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Up Next: Pickaxe Mountain

Up Next: Pickaxe Mountain

The easiest decision any president can make is the one he never has to make. Hold another meeting. Send another envoy. Extend another deadline. Issue...

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Who Gets to Choose America?

Who Gets to Choose America?

How in the world is this controversial? Congress is debating whether American citizens—and only American citizens—should vote in American...

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The Consensus Senator

The Consensus Senator

Stop for just a second and consider this list: Donald Trump. John Fetterman. Benjamin Netanyahu. George W. Bush. John McCain. John Thune. You can...

12.07.2026 3

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The Price of Saying What Was True

The Price of Saying What Was True

I knew she was right. I knew I was right. And I never had any doubt. Of course, the people who were dead wrong are moving the goalposts. It’s the...

09.07.2026 3

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The Platner Effect

The Platner Effect

Every now and then a political story comes along that’s bigger than the person whose name ends up in the headline. I think this is one of those...

08.07.2026 7

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The Next Great American Frontier

The Next Great American Frontier

It was one of those moments you don't forget. On Saturday, I had the privilege of joining a broadcast aboard the USS Intrepid. As classic...

06.07.2026 10

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Why 56 Different Men Agreed

Try organizing lunch for 56 people. Somebody wants Italian. Somebody else is craving barbecue. One fellow read an article this morning about seed...

30.06.2026 8

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Signing Their Death Warrants

I’ve had the privilege of standing in some remarkable places. I’ve walked through the White House, where every room reminds you that decisions...

29.06.2026 4

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Why Is Thune Running Scared?

There are moments in the life of a republic when what Congress chooses not to do says more than every speech, every press conference, and every...

26.06.2026 7

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Maximum Transparency, Ultimate Accountability

I know housing is expensive. Spend enough time in the metro New York City area, and you’ll discover that “starter home” has become one of the...

25.06.2026 4

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This Is America, FIFA

There are a lot of things visitors should know before coming to America. Don’t stand in the middle of the sidewalk in Manhattan. And for the love of...

21.06.2026 9

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Fathers Who Stay

Today is a disjointed Father’s Day. For as long as our family can remember, Father’s Day meant worshiping together. Sitting together. Singing...

21.06.2026 9

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These People Are Nuts!

Three different high-profile people have pulled me aside over the last several days. All three conversations were off the record. All three involved...

17.06.2026 7

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An American 250 Story

As the basket dropped to tie the game 83-83, I gently woke my bride from the couch. She had endured enough already. The emotional swings. The blown...

14.06.2026 9

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Fight the Nazi Hard!

Hate rarely dies a quiet death. History teaches something darker than that. It retreats. Regroups. Changes clothes. Finds softer language. Waits for...

10.06.2026 10

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Embedded Evil

We’re not talking about Scott Pelley here. The strange little newsman and his apparent confusion over what it means to be “embedded” during...

09.06.2026 7

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Are You Now or Have You Ever

There’s a revival play running off Broadway right now, revisiting one of the more combustible chapters in American political history: the...

07.06.2026 10

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Turns Out You Can’t Do That

Turns out you can’t do that. You can’t retain classified material for years, move it around like it’s old tax paperwork, transmit sensitive...

05.06.2026 10

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So, About That Super Bowl I Was In

The last time Tom Brady faced Eli Manning in the Super Bowl, I was in the Super Bowl. At least that’s apparently how we define these things now. The...

04.06.2026 10

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The Forgotten Room Heroes

There is something deeply hilarious about the modern administrative state. The same people who can somehow lose trillions of dollars in accounting...

03.06.2026 10

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Texas Just Won a Border Fight That Common Sense Settled Years Ago

Texas just scored a significant legal victory in its ongoing fight to protect its citizens from the consequences of federal immigration negligence....

01.06.2026 20

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Maximum Transparency, Ultimate Accountability

For decades, Americans have had the same sickening feeling every April. You work. You pay taxes. Washington wastes them. And somewhere buried inside...

29.05.2026 20

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Trump and Iran: The Most Critical Juncture

I’ve said it in pieces on my show for several weeks now: between Memorial Day and July 4. That is the calendar stretch in 2026 when President Trump...

26.05.2026 10

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When Propaganda Becomes Psychological Abuse

There was a time when even the American press understood that certain accusations required extraordinary evidence. Not anonymous whispers. Not...

17.05.2026 10

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Why It’s Time to Disown Tucker and Megyn

Not long ago, at Charlie Kirk's memorial service, I sat listening as speaker after speaker talked openly about faith. Not performative faith. Not...

