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And Is This ‘Late-Stage Capitalism’ In The Room With Us Now?

The term carries rhetorical force, but its analytical content is far less clear, resting on a set of logical and structural problems that make it more...

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Peter C. Earle, Opinion Contributor  

Will Democrats Allow Their Socialist Voters a Clean Presidential Primary in 2028?

Watch the Democrats stiff their own voters, who dearly long for a radical socialist as their presidential candidate.

yesterday 7

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William Sullivan

Violent Barack Obama Rejects the Idea of Violence

Everything Barack Obama interjects into public discourse always appears neutral on its face, but in truth is delivered within a systemic context or...

yesterday 5

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Jeannie Deangelis

Trump Puts U.S. Sovereignty First

To relatively little fanfare, when one considers the economic, political, and geopolitical implications, Pres. Trump withdrew the United States from...

yesterday 5

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H. Sterling Burnett

The Story of Everything and Beyond

While mysteries and unsolved problems drive discovery and progress, greater advancement takes place when people have a common agreement about the...

yesterday 6

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Scott S. Powell

Colorado Republicans Can’t Afford a Candidate Who Won’t Take Questions

They need a nominee who can withstand questions before Democrats start asking them.

previous day 3

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Brian C. Joondeph, M.d.

The SPLC's Indictment is Justice, at Long Last, for Republicans

Ordinary citizens paid the price through relentless political warfare and collapsed civil discourse.

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Joseph Ford Cotto

Can Virginia Be Fixed?

If Republicans don’t act fast, Virginia will turn into Colorado, but it doesn’t have to happen that way, although it’ll be hard to undo the damage.

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Arthur Schaper

Trying to find the right answer to cancer in a misleading world

Our medical system is so geared toward pharmaceuticals that it’s impossible to find reliable information on alternative primary or secondary...

previous day 1

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Terry Paulding

Shipbuilding is National Security

While the U.S. Navy remains the world’s most powerful fleet, the shipbuilding deficit is disconcerting, both militarily and from a civilian...

previous day 10

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Don Brown

The Shaking of the Liberal Foundations

Now the world has changed with the indictment of the leading fighter against far-right racism and violent extremism, the SPLC.

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Christopher Chantrill

When Females Fail, Society Fails

Women are the heart and soul of any society and if they fail, all of society is at risk.

previous day 10

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John Conlin

The Left's Rhetoric of Violence Against Republican Presidents

Our intellectual and academic culture is dangerously creating violent pro-assassination rhetoric that is creating this cultish desire to kill...

previous day 10

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Ben Voth

The U.S. Virgin Islands Citizen Statute and Birthright Citizenship

There’s a 1927 law that’s gotten the silent treatment from courts and parties in birthright citizenship litigation, but that has a place in the...

sunday 2

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Elliott wainwright

Globalism’s Propagandists Depend on Censorship

People see through their lies.

sunday 10

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J.b. Shurk

How Equality Destroys a State

America is built on the concept of equality, but that concept has to be understood properly to prevent the country’s downfall.

sunday 3

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Dalton henderson

For Some Social Watchdogs, Success is not an Option

The SPLC is far from the only organization attempting to criminalize normal behavior.

sunday 10

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George M. Perry

Leaving Kierkegaard

It’s time we outgrow the 19th-century philosopher who, in his own way, presaged post-modern views about Christianity.

sunday 10

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Arthur Schaper

NGOs Cosplaying at Overlords and Power Brokers

A bad week for Iran, the SPLC, and the Left in general.

sunday 10

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Clarice Feldman

The Next Baby Formula Crisis: Medicine Tariffs

America has a habit of learning the wrong lesson from the right crisis.

25.04.2026 10

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Julio Rivera

States Pass Legislation to Peer into Your House

It starts with a crusade against ‘ghost guns.’ It ends with government bureaucrats able to see everything you do.

25.04.2026 20

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Trish Randall

The Reconquista Reversed

Demographic destiny and the shattered myth of Andalusian harmony.

25.04.2026 10

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Lars Møller

Reagan-Era Democrats Were ‘Tax-And-Spend’ While Trump-Era Democrats Are ‘Tax-And-Steal’

From Gavin Newsom to Ilhan Omar, the Democrats of today are very good at what they do.

25.04.2026 20

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Richard Blakley

How the Fourth Estate Morphed Into a Fifth Column

Times and attitudes shifted, but in 2026 the mainstream, broadcast, print, and entertainment media still persist in making excuses for unhinged acts,...

