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

Erik Cordova inspects a steel pipe at the Borusan Mannesmann Pipe manufacturing facility on June 5, 2018, in Baytown, Texas.

US Steel and Nippon Steel will make good partners

Steve Forbes January 9, 2024 6:00 am

Harvard President Claudine Gay, left, speaks as University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill listens, during a hearing of the House Committee on Education on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023 in Washington.

As Penn and Harvard presidents fall, let’s seize the full opportunity to reform education

Adam Carrington January 9, 2024 6:00 am

FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2014, file photo, trader Damian Bagarozza, center, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. On Sept. 18, the U.S. stock market was at a record high after a relatively uneventful summer. Long-term interest rates were heading higher, a sign that investors expected steady growth in the U.S. economy. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Don’t obsess over the Nasdaq downturn

James Rogan January 6, 2024 6:00 am

Have confidence in the tech stocks

James Rogan January 5, 2024 6:00 am

Minnesota’s nice economy

Timothy P. Carney January 4, 2024 5:31 pm

President Joe Biden speaks about his economic agenda at the Wisconsin Black Chamber of Commerce, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023, in Milwaukee.

Joe Biden’s presidency: All crises and no solutions

J.T. Young January 4, 2024 9:22 am

A Glock 45 9 mm pistol is shown as guests browse firearms at the National Rifle Association's Annual Meetings & Exhibits in Indianapolis, Sunday, April 16, 2023.

Inventor Gaston Glock’s firearms legacy lives on

Tony Kinnett December 28, 2023 12:26 pm

An American flag is displayed outside a store while seen through another flag along the main business street in Newtown, Penn. Tuesday, June 16, 2020.

The effort to restore sanity to America saw significant gains in 2023

Peter Laffin December 28, 2023 11:12 am

China flag waving in sunset.

China is capitalizing on Hamas terrorist attacks

Rep. Ashley Hinson December 22, 2023 6:00 am

FILE - In this May 9, 2019, photo, steel rods produced at the Gerdau Ameristeel mill in St. Paul, Minn. await shipment. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

Why this Japanese company’s offer to buy US Steel is good news for the American economy

Washington Examiner December 22, 2023 6:00 am

Central American immigrants traveling in a caravan to the U.S. border walk on the highway to Pijijiapan, Mexico, Monday, April 22, 2019.

Rushed, secret negotiations are not the way to address the border crisis

Sen. Ron Johnson December 21, 2023 6:59 am

A person presses a button on a car stereo.

The AM for Every Vehicle Act is a public safety necessity

Washington Examiner December 21, 2023 6:00 am