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Trump's Asian Triumph and the Collapse of China’s Grand Strategy
The President's one-year trade truce with China got most of the attention. But deals with Japan and South Korea help illustrate the enormous reversal…
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Why Is the U.S. Sending an Entire Carrier Strike Group to Venezuela?
Officially it’s about drug traffickers. In reality, Trump is encircling a Marxist dictatorship and Chinese-Russian base — and reasserting American power…
Oct 29
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Afghanistan and Pakistan Go to War — What It Means for the World
As Gaza and Ukraine dominate headlines, a far greater danger brews in South Asia — one that began the day Joe Biden handed Afghanistan to the Taliban.
Oct 20
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From Socialism to Start-Up Nation: Netanyahu’s Capitalist Revolution in Israel
The moral and economic revolution that turned a besieged Socialist welfare case into a free-market superpower.
Oct 7
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Antifa’s Origin Traced to Communist Group That Aided the Nazis' Rise to Power
The U.S.-based Antifa movement has embraced the label and symbols of Germany's "Antifaschistische Aktion" — a Communist group whose actions enabled the…
Oct 3
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Russia's Oil Empire — and Ability to Pay for the War — Faces Rapid Collapse
Ukrainian drone and missile strikes are systematically destroying the Russian oil machine, without which Putin can't continue the war. Now Trump is…
Sep 30
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Iron Beam Goes Live: Golden Dome 2.0 & the Obsolescence of Nuclear Weapons
Israel's operational deployment last week of its Iron Beam air & missile defense is the proving ground for the 2.0 version of Trump's Golden Dome. It…
Sep 29
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Deep Dive: An Impending Population Crisis? World Fertility Rate Hits 60-Year Low
Continued low fertility rates will cause a gradual implosion of the world’s economy as the population ages and dies. At a certain point it becomes…
Sep 22
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Scott Bessent: The Fed’s New “Gain-of-Function” Monetary Policy
The Treasury Secretary says that overuse of nonstandard policies, mission creep, and institutional bloat are threatening the central bank’s monetary…
Sep 17
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Faithful in All Things: Vocation and Christian Callings
Your work is more than just “a job” or an ATM for your pastor. Every calling is itself sacred, every task a trust, and every laborer accountable before…
Sep 14
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Democrats' ActBlue Money Laundering Scandal Just Heated Up
ActBlue may have facilitated billions of dollars in illicit campaign cash for Democrat candidates and causes. A lot of it appears to be foreign. And the…
Sep 9
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The Palestinians Are the Colonizers
The historical case for Israel’s legitimacy — and the DARVO that turned Islamist conquerors into "victims".
Aug 30
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