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The Case Against Birthright Citizenship: A Constitutional and National Imperative
"Birthright citizenship" isn't required by the Constitution, no matter how many pundits tell you otherwise. Now, the Supreme Court is about to decide…
Dec 9
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Trump’s Negotiating Strategy and the 28-Point Peace Proposal for Ukraine
Neither Russia nor Ukraine can win outright. But Ukraine can lose everything without a durable peace. Here's how Trump means to get there.
Nov 25
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Energy Dominance: America’s New Shale Revolution
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…
Nov 20
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How Trump Is Quietly Dismantling Russia’s Strategic Perimeter
As Moscow fixates on its Ukrainian quagmire, Trump is rewiring the Caucasus, Central Asia and even China’s incentives — leaving Russia exposed on every…
Nov 15
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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…
Oct 31
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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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