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

Virginia offers the GOP a silver lining on abortion for 2024

Terry Schilling November 12, 2023 3:00 pm

U.S. Capitol Building, Thursday, August 8th, 2013

Congress must end federal handouts to radicalized academia

David Ditch November 10, 2023 11:41 am

Pro-Hamas TikTok videos hint at a broader Chinese influence campaign

Sen. Marco Rubio November 10, 2023 6:00 am

Are you tired of winning?

Brady Leonard November 9, 2023 1:08 pm

Pro-life and anti-abortion advocates demonstrate in front of the Supreme Court.

The pervasive, enduring rot of Roe v. Wade

Adam Carrington November 9, 2023 6:00 am

How states can lead on higher education reform

Preston Cooper, Annie Bowers November 9, 2023 6:00 am

Internet activists are mad at a famous YouTuber for the dumbest reason imaginable

Brad Polumbo November 8, 2023 1:47 pm

Supporters of Palestinians gather in the Loop in Chicago on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023.

Donors use power of the purse to send loud rebuke to colleges’ shameful silence on pro-Hamas protests

Mike Gonzalez November 7, 2023 4:15 pm

People attend a demonstration of solidarity with Palestinians in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 4, 2023.

A moral madness on campus

Donald Sweeting November 7, 2023 8:28 am

Do Republicans finally know what time it is?

Mike Gonzalez November 7, 2023 6:00 am

Demonstrators gather with signs near the Butler Library on the Columbia University campus in the Morningside Heights neighborhood of New York City on Sunday, October 8, 2023.

Why universities must shutter Students for Justice in Palestine

Charles Asher Small November 7, 2023 6:00 am

Homelessness in Colorado: Three cities, three strategies

Dennis Huspeni November 3, 2023 11:34 am