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

FILE - The Supreme Court Building is seen in Washington on March 28, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Donor privacy must be defended against government overreach

Alan Sears December 8, 2025 7:00 am

In this Nov. 26, 2013 file photo, toy department manager Gayla Harris stocks shelves for Black Friday sales at a Wal-Mart store in Oklahoma City.

The hidden cost of holiday gifts: How forced labor ends up on our shelves

Samir Goswami, Annick Febrey December 8, 2025 7:00 am

Shoppers look over a 2025 Dodge Charger Daytona hardtop in the Stellantis display at the Colorado Auto Show, April 17, 2025, in Denver.

Trump’s rollback of CAFE is an affordability bullseye

Washington Examiner December 8, 2025 5:00 am

A 1791 copy of the book Curiosities of Literature, believed to have belonged to novelist Jane Austen, on display at Sotheby's, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Peter K. Afriyie)

Modern romance could use a little Jane Austen

Faith Moore December 7, 2025 2:57 pm

Children look at the Star Spangled Banner, the flag that inspired the lyrics of the American national anthem, at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History, Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

The case for a conservative reformation

Tim Chapman December 7, 2025 2:24 pm

Water from the Patuxent River overflows onto a road in Laurel, Maryland. Heavy rains have swollen the Patuxent river, forcing the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) to release water from the flood gates of the T. Howard Duckett Dam, Thursday, January 31st, 2013

The climate catastrophizer model meltdown

Washington Examiner December 7, 2025 5:00 am

U.S. military strike on suspected "narco-terrorist" boat in Caribbean Sea.

The Democrats double tap hoax exposed

Washington Examiner December 6, 2025 5:00 am

Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT), House Select Committee on Intelligence ranking member, speaks during the House Select Committee on Intelligence's annual open hearing.

Democrats are choosing cartels over Americans

Elizabeth Stauffer December 6, 2025 5:00 am

CeCe Prodicimo takes on her opponent in a dynamic end-of-practice match.

Girls’ wrestling now the fastest growing sport in the country, and it starts young

Salena Zito December 5, 2025 6:00 pm

Trump holds up a newspaper article featuring Letitia James.

Will Trump’s revenge campaign backfire?

Byron York December 5, 2025 4:52 pm

Several VISA and MASTER credit cards are shown.

The popularity of ‘buy now, pay later’ is a product of consumer profligacy, not poverty

Tiana Lowe Doescher December 5, 2025 4:34 pm

Hamas fighters secure aid trucks.

How non-governmental organizations perpetuate the conflict in Gaza

Zachary Faria December 5, 2025 3:15 pm