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Kitchen-Table Politics: Why Prescription Drug Costs Could Decide the Midterms

Kitchen-Table Politics: Why Prescription Drug Costs Could Decide the Midterms

When big world events happen, the chattering classes love to think and talk globally. But that’s a big mistake if you care about elections. Voters...

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Rachel Alexander

Stop the Harmful Time-Changing Ritual

Stop the Harmful Time-Changing Ritual

Except for the wise people of Arizona and Hawaii, who have year-round standard time, Americans were once again forced to “spring forward” and lose...

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Jeff Crouere

Accountability, the New Political Buzzword

Accountability, the New Political Buzzword

“The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty, and the American people, just now, are much in want of one. We all declare for...

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Allen West

Intersectionality and Abandoned Leadership Is Killing the Democrats

Intersectionality and Abandoned Leadership Is Killing the Democrats

The Democratic Party is fighting for its life in California. The Chairman of the California Democratic Party, Rusty Hicks, who sounds like he should...

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Arthur Schaper

Everyone's in on It

Everyone's in on It

Everyone is getting in on the Iran bombing campaign. Twelve O’clock High was a movie that was later spun into a TV series. The producers had...

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Alan Joseph Bauer

Democrats and the Stench of Desperation

Democrats and the Stench of Desperation

It’s not a pretty smell. I’m not talking about the natural reek of a liberal – that blending of body odor, disappointment and Axe body spray...

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Derek Hunter

You Can’t Out-MAGA Donald Trump

You Can’t Out-MAGA Donald Trump

Why won’t you MAGA people cooperate and freak out? Why won’t you accept that America is not only being defeated by the Iranians, but that Tel Aviv...

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Kurt Schlichter

Has the American Church Lost Its Way? The Church Pew’s Quiet Contribution to Antisemitism

Has the American Church Lost Its Way? The Church Pew’s Quiet Contribution to Antisemitism

Antisemitism is rising globally. Violent attacks make headlines for a day and then fade. What receives far less attention is how casually anti-Jewish...

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Ryan dobson

The US-UK Relationship in Crisis: Iran Is Only the Latest Problem

The US-UK Relationship in Crisis: Iran Is Only the Latest Problem

The global NGO-industrial complex has become one of the most insidious threats to free societies in the West, including Europe and the UK....

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Sierra Knoch

Iranian Women’s Courage Must Not Be Forgotten on International Women’s Day, Part 2

Iranian Women’s Courage Must Not Be Forgotten on International Women’s Day, Part 2

When I think about International Women's Day, it reminds me of the suffering of millions of Iranian women like me. It makes me sad because it...

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Marziyeh Amirizadeh

James Talarico’s Time

James Talarico’s Time

It is an even-money bet that by November 2, James Talarico will have at least 90 percent national name recognition. The 36-year-old member of the...

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Scott Hogenson

Husbands, Love Your Wives As Christ Loved the Church

Husbands, Love Your Wives As Christ Loved the Church

There are passages in Scripture that seem almost ceremonial until one day they become personal. For years, I heard St. Paul’s command —...

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Robert Orlando

The Money Doesn’t Lie: Trump Supports Families; Big Abortion Supports Itself

The Money Doesn’t Lie: Trump Supports Families; Big Abortion Supports Itself

“You don’t care about babies once they’re born! You’re not pro-life, you’re pro-birth!” So comes the common refrain from so-called...

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Kristan Hawkins

Anchors Away!

Anchors Away!

After 81 years, a U.S. hunter-killer sub torpedoes an enemy surface combatant. The fact that the United States Navy went 81 years without firing a...

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Alan Joseph Bauer

Stop Calling the United States a Secular State

Stop Calling the United States a Secular State

For decades, a growing narrative in American politics has insisted that the United States is fundamentally a secular institution in which religion...

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Gregory Lyakhov

The Current Middle Eastern Band-Aid

The Current Middle Eastern Band-Aid

I hate war, I hate it with a passion. Every single, solitary war in human history has had its roots in some evil and wickedness of depraved human...

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Mark Lewis

A Quick Bible Study Vol. 310: 'What Wonderous Love Is This'

A Quick Bible Study Vol. 310: 'What Wonderous Love Is This'

Author's Note: All previous volumes of this series are here. The first 56 volumes are compiled into the book  "Bible Study For Those...