15.05.2026 10

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Trump's Three Big Targets With Xi

In my opinion, the upcoming summit between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping could not be happening at a more important moment. The...

12.05.2026 10

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Why Dems Ignore Rules

One of the defining characteristics of the modern American Left is that it treats rules the way toddlers treat vegetables: tolerated only when...

11.05.2026 10

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The Legacy That Outlives Everything

By the time you read this, Mother’s Day will already be moving at full speed. Restaurants crowded. Flower deliveries arriving. Families gathering...

10.05.2026 20

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The Quiet Power No One Applauds

Modern America has a strange way of measuring importance. If it trends, it matters. If it makes money, it matters. If it gets applause, builds a...

08.05.2026 20

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What Happens When Moms Are Missing

There are some truths modern America desperately tries to avoid because acknowledging them would require admitting that the old ways weren’t quite...

07.05.2026 20

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God’s Design Wasn’t Accidental

One of the strangest things about modern America is watching people exhaust themselves trying to out-argue reality.  Men are women. Women are men....

06.05.2026 20

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The First Voice a Child Hears

Before a child ever learns to read, before they understand rules or consequences, before they can even form a complete sentence, there is a voice....

05.05.2026 20

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Breaking News: Moms Matter

We're going to spend this week talking about something our culture treats like a footnote—and then wonders why everything else feels off....

04.05.2026 20

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Checkmate: Trump’s Real Leverage

Strip away the noise for a moment—the commentary, the hot takes, the endless predictions of disaster—and look at the board as it actually sits....

29.04.2026 10

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Why Dems LOVE to Stoke It

There is a pattern now. Not an accident. Not a coincidence. A pattern. Say something reckless, watch the temperature rise, act surprised when...

28.04.2026 10

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Sleepwalking Into Chaos

There are stories that should shake a nation awake. And then there are stories that reveal just how deeply asleep we’ve already become. This weekend...

26.04.2026 20

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Fire Senator Chris Murphy!

I have family serving in the United States Navy right now.  Active duty. Wearing the uniform. Standing watch. Doing the job that most politicians...

22.04.2026 20

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Why America Needs to Read the Bible

This week, nearly 500 leading Americans will gather to do something both simple and profound: read the Bible aloud—from beginning to end. No...

19.04.2026 20

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Hideous Monsters

How else can you put it? Because I’ve tried to find a more charitable explanation for what these four blue-state governors in California, New York,...

17.04.2026 20

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Ayatollahs: Generationally Stupid

You almost have to admire it. Not the strategy. The audacity. Because it takes a very special kind of stupid to attack the very people holding your...

16.04.2026 20

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Trump’s Not Wrong on the Euros

President Trump said it out loud this week—and whether Europe likes it or not, he’s not wrong. After weeks of war, failed negotiations, and...

15.04.2026 20

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When 'No' Became Consequences

Over the weekend, everything shifted. The same voices that spent the last two weeks warning about a “forever war” suddenly went quiet as events on...

13.04.2026 20

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What Stupid Ayatollahs

There’s a classic scene in “Hoosiers” where the interim coach offers to help Gene Hackman’s character. Hackman declines, and the coach...

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If I Were Them… I’d Just Do What He Says

There’s a moment in every conflict—every negotiation, every standoff—when reality becomes unavoidable. Not debated, not spun,...

07.04.2026 20

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My King’s Day

We’ve been told, over and over again, that we don’t want a king. We bristle at the idea. We resist authority. We question power. We instinctively...

05.04.2026 20

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A Thief’s Final Surrender

There is almost nothing left now. The body has reached its limit. Every breath is a gasp. Every second is a strain. Every movement sends shockwaves of...

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A Thief’s Impossible Hope

No strength. No future. No time. The pain is constant now—no waves, no relief, just a steady, crushing reality that presses in from every side. His...

02.04.2026 20

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A Thief’s Stunning Clarity

Every breath is a decision. Every second stretches into something that feels eternal. The body is shutting down—but the mind… the mind is...

01.04.2026 20

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A Thief’s Desperate Request

Not eventually. Not someday. Not in theory. Now. Every breath is shorter than the last. Every second more expensive than the one before it. The body...

31.03.2026 20

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A Thief’s First Realization

The first thing to die wasn’t his body. It was his illusion. He hung there—lungs burning, muscles failing, every breath a fight he was losing. The...

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