sunday, May 12, 2024.

Houthis precipitated US friendly fire incident

Beth Bailey January 9, 2025 12:00 pm

A container ship sails from the port at Lianyungang, in China's eastern Jiangsu province on December 10, 2024.

Who lost Latin America?

John Roberts January 9, 2025 11:00 am

This photo released by the U.S. Navy show a guided-missile submarine

Saving the sinking submarine industrial base

James Rogan January 9, 2025 9:00 am

Trump must master risk management

Bryan Clark January 9, 2025 7:00 am

The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg (CG 64) steams in the Mediterranean Sea, Dec. 15, 2024.

The Navy’s thinking about China’s plan for Taiwan

John Schindler January 9, 2025 6:00 am

President-elect Donald Trump arrives to deliver remarks on New Year's Eve at his Mar-A-Lago Club on December 31, 2024 in Palm Beach, Florida.

Trump can’t leave Syria to others

Sinan Ciddi January 8, 2025 12:00 pm