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A Hidden Tax: What Americans Are Really Paying for Illegal Immigration

A Hidden Tax: What Americans Are Really Paying for Illegal Immigration

This entire exercise is a thought experiment, an attempt to look at illegal immigration through the lens of simplicity. Regardless of whether the...

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Christian Vezilj

The Green Mirage: The Hidden Costs Behind the Electric Car Hype

The Green Mirage: The Hidden Costs Behind the Electric Car Hype

In Sweden, a two-kilometer stretch of electrified highway allows electric vehicles to charge while they drive — a prototype for 3,000 kilometers of...

yesterday 50

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Mark Keenan

Governor Pritzker’s Gambling Profits ... or Mobster Payoff?

Governor Pritzker’s Gambling Profits ... or Mobster Payoff?

“Follow the money trail” was a comment made on an October 12, 2025 article describing Chicago politics as a gangster movie rerun.  Well, both Jesse...

yesterday 40

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Richard Blakley

The Left’s Reductio ad Hitlerum Obsession with ICE Raids

The Left’s Reductio ad Hitlerum Obsession with ICE Raids

  Whenever the Trump administration ramps up immigration enforcement, it is only a matter of time before some lunatic, anti-borders politician...

yesterday 30

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Matt Obrien

The Great Democratization: Why Your Pension Deserves Bitcoin

The Great Democratization: Why Your Pension Deserves Bitcoin

For decades, the investment elite have enjoyed a secret: alternative assets deliver superior returns. While ordinary Americans watched their...

yesterday 9

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Bepi Pezzulli

Trump Can Force An Endgame In The War Between Ukraine And Russia

Trump Can Force An Endgame In The War Between Ukraine And Russia

By cancelling the proposed meeting with Vladimir Putin in Budapest, President Trump may again contemplate whether threatening to arm Ukraine with...

yesterday 3

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Jerome R. Corsi

American Jews: On the Path to Self-Destruction?

American Jews: On the Path to Self-Destruction?

When it comes to the rise of antisemitism, there is plenty of blame to go around. It’s obvious that anti-Semitism is not a new phenomenon, having...

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Susan Quinn

Western Civilization Depends on Men and Masculinity

Western Civilization Depends on Men and Masculinity

For centuries, men built and defended Western civilization -- from its farms and cities to its laws, its art, and its moral order. But in just a...

previous day 20

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Mark Keenan

Witkoff and Kushner blew it on ‘60 Minutes’

Witkoff and Kushner blew it on ‘60 Minutes’

Just when Republicans are winning, they go and shoot themselves in the foot, giving away vital political gains to liberals. We are literally the...

previous day 10

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Sally Zelikovsky

A Few Fun Alternatives to the ‘Gory Stuff’ at Halloween

A Few Fun Alternatives to the ‘Gory Stuff’ at Halloween

Many Christians are careful not to put too much emphasis on “celebrating” this particular season of the year. The evening before All Hallows’ Day,...

previous day 10

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Albin Sadar

The Bureaucracy Myth: Merz Shadow-Boxes with the EU

The Bureaucracy Myth: Merz Shadow-Boxes with the EU

In his government statement on October 16, Chancellor Friedrich Merz criticized European overregulation. He cited his own program for cutting...

previous day 10

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Thomas Kolbe

Mamdani Thinks New Yorkers Are Stupid and Unworthy

Mamdani Thinks New Yorkers Are Stupid and Unworthy

During last week’s New York City mayoral debate, the three candidates answered a question about what would be their ideal headline after a year in...

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Linda R. Killian

America's Morality Conundrum is Solvable

America's Morality Conundrum is Solvable

Ado Annie Carnes summed it up best when she sang her song, "I caint say no" in the American musical "Oklahoma."    Literally, "It aint so much a...

tuesday 20

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Stephen Helgesen

The West Conquers Itself

The West Conquers Itself

“Divide and rule” tactics are as old as human conflict.  Instead of building consensus among the members of a tribe or nation, rulers exacerbate...

tuesday 4

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J.b. Shurk

Canada: A Socialist Paradise Lost

Canada: A Socialist Paradise Lost

Canada should be one of the world’s best countries to live in, and for many people it once was.  Possessing vast natural resources and reserves of...

