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

The proclamation of the German Republic in Berlin on November 9, 1918, marking the beginning of the Weimar Republic at the end of World War I.

False echoes of Weimar

Andrew Bernard December 19, 2025 2:47 am

President Donald Trump delivered an end-of-year address to the nation Wednesday night, the vast majority of which saw him attack his predecessor, former President Joe Biden, as the White House scrambles to find an economic inroad with voters ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Trump’s economic campaign

Byron York December 18, 2025 4:07 pm

California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Newsom acts like a king when it comes to the death penalty

Zachary Faria December 18, 2025 2:25 pm

President Donald Trump speaks during an address to the nation.

Real wages up 1.5% and core inflation at four-year low: A Christmas miracle for Trump?

Tiana Lowe Doescher December 18, 2025 2:03 pm

Nicolas Maduro wears sash and chains of office.

The objective of Trump’s drip-drip Venezuela strategy

Tom Rogan December 18, 2025 1:07 pm

George Orwell

Hollywood butchers Animal Farm

David Harsanyi December 18, 2025 11:38 am

President Joe Biden and Attorney General Merrick Garland.

Will Democrats film a video about Biden DOJ illegal orders?

Christopher Tremoglie December 18, 2025 10:57 am

Dr. Marty Makary, commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, speaks in the Oval Office of the White House during an event with President Donald Trump, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Washington.

Marty Makary must go

Marjorie Dannenfelser December 18, 2025 9:48 am

Rob Reiner arrives at the premiere of "Spinal Tap II: The End Continues".

A farewell to Rob Reiner

Harry Khachatrian December 18, 2025 9:40 am

A volunteer walks along a road next to the border wall separating Mexico and the United States.

Legacy media ignored the border crisis. Will they wake up on public safety?

Jonathan Thompson December 18, 2025 9:27 am

In the government's eyes, it matters only whether the Little Sisters of the Poor comply with President Obama's intrusive regulations.

Josh Shapiro should stop his lawfare against nuns

Washington Examiner December 18, 2025 9:00 am

President Volodymyr Zelensky in Germany

Questions of sovereignty, not neutrality, drive Russia’s war on Ukraine

Ani Chkhikvadze December 18, 2025 6:00 am