25.04.2026 10

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Mark e. zimmerman

Pink Unicorns in Tehran

There's a big hitch in the negotiations with Iran. Who exactly is calling the shots?

25.04.2026 10

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Kenneth R. Timmerman

The Hard Math Of War

Although President Trump is doing his best to avoid a “boots on the ground” war, it may be inevitable—but it’s also eminently winnable.

24.04.2026 10

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Allan J. Feifer

Islam's Sexual Predator Problem

Islam's own scriptures are very unkind to Muhammed.

24.04.2026 10

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Richard C. Crandall

Congress Has Established That People Here Illegally Are Not Residents

The 1898 decision in Wong Kim Ark made “residency” and being “domiciled” the operative terms, and Congress has since made clear what they mean.

24.04.2026 7

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Button gwinnett

Why Do Democrats Hate America?

Their business model runs on hate.

24.04.2026 20

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J.b. Shurk

Prisoners of Meteorology

Lying about weather history for political gain is nothing new.

24.04.2026 7

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Mark C. Ross

European Politics in Deep Sleep

With the Hormuz crisis, another element falls into place in the mosaic of the new world order.

24.04.2026 10

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Thomas Kolbe

What Is So Difficult to Understand About Unconditional Surrender?

Iran might go to this surrender baby-tantrum style but they will still go. What other option do they truly have?

23.04.2026 20

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John Conlin

The Draft Treats Citizens as Property

If the defense of a nation depends on violating the very liberty it purports to defend, then the moral foundation of that nation is already hopelessly...

23.04.2026 10

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Jim cardoza

Trump is the Catalyst for the American Renaissance

Trump’s strategic judgment and leadership in action have suddenly flipped the global script and fundamentally changed the world for the better.

23.04.2026 10

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Scott S. Powell

International Currency Politics

The world’s reserve and leading currency will survive even during the transformation phase towards a multipolar order.

23.04.2026 20

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Thomas Kolbe

After Trump's Action, Far Left Activists Saw Iran Only in Terms of CO2

Funny how it coincides with Iranian state propaganda blather.

23.04.2026 10

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Ned Barnett

What Made Us American Before The Country Turned Left

Those who minimize or dismiss the adverse side effects of America’s “transformation” reveal a failure to regard social and political progress...

23.04.2026 10

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Anthony J. Deblasi

Patriots of the World, Unite!

Globalism is the philosophy of liars.

22.04.2026 20

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J.b. Shurk

The Ingredients that Make Up a Democrat

I can’t figure out what ingredient inhabits a rabid, America-hating leftist. What is the recipe?

22.04.2026 10

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Joan Swirsky

Orban Versus Magyar: What Happened?

Viktor Orban wasn't as good as many believe, and Peter Magyar may be better than many people expect.

22.04.2026 20

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Arthur Schaper

RFK Jr. Is Doing Well

It’s been just over a year since Kennedy took office at HHS, so it’s a good time to ask: How’s he doing?

22.04.2026 20

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Jeffrey Folks

Iran’s Truly Evil Twelver Ideology Must Be Destroyed

Trump understands this, and he has the means to do it without boots on the ground.

22.04.2026 4

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Dr. A

The Demands of War

It is not unusual for the demands of war to exceed what was contemplated during peace.

22.04.2026 10

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William R. Hawkins

China Seems To Influence Too Many Influence Americans

Whether in political parties or the new media, there seems to be a whole lot of Chinese-friendly ideas floating around.

21.04.2026 8

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Allan J. Feifer

In Search Of Lost Trust

David Starkey, Nick Timothy, and the reckoning with cultural annihilation.

21.04.2026 10

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Lars Møller

Iran’s Regime Survival: A Classic Game Theory Perspective

Weak-looking regimes do not fall simply because they are weak. They fall when enough players decide, at the same time, that survival is no longer the...

21.04.2026 10

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Bill Ponton

Are Psychedelics The Next Breakthrough, Or The Next Illusion?

After years of institutional failure, Americans are right to question the promises.

21.04.2026 7

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Renée kohanski

The Left’s War on Comedy Isn't Funny

Why the Left is committed to the slow strangulation of comics and comedy.

21.04.2026 10

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Armando Simon

The ‘Greater Than’ Movement Is Not Enough

Saving society starts with principles, not with aping the left and just targeting a (very deserving) protected class.

20.04.2026 20

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Arthur Schaper

Gabbard’s Declassified Documents Are Just The Tip Of The Iceberg

From fake impeachments to battles with a KGB-created religious movement, Trump is engaged in a “to the political death” battle with the left.

20.04.2026 10

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Ron Wright