Carol Platt Liebau: Feminist Hypocrisy on Iran

As we watch the fall of Iran’s hardline Islamist regime, nothing has been more moving than the palpable, heartfelt joy of the country’s women. They’re dancing in public. Singing. Throwing off the hijabs that have been forced on them for decades by a theocratic dictatorship. America acted to prote…

Albert Mohler: An Open Door

The world order can be reshaped in just a matter of hours—or even just minutes. Just as Iranians were starting their new work week on Saturday, leaders in Israel and the United States launched an attack. By the end of the day, the second supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Kh…

Hugh Hewitt: Persevere

As we watch the ongoing campaign against the Islamic Republic of Iran, President Trump now faces a decision on when to end the battle. A premature end will almost certainly lead to another war. This regime refused to stop its nuclear program, its missile program its exported terrorism after Presi…

Ed Morrissey: Ending Iran's 47-Year War is America First

For 47 years, the radical Islamist terrorists running Iran have conducted multiple acts of war against the United States. The regime abducted our diplomats in 1979 and kept them hostage for 444 days. Their proxy terror network Hezbollah killed more than 240 Marines in Beirut, and kidnapped American…

Carol Platt Liebau: Mamdani’s Revealing Early Days as Mayor

New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani recently attended prayers at an Islamic Center with documented ties to the Alavi Foundation, which the Justice Department has identified as an Iranian front organization. While the mayor was there, an imam prayed for the Mahdi—a Messianic figure in Islamic eschat…

Seth Leibsohn: Iran Has Been at War With Us for Decades

There is contemplation of war with Iran.  The truth is, Iran has been at war with us for decades. In 1979, Iran seized our embassy in Tehran and took 52 Americans hostage, holding them for over a year. Then—in 1983—Iran’s terrorist arm, Hezbollah, killed 17 American in Beirut. Later that year they …

Ed Morrissey: How Do You Not Stand

Donald Trump's State of the Union address checked all of the usual boxes. As theater however, Trump reminded Democrats of his mastery. Trump knew Democrats wanted to make the event into a circus and became the ringmaster. He anticipated their heckling and out shouted it from the dais. He offered …

Carol Platt Liebau: The Left's Threat

Americans just got a revealing glimpse of what Democrats have in mind if they reclaim power. On a recent podcast, Obama National Security Advisor Susan Rice warned Big Tech, law firms, media outlets, companies, and universities that Democrats won’t “forgive and forget” those who cooperate with Pres…

Hugh Hewitt: Watching Iran

A major battle with Iran appears imminent. Ought it to be called a war, a battle or a strike? That depends on what the United States and Israel decide to do and what President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu call it. It also depends on whether Ayatollah Khamenei orders the Islamic Rev…

Carol Platt Liebau: Getting Back to Smaller Government

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the federal workforce is smaller than it’s been in half a century. That’s good news. Taxpayers will shoulder fewer obligations for the generous salaries, health benefits and pensions federal workers receive. But there’s a deeper point. America was nev…