Courage, Strength, and Optimism

Washington global politics boxing

The rumble in the jungle: is Washington punching itself out?

Ron MacCammon · April 26, 2026 6:00 am

The sun rises behind tankers anchored in the Strait of Hormuz.

A US victory in Iran is what Democrats fear most

Earth Day environment regulation

Earth Day and the failure of apocalyptic environmentalism

US President Donald Trump mimics firing a gun as he speaks about the conflict in Iran in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on April 6, 2026, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kent Nishimura / AFP via Getty Images)

The price of appeasement: $20 billion won’t buy peace with Iran

The aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and other warships cross the Strait of Hormuz into the Persian Gulf.

Our Navy was built for this moment in the Strait of Hormuz

Iraqis hold a portrait of the new Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei.

America is about to hand Iraq to Iran again

Heyrsh Abdulrahman April 4, 2026 7:00 am

Emmanuel Macron clasps hands with President Donald Trump

Repeated rebukes from NATO ‘allies’ could push Trump out of alliance

Elizabeth Stauffer April 4, 2026 6:00 am

President Donald Trump greets Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.

Here’s how Trump should retaliate against Spain

Michael Rubin April 2, 2026 5:00 am

Hakan Fidan speaks to reporters at a press conference in Istanbul

Turkey is the NATO ally Trump should pressure first

Sinan Ciddi April 1, 2026 6:00 am

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton admitted there were mistakes ensuring the U.S. Consulate in Libya was secure but said the concerns about security never came to her attention. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

The State Department gets Libya wrong. Trump should force a correction

Michael Rubin April 1, 2026 6:00 am

A missile is displayed in a permanent exhibition at a recreational area as minarets of a mosque are seen at rear, in northern Tehran

An Iran containment strategy: Managing the post-conflict threat

Michael Schwartz April 1, 2026 6:00 am

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem.

Noem’s Shield of the Americas trip signals big change in security doctrine

Duggan Flanakin April 1, 2026 5:00 am

Members from the Popular Mobilization Forces attend the funeral of fighters from Kataib Hezbollah, who were killed in a U.S. airstrike near Baghdad, Iraq, in March 2026.

Don’t be fooled. Iraq isn’t the partner Washington thinks it is

Heyrsh Abdulrahman March 31, 2026 6:00 am

Aircraft on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln.

Stop pretending the Iran war wasn’t necessary

Elizabeth Stauffer March 30, 2026 6:00 am

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen delivers a major state of the union speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Pascal Bastien)

The Strait of Hormuz’s bitter lesson for the European Union

Samuel Furfari March 30, 2026 5:00 am

People mourn while one of them holds a poster of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei.

The messenger is the message in Iran’s Islamabad talks

Ron MacCammon March 28, 2026 6:00 am

The Jones Act requires all goods transported by water between U.S. ports to be carried on ships built in America, owned by citizens, and crewed by U.S. residents. (iStock)

Trump’s Jones Act waiver undermines his own maritime agenda

Michael Roberts March 28, 2026 6:00 am