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The Red-Green Alliance Is Still Powerful

The Red-Green Alliance Is Still Powerful

We have been through a lot, and we are going through a lot. Getting President Trump elected was a great gift, and he has, as expected, done amazing...

yesterday 10

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James Simpson

Are 80:20 Issues Fueling a Civil War on the French Right?

Are 80:20 Issues Fueling a Civil War on the French Right?

Knowledge that France is in a deep constitutional, financial, and political crisis is now widely recognized, not just within the country but far...

yesterday 30

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Francois Siddiqi

Mamdani, Debs, and the Rise of Democratic Socialism

Mamdani, Debs, and the Rise of Democratic Socialism

Zohran Mamdani, mayor-elect of New York City, quoted Eugene Debs in his acceptance speech last week. “The sun may have set over our city this...

yesterday 10

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A.f. Cronin

Thank A Farmer

Thank A Farmer

With the fall harvest advancing toward completion across the nation’s breadbasket, early reports by the Department of Agriculture predict a record-...

yesterday 10

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Chris J. Krisinger

Estranged Bedfellows: Politics and Assassination

Estranged Bedfellows: Politics and Assassination

“Assassination is the extreme form of censorship” – George Bernard Shaw “Politics makes estranged bedfellows” – Goodman Ace A nineteenth-century...

yesterday 10

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Caren Besner

In the Shadow of the Bataclan

In the Shadow of the Bataclan

From Wikimedia Commons: Arab Horsemen Carrying Away Their Dead (Théodore Chassériau, 1850) Ten years have passed since the night of November 13,...

yesterday 3

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Lars Møller

Mamdani Wins! America Loses!

Mamdani Wins! America Loses!

A CNBC headline read, “Democrats win big on election night in key races” while CBS reported, “Democrats sweep key races”.  ABC says,...

yesterday 3

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Richard Blakley, D. Padgett Blakley

Ursula von der Leyen Wants More Money

Ursula von der Leyen Wants More Money

While the German chancellor burns taxpayer money in the Amazon jungle to “save” the rainforests, his own advisor, Clemens Fuest, is warning of the...

previous day 4

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Thomas Kolbe

How the Disinformation Industry Took Control of American Speech

How the Disinformation Industry Took Control of American Speech

  Censorship used to be loud. Books were banned. Newspapers left blank spaces where articles once appeared. Speeches were shut down with police and...

previous day 3

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Mark Keenan

Disparate Impact Is on the Ropes

Disparate Impact Is on the Ropes

Nearly 100 years ago, Ernest Hemingway wrote that a character went bankrupt “Gradually and then suddenly.”  Likewise, the disparate impact...

previous day 3

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Russell T. Warne

Zero Days Without a Democrat Crime

Zero Days Without a Democrat Crime

Another day, another Democrat found to be involved in some sort of fraud. I don't think there's a single member of that entire party who speaks the...

previous day 2

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Kevin Finn

American Communism Must Be Eradicated

American Communism Must Be Eradicated

After the 2024 election, there was a vast right-wing clamoring for an inevitable realignment favoring conservatives.  Political gravity would force...

previous day 2

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William Manning

Trump Redux Year One

Trump Redux Year One

Referencing Theodore Roosevelt, Mr. Trump deserves credit for being the man in the arena striving valiantly to restore American greatness, defend...

previous day 2

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Whitson G. Waldo, Iii

A Double-Barreled Shotgun for the GOP?

A Double-Barreled Shotgun for the GOP?

Starting next year, Republicans should campaign on two correlative issues: the social and political imperative of a thriving middle class --...

previous day 2

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Tom G. K. Swift

Judicial Overreach Threatens the Republic

Judicial Overreach Threatens the Republic

Should America’s constitutional republic ever fall, the most likely cause of death will be its corrupt institutions. When citizens lose faith in the...

thursday 50

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J.b. Shurk

Profanity as a Sign of Cultural Decline

Profanity as a Sign of Cultural Decline

“Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them ‘censorship’ and a violation of free speech and press.” —Goal No. 6, “45 Goals of...

thursday 20

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Michael D. Giammarino

Marxism Never Changes

Marxism Never Changes

Politicians like Zohran Mamdani like to boast that they, like Obama, are the prophets of change.  In reality, they are puppets controlled by their...

thursday 10

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Jeffrey Folks

Rationalism: Not All It’s Cracked Up to Be

Rationalism: Not All It’s Cracked Up to Be

For a period roughly coextensive with the Biden administration, the United States seemed to have transformed into a comprehensively ideological...

thursday 10

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Brian Cabana

Rod Dreher’s Checklist on Groyperism

Rod Dreher’s Checklist on Groyperism

Social critic Rod Dreher lives in Budapest, Hungary, but was in Washington last week for Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s meeting with...

thursday 9

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James Soriano

Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Mamdani Wolf? Not me!

Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Mamdani Wolf? Not me!

I stopped counting the massive numbers of articles — both before and after the election of November 4, 2025 — that predicted the complete...

thursday 6

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Joan Swirsky

In Praise of Hypocrisy

In Praise of Hypocrisy

“Hypocrisy is the tribute that vice gives to virtue.” That’s an aphorism that has fallen into desuetude, along with the word “desuetude.”...

thursday 3

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Richard Kirk

New York Bleeds Out

New York Bleeds Out

The nightmare descent of New York City under Mamdani rule has begun.  Defunding the police, “free” services, and antisemitism are the tip of the...

thursday 2

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William Levin

‘I Beat Hitler’

‘I Beat Hitler’

In a few days, Piri Katz will celebrate her 98th birthday. That alone is a milestone worth celebrating. However, the fact that she was once known...

12.11.2025 10

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Robin M. Itzler

Trump: The Last Bulwark Against Government Control Over All Money

Trump: The Last Bulwark Against Government Control Over All Money

If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—forever. – George Orwell George Orwell’s telescreen is no longer...

12.11.2025 40

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Milli Sands

Bill Gates and the Church of Climate Change

Bill Gates and the Church of Climate Change

Bill Gates's recent comments about the importance of adaptation echo former World Bank chief economist Larry Summers's response to the concept of “...

12.11.2025 10

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Tom Walton

Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes are Enemies of the GOP

Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes are Enemies of the GOP

This is a time for choosing. Republicans who still excuse Tucker Carlson or Nick Fuentes in the name of “unity” mistake corrosion for conviction....

12.11.2025 20

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Joseph Ford Cotto

Hard Times Create Strong Women, Too

Hard Times Create Strong Women, Too

After New York City voters chose the terrorist-sympathizing communist Zohran Mamdani to lead them toward a future of more crime, higher taxes, and...

12.11.2025 8

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J.b. Shurk

The Abbott Property Tax Plebiscite

The Abbott Property Tax Plebiscite

In recent weeks, the anti-property tax movement has been blossoming in the blogosphere, with increasing numbers of people demanding that their...

12.11.2025 20

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Molly Slag

Elon’s & Joe’s Not-So-Excellent Adventure: The Delusion of an AI-Driven Nirvana

Elon’s & Joe’s Not-So-Excellent Adventure: The Delusion of an AI-Driven Nirvana

Elon Musk was on Joe Rogan’s podcast recently, and they discussed artificial intelligence. Both agreed that AI was likely to destroy jobs, and lots...

12.11.2025 2

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Vince Coyner

Countering the New Anti-Semitism

Countering the New Anti-Semitism

The world Jewish population has remained small because throughout history no other religion has suffered the continued persecution as have Jews....

11.11.2025 10

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Shari Goodman

There’s an Anti-Left Storm Brewing on the Right, and It’s Ominous

There’s an Anti-Left Storm Brewing on the Right, and It’s Ominous

There’s an anti-Left storm brewing among the once conservative/libertarian Generation Z, which follows a predictable and dangerous path that’s...

11.11.2025 10

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Chuck Mason

Are Government Schools Redeemable?

Are Government Schools Redeemable?

The Mood of the Nation survey, published in February 2025, found that  73% of adult respondents  are dissatisfied with the quality of public...

11.11.2025 30

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Sheri Few

Veterans Day: the Holiday Whose Time has Come

Veterans Day: the Holiday Whose Time has Come

Veterans Day, which was originally founded in recognition of the cessation of hostilities in World War I rather than the commemoration of any...

11.11.2025 10

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Scott S. Powell

How Deep Is the Warrior Bond?

How Deep Is the Warrior Bond?

With the 106th Veterans Day upon us, it brings back memories of just how meaningful the bond between fellow warriors can be. The closeness of that...

11.11.2025 9

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James Zumwalt

Who Cares About the Shutdown?

Who Cares About the Shutdown?

CNN had a list of horrible things that were happening on Day 35 of the “shutdown,” but now it looks like we’re on the path to “reopening” the...

11.11.2025 9

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Pete Colan

We’re Living In A Dream World

We’re Living In A Dream World

In The Matrix, Morpheus tells Neo “You’ve been living in a dream world.”  The past month has revealed this quote as true. So many elements of...

11.11.2025 2

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Ted Tsaltas