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Is American Nationalism Still Creed-able?

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Politics
Apr 29, 2026
Why America, Not Iran, Has the Stronger Legal Position in the Current War

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Politics
Apr 29, 2026
The Left’s War on the Supreme Court Just Hit a Terrifying New Low

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Politics
Apr 25, 2026
California is Sacrificing its Economic Future on the Altar of Climate Change

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Politics
Apr 26, 2026
The Cuba Play

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Politics
Apr 27, 2026
Canadians Must Stop Romanticizing a Failing Europe

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Politics
Apr 23, 2026
The Iran War and the Coming Global Struggle

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Politics
Apr 23, 2026
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Is American Nationalism Still Creed-able?

We are not there now, but there is reason to worry that the United States is in danger, if we are not careful, of ceasing to be a nation with the principles of 1776 at its core.

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Apr 29, 2026

California is Sacrificing its Economic Future on the Altar of Climate Change

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The Left’s War on the Supreme Court Just Hit a Terrifying New Low

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Canadians Must Stop Romanticizing a Failing Europe

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Make the Gulf Irrelevant Again

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Iran War Exposes Weakness of California’s ‘Green’ Dependence on Foreign Oil

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Apr 18, 2026

Yes, President Trump Can Withdraw from NATO

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America is the new Rome

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Activist local governments should not be regulators of energy markets

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“Brazenly Partisan” Judges Scrutinize Trump’s Mind, But Refuse To Explain Themselves

Josh Blackman
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Dec 11, 2025

What Did the Godfather of Conservatism Think about the Jewish People?

Gregory M. Collins
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Inflation Killed The Penny

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Dec 9, 2025

Upending American Immigration

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Remembering Ed Banfield's “The Unheavenly City"

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Will State Attorneys General Allow Their Cities to Make Energy Policy?

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WHCD Shooting Suspect Allegedly Targeted Trump Administration Officials

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All federal law enforcement agencies must answer to the president: Former deputy assistant AG

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Apr 16, 2026
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