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Trump Is About to Make China’s Cheap Iranian Oil Very Expensive
Arleen Richards and I discuss how Beijing’s bargain crude unfairly subsidizes its factories and keeps Tehran alive. Trump’s Economic D-Day targets both…
6 hrs ago • Rod D. Martin
16:27
Climatologist Says a Century of Weather Data Contradicts Claims of Record Heat
Despite perception, study indicates a moderation of both hot and cold temperatures in the U.S. over the past century.
12 hrs ago • Guest Author
The Improving Direction of America’s Largest Protestant Denomination
Why the Southern Baptist Convention is worth fighting for, what Willy Rice’s election means, and how ordinary Baptists can reclaim their institutions.
Aug 23 • Rod D. Martin
50:58
What Lincoln Taught Trump About Iran
Lincoln strangled the South until courage could no longer compensate for empty warehouses, broken railroads, and worthless money. Trump is doing the…
Aug 22 • Rod D. Martin
How China Could Overtake the West in Space
The bright light of SpaceX obscures the general picture. There are immense geopolitical consequences to that.
Aug 21 • Guest Author
How the Soviets Taught the West to Hate Israel
As much as the Soviet Union succeeded at exporting communism, Liberation Theology, and terrorism, its most successful export may have been anti-Zionism.
Aug 20 • Guest Author
Putin Is Losing. Iran Is Cornered. China Is Watching.
Rod Martin and Erick Stakelbeck discuss the Russian debacle, how Trump is rebuilding American sea power, growing U.S. energy dominance, and confronting…
Aug 20 • Rod D. Martin
23:29
Inside America’s Educational Renaissance
After decades of declining public school outcomes and the substitution of Critical Theory in place of critical thinking, private schools — and…
Aug 19 • Guest Author
Energy Dominance: America’s New Shale Revolution Transforms Oil & Gas
They said fracking was finished. Now a new shale technology is set to drive year-after-year gains in U.S. production, powering the free world, slashing…
Aug 19 • Rod D. Martin
The DSA’s Ongoing Love Affair with a Butcher: Castro’s Centenary Exposes the Communist Rot
The DSA’s evil resides not merely in mistaken economic theories but in its willingness to excuse coercion and mass murder whenever it advances the…
Aug 18 • Roger Stone
U.S. and Asian Allies Deepen Defense Ties Against China
Across Asia, democracies have accelerated their own defense buildups, while Washington has simultaneously deepened its bilateral commitments across the…
Aug 17 • Guest Author
We’re Commanded to Love Our Neighbors, Not to Make Them Feel Loved
If feelings are the standard, then there is no standard, and Jesus is a sinner.
Aug 16 • Doug Ponder
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