The Tariff Issue and the Midterms

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By John F. Di Leo

Democrat activists hope to make the midterms all about Trump’s tariff policy. But there are a lot of misunderstandings here.

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400

Deterring China Without Alienating Russia

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By Mario Alexis Portella

Washington should avoid turning strategic competition into a contest that gives Moscow and Beijing ever stronger reasons to cooperate.

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400

Sine Qua Non—Or The But For Cause Of Failure (Or Success)

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By M. E. Boyd

One man’s vote may have led to America’s current racial divide—and your one vote may be the difference between saving our constitutional republic or watching it fall.

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400

Many Western Governments Won’t Survive

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By J.B. Shurk

Why would citizens defend governments that abuse them?

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400

The Democrats’ Enslavement

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By Daniel Winston

Applying a therapist's understanding to the Democrats' relationship with their progressive activists.      

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400

A Battle Of Good And Evil: The Reunification Of Church And State

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By Cole Ellison

America's growing secularism has raised a fundamental question: Can a free republic preserve its moral foundations

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400

Against The Delirium Of 1789

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By Lars Møller

John Adams, Edmund Burke, and the conservative case against utopian politics.

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400

The EU's Spending Explodes

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By Thomas Kolbe

An increase of almost 70 percent from one financial framework to the next is not merely a budget expansion -- it is fiscal megalomania. 

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400

The New Bill That Might Be Trump 2.0’s Biggest Accomplishment

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By Twilight Patriot

Donald Trump ran on a promise to end job-killing regulation, and now is the moment when we’re within sight of the fulfilment of that promise.

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400

Dangers Of Conformity

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By James Conway

One clear October morning, I was sitting in a seminar in southern England when a hand settled on my shoulder, and a low, female voice asked me to step outside, adding quietly that I had better bring my laptop.

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400

With MAGA Enemies List, Jack Smith Trashes The Constitution Once Again

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By Don Brown

It is time to prosecute.

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400

Democrats Want To Wreck America With Third-World Immigration

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By Joseph Ford Cotto

The prospects of Democrat ruination are readily apparent. The early ballots, blue and red, are already being cast. The question is whether enough GOP voters treat the stakes as real.

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400

Back When Islam Had The Best Thinkers

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By Christopher Chantrill

Anyone with half a brain wants to keep the state and moral/cultural sectors separate.

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400

Is Marine Le Pen Losing The Plot?

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By Thomas Kolbe

Le Pen's attempt to turn France's domestic fragmentation into its neighbor's problem even before the vote could smother the national-conservative turn in the EU in the bud.

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400

Marxists, Deception, And Violence

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By John A. Gentry

From Lenin and Stalin to today’s radical left, the history of communism reveals a recurring pattern of false promises, political repression, and revolutionary violence.

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400

Nidal Hasan: Fort Hood's Danny Deever

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By Civis Americanus

Some parallels to a famous poem by Rudyard Kipling.

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400

Democrats And Muslims: The Doomed Alliance

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By Richard C. Crandall

It’s convenient for Democrats now, but it will come back to bite them.

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400

Think, Vote, Win

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By J.B. Shurk

You control the outcome of the midterms.

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400

What Doesn’t Kill You: Politics, Resilience, And Mental Health

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By Brian C. Joondeph, M.D.

Does worldview shape how we handle adversity?

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400

Ke Huy Quan’s Life Proves You Should ‘Never Say Die’ To The American Dream

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By Arthur Schaper

A book review of Ke’s newly released memoir.

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400

What Midterm Voters Prefer

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By David Keltz

Let’s hope Americans look beyond candidates’ rhetoric and focus on their record.

Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400

What Inflation Obsession Misses

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By Frank Ryan

We’re all obsessed with the ‘basket of goods.’ But affordability goes deeper than that.

Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400

The Use and Misuse of Science

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By Clarice Feldman

Elon Musk has made engineering the heroic, progressive enterprise we once thought it was, not the diddly work of guys in short sleeves with pocket protectors.

Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400

In Northern Ireland, Obama Throws Bombs At Israel

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By Jeannie DeAngelis

‘Are you just going to be behind walls and wipe out everybody around you?’

Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400

The West Against Itself

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By Lars Møller

Moral exceptionalism, the “long march,” and the road to a new tyranny.

Sun, 18 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0400