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A Bid To Limit Trump’s War Power Against Cuba Has Failed
The United States Senate has failed to limit Donald Trump in his bid to attack Cuba. The US president has repeatedly hinted that regime change, using military force, is needed in the island nation. A Democratic-led effort to…

Misunderstanding Islam With a Meat Cleaver
An emblematic 2013 incident shows the dangers of our willful ignorance regarding Islam. Islamic jihadists insist they’re acting on Islamic imperatives, embedded within the Qur’an and Muhammad’s teaching. Non-Muslim leaders in the West insist that this is not…

Does Your Name Determine Your Destiny? In Muhammad Jihad Kelly’s Case, Maybe So
There isn’t a whole lot of information available online about Mr. Muhammad Jihad Kelly of Dothan, Alabama, but what there is tells us pretty much all we need to know about him — unless and until fate deals…

Is There Any Point to the Latest Peace Negotiations With Iran?
Trump wants Iran to say what’s on the table. The opposite is true as well. Frustrated Efforts to Make Progress in Talks The Wall Street Journal reports Iran’s Leadership Divisions Frustrate Efforts to Make Progress in Talks Another round…

Airlines Are Cutting Costs & Grounding Flights As Fuel Crisis Expands
Airlines have started raising costs and cutting routes as the fuel crisis, spurred by the Iran war, has increased costs. The risk of last-minute cancellations and disruptions before the summer holiday season is also rising. The jet fuel…

Guess Who The “Anti-Hate” SLPC Has Been Caught Funding?
Well, now it’s all out in the open. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), the left’s vicious hate and defamation machine that for years smeared patriotic groups by lumping them in with the likes of the Ku Klux…

Hungary’s Incoming PM Warns Netanyahu Of Arrest
Hungary’s incoming prime minister, Peter Magyar, has warned that he will order the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he enters the country. This is a sharp reversal of predecessor Viktor Orban’s policy. Hungary’s Orbán Warns:…

U.S. Is Ready For A “Financial Bombing” Of Iran
The United States said that it may be preparing for a “financial bombing” of Iran. This will entail applying secondary sanctions on financial institutions that do business with Tehran. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned on Wednesday that…

The Petrodollar Theory Is Dead
Several readers asked me to discuss the petrodollar. Here are two pertinent theories. Theory #1 – War Is a Boon for the Petrodollar Wall Street Journal writer Diana Choyleva claims The Iran War Is a Boon for the Petrodollar…

The World We Knew Is Gone Forever!
Alea iacta est (the die is cast). -Julius Caesar (As he crossed the Rubicon River) The title of this column is the same as the title of my address last Sunday. Most people may not realize it, although…

Trump Says He Is OK with Giving Away Your Rights
Trump wants to spy on you, and he will. Massie’s amendments rejected. Notice the Framing Truth Social: I am working very hard with our Great Speaker, Mike Johnson, along with Chairman Jim Jordan and Chairman Rick Crawford, to…

CLOSED: Dangerous Greensboro Clinic and Eight Planned Parenthoods
According to its own website, March 31 was the last day for A Woman’s Choice of Greensboro to commit abortions. On April 30, the dangerous abortion business will close for good. The Greensboro location is one of five…

Trump Declares ‘Decisive’ Victory, but Who Really Won the Iran War?
If the US accepts Iran’s 10 demands, Trump reportedly has, including a toll booth, Iran will have won. Trump’s Statement Truth Social: The United States will work closely with Iran, which we have determined has gone through what…

Trump’s War With Iran Could Constitute “War Crimes”
More than one hundred United States-based international law experts have warned that American strikes on Iran may amount to war crimes. These violations come only a few months after the U.S. committed obvious war crimes when it bombed…

Spain Euthanizes Girl Raped By Migrants
“I’m the Prime Minister of Spain. This Is Why the West Needs Migrants,” Pedro Sanchez headlined his New York Times op-ed. “The West needs people. Currently, few of its countries have a rising population growth rate. Unless they…

Marco Rubio, Tell Us Again Who The Lunatics Are That Have An Apocalyptic Vision Of The Future
He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and third time, till at length it becomes habitual; he tells lies without attending to it, and truths without the…

The Founding Fathers’ Belief In The Resurrection
‘He that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live’ This week, Christians around the world of all strands celebrate what we consider some of the most significant events in world history – the death,…








