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Democrats Storm the Heights of Illogic

Photo Credit:Grok GrokThe Democrats just threw President Trump into the briar patch.

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Douglas Schwartz

The Antifa War Instigators

Photo Credit: AIWhat have we learned from the Democrats’ tumultuous history? Power is what they prize. Acquiring it, retaining it, and controlling...

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J. Robert Smith

We Are All Charlie Kirk…Until We’re Not

Photo Credit: AISince 2001, we’ve seen the same problem play out repeatedly: People promise never to forget a life-changing event, and then they...

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Robin M. Itzler

Imagine You’re Woke…

Photo Credit: AT via Magic StudioUp until Trump’s reelection, the woke ran rampant in our country.

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Blaine L. Pardoe

Trump’s Israel Policy Feels Off

Photo Credit:Image via Pxbarn. PxfuelThe implications for American and Israeli interests deserve scrutiny.

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Rachel Neuwirth

Attention Department of War: Lessons Israel Learned from the Yom Kippur War … The Hard Way

Photo Credit:Israel IDF x screenshot idfUntil President Trump. America had yet to really learn that war is all about breaking things and killing...

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Ned Barnett

Guns of October

Guns of October

Once again, it feels as if we’re tiptoeing toward an official war between the United States and Russia — as opposed to the proxy war that has...

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J.b. Shurk

Authoritative Sources In A Morally Relativistic World

Authoritative Sources In A Morally Relativistic World

I just picked a fight with AI in posing the question: “Who judges what’s ‘credible’?” I had noticed that AI frequently cites Wikipedia in...

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Allan J. Feifer

Transgender Ideology Killed Charlie Kirk and It’s Destroying America

Transgender Ideology Killed Charlie Kirk and It’s Destroying America

  Charlie Kirk is dead. Americans must face why. His murder was not random, not confusing, not detached from the battles he fought so fiercely in...

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Joseph Ford Cotto

A Shutdown Could Restore America To True Constitutional Governance

A Shutdown Could Restore America To True Constitutional Governance

“The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America.” US Constitution, Article II, §1, Clause 1. The Constitution...

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Ted Noel

NYC’s Mayoral Mess: The Children Are In Control

NYC’s Mayoral Mess: The Children Are In Control

If the pundits and politicians are right, New York City Mayor Eric Adams’s agonized and belated departure from the November 4 general election is...

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Linda R. Killian

Rejecting Civilization

Rejecting Civilization

In his address to the General Assembly of the United Nations, President Donald Trump claimed that “the UN has such tremendous potential” but was...

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William R. Hawkins

Situational Outrage: How Democrats Normalize Political Violence

Situational Outrage: How Democrats Normalize Political Violence

Two recent House votes reveal a troubling trend about the current stance of one of America’s major political parties. In June, following the...

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Brian C. Joondeph

Why Trump Wants to Ban the Muslim Brotherhood – And Why America Should Care

Why Trump Wants to Ban the Muslim Brotherhood – And Why America Should Care

When Americans consider “charity” they picture their contributions providing clothing for the poor or food for the hungry. When they hear the word...

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Kim Ezra Shienbaum And Jamal Hasan

Wise Up, New Yorkers! An Unabashed Paean to Curtis Sliwa

Wise Up, New Yorkers! An Unabashed Paean to Curtis Sliwa

NYC Mayor Eric Adams has announced that he has officially dropped out of the current mayoral race, leaving only former governor Andrew Cuomo (who...

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Stu Tarlowe

Revenge Or Justice, That Is The Question

Revenge Or Justice, That Is The Question

Last week a Grand Jury indicted former FBI Director James Comey on charges of lying to Congress and obstructing a congressional hearing. Comey,...

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A.f. Cronin

In Praise Of Appropriate Violence

In Praise Of Appropriate Violence

This essay was originally published in the weekly subscriber-only American Thinker newsletter.  Dave Rubin is a credit to the conservative...

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J.r. Dunn

Trump’s Crypto Revolution: How Long Awaited Policies Might Rescue America from Its Debt Abyss

Trump’s Crypto Revolution: How Long Awaited Policies Might Rescue America from Its Debt Abyss

The National Debt Issue America’s national debt is a ticking time bomb, exploding right under our noses. As of September 2025, the gross national...

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Mike Robertson

France on the Brink: Debt Spiral and Political Paralysis

France on the Brink: Debt Spiral and Political Paralysis

France remains paralyzed even after its latest government reshuffle. Time is running out to consolidate public finances before bond markets turn...

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Thomas Kolbe

Thanks To Democrats, Seniors’ Healthcare Costs Are Skyrocketing

Thanks To Democrats, Seniors’ Healthcare Costs Are Skyrocketing

As Milton Friedman always said, governments cause inflation. Thus, the government is behind the massive increase in college tuition. That affects a...

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Jack Hellner

Trump Created An ‘Emperor’s New Clothes’ Moment At The UN

Trump Created An ‘Emperor’s New Clothes’ Moment At The UN

At the United Nations gallery for its 80th annual session on September 23, President Trump directly questioned the relevance of what President de...

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Evelyne Joslain

Violence And The Permanent Adolescents Of The American Left

Violence And The Permanent Adolescents Of The American Left

Over the past 18 months, the irrational and near psychotic hatred and fear of Donald Trump that permeates the Marxist-inspired American left and...

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Steve Mccann

So Andrew Sullivan Hated Trump’s UN Speech

So Andrew Sullivan Hated Trump’s UN Speech

Liberal commentator Andrew Sullivan doesn’t like the new media world. He remembers, back when he was editor of The New Republic in the 1990s, the...

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Christopher Chantrill

Why Trump Hates His Enemies

Why Trump Hates His Enemies

  Something remarkable recently passed unnoticed. Trump spoke at Charlie Kirk’s memorial but didn't champion Christian charity.  He advocated a...

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Douglas Schwartz

Exit Taxes as the Ultima Ratio

Exit Taxes as the Ultima Ratio

More and more people are turning their backs on the European Union. As a result, the states are also losing economic substance. Exit taxes are...

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Thomas Kolbe

Can This Nation Be Saved?

Can This Nation Be Saved?

How does America survive when its citizens belong to two divided camps that believe fundamentally incompatible things?   Over the last century,...

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J.b. Shurk

The Schumer Shutdown and Comey Comeuppance

The Schumer Shutdown and Comey Comeuppance

To my mind, the two biggest stories of the week for their domestic impact are Senator Chuck Schumer’s threatened government shutdown and the...

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Clarice Feldman

Statehood For Puerto Rico: A Bad Deal For America

Statehood For Puerto Rico: A Bad Deal For America

The idea of making Puerto Rico the 51st state has been discussed in Washington for decades, but the facts are clear: statehood is a poor deal for...

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Javier A. Hernandez

Jew-Hatred on Display, Even in America

Jew-Hatred on Display, Even in America

In the 1950s, a golden age for Jewish people in America had arrived.  Gone were the obstacles to higher education and the impediments to corporate...

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Lynne Lechter

Exposing the Abortion Pill's Dangers

Exposing the Abortion Pill's Dangers

How often have you heard, or even used, the argument that abortion should remain legal because, otherwise, women would resort to dangerous...

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John Ensor

Lessons for Christians from the French Revolution

Lessons for Christians from the French Revolution

There is a striking paradox where Christians align themselves with policies championed by Democrats. Christians ostensibly profess a faith rooted...

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Kevin Finn