Seth Leibsohn: Trump, Maduro and the Drug Cartels

There’s a great debate today about what America First foreign policy means or should mean—and what “no more forever wars” entails.  Meanwhile, President Trump is showing a fluidity and flexibility in foreign policy in real time—all under the justifiable notion of keeping America and Americans safe.…

Carol Platt Liebau: Sowing Seeds of Distrust and Destabilization

Last month, six Democrats released a video urging the military to defy orders from the president and secretary of war. They implied that the military was being told to do something illicit. Yet when pressed, none of them could name a single illegal order. The goal is obvious: sow doubt inside the …

Hugh Hewitt: The President Has Vast Power

The president has been getting plenty of criticism from sitting members of Congress and a bunch of more purported “Con Law experts” on X who worry Trump may escalate to “kinetic actions” against Maduro, cartels and other narco-states. They argue Trump is violating “international law,” but they do n…

Carol Platt Liebau: No Longer "Minnesota Nice"

Everyone’s heard of “Minnesota nice” — state residents’ reputation for being polite, mild-mannered, and tolerant. So it’s hard to believe Minnesota taxpayers have become a major funder of a terrorist group. But it’s true. A massive welfare-fraud scheme took millions meant for Minnesotans — and fun…

Seth Leibsohn: In Gratitude

It’s been said that gratitude is the mother of all virtue and ingratitude the father of all vice. We do well to reflect on that this Thanksgiving. We find ourselves in a social and political moment of great self-importance attached to impatience, and an inability to recognize the wisdom of others.…

Seth Leibsohn: In Gratitude

It’s been said that gratitude is the mother of all virtue and ingratitude the father of all vice. We do well to reflect on that this Thanksgiving. We find ourselves in a social and political moment of great self-importance attached to impatience, and an inability to recognize the wisdom of others.…

Albert Mohler: War in Ukraine and the Least-Worst Option

The US Secretary of the Army, Daniel Driscoll, recently delivered to the Ukrainian government a 28-point proposed agreement for cessation of hostilities and at least some promise of enduring peace between Russia and Ukraine. First: You need to state clearly: Russia is the invading force and Russia…

Ed Morrissey: A Tale of Two Ceasefires

This weekend, Israel targeted Hezbollah’s top military commander in Beirut. American media wondered what that meant for the ceasefire in Lebanon. That concern is directed at the wrong party. Israel signed that ceasefire one year ago, which brought an end to conflict with Hezbollah – with the condi…

Carol Platt Liebau: Religious Liberty and the American Expectation

Recent reports show that 48 new mosques have opened in Texas since 2023. Today, that brings the total to roughly 330—part of a 35-percent increase between 2010 and 2020. The First Amendment protects every American’s right to worship freely. And no one should be denied that right. But it’s also tr…

Hugh Hewitt: Israel: Our Most Important Ally

If you love America and want it to flourish—and most Americans do—it is necessary to understand that America’s most important ally is Israel. Period. Full stop. In the 25 months since the invasion of Israel by Hamas and rampaging massacre by the terrorist army from Gaza—followed by IDF grinding ba…