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Myra Kahn Adams

The Covenant Endures: Israel, Iran, and the Test of American Leadership

The Covenant Endures: Israel, Iran, and the Test of American Leadership

When President Donald Trump authorized military action against Iranian targets, black pill operatives on the right and the usual subversives on the...

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John Nantz

The Cracks in the Democrat Coalition Were Exposed in Texas Primary

The Cracks in the Democrat Coalition Were Exposed in Texas Primary

State Senator James Talarico beat out Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett for the party’s nomination Tuesday by a healthy, though not embarrassing,...

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Derek Hunter

MS NOW Has Iranian Official Proving the White House Correct; CNN Panel Shouts Down a Political Prisoner

MS NOW Has Iranian Official Proving the White House Correct; CNN Panel Shouts Down a Political Prisoner

Get access to Brad Slager's "Riffed From the Headlines," a daily VIP feature where he looks to bring accountability to the mainstream...

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Brad Slager

Pink Slips for DEI and ESG?

Pink Slips for DEI and ESG?

The reported collapse in participation in the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index is not some sudden backlash against the current...

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Mark A. Minnella

Iranian Women’s Courage Must Not Be Forgotten on International Women’s Day, Part 1

Iranian Women’s Courage Must Not Be Forgotten on International Women’s Day, Part 1

While we celebrate International Women's Day on March 8, we must remember the many brave Iranian women who have endured decades of hardship under...

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Marziyeh Amirizadeh

One Historic Town Dismisses the Pledge of Allegiance

One Historic Town Dismisses the Pledge of Allegiance

It seems that virtually every week that goes by, there is an attack on our national patriotism in one way or another. In the historic town of...

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Jerry Newcombe

The Future of the Dean Dome: Tradition, Stewardship and Carolina Basketball's Next Chapter

The Future of the Dean Dome: Tradition, Stewardship and Carolina Basketball's Next Chapter

The debate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill over whether to renovate or relocate off campus the Dean E. Smith Student Activities...

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Armstrong Williams

Defense of Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea Requires Air Superiority

Defense of Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea Requires Air Superiority

As the U.S. military dismantles the Iranian regime's power structure, the ongoing campaign serves as a brutal reminder that air superiority...

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Ivan Sascha Sheehan

Whose ‘Stolen’ Land Is It, Anyway?

Whose ‘Stolen’ Land Is It, Anyway?

Billie Eilish joins history dunces wailing about ‘stolen’ land in USA to Israel – but elsewhere? Billie Eilish joins history dunces wailing...

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Paul Driessen

The Mother of All Shakedowns: California Reparations

The Mother of All Shakedowns: California Reparations

Panderer-in-chief Governor Gavin Newsom recently spoke to a black audience and said, “I'm like you. I’m no better than you. I’m a 960 SAT...

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Jeff Davidson

Opposing Tariffs Is Not Conservative Policy

Opposing Tariffs Is Not Conservative Policy

When President Ronald Reagan was in office, the Heritage Foundation promoted a vigorous foreign policy that featured a strong commitment to fighting...

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Brian Mcnicoll

Iran Shows Why Louisiana’s Energy Industry Must Be Protected

Iran Shows Why Louisiana’s Energy Industry Must Be Protected

Trial lawyer lawsuits threaten Louisiana’s LNG future just as global energy security faces new tests from Iran. Trial lawyer lawsuits threaten...

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Ken Blackwell

China’s 90-Day Energy Trap

China’s 90-Day Energy Trap

Beijing just discovered it cannot fight, or even wait, without American permission. While China rations its future, the United States is securing the...

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Walter Curt

Pray for Peace in the Middle East

Pray for Peace in the Middle East

"Pray for the peace of Jerusalem." The Scriptural mandate seems appropriate given recent events in Iran: the U.S.-Israeli strikes and...

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Kathryn Lopez

SAVE America Act Is Everything

SAVE America Act Is Everything

The events unfolding in Iran right now are enormous. The collapse of a terror regime, the elimination of the ayatollah’s leadership structure, and...

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Kevin Mccullough

Ignore International Law. There Is no Such Thing

Ignore International Law. There Is no Such Thing

Editor's Note: For decades, other presidents have talked about it, but only Donald Trump has taken action to eliminate the threat from Iran once...

