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Yes, we need a $1.5 trillion defense budget

Yes, we need a $1.5 trillion defense budget


Finally, the United States will follow through on its NATO commitments. That’d be the cheeky interpretat...

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The Comfort of Stuffed Animals

The Comfort of Stuffed Animals


There are things that bring me comfort in the world: certain people, my pets, photographs, chocolate, ch...

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The Dividends of Operation Absolute Resolve
rugged individualism.” No warm, cuddly collectivist has ever nor will ever perform a mission......

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Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing


Here’s a confession: I look forward to going to the dentist. I know that most folks (like my mother an...

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Don’t Annex Greenland

Don’t Annex Greenland


China, Russia and Iran had to be alarmed by the display of U.S. power in Venezuela, but so did Denmark, a NATO...

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Lessons To Learn From the Welfare Mega-Fraud Scandal in Minnesota
I recall a saying from my youth that went, “Fool me once, shame on you. F......

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No, the USS Liberty incident wasn’t  Israeli treachery

No, the USS Liberty incident wasn’t Israeli treachery


For elements of the anti-Israel right, it’s a time when everything old is becoming new again. So, a half-cen...

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New Year’s Traditions

New Year’s Traditions


I noticed it during the few days we spent at Mom’s place over the holidays. Right there in the middle ...

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The Common Faith of Elise Stefanik and Erika Kirk
Rep. Elise Stefanik, Republican candidate running to unseat New York Democratic Gov. Kat......

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Australia’s dangerous naivete

Australia’s dangerous naivete


The Bondi Beach attack in Australia was shocking, but not at all surprising. Some of the details were distinct...

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The Nativity

The Nativity


I’ve always been drawn to nativity scenes— to their simplicity, their story and the hope and wonder ...