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

Intellectual property law about copyright on desk.

A call to Congress: Strengthen America by strengthening patents

James Edwards November 3, 2025 10:00 am

A liquid carbon dioxide containment unit stands outside the fabrication building of Glenwood Mason Supply Company, April 18, 2023, in the Brooklyn borough of New York.

How America could lose at its own game

Giana Amador November 3, 2025 9:49 am

A food delivery stops at a traffic light in Lone Tree, Colorado.

Got food stamps? Try DoorDash

Jon Miltimore November 3, 2025 8:00 am

The Rhode Island state budget is kicking nearly 2,000 low-income parents off a health care plan. (Photo: Thinkstock)

No, the expiring subsidies aren’t to blame for next year’s premium hikes

Sally Pipes November 3, 2025 7:30 am

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and President Donald Trump give a thumbs-up for a picture.

Azerbaijan becomes a weak link on sanctions and counterterrorism

Michael Rubin November 3, 2025 6:00 am

The Capitol in Washington, D.C.

Foreign companies are lobbying while masquerading as US businesses

Michael Lucci November 3, 2025 5:00 am

Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN).

Walz’s bad SNAP math

Washington Examiner November 3, 2025 5:00 am

A mushroom cloud rises from a test blast.

Trump is right to restart nuclear weapons tests

Washington Examiner November 2, 2025 5:00 am

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY).

Democrats pulled the plug and forgot they were standing in water

Elizabeth Stauffer November 2, 2025 5:00 am

New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks at the Islamic Cultural Center of the Bronx mosque.

Cuomo’s a crook. Mamdani’s a clear and present danger

Peter Laffin November 1, 2025 3:09 pm

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) speaks into a microphone.

The EV lobby thought it could force a Chinese battery plant on its neighbors. It was wrong

Tudor Dixon November 1, 2025 5:00 am

Charlie Kirk speaks during a town hall meeting on March 17.

Real leaders speak truth to evil, no matter where it comes from

Washington Examiner November 1, 2025 5:00 am