Courage, Strength, and Optimism

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

Elaine McCusker, John G. Ferrari · October 15, 2026 6:00 am

Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, left, and opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez address supporters from the top of a truck during a protest against the official presidential election results declaring President Nicolas Maduro the winner in Caracas, Venezuela.

Venezuela needs more than an election date

A person pastes a heart-shaped sticker on a banner with pictures of Israeli hostages during a a gathering at a plaza known as hostages square in Tel Aviv.

After Trump brought him home, an Oct. 7 hostage family member tells his story

The U.S. Capitol is seen from the Cannon House Office Building as Republican lawmakers passed a bill to fund the federal government through Dec. 4, in Washington, Wednesday, July 22, 2026.

Expand the Child Tax Credit, but define success first

This 2015 photo shows server banks inside a data center at AEP headquarters in Columbus, Ohio.

Trump should crack down on Chinese AI distillation

Marines fight to take back a cemetery from the Shiite Mahdi militia in Najaf, Iraq.

A real strategy for dismantling militias in Iraq

Entifadh Qanbar April 29, 2026 5:00 am

Medical staff navigate a busy hospital hallway.

Ending freeloading and putting patients first

Hannah Anderson, Bobby Jindal April 28, 2026 6:00 am

With a painting of former President Ronald Reagan behind him, President Donald Trump speaks into a microphone.

America at 250: Why advancing freedom worldwide still matters

Daniel Twining April 27, 2026 1:10 pm

Washington global politics boxing

The rumble in the jungle: is Washington punching itself out?

Ron MacCammon April 26, 2026 6:00 am

The sun rises behind tankers anchored in the Strait of Hormuz.

A US victory in Iran is what Democrats fear most

Elizabeth Stauffer April 22, 2026 12:58 pm

Earth Day environment regulation

Earth Day and the failure of apocalyptic environmentalism

Jason Hayes April 22, 2026 6:00 am

US President Donald Trump mimics firing a gun as he speaks about the conflict in Iran in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on April 6, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kent Nishimura / AFP via Getty Images)

The price of appeasement: $20 billion won’t buy peace with Iran

Heyrsh Abdulrahman April 18, 2026 7:00 am

The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and other warships cross the Strait of Hormuz into the Persian Gulf.

Our Navy was built for this moment in the Strait of Hormuz

Ali Holcomb, Joel Griffith April 18, 2026 6:00 am

The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and other warships cross the Strait of Hormuz into the Persian Gulf.

The Strait of Hormuz will decide the future world order

Bradley Martin, Liram Koblentz-Stenzler April 17, 2026 6:00 am

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban prepares to cast his ballot at a polling station in Budapest.

Americans shouldn’t cry for Orban

Peter Doran, Ivana Stradner April 15, 2026 6:00 am

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) with Sens. Tom Cotton (R-AR), John Barasso (R-WY), and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD).

If America can’t build, it can’t lead

Aiden Buzzetti April 14, 2026 6:00 am

Anti-Iranian regime protesters burn an image of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

The libertarian case for Trump’s Iran war: Persians have natural rights, too

James Delmore, Walter E. Block April 13, 2026 7:00 am