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The Founders’ Capital and a Century of Neglect
L’Enfant’s 1791 proposal was elegant, considered, and bold: a grand Baroque scheme that overlays streets with broad avenues radiating from the Congress House and President’s Palace.
It’s Time for the Right to Return Fire
Leaving Lawfare to the Left has been a big mistake. It's time to return fire.
Ninety Percent Mental
Yogi was a Big Leaguer and an American Leaguer, but he was no Ivy-Leaguer.
Constitution Day
This was the end of one historic deliberation, but it was the beginning of another.
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Norman Podhoretz (1930–2025)
Norman was proud of what he had accomplished, but was he a great man? He wasn’t asking me. He was looking heavenward.
The Merit Restoration Problem
The Secretary must persist. The American military belongs to the nation, not to an ideology.
We Are All Americans
By the morning of April 9, Lee had concluded that “there is nothing left me to do but to go and see General Grant, and I would rather die a thousand deaths.”
Trump v. Affirmative Action
Many now believe that, after generations of persistence, affirmative action is finally about to die. They're wrong.
America at the Crossroads: A Case for Mass Deportation
A temporary window has opened around President Trump’s deportation pledge. Its execution rests with him alone.
The Breaking Point of a Republic
The history of citizenship is not a simple story of inclusion and progress. It's also a story of strain.
Congress Doesn’t Know It’s at War
The system rewards cowardice and stagnation, not action. Until Congress faces real consequences for inaction or defeat, it will not change.
The SAVE America Act Fight is Political Theater
Republicans have every political incentive to force a resolution. Instead, they are letting Democrats run out the clock.
The Reader Forum: “Why Won’t the Right Acknowledge the War?”
Tom’s question struck a nerve with readers who see the Right’s refusal to acknowledge the political war as its most dangerous vulnerability.
Red States Hold the Key to Deportations
This is a national effort. The President cannot carry it out from Washington alone, nor should he be expected to do so.
The Left and Its Devil
Having rejected God, nature, and tradition, the enlightened sophisticates of the Left soon confronted a terrifying emptiness in their souls.
The Death of the Ford Tradition
The EV push was never about market demand. It was about compliance. My family’s story proves what we lost.