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 Rockefeller Center Christmas tree after being lit during the 93rd annual Rockefeller Center Christmas tree lighting ceremony.

Christmas trees and the National Italian American Foundation’s devotion to heritage

Christopher Tremoglie December 5, 2025 5:25 am

A stethoscope being held up by blue and red rope.

The fight to keep politics out of medicine

Bethany Mandel December 5, 2025 5:23 am

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The printed Disney

Michael Taube December 5, 2025 5:19 am

self help feelings books (Getty Images)

Reading self-help as the science fiction it is

Emmett Rensin December 5, 2025 5:16 am

Tools for Radicals (Thomas Fluharty for the Washington Examiner)

Tools for radicals: Why younger generations have turned against free markets and American traditions

Jeremiah Poff December 5, 2025 5:15 am

Demonstrators rally outside a Target location.

Not all immigrants are equal

Dan Hannan December 5, 2025 5:12 am

Donald Trump and his then-girlfriend, Melania Knauss, pose with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, Feb. 12, 2000. (Photo by Davidoff Studios/Getty Images)

The Epstein impasse: It’s less about new revelations than old arguments about Trump

Isaac Schorr December 5, 2025 5:10 am

Former U.K. Member of Parliament Douglas Carswell, now president and CEO of the Mississippi Center for Public Policy, in Jackson, Mississippi, Jan. 6, 2021. (Rogelio V. Solis / AP)

Mississippi turning: Douglas Carswell on how the Southern model can help Britain rise again

Dominic Green December 5, 2025 5:05 am

Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) speaks with reporters.

Bipartisan breakthrough on overcriminalization

Washington Examiner December 5, 2025 5:00 am

Agatha Christie Books (Jack Taylor / AFP via Getty Images)

Agatha Christie at Christmas

Malcolm Forbes December 5, 2025 4:25 am

Universal Income Basic (Illustration by Barbara Kyttle/Washington Examiner)

A new book asks, ‘Does universal basic income actually work?’

Robert VerBruggen December 5, 2025 4:20 am

Fat Shot illo (Illustration by Barbara Kyttle/Washington Examiner)

The origin story of the ‘fat shot’

Carson Becker December 5, 2025 4:15 am