The Ukraine Escalator
Take the escalator up, Joe. At least try to act like Reagan and not your mentors, Obama or Carter.
Greatness Agenda
Parents Opt Out of Failing California Schools
Charter enrollment and parent satisfaction are up.
Retro Report Gives Teachers the Digital Tools They Need
In our digital age, teachers are well served in using Retro Report’s expansive library of films to educate students, molding them into citizens capable of participating in self-government.
Not Another Versailles
If Vladimir Putin and Russia are further humiliated in the post-war settlement of the current Ukraine conflict, what comes next could be very bad, indeed.
Blame Putin, Yes, But Also Blame Biden
Biden’s return to the long-standing aggressive neoliberal/neocon foreign policy promises to keep our focus tuned to a foreign channel while our own signal devolves to static.
It’s Not NATO Putin Fears, It’s Western-Style Nationalism
What Ukraine (and indeed NATO) embodies above all, and therefore intolerably so to Putin, is a steadfast commitment to its own national identity as a free people.
Has Putin Been Set up Like Hussein in Kuwait?
Whether valid or not, Putin had many grievances regarding Ukraine. And just as it was with Saddam, the truth is far more nuanced than the simplistic good guy/bad guy presentation.
A Primrose Path Paved with Putin Flattery
No one should twist themselves into an intellectual pretzel to make excuses for Putin in his Ukraine misadventure, even if you think Biden is a dummy.
Nukestalgia
How Russia learned to stop worrying and love the bomb.
Stimulus Checks: The Latest Immigration Scam
While those who push for stimulus checks for illegal aliens claim to do so on humanitarian grounds, the end result is further erosion of the nation’s resources and ability to serve legal residents.
Break Glass in Case of Kremlin Disinformation
Addressing five media myths spurring anger about a terrible war Americans can do nothing to solve while poverty and the destruction of liberty continue at home.
10 Realities of Ukraine
We should not rehash the past but learn from it—and thereby ensure Vladimir Putin is defeated now and deterred in the future.
Behind the Barr
The former AG’s NeverTrump tract deserves a second scan as it demonstrates how the Justice Department has become the pro bono law firm of the deep state.
Ukraine: What Is in America’s Interest?
If conservatism means "America First," count me a conservative. But if conservatism means "America Only," count me out.
The Architects of Our Present Disaster
American foreign policy is buckling under its own contradictions. We no longer have the luxury of decadence.
Making Sense of Biden’s Energy Policy
Democrats are always thinking ahead. Creating an energy problem is no more of a slip-up than opening the southern border: they are trying to build their base.
Time for Europe to Man Up
For Europe’s sake, and ours, we need to wake up to history’s present requirements.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Classical Choices
Is it to be Salamis, Thebes, Thermopylae—or Melos?
How to Establish a No-Fly Zone Without Starting World War III
We’ll call it the instant fly-all-you-want-but-you’ll-be-sorry zone.
Slow Joe, Bad Vlad
Vladimir Putin is certainly worthy of condemnation. But that does not mean Donald Trump was wrong when he observed it would be “a good thing, not a bad thing” if America got on well with Russia.