tuesday 10

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Leo Standing

Misunderstanding Mamdani

Misunderstanding Mamdani

Conservative New York City residents (yes, they do exist), contemplating the ascension of 33-year-old, never-held-a-private-sector-job, intifada-...

tuesday 10

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Gene Schwimmer

States Where it’s Almost Impossible to Prove Voter Fraud

States Where it’s Almost Impossible to Prove Voter Fraud

In New Mexico, it’s almost impossible to prove voter fraud.  No proof of citizenship is required to register to vote, and no voter ID is required...

tuesday 10

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Charles Sullivan

Senate Bill 1462: Putting Alexa in the Woods

Senate Bill 1462: Putting Alexa in the Woods

Congress has already rammed the Fix Our Forests Act through the House. Now it moves to the Senate as Bill 1462 -- and if there were ever a bill...

tuesday 9

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Maureen Steele

Statistics, Damnable Lies, and Democrats

Statistics, Damnable Lies, and Democrats

By dishonestly cherry-picking and falsifying statistical data, government officials, government-adjacent NGOs, and news media can either invent...

tuesday 2

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Todd Gregory, Erik Gregory

What’s the Deal with the Prophet Muhammad?

What’s the Deal with the Prophet Muhammad?

Within Islam, the Prophet Muhammad is highly respected and revered.  Even mentioning his name requires Muslims to follow it with an honorific like...

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Richard C. Crandall

Tucker Carlson’s Shallow Thinker’s Guide to Antisemitism

Tucker Carlson’s Shallow Thinker’s Guide to Antisemitism

I distrusted Tucker Carlson before distrusting him was cool.  Still, I tolerated his subtle antisemitism as what could be called “patrician”...

20.10.2025 10

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Deborah C. Tyler

The Roots of Zohran Mamdani’s Rage

The Roots of Zohran Mamdani’s Rage

In today’s political landscape, few figures embody the fusion of imported radicalism and homegrown extremism more vividly than Zohran Mamdani. His...

20.10.2025 10

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Joseph Ford Cotto

It’s Time To Shelve The Diversity Immigrant Visa

It’s Time To Shelve The Diversity Immigrant Visa

Congress just loves to tinker with immigration law. Now, it needs some more tinkering because the Diversity Immigrant Visa (aka the “Visa Lottery”)...

20.10.2025 10

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Anony Mee

Sanctuary Cities, Drug Cartels, and No Kings

Sanctuary Cities, Drug Cartels, and No Kings

Every now and again in this world of unknowing, we get a glance at reality in a blinding flash of light. For instance, I have been wondering about...

20.10.2025 2

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Christopher Chantrill

Russia’s Nuclear Strength Rests Atop Systemic Weaknesses

Russia’s Nuclear Strength Rests Atop Systemic Weaknesses

There’s not a nation on Earth that works as hard to ensure its perception of invulnerability as Russia does. Russia projects a narrative that its...

20.10.2025 1

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Allan J. Feifer

Hey Hey Ho Ho -– The UN has Got to Go!

Hey Hey Ho Ho -– The UN has Got to Go!

President Donald Trump’s blunt assessment of the United Nations in his Sept. 23 address wasn’t just another form of political theater. It served...

20.10.2025 20

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Brian C. Joondeph

No More (Bureaucrats Who Would Be) Kings

No More (Bureaucrats Who Would Be) Kings

If you’re reading this today, you probably did not join the aged hippies marching around with signs saying “No more Kings,” a multistate...

19.10.2025 20

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Clarice Feldman

Democrats Are Mad Kings

Democrats Are Mad Kings

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt really got under Democrats’ reptilian skin last week when she correctly noted, “The Democrat...

19.10.2025 6

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J.b. Shurk

No Kings, No Grassroots, No Introspection

No Kings, No Grassroots, No Introspection

On October 18, the un-American left held countless demonstrations across the country (allegedly about 2,500 of them), ranging from harmless picket...

19.10.2025 40

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John F. Di Leo

It’s All about Sharia

It’s All about Sharia

At a time when America finds itself dealing with pro-terrorist rallies on college campuses, the U.S. government providing military arms and...

19.10.2025 20

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John D. Guandolo

Trump Pushes The Limits Of Presidential Power

Trump Pushes The Limits Of Presidential Power

Now that Trump has seen success in the Middle East, at least for the moment, where does he go from here? We are left with the question of how he...

19.10.2025 10

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Allan J. Feifer