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Deterrence, Fallen Heroes, and the Civilizational Stakes of the Iran Confrontation
Thucydides, writing of the slow unraveling of Athenian power in the fifth century before Christ, observed something that modern strategists tend to rediscover only after catastrophe: that empires do not fall primarily because of military weakness, but because of a failure of will. Athens possessed the ships, the treasury, and the manpower to prosecute the Peloponnesian War. Read More.
New Jersey's Democratic Governor Just Admitted Voter Fraud Is Real — And Now the DOJ Wants Answers
On Tuesday, Governor Mikie Sherrill — a Democrat — announced that her state had removed roughly 6,600 individuals from New Jersey's voter rolls. Why? Read More.
They Won't Tell You How Many Americans Are Dying in Iran. You Should Ask Why
The first rule of understanding how the ruling class operates is this: the more urgently they change the subject, the more important the subject is. Read More.
American Troops Die as U.S. Strikes Iran for Ninth Straight Night; State Department Issues Global Warning
The U.S. Department of Defense identified two soldiers killed in a July 17 Iranian missile attack on Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan: 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, and Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas. Read More.
The Man Running America's Biggest City Just Threatened to Arrest an Israeli PM. Let That Sink In.
The man running America's biggest city just threatened to arrest the Prime Minister of Israel. Let that sink in. Read More.
Trump Told You Iran Doesn't Keep Deals. The Burning Tankers Prove It
The ceasefire was always a bet. And Iran just called it in.
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Pentagon-DOJ Task Force to Hunt and Prosecute National Security Leakers ‘With the Full Force of the Law’
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Monday that the Pentagon has established a joint task force with the Department of Justice to identify and criminally prosecute government officials who leak sensitive national security information to journalists, according to a statement from the Defense Department. Read More.
Fire on the Water: Thucydides, the Hormuz Strait, and America's Test of Will
Thucydides, writing of the protracted struggle between Athens and Sparta in the fifth century before Christ, observed that nations go to war not for the stated reasons of justice or grievance, but because of fear, honor, and interest — Read More.
Two Years After Butler: The Secret Service Failed, Nobody Was Fired, and Trump Almost Died
Two years ago today, a 20-year-old kid with a rifle climbed onto a rooftop 130 yards from the stage at a Donald Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. He was there. People saw him. They called it in. And then Thomas Matthew Crooks fired eight rounds at the President of the United States, one of which grazed his ear by millimeters. Read More.
DOJ Sends Grand Jury Subpoenas to NYT Reporters Who Published Trump Vulnerability Story
The Department of Justice sent federal agents to the homes of four New York Times reporters on Saturday, delivering grand jury subpoenas related to the publication of a story that the Federal Bureau of Investigation had warned would compromise “highly classified national security secrets,” according to reports confirmed in part by the Times itself. Read More.
The Weimar Moment: What Socialist Primary Wins on America's 250th Tell Us About Our Civilization
This Fourth of July, as the United States marks its 250th anniversary, it is worth pausing on that observation. Not as a theoretical exercise. As a diagnostic tool.
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On America's 250th Birthday, the Democratic Party Is Running Candidates Who Hate America
Nearly 3,000 Americans were murdered on that September morning. Firefighters climbed into burning skyscrapers and didn't come back. Office workers called their families from 100 floors up to say goodbye. The country watched in real time as the towers fell. Read More.
On the Eve of America's 250th, the Supreme Court Remembered What a Republic Is For
In Federalist No. 70, Alexander Hamilton argued that "energy in the executive is a leading character in the definition of good government." Read More.
