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President Trump of the 30 (and a Couple) Days

Photo Credit: Clarice FIt’s been an exhausting four weeks for anyone watching the administration’s effort to reshape, modernize, and clean up the...

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Clarice Feldman

Rep. Jason Smith Calls for Revocation of Jewish Voice for Peace's Tax Exemption

Photo Credit:Jewish Voice for Peace logo logo fair useIt's time to target those groups which make a mockery of their tax status.

yesterday 7

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Civis Americanus

Let’s Make ‘Temporary Protected Status’ Really Temporary

Photo Credit:Image: woodleywonderworks via Flickr, CC BY 2.0. woodleywonderworksHow does one claim that a program that has let Somalis stay for 34...

yesterday 20

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John M. Grondelski

Trump Must Speak

Photo Credit: AIAs long as he remains silent about DOGE's results, the American people will not understand the scope of corruption and...

yesterday 40

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J.r. Dunn

Hail, Columbia! We Who Are About to Divest Thee Say: Pound Salt

Photo Credit:Image: ajay_suresh via Flickr, CC BY 2.0. ajay_suresh If you want to be taken seriously as an institution of higher learning, start...

yesterday 10

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Charlton Allen

DOGE Can Balance Budget and Save Health Care

DOGE Can Balance Budget and Save Health Care

DOGE can accomplish two triumphs with one bold act. Musk and his team can balance the U.S. budget and simultaneously fix health care. Defund the...

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Deane Waldman

Education Department: Death by a Thousand Cuts?

Education Department: Death by a Thousand Cuts?

Our colonial ancestors were the most literate in the world.  By 2023, American students ranked at a near 30-year-low compared with students from...

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Carole Hornsby Haynes

Make Jordan Palestinian Again

Make Jordan Palestinian Again

President Trump’s proposal for resettling Gazans in other countries brought to the forefront a long-forgotten truth: Jordan is Palestinian. Yes,...

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Mudar Zahran

DOGE Is Nothing New

DOGE Is Nothing New

For all the hullaballoo raised by Democrats about the unconstitutionality of the Department of Government Efficiency, cost-cutting efforts by U.S....

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Linda R. Killian

JD Vance Asks: What Has Europe Become?

JD Vance Asks: What Has Europe Become?

Since I am not a full-time political commentator (I still have to work with my hands during the daytime), I wasn’t able to react to J.D. Vance’s...

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Twilight Patriot

Kash Patel: The FBI’s Reformer-in-Chief

Kash Patel: The FBI’s Reformer-in-Chief

On February 20, 2025, the United States Senate confirmed Kash Patel as the ninth director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a decision that...

previous day 6

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Ronald Beaty

Trillions in Graft

Trillions in Graft

In their desperation to shield the U.S. Treasury Department from the DOGE forensics team, Democrats and most media are wailing that Elon Musk is...

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Todd And Erik Gregory

The Trump Strategy for Ukraine

The Trump Strategy for Ukraine

In recent days, many people who support Ukraine’s struggle against Russian aggression have found Trump’s words disappointing. As always with Trump,...

friday 20

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Jacob Fraden

Can Bounty Hunters Solve Our Immigration Crisis?

Can Bounty Hunters Solve Our Immigration Crisis?

In an era where federal inertia and urban chaos threaten the fabric of our republic, two visionary state leaders — Missouri senator David Gregory...

friday 20

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Ronald Beaty

Digital Prisons

Digital Prisons

There’s a story describing how to catch wild pigs. Step one is to scatter some corn in a field to attract them; this must be regularly repeated so...

friday 10

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Kevin Finn

No, Whites Are Not Responsible For Black Outcomes

No, Whites Are Not Responsible For Black Outcomes

If you spend any time online (particularly after Kendrick Lamar’s halftime show ), you’ll find memes saying that blacks built America, a black...

friday 10

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Vince Coyner

President Trump Is Wrong on Gaza

President Trump Is Wrong on Gaza

According to 1945’s founding Charter of the United Nations, which preserved the Palestine Mandate of 1922 from the defunct League of Nations, the...

friday 6

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Shai Ben-Tekoa

The Soul of the Democrats

The Soul of the Democrats

As Japan’s defeat during World War II became obvious, many of its soldiers performed harakiri -- a ritual suicide by disembowelment using a sword...

20.02.2025 60

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James Zumwalt

Kash Patel: Poised to Lead the FBI Into a New Era

Kash Patel: Poised to Lead the FBI Into a New Era

Kash Patel is poised for a Senate confirmation vote to become the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations, marking a dramatic shift in the...

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Wendy Kinney

Canada at the Crossroads

Canada at the Crossroads

With Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau’s globalist policies, unchecked immigration, and high taxes threatening Canada’s sovereignty, the...

20.02.2025 10

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Sonia Bailley

Margaret Brennan’s Face-Plant on Free Speech: Welcome to Face the Nonsense

Margaret Brennan’s Face-Plant on Free Speech: Welcome to Face the Nonsense

There was a time—before modern journalism became a contest in elite conformity—when invoking Nazi Germany carried a certain weight. There was an...

20.02.2025 20

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Charlton Allen

The Swamp is Slowly Draining

The Swamp is Slowly Draining

With the fall of USAID and the rise of government audits of agencies like the Department of Defense and the Department of Education, it is clear...

20.02.2025 20

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Connor Vasile

Never Again?

Never Again?

As memories fade and antisemitism rises, the promise of “Never Again” appears increasingly doubtful. Ten thousand antisemitic incidents have...

20.02.2025 10

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Allan J. Feifer

Democrats in the Wilderness

Democrats in the Wilderness

The Democrat party appears determined to spend the next 40 years wandering in the wilderness. There have been no fruitful reflections leading to...

19.02.2025 30

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Whitson G. Waldo, Iii

Supersizing the Curriculum: The University of Alabama’s Big, Fat Philosophy Class

Supersizing the Curriculum: The University of Alabama’s Big, Fat Philosophy Class

Move over, Socrates. Step aside, Descartes. The University of Alabama has ushered in a new era of philosophical enlightenment that doesn’t merely...

19.02.2025 20

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Charlton Allen

Guardians of Liberty: Trump and the Constitution

Guardians of Liberty: Trump and the Constitution

The United States was born not just in rebellion against a distant monarch, but in revolt against tyranny itself.  The Founding Fathers put their...

19.02.2025 6

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Susan Lawson

Naive Liberals

Naive Liberals

We do not live in an entirely peaceful or civilized world.  Conservatives realize that fact and wish to prepare for the worst by strengthening our...

19.02.2025 2

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Jeffrey Folks

A Missing Person’s Alert So Identity-Specific It Stops Being Useful

A Missing Person’s Alert So Identity-Specific It Stops Being Useful

Sadly, a few days ago, the news in Denver reported that authorities had identified the remains of Marcie Fairchild, who had been missing for...

19.02.2025 3

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Thomas J. Bruno