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Mutually Assured Law Enforcement Destruction

Both sides of America's fraught political divide must come to accept a Cold War-era paradigm of mutually assured destruction.

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Newsweek

Josh Hammer

Mutually Assured Law Enforcement Destruction

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Townhall

Josh Hammer

Why Israel and the US still need each other more than ever

Why Israel and the US still need each other more than ever

“What does America gain from the US–Israel relationship?” It’s a question asked frequently by cultural elites, as well as by college students...

04.05.2025 10

New York Post

Josh Hammer

JOSH HAMMER: The Art Of A Second Iran Deal

JOSH HAMMER: The Art Of A Second Iran Deal

'A real deal, one with teeth'

04.05.2025 6

The Daily Caller

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The Art of a Second Iran Deal

The Art of a Second Iran Deal

President Donald Trump’s first 100 days, which he celebrated this week with a characteristically electric campaign-style rally in Michigan, were the...

03.05.2025 3

The Daily Signal

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The Art of a Second Iran Deal

The Art of a Second Iran Deal
03.05.2025 10

Townhall

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The Art of a Second Iran Deal

The Art of a Second Iran Deal

Trump and his nuclear negotiating team must understand that a deal—any deal, just for the sake of a deal—is not the goal of this exercise.

02.05.2025 20

Newsweek

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The Pete Hegseth Red Herring and the GOP's Foreign Policy Civil War

The Pete Hegseth Red Herring and the GOP's Foreign Policy Civil War

President Trump himself is clear-eyed on matters pertaining to Iran.

25.04.2025 10

Newsweek

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The Pete Hegseth Red Herring and the GOP's Foreign Policy Civil War

The Pete Hegseth Red Herring and the GOP's Foreign Policy Civil War
25.04.2025 20

Townhall

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The More Christian That America Is, The Better Off American Jews Will Be

If wokeism, Islamism, and global neoliberalism are to be decisively rejected, then Americans should support fortifying the church.

21.04.2025 3

The Federalist

Josh Hammer

End US Taxpayer Support for the Higher Education Gravy Train 

One of the most important insights of public policy is the understanding that most laws are predicated upon a (stated or unstated) quid pro quo. ......

19.04.2025 10

The Daily Signal

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End US Taxpayer Support for the Higher Education Gravy Train

American higher education, viewed as a whole, no longer conduces to the common good.

18.04.2025 8

Newsweek

Josh Hammer

End US Taxpayer Support for the Higher Education Gravy Train

18.04.2025 3

Townhall

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Trump’s Life’s Work Culminates in Confronting Communist China

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump abruptly announced a 90-day pause on most of his planned country-specific “reciprocal” tariffs—with the...

14.04.2025 7

The Daily Signal

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Trump's Life's Work Culminates in Confronting Communist China

For far too long, elites have led America to disaster when it comes to trade with China.

11.04.2025 10

Newsweek

Josh Hammer

Trump's Life's Work Culminates in Confronting Communist China

11.04.2025 3

Townhall

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The Dismal Science and the Trumpian Tariff Hullabaloo

Whenever the subject of trade comes up, many right-leaning free traders and left-leaning neoliberals alike trot out the same talking point: “The...

07.04.2025 10

The Daily Signal

Josh Hammer

The Dismal Science and the Trumpian Tariff Hullabaloo

This experiment has just begun, and the jury is still out.

04.04.2025 8

Newsweek

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The Dismal Science and the Trumpian Tariff Hullabaloo

04.04.2025 6

Townhall

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Occam's Razor in an Era of Declining Public Trust

Institutional dysfunction trains us to find or dream up arcane and irrational explanations for what we see in the world.

28.03.2025 4

Newsweek

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Occam's Razor in an Era of Declining Public Trust

28.03.2025 9

Townhall

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John Roberts Is Responsible for the High Court’s Self-Delegitimization

At his 2005 Senate confirmation hearing to be chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, John Roberts famously invoked America’s national...

22.03.2025 2

The Daily Signal

Josh Hammer

John Roberts Is Responsible for the High Court's Self-Delegitimization

21.03.2025 6

Townhall

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John Roberts Is Responsible for the High Court's Self-Delegitimization

It seems Judge Boasberg and Chief Justice Roberts need a remedial legal lesson or two.

