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By: Seth G. Jones – wsj.com – August 11, 2024 A serious threat shuts down a concert in Vienna as Washington withdraws from terrorist hot spots. The terrorist plot against a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna last week is the latest indication that the terror group Islamic State poses a growing threat to the U.S. and its interests. You wouldn’t…

The only hope for America is a sweeping national revival that turns into a powerful cultural awakening. We are living at a critical moment in American history. How we respond today will go a long way in determining the future of our nation — or whether our nation even continues to exist as the United States of America.

By: Kimberley A. Strassel – wsj.com – August 8, 2024 She’s been compared to John Kerry, but he was a relatively honest flip-flopper. As in those 1980s sensations, readers have been provided the basic plotline—and an obvious conflict. We know Ms. Harris is a San Francisco prosecutor, with a Senate voting record and 2020 presidential bid that proposed a radical…

By: Kenneth R. Timmerman – libertyfirst.org – August 2, 2024 The leaders of most of Iran’s terror proxies showed up in Tehran on Tuesday to kiss the ring of the new president, IRGC officer Masoud Pezeshkian, making sure their terror stipends would not be reduced. His inaugural address, full of pabulums about renewing relations with the West (i.e., getting rid…

Recall the February 2021 The New York Times article titled “The Biden Team Wants to Transform the Economy. Really.” Democrats don’t talk about that much anymore, and with good reason.

Iran is reportedly seeking to stoke discord and undermine confidence in U.S. democratic institutions by posing as activists online and providing financial support to protesters, according to Direct…  

Shifting from topic to topic, with few connections, is one of several disjointed and occasionally incoherent verbal habits that seem to have increased in Trump’s speech.

As Sarah wrote earlier this evening, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s military service has been called into question after he was straight-up busted for embellishing his record.

By: Philip Klein – nationalreview.com – August 8, 2024 If you can get away with scripted events and the media are happily behaving as a mere extension of your public-relations team, why bother taking questions? If you listen to the real-time accounts of those closest to Secretariat’s stunning win at Belmont, you hear everybody saying he was going way too…

by Alliance Defending Freedom A recent report from the Cato Institute revealed that a whopping 62% of Americans have opinions they’re scared to share with others. For conservatives, that number jumps to 77%. Pushed into silence by a culture of cancellation, many Americans have bought into common myths they hear in the media and from politicians about the First Amendment….

by Alliance Defending Freedom We often hear from our network of pastors, clergy, and church leaders about how they feel burdened by issues at the intersection of faith, politics, and citizenship. The leaders we serve are passionate about advancing justice and edifying God’s people. But given the nuances of the law, many church leaders are uncertain of what they can…