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Kurt Schlichter

For America’s 250th Birthday, Make the Senate Great Again

For America’s 250th Birthday, Make the Senate Great Again

This year, America turns 250 years old, and it deserves a birthday present. It is time for the Senate to shake off the dust and bring back the talking...

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Anna Pingel

The U.S. Needs Japan More Than Ever

The U.S. Needs Japan More Than Ever

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s recent landslide victory wasn’t merely a domestic triumph for Japan; it was a resounding win for U.S. national...

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Adelle Nazarian

America Must Lead the Charge Against the Political Abuse of Religion

America Must Lead the Charge Against the Political Abuse of Religion

As war again engulfs parts of the Middle East and tensions spiral around Iran, the international community confronts a familiar and tragic pattern....

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Struan Stevenson

The Rules Were Never Meant for Them

The Rules Were Never Meant for Them

There is a particular kind of intellectual dishonesty that masquerades as principle and the American left has perfected it. It goes by either...

05.03.2026 2

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Erick Erickson

The Supreme Court Should Protect Children From Predators

The Supreme Court Should Protect Children From Predators

Does X (previously known as Twitter) enjoy carte blanche immunity to violate federal sex trafficking and child pornography laws? The Supreme Court has...

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Benjamin Bull

Men Are Back

Men Are Back

One of the most pernicious and destructive cultural trends in the United States over the past 30 years or so has been the demonization of men and...

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Laura Hollis

Trump Avoiding Repeating History in Iran

Trump Avoiding Repeating History in Iran

History doesn't always repeat itself, or even rhyme. People sometimes learn from experience, their own or others'. Example: Woodrow Wilson,...

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Michael Barone

JFK's Grandson Proves the Networks Still Bend the Knee to Kennedys

JFK's Grandson Proves the Networks Still Bend the Knee to Kennedys

When you hear liberals complaining about how the media today are in urgent danger of "bending the knee" to President Donald Trump, point and...

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Tim Graham

So, What Is Normal?

So, What Is Normal?

I don’t know if I have an answer to that question. Oftentimes, we do not appreciate until later—much later—how good we had it. If someone like...

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Alan Joseph Bauer

Donald Trump Is a Great Man of History

Donald Trump Is a Great Man of History

Most students of history have likely pondered the question: Is it the times that make the man, or is it the man that makes the times? The question,...

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Josh Hammer

Did The New York Times Criticize 'Epic Fury' Using the Man Investigated for Espionage With Iran? (Yes)

Did The New York Times Criticize 'Epic Fury' Using the Man Investigated for Espionage With Iran? (Yes)

Get access to Brad Slager's "Riffed From the Headlines," a daily VIP feature where he looks to bring accountability to the mainstream...

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Brad Slager

Iran Is Merely a Chess Piece in a Much Bigger Game

Iran Is Merely a Chess Piece in a Much Bigger Game

Let’s get real about what this latest iteration of the until-now endless Iran War is all about. There’s no imminent threat. That assertion is a...

05.03.2026 2

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Kurt Schlichter

A Sub Sank an Iranian Ship in 'International Waters?' Spare Me Your Tears

A Sub Sank an Iranian Ship in 'International Waters?' Spare Me Your Tears

Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman famously said, "War is hell." There's no doubt it is. It's killing on a grand scale, after all, but...

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Tom Knighton

Trump's Way of War

Trump's Way of War

War is the use of arms to settle differences – tribal, political, religious, cultural, and material – between organized groups. It is unchanging....

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Victor Davis Hanson

Fairfax Is the Real State of the Union for Democrats

Fairfax Is the Real State of the Union for Democrats

A mother stands at a bus stop in Northern Virginia. A stranger approaches. Minutes later, she is dead. That is the brutal reality behind the killing...

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Larry o'connor

Killing the 'Great Satan'

Killing the 'Great Satan'

The United States, Israel, and Qatar have now attacked the Islamic Republic of Iran, along with several other countries providing defensive...

04.03.2026 3

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Marziyeh Amirizadeh

Between Deterrence and Peace: What History Demands We Remember

Between Deterrence and Peace: What History Demands We Remember

These are no longer theoretical debates confined to policy forums. The conflict is widening. American servicemen have now been lost. Regional nations...

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Armstrong Williams