Courage, Strength & Optimism

A woman takes pictures of the hostages kidnapped by Hamas at the fence in front of the New Synagogue Berlin on Jan. 16, 2025 in Tel Aviv, Israel.

The hostages need stronger sanctions on Hamas and Iran

By Ruby Chen March 2, 2026 5:11 am

Approve the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger

James Rogan Mar 2, 2026

A baby is lifted over a wall at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan by U.S. soldiers as Afghans attempt to flee the Taliban takeover of the country, Aug. 19, 2021.

Trump Defense Department callously endangers Afghan allies

Beth Bailey Aug 1, 2025

President Donald Trump speaks before signing the Laken Riley Act in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington.

Team Trump is blowing its chance to reform the deep state

John Schindler Jul 31, 2025

Trump has already hosted two key allies at the White House, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, with at least three other foreign leaders slated to visit by month's end.

Rescissions are not a White House ‘fade on soft power’

James Mazzarella and Patrick Quirk Jul 31, 2025

The Trump administration's big push to export more U.S. natural gas to Europe, Asia, and beyond may prove impervious in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey's wrath, as the country's leading exporter of the gaseous fossil fuel on the Gulf Coast was able to continue business as normal during the storm. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

US natural gas exports hold key to global energy security

By James "Spider" Marks January 23, 2024 6:00 am

US must ‘super escalate’ to end the standoff in the Red Sea

By Elizabeth Stauffer January 19, 2024 6:00 am

China's President Xi Jinping gives a speech following a swearing-in ceremony to inaugurate the city's new government in Hong Kong Friday, July 1, 2022, on the 25th anniversary of the city's handover from Britain to China. Xi Jinping wished U.S. President Joe Biden a successful recovery after Biden tested positive for COVID-19. (Selim Chtayti/Pool Photo via AP)

Israel should abandon China over Hamas support

By Sean Durns January 17, 2024 6:00 am

Taiwan’s election puts the US and China on a collision course

By Peter Laffin January 17, 2024 6:00 am

How civics education can help solve the military recruitment crisis

By Carrie Filipetti and Hans Zeiger January 16, 2024 6:00 am

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, leads other Chinese leaders attending the fifth plenary session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in Beijing, China. Chinaâs leaders are vowing to make their country a self-reliant âtechnology powerâ after a meeting to draft a development blueprint for the state-dominated economy over the next five years.

Why China will sink deeper into economic doom

By James Rogan January 15, 2024 12:52 pm

The vulnerabilities render the chips — and the systems they operate — susceptible to hacking, but so far there have been reports that these security flaws have been exploited. (AP Photo)

The US has opportunities and vulnerabilities on chips

By James Rogan January 13, 2024 6:00 am

Erik Cordova inspects a steel pipe at the Borusan Mannesmann Pipe manufacturing facility on June 5, 2018, in Baytown, Texas.

US Steel and Nippon Steel will make good partners

By Steve Forbes January 9, 2024 6:00 am

Harvard President Claudine Gay, left, speaks as University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill listens, during a hearing of the House Committee on Education on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023 in Washington.

As Penn and Harvard presidents fall, let’s seize the full opportunity to reform education

By Adam Carrington January 9, 2024 6:00 am

FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2014, file photo, trader Damian Bagarozza, center, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. On Sept. 18, the U.S. stock market was at a record high after a relatively uneventful summer. Long-term interest rates were heading higher, a sign that investors expected steady growth in the U.S. economy. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Don’t obsess over the Nasdaq downturn

By James Rogan January 6, 2024 6:00 am

Have confidence in the tech stocks

By James Rogan January 5, 2024 6:00 am

Minnesota’s nice economy

Minnesota’s nice economy

By Timothy P. Carney January 4, 2024 5:31 pm