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Heritage in the Arena
2+ hour, 7+ min ago (393+ words) The conservative think tank has often been right when that was a very lonely thing to be. Heritage started asking'tough'questions about what "as much as it takes for as long as it takes'entailed'for the American taxpayer, even as Congress approved…...
Somebody’s Got to Build It
2+ hour, 9+ min ago (371+ words) A new book examines J.D. Vance and the end of libertarian illusions. J.D. Vance's ascent from Rust Belt despair to vice-presidential power is more than political theater. It signals a fundamental rupture in conservative thought, one that Frank DeVito's JD Vance and…...
Snowbound Scribbler
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (898+ words) When the winter weather worsens, what else is a writer to do? The post Snowbound Scribbler" appeared first on The American Conservative. When the winter weather worsens, what else is a writer to do? Last weekend, Winter Storm Fern brought…...
War on Iran Could Provoke a ‘Shiite Jihad’
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (137+ words) An attack on the regime would invite serious blowback. "A war on Iran this time will ignite the region," Qassem declared, and any harm done to Khamenei "would be an assassination of stability and of the situation in the region…...
The Great Fragmentation of UK Politics
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (580+ words) Shattered" Brits are embracing populism of right and left with the enthusiasm of the convert. The British are a famously phlegmatic nation, not given to revolutionary fervor or radical politics. The UK is the oldest parliamentary democracy in the world…...
Rand Paul Checks Marco Rubio On War
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (743+ words) The Secretary of State couldn't answer one of the most basic questions. Donald Trump said in 2016 to the Republican National Convention, "We must abandon the failed policy of nation-building and regime change." Earlier this month, after the current administration launched…...
Salvaging a New START
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (539+ words) It is too late to execute a full reextension of the nuclear arms control agreement, but the U.S. can take steps toward stability with Russia. On February 5, 2026, the New START treaty, the last nuclear arms control agreement between the United States…...
Which Victims of the Police Can You Slander?
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (697+ words) Part one of two about how the left wants you to talk about enforcing the law. When is it okay to "slander" the victim of a police shooting? It all depends on the politics of the victim. Ever since Renee…...
Regime Change Roll Call: Who’s Next?
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (618+ words) After Venezuela, the White House has Iran, Cuba, Haiti, and Iraq in its sights. Following the capture of President Nicol's Maduro in Venezuela, Iran and Cuba seem to be the next possible countries on the list. And, whether they be…...
The Forgotten Casualties in Trump’s Wars
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (494+ words) America's foreign policy elites don't seem to care much about the people they kill." President Donald Trump views himself as a man of peace, so successful in settling wars that he should be the obvious winner of the Nobel Peace…...