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

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The importance of protecting homeschooled children from abuse

Naomi Schaefer Riley December 19, 2025 5:15 am

Beachgoers are seen behind a piece of cloth bearing messages from mourners to honor victims of the shooting that took place at the promenade of Bondi Beach in Sydney on Dec. 14. (Photo by David Gray/AFP via Getty Images)

The Bondi Beach massacre and the resurgence of global antisemitism

Daniel Ross Goodman December 19, 2025 5:05 am

Partygoers dance and smoke marijuana on the first of two days at the annual 4/20 marijuana festival in Denver.

Trump’s pot pander will go up in smoke

Washington Examiner December 19, 2025 5:00 am

A masked anti-Immigration protester at a march near the Irish Parliament, Sept. 19, 2024. (Paul Faith/AFP/Getty )

Unraveling Ireland: High rates of immigration upend free speech and fiscal health

Dominic Green December 19, 2025 4:50 am

Uma Thurman in Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair. (Courtesy of Lionsgate)

An undivided Kill Bill demands your undivided attention

Jibran Khan December 19, 2025 4:45 am

A scene from Haha, You Clowns. (Courtesy of HBO Max)

Badly drawn boys: Review of ‘Haha, You Clowns’

Chris R. Morgan December 19, 2025 4:24 am

J.R.R. Tolkien on Dec. 2, 1955. (Haywood Magee/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

How Tolkien built worlds

Diane Scharper December 19, 2025 4:22 am

Rob Reiner, Michele Singer Reiner, Romy Reiner, Nick Reiner, Maria Gilfillan and Jake Reiner attend the premiere of Spinal Tap II: The End Continues on Sept. 9 in Los Angeles. (Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Images)

Rob and Michele Reiner deserved a better option to protect themselves

Tiana Lowe Doescher December 19, 2025 3:44 am

People on the roof display a banner reading 'Popular response'. Between 3,000 and 5,000 protesters march in Toulouse, France, on October 1, 2024, called by the FSU, the CGT, and the SUD unions to protest against Macron's choice of Michel Barnier (conservative) as prime minister. Unions call this protest to remind President Macron that the first coalition elected in June in the French Parliament is the New Popular Front. They also advocate for better wages. They accuse the president of ignoring election results by naming Michel Barnier (LR, Right) as prime minister. The left, led by LFI, accuses Macron of a denial of democracy and stealing the election after Macron refuses to pick the candidate of the New Popular Front (NFP) alliance that comes top in the July vote. The left and the far-left unionize in a new umbrella called 'Nouveau Front Populaire' (i.e., 'New Popular Front'). President Emmanuel Macron calls a snap legislative election in June and is defeated. The new prime minister will try to govern with a coalition of Macronist and rightists. The RN (far right) says it will judge on pieces. Similar protests take place elsewhere in France. (Photo by Alain Pitton/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Americans should have no truck with European ethno-nationalism

Dan Hannan December 19, 2025 3:13 am

Former director of the Mossad Meir Dagan on March 7, 2015 (JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Mossad man

Sean Durns December 19, 2025 2:53 am

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The Trump Pencil Doctrine toward Christmas presents

Rob Long December 19, 2025 2:50 am

It’s important to remember that Biden’s evacuation effort in Kabul during his betrayal of Afghanistan was random chaos.

We must not go this way

Trent Reedy December 19, 2025 2:49 am