21.03.2025 7

Newsweek

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The Jewish–Christian Biblical Alliance To Save the West

Josh Hammer's new book, *Israel and Civilization: The Fate of the Jewish Nation and the Destiny of the West*, comes out today!

18.03.2025 6

Newsweek

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Mahmoud Khalil and the Red Green Assault on American Sovereignty

The stock market of late has been on a veritable roller coaster, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency continues to ruffle feathers, Iran...

15.03.2025 5

The Daily Signal

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JOSH HAMMER: Mahmoud Khalil And The Red-Green Assault On American Sovereignty

It is about the fate of the United States

15.03.2025 8

The Daily Caller

Josh Hammer

Mahmoud Khalil and the Red-Green Assault on American Sovereignty

When an alien violates the terms of his admission, he can be—indeed, must be—removed.

14.03.2025 30

Newsweek

Josh Hammer

Mahmoud Khalil and the Red-Green Assault on American Sovereignty

14.03.2025 10

Townhall

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The Democratic Fork in the Road and the Woke Repudiation Imperative

Yogi Berra, the mid-century New York Yankees Hall of Fame catcher known for his pithy and often humorous life observations, once famously quipped:...

09.03.2025 7

The Daily Signal

Josh Hammer

The Democratic Fork in the Road and the Woke Repudiation Imperative

The American people just want a stable pocketbook, a stable border, and a stable world stage.

07.03.2025 7

Newsweek

Josh Hammer

The Democratic Fork in the Road and the Woke Repudiation Imperative

07.03.2025 20

Townhall

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The Andrew Tate Moral Rot and the Future of the American Right

In recent years, there has been a rise of neo-Nietzschean sentiment in pockets of the nominal "Right."

28.02.2025 20

Newsweek

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The Andrew Tate Moral Rot and the Future of the American Right

28.02.2025 10

Townhall

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Vance in Munich and Foreign Policy Realism for the Modern World

Nationalism and realism are not merely the flavors of the day—they are the flavors of the century.

21.02.2025 20

Newsweek

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Vance in Munich and Foreign Policy Realism for the Modern World

21.02.2025 30

Townhall

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JOSH HAMMER: Trump’s Judicial Foes Set Themselves Up For Utter Humiliation

'Acting unconstitutionally'

16.02.2025 8

The Daily Caller

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The Judicial 'Resistance' Is Setting Itself Up for an Epic Smackdown

The Trump administration and its allies in Congress are going to prevail in this separation-of-powers battle royale.

14.02.2025 10

Newsweek

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The Judicial 'Resistance' Is Setting Itself Up for an Epic Smackdown

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Townhall

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JOSH HAMMER: There May Be More To Trump’s Gaza Plan Than Meets The Eye

'He's done this before'

09.02.2025 10

The Daily Caller

Josh Hammer

Trump’s Gaza Gambit and the Art of the Ultimate Deal

Days after shocking the world with his upset victory in the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump espoused his hope of negotiating the “ultimate...

08.02.2025 2

The Daily Signal

Josh Hammer

Trump's Gaza Gambit and the Art of the Ultimate Deal

Trump and Netanyahu have debunked the failed consensus before.

07.02.2025 6

Newsweek

Josh Hammer

Trump's Gaza Gambit and the Art of the Ultimate Deal

07.02.2025 20

Townhall

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California Calamities Show Why MAGA Should Seriously Consider Solar

Putting America first means getting off the grid.

05.02.2025 10

Newsweek

Josh Hammer

Donald Trump Is Emphatically Correct About Birthright Citizenship

Less than two weeks into this second Trump presidency, the fearmongering has already reached fever pitch. “He can’t do it!” the critics have...

31.01.2025 10

The Daily Signal

Josh Hammer

Donald Trump Is Emphatically Correct About Birthright Citizenship

Fourteenth Amendment-mandated birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens is, at best, a live and unsettled legal debate.

31.01.2025 20

Newsweek

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Donald Trump Is Emphatically Correct About Birthright Citizenship

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Townhall

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The Cold Civil War Is Over. We Won.

The civilizational inflection point in our cold civil war happened sometime between Donald Trump’s second inaugural address on Monday and the end of...

26.01.2025 10

The Daily Signal

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The Cold Civil War Is Over. We Won.

As Ronald Reagan once said of the Soviets: "We win and they lose."

24.01.2025 3

Newsweek

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The Cold Civil War Is Over. We Won.

24.01.2025 10

Townhall

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