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"Does anyone know where the love of God goes
When the waves turn the minutes to hours?"
-- Gordon Lightfoot (1938-2023) "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"

As we learn more about the events on Sept. 2, 2025, in international waters 1,500 miles from the United States, the behavior of the United States military becomes more ...Read more

Minnesota is now facing one of the largest documented government service fraud scandals in United States history. Under Gov. Tim Walz's evidently unwatchful eye, federal prosecutors have estimated that approximately $1 billion in taxpayer funds have been siphoned from multiple state- and federally funded social service programs over the last ...Read more

In a scene that perfectly captures the strangeness of American politics today, President Donald Trump, a billionaire and self-styled champion of American business (at least the ones he likes) was all smiles during an Oval Office visit from Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist and mayor-elect of New York City.

For months, the two men ...Read more

Ever since Notre Dame's football team was cheated (yes, cheated) out of playing in the college football championship playoffs, the news has been filled with articles by sportswriters who are incensed that the team decided not to participate in one of the remaining bowl games that are not part of the playoffs.

For example, Chris Vannini...Read more

The United States is confronting an existential threat -- but not the kind defined by ships on the horizon or missiles in the air. The danger instead stems from a waning sense of national purpose and a growing doubt about America's global role. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the emerging geopolitical alignment linking China, Russia and ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- If you tuned into "60 Minutes" Sunday night, you saw Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., talk about her falling out with President Donald Trump and her decision to resign from the House in the middle of what was supposed to be her third two-year term.

That Greene would get her own star segment on "60 Minutes" is no surprise. As ...Read more

Recently in The Wall Street Journal, Neera Tanden, CEO of the Center for American Progress, a major foghorn in our nation's capital for America's left, explained "Why Democrats Won the Shutdown."

The most accurate declaration in the article is "fights tell the country a lot about what -- and who -- the fighters care about."

And, indeed, ...Read more

Thank goodness the Trump administration and technology-savvy congressional leaders (in both parties) agree on one very key strategic issue vis-a-vis Communist China: America must close the rare earth gap.

The 17 rare earth minerals -- also called rare earth elements (REEs) -- are fundamental to digital modernity. REEs possess irreplaceable ...Read more

Wikipedia is "Wokepedia," complains Elon Musk. That's because it's become so left-wing. "It's designed to push an ideological agenda that you can't see," says journalist Ashley Rindsberg. "So what if it's biased?" I ask. "It's just one website." "Wikipedia's information spreads into everything online," he replies, "ChatGPT, ... Siri, Alexa. Ask ...Read more

When former President George W. Bush stood on the West Front of the Capitol for his second inauguration in 2005, he gave a speech that called for a utopian foreign policy that aimed at spreading democracy all across the globe.

"We are led, by events and common sense, to one conclusion: The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends ...Read more

The Washington Post would like you to pretend along with them that they're the essence of fact-based neutrality, that they don't play favorites. Then you notice that their Sunday Arts & Style section carried a sprawling four-page spread with 10 color photographs on the glorious Rosie O'Donnell and her passionate loathing of President Donald ...Read more

EXPORT, Pennsylvania -- When Ben Fallon was growing up in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, all he ever wanted to do was play football. Fallon was in fourth grade, and in Western Pennsylvania, pretty much every boy wants to play football. However, his parents had some strong feelings about that sport.

"My parents wouldn't let me play football...Read more

President Donald Trump and Argentine President Javier Milei have a special relationship. Each is engaged in a crusade to make his respective country's economy great again. Trump was all in on helping Milei win his elections earlier this year, and he has also offered the Argentines a $20 billion "lifeline" as they adjust to the bumpy path to ...Read more

In one sense, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are the foundation of the country's government. The Declaration laid out the principles we aspire toward. The Constitution established the three branches of government. It contains many brilliant mechanisms to check the government's power. The Bill of Rights offers another layer ...Read more

WASHINGTON -- What happens when rules designed to ensure public safety fray so much that undocumented residents can obtain commercial driver's licenses for big rigs, even if they are not qualified to drive them and do not speak English?

In 2025, Americans saw the danger of allowing unvetted migrants to drive big rigs without obtaining bona ...Read more

Is the American Left finally waking up from its decadeslong climate catastrophism stupor? For years, climate alarmism has reigned as political catechism: The planet is burning, and only drastic action -- deindustrialization, draconian regulation, even ceasing childbearing -- could forestall certain apocalypse. Now, at least some signs are ...Read more