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

President Donald Trump, right, talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Nov. 9, 2017.

The world-shattering effects of the US-China AI race

By Sebastien Laye April 25, 2025 6:00 am

Putin shows NATO his dangerous Balkan hand

By John Schindler April 24, 2025 8:00 am

Qatar’s quiet campaign: How Doha is buying America

By Gregg Roman April 23, 2025 1:46 pm

President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Trump Tower, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, in New York.

History tells us to stick with Ukraine

By John Roberts April 23, 2025 6:00 am

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

Trump’s pen can counter China on rare earth minerals

By James Rogan April 23, 2025 6:00 am

A response to China-Russia Arctic dominance could bolster US-Canada ties

By Liselotte Odgaard April 22, 2025 4:08 pm

The main reason Trump’s reannexation of the Panama Canal would backfire

By Michael Rubin April 21, 2025 3:48 pm

Traditional Russian wooden dolls called Matryoshka depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and President Donald Trump are displayed for sale among others at a souvenir shop in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, March 18, 2025.

Weak American resolve begets more disorder. Trump should signal strength

By Mike Nelson April 21, 2025 12:27 pm

Staff Sgt. Travis Snyder, left, receives the first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine given at Madigan Army Medical Center at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state, Dec. 16, 2020, south of Seattle. U.S. military forces around the world will no longer be required to get the COVID-19 vaccine. The mandate was lifted under an $858 billion defense spending bill passed by Congress and signed into law by former President Joe Biden.

The cost of political mandates still haunts our armed forces

By Nico Melendez April 21, 2025 11:37 am

The new media is still a good thing

By Emily Jashinsky April 21, 2025 6:00 am

British Home Department Secretary Yvette Cooper (third from left) chairs a meeting of European ministers and agencies on Dec. 10 in London.

Europe won’t embrace China’s economic Trojan horse

By James Rogan April 20, 2025 6:00 am

Dollar bills are shown in New York, Oct. 24, 2016.

Reports of the dollar’s death are greatly exaggerated

By James Rogan April 18, 2025 6:00 am