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

Sean "Diddy" Combs in Netflix's Diddy: The Reckoning (Netflix)

What if sex trafficking was the least of Diddy’s crimes?

Tiana Lowe Doescher December 12, 2025 4:36 am

(Illustration by Britt Spencer for the Washington Examiner) Dress for Success

Dress for success: An unexpected call for civility

Peter Tonguette December 12, 2025 4:24 am

National Guardsmen patrol in front of the Washington Monument on the National Mall, Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, in Washington. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)

Trump grapples with immigration crisis far beyond the border

Daniel Ross Goodman December 12, 2025 4:21 am

President Garfield (1831-1881) walking a tight rope 'senatorial courtesy' and holding a pole 'executive prerogative.' (Photo12/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)

Senatorial courtesy: Bad practices in political power can be challenged and changed

Jay Caruso December 12, 2025 4:13 am

Illlustration by Dean MacAdam for the Washington Examiner Garbage Generation China Beijing

‘Garbage time’ for China’s ‘last generation’

Gordon Chang December 12, 2025 4:08 am

A voter marks his ballot at a polling place in Dennis Wilkening’s shed on November 3, 2020, in Richland, Iowa. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Lies, damned lies, and polarization

Brad Pearce December 12, 2025 3:49 am

George Clooney and Adam Sandler in Jay Kelly. (Courtesy of Netflix)

Noah Baumbach’s paean to fallen stars

Peter Tonguette December 12, 2025 3:45 am

(Getty Images) Revolution book 1217

You say you want a revolution

Varad Mehta December 12, 2025 3:44 am

The Beatles, from left, John Lennon, George Harrison, Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney arrive in Liverpool, England, July 10, 1964. (AP Photo)

Christmas comes early for the Beatles completist

James Rosen December 12, 2025 3:40 am

Getty Images Faith Sermon Long Life 1217

A comedy writer takes the pulpit

Rob Long December 12, 2025 3:38 am

(Getty Images) Your Name Here

Helen Dewitt’s experiment

Derek Robertson December 12, 2025 3:37 am

Actress Lesley-Anne Down in character as Georgina Worsley on the set of period drama Upstairs, Downstairs, circa 1975. (Photo by TV Times via Getty Images)

A half-century of Upstairs, Downstairs

Graham Hillard December 12, 2025 3:34 am