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

Facing China, the US needs a new civil preparedness movement

Facing China, the US needs a new civil preparedness movement

Sean Durns August 10, 2023 6:00 am

US should follow Alexander Hamilton’s playbook for tackling the national debt

US should follow Alexander Hamilton’s playbook for tackling the national debt

Robert E. Wright August 9, 2023 6:00 am

Obesity epidemic threatens not just public health, but also national security

Isaac Tang, Thomas Spoehr August 8, 2023 4:47 pm

Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks before unveiling the Model Y at the company's design studio on March 14, 2019, in Hawthorne, Calif.

Elon Musk is challenging cancel culture

Nicole Russell August 7, 2023 2:17 pm

Ne-Yo smiles after singing the national anthem before an NFL football game between the Detroit Lions and Chicago Bears in Detroit, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021.

Ne-Yo and our generation of weak men

Ian Haworth August 7, 2023 1:54 pm

Bearing cuts all over his face, a homeless drug addict, who said his name is April Jane, aimlessly stares into space on a sidewalk in the Skid Row area of downtown Los Angeles, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017. No one shares the same story how they ended up in the center of poverty and despair. The streets are ruled by drugs day and night. Help exists, but too many turn to drugs to cope with their problems.

The opioid crisis keeps getting deadlier

Paul J. Larkin, Abby Carr August 7, 2023 1:05 pm

China’s infiltration of the US Navy is a general quarters alert for the nation

John Schindler August 4, 2023 6:00 am

America’s credit ratings downfall points to a bigger political problem

Adam Carrington August 4, 2023 6:00 am

Ranking member Henry Cuellar (D-TX) asks questions during a House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee budget hearing, Thursday, March 29, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Lone anti-abortion Democratic representative scores endorsements from House Democratic leadership after close primary

Brady Knox August 3, 2023 5:21 pm

Fitch downgrades US debt

Fitch downgrades US debt

Romina Boccia August 3, 2023 12:37 pm

The self-defeating legacy of Blinken’s LGBT diplomacy

The self-defeating legacy of Blinken’s LGBT diplomacy

Michael Rubin August 1, 2023 1:49 pm

FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 23, 2012 file photo, a cashier rings up a sale at a Sears store, in Las Vegas. U.S. business economists have sharply cut their growth forecasts for the April-June quarter and 2014, though they remain optimistic that the economy will rebound from a dismal first quarter. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

How ESG will hurt your retirement

Robert H. Bork Jr. August 1, 2023 7:30 am