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

Donald Trump speaks to Ron DeSantis.

DeSantis owes Trump nothing

By Kimberly Ross February 3, 2023 11:20 am

New top Republicans on education committees take aim at Biden student loan programs in first acts

New top Republicans on education committees take aim at Biden student loan programs in first acts

By Jeremiah Poff February 3, 2023 10:30 am

Fooled by Joe

By Hugo Gurdon February 3, 2023 8:30 am

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a meeting in Ankara, Turkey.

The US should stop deferring to Turkey on the PKK

By Michael Rubin February 3, 2023 6:00 am

A nurse wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) walks toward the emergency room door, Sunday, April 5, 2020, at Brooklyn Hospital Center in New York. Located in downtown Brooklyn, the public hospital is one of several in New York city treating high numbers of coronavirus cases during the current viral pandemic. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death.

The public deserves answers about COVID

By Rep. Rich McCormick February 3, 2023 12:32 am

Kevin Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation.

Heritage’s Kevin Roberts rightly puts defense spending pressure on Congress but overemphasizes technology

By Tom Rogan February 2, 2023 2:54 pm

How large language models will transform the economy

By Bret Swanson February 2, 2023 2:13 pm

The House on Friday passed legislation aimed at curbing President Obamaâs use of executive authority to slow deportations of young people who arrived here as children.

Five questions Congress must urgently (and again) ask the CIA

By Marc Polymeropoulos February 2, 2023 11:00 am

Democratic senator calls for TikTok to be banned from app stores

Democratic senator calls for TikTok to be banned from app stores

By Christopher Hutton February 2, 2023 10:12 am

Hate speech is on the rise, but hate speech laws aren’t the answer

By Julian Adorney February 2, 2023 6:21 am

The failure of The Fabelmans: ‘Follow your heart’ is no philosophy for grown-ups

By Spencer Klavan February 2, 2023 6:02 am

Centralizing power is always a bad idea

Centralizing power is always a bad idea

By Salena Zito February 1, 2023 5:09 pm