By Untactic Al Florida officials confirmed this week that an unexpected cold snap has caused thousands of iguanas to temporarily lose their grip on Continue Reading
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When the Noise Drowns Out the Neighbors
Humans have been trying to figure out how to fly probably since the earliest ones first invented spare time. It was two Americans who finally got that Continue Reading
Useful Idiots Was the Method Not the Insult
The phrase “useful idiots” is often treated as a crude insult, something invented by Cold War critics to smear idealists who supported communist Continue Reading
Socialism Is the Road to Communism
After every account of communist failure, the same objection appears:“That wasn’t socialism. That was communism.” It sounds reasonable. It sounds Continue Reading
After the Revolution Wins, the Revolution Turns
Every revolution promises freedom.That’s the lie that gets people into the streets.What comes after victory is not freedom at all. It’s control. Continue Reading
The West’s Death Spiral of Denial
Editor’s Note: This piece is published anonymously at the author’s request. Given the subject matter and today’s climate around public commentary, we Continue Reading
Nuance Is Dead and the Algorithm Ate the Body
Vincent Vargas’ essay, “The Cost of Inaccuracy,” pulls off a modern miracle: holding two thoughts at once without snapping a moral tendon. He argues Continue Reading
Public Service Should Be a Lifetime Commitment. Public Office Shouldn’t Be.
Why experience matters—but permanent power doesn’t. Public service and public office are often treated as interchangeable terms. They are not. Continue Reading
The Republic on Trial
An imagined interview synthesizing the documented principles, warnings, and recorded views of America’s Founders Introduction: Inviting the Dead to Continue Reading
If the Iranian Regime Falls: Three Scenarios the World Must Prepare For
When authoritarian regimes collapse, the moment itself often feels decisive. Flags fall. Statues are pulled down. Headlines declare the dawn of a new Continue Reading
The Whiplash Doctrine: America’s Signals in a Hot World
By Calder M. Serba There’s a particular kind of quiet that exists just inside a perimeter fence. Not peace. Not safety. Something thinner than Continue Reading
Iran and the World: A Defining Crossroads
By Sheema Kalbasi Available reporting indicates protesters’ demands in Iran have shifted decisively from economic grievances and reformist appeals Continue Reading