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“We built it. We paid for it. It’s ours.” That was Ronald Reagan’s take on how we should think about the Panama Canal when Americans… Read More
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In the waning days of a crumbling presidency that never really was, President Joe Biden—or whatever Biden-like facsimile is signing official documents these days—decided to… Read More
SocietyCommentary
It didn’t take long for Daniel Penny, the subway savior who was persecuted by the New York City justice system for having the temerity to… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Firing incompetent generals is a good thing. In fact, it might be what the military needs right now to regain the confidence of the American… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
One of the defining features of the second Trump administration will almost certainly be the battle between the elected, constitutional branches of government and the… Read More
My beautiful home state of California has become synonymous with dysfunction, homelessness, drug use, and criminality. But during Tuesday’s election, Golden State voters said they’ve… Read More
American corporate media suffered a monumental rebuke Tuesday as Americans ignored them and elected Donald Trump as the nation’s next president. How have the outlets… Read More
The biggest loser following Tuesday’s astounding election—besides the Democrat Party’s agenda—is the corporate media that desperately tried to manufacture a president. The legacy media’s full-blown… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Former President Donald Trump really is building a multiracial populist coalition that is remaking American politics. Of all the trends on Tuesday night that stand… Read More
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Former President Donald Trump appears to have made significant inroads with black Americans. That’s according to several state exit polls that show the former president picking up… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The death of a squirrel has somehow intruded on the news cycle in the relentless last days of a presidential election. Last week, the New… Read More
In an attempt to insult Donald Trump and appeal to women, billionaire Mark Cuban instead insulted women and made Trump’s record with women look appealing. … Read More
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Vice President Kamala Harris held a rally Thursday in Phoenix, making a finish-line pitch to voters in a key swing state ahead of next Tuesday’s… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The polls must be looking bad for Democrats because they appear to be restarting their campaign to abolish the Electoral College. A few left-wing journalists… Read More
The era of Me Too is dead and gone. The age of ignoring women who are politically inconvenient to the Left has come. Or maybe… Read More
SocietyCommentary
American elites really have become a toxic, ideological class apart—even if they don’t want to admit it. A recent survey by Scott Rasmussen called “Elite… Read More
Whistleblowers at the Federal Emergency Management Agency have come forward in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene to accuse the agency of misappropriating funds and generally… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The traditional TV networks continue to offer obvious home-field advantages to Democrats in this year’s election debates, as they have for as long as I’ve… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Why is it we hear the loudest shrieks for democracy coming from those who most clearly want to remove all limits to their own power… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Vice President Kamala Harris completed her second whole interview of her mostly cloistered presidential campaign Wednesday night. Frankly, it was an embarrassment for American corporate… Read More
SocietyNews
The illegal immigration crisis at the southern border has not only created a culture of lawlessness at the Southern border, it has also adversely affected… Read More
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“To the autoworkers in Michigan, Georgia, and all other parts of our country, I am pinpointing you for greatness,” former President Donald Trump said in… Read More
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By a miracle, really a series of miracles, former President Donald Trump has survived two assassination attempts in little more than two months. The implications of… Read More
SecurityNews
For the second time in just over two months, a gunman has attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump. “The FBI has responded to West Palm… Read More
SecurityNews
White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby wrote Wednesday that there is “no use responding” to a “handful of vets” involved in the Afghanistan… Read More
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A small city in western Ohio has become a focal point of discussions about the mass immigration policies of the Biden-Harris administration. At Tuesday night’s… Read More
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ABC’s debate moderators’ performance in Tuesday night’s presidential debate made CNN’s performance in June look like a master class in fairness, objectivity, and balance. It… Read More
PoliticsAnalysis
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump faced off Tuesday night for their first, and possibly only, debate before the Nov. 5 presidential… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The censorship regime that threatens Europe has crossed the Atlantic and has landed in the New World. Brazil became the latest example of a reputed… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Vice President Kamala Harris’ very first interview of her campaign aired on CNN Thursday night. We waited a month and a half for this and Harris’ much anticipated… Read More
