Opinion

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill celebrates the Divine Liturgy for Christmas in the Christ the Saviour Cathedral in Moscow on Jan. 6, 2022.

What it means for Russia’s fight in Ukraine to be a ‘holy war’

Emily Hester, Ivana Stradner · August 10, 2026 10:37 am

U.S. President Donald Trump, accompanied by CIA Director John Ratcliffe (C-L), Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (2nd-R) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine (R), speaks during a news conference in James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on April 06, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Trump spoke about the successful military mission to rescue a weapons systems officer whose F-15E Strike Eagle was shot down in Iran. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump’s frustration and Iran’s delaying tactics

Lead singer and guitarist Billy Corgan of American alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins performs at the 26th edition of the Vive Latino music festival in Mexico City, Sunday, March 15, 2026.

Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan just offered a great lesson in economics

Power transmission towers line a street in Redondo Beach, California.

Utility companies want to shift risks on struggling families

Network of Enlightened Women 2026 Essay Contest college winner

A boy holds a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on January 08, 2026. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vows not to yield after U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to come to the aid of protesters, as rights groups report a sharp rise in arrests following days of unrest sparked by soaring inflation. Meanwhile, Iran's top judge warns protesters on Wednesday there is ''no leniency for those who help the enemy against the Islamic Republic,'' while accusing Israel and the U.S. of pursuing hybrid methods to disrupt the country. (Photo by Firdous Nazir/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

My part in the ayatollahs’ downfall

Hugo Gurdon January 9, 2026 6:10 am

President Donald Trump speaks at his Mar-a-Lago club, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, in Palm Beach, Fla., as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listens. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump administration strikes another hammer blow at Afghan allies

Beth Bailey January 9, 2026 6:00 am

Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela's president, right, shakes hands with Sergei Lavrov, Russia's foreign minister, during a meeting at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. Russia and Venezuela agreed to broaden their oil production cooperation, Russia's Lavrov said from Caracas. Photographer: Carlos Becerra/Bloomberg via Getty Images Photographer: Carlos Becerra/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Venezuela raid is about the oil — keeping it from Russia and China

Tiana Lowe Doescher January 9, 2026 5:15 am

Light, fireworks and drone shows ring the new year at Seattle’s Space Needle. (Courtesy of the Space Needle via instagram)

Seattle rings in the new year with more failed progressive policies

Zachary Faria January 9, 2026 5:03 am

Travelers wait in line at the TSA security checkpoint at Dallas Love Field Airport in Dallas, Texas, on Aug. 27, 2025. For the first time in almost 20 years, pre-flight screening as of last month no longer requires passengers to take off their shoes and run them through X-ray machines, and officials have signaled they intend to ease the rule limiting containers of carry-on liquids to no more than 3.4 ounces. Photographer: Shelby Tauber/Bloomberg via Getty Images

A Real bust

Timothy P. Carney January 9, 2026 5:02 am

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey speaks, Friday, June 16, 2023, in Minneapolis, about a Department of Justice report that found the Minneapolis Police Department has engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination.

Democratic anti-ICE rhetoric is getting people killed

Washington Examiner January 9, 2026 5:00 am

This combination of pictures created on January 06, 2026 shows Greenland's Head of Government Jens-Frederik Nielsen (L, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on October 8, 2025) and US President Donald Trump (at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, on December 4, 2025). Greenland's prime minister on January 5, 2026 called for renewed talks with the US after President Donald Trump repeated that he wanted to annex the mineral-rich Arctic territory. "The situation is not such that the United States can conquer Greenland. That is not the case. Therefore, we must not panic. We must restore the good cooperation we once had," Jens-Frederik Nielsen said, adding "we must try to re-establish contact". (Photo by FREDERICK FLORIN and ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s Caligulan grab for Greenland

Dan Hannan January 9, 2026 4:57 am

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks on Jan. 7, 2026.

Mayor Mamdani’s false choice

Timothy P. Carney January 9, 2026 4:56 am

Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) announces that he will not be seeking reelection at a press conference at the state Capitol in St.Paul, Minnesota.

Walz withdrawal doesn’t solve Minnesota’s scandals

Guy Benson January 9, 2026 4:54 am

Chicago Bears’ Jonathan Owens gestures to the fans at Solider Field in Chicago. (Todd Rosenberg/Getty Images)

Taxpayer stadiums, paywalled games, and the loss of common culture

Conn Carroll January 9, 2026 4:51 am

Kevin Stefanski and John Harbaugh, left, are being considered for the New York Giants’ head coaching position. Antonio Pierce will also be interviewed under the NFL’s Rooney Rule, though he is viewed as a long shot. (AP Photos)

It’s time for NFL to retire the racist ‘Rooney Rule’

Peter Laffin January 9, 2026 4:46 am

Nasrulah Mohamed, the manager of the daycare, speaks during a press conference at Nokomis Daycare Center in Minneapolis, Minn. on Wednesday, December 31, 2025. The daycare was broken into and vandalized around 3:00 a.m. Tuesday morning. The burglar stole sensitive employee and client documents as well. The break-in comes several days after a YouTube video by right-wing influencer Nick Shirley went viral; the video alleged that a group of day care centers operated by Somalis in Minneapolis has misappropriated “upwards of $100 million.” (Photo by Alex Kormann/The Minnesota Star Tribune via Getty Images)

Grifters and grafters

Dominic Green January 9, 2026 4:44 am