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 deterrence is disappearing in the Middle East

Sean Durns April 8, 2023 6:00 am

A person uses their smartphone during nighttime.

A commonsense proposal to protect youth from pornography

Matt Lamb April 7, 2023 10:39 am

Glenn Youngkin pauses while addressing the Virginia FREE Leadership Luncheon in McLean, Virginia, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021.

Fairfax schools are defying Youngkin’s executive order on education. Will he do anything about it?

Stephanie Lundquist-Arora April 7, 2023 8:39 am

FTC favors competitors over competition in fight against Microsoft

Rachel Chiu April 6, 2023 6:45 am

California’s olive trade case shows the right way to defend American agriculture

Rep. Doug LaMalfa April 5, 2023 11:01 am

At least 12 veterans will be joining the 115th Congress next year, including seven who served in Iraq or Afghanistan. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

The House must join the Senate and reclaim Congress’s war powers

Cully Stimson April 4, 2023 12:25 pm

Nuclear power, which is carbon-free, supplies 20 percent of the country's electricity. (iStock photo)

Forget renewable energy; the US needs to go nuclear

Mark Whittington April 4, 2023 12:19 pm

Social Security cards are shown.

Social Security trustees forecast significant deterioration, 23% benefit cuts in just 10 years

Rachel Greszler April 3, 2023 1:05 pm

A police officer walks past the rubble of a destroyed building at the scene of a blast outside a district headquarters in the capital Mogadishu, Somalia.

Why is a US ambassador feting a terrorist?

Michael Rubin April 3, 2023 6:00 am

Why is Biden bending to Putin’s Crimea red line?

Jon Sweet, Mark Toth April 3, 2023 6:00 am

As threats to our national security grow, the Biden administration turns to Ibram Kendi

Mike Gonzalez April 1, 2023 6:00 am

Others argue that AI has yet to be developed that can accurately mimic the value or depth of a threat. Information Age editorial director Ben Rossi makes the case that humans are needed to create the artificial intelligence that can identify and shut down attackers. (istock photo)

Why artificial intelligence will be good, not bad, for the economy

James Rogan April 1, 2023 6:00 am