The "culture war" is a clash of civilizations, and America is now a torn country. 

The illegal efforts of Ukrainians to lobby for arms shipments will prove counter-productive. And if not curtailed, the interference will turn off Americans enough to cut this tangled Ukrainian knot.

The U.S. engagement of the PRC was America’s
greatest strategic failure.

The World War I-era law has always been an embarrassment to freedom of speech. It has had little success in imprisoning America’s enemies. But that was never its purpose.

The growing threat from China is evidence of what may be the greatest intelligence failure in U.S. history. It needs to be investigated and addressed before another disaster strikes.

Everyone’s absorbed the 411 on the devastation from decades of deindustrialization. Or maybe not. 

Instead of setting an attractive example, inviting other nations to join a global civilization, America’s elites are imposing a repugnant vision on the world. They must be stopped.

Unlike in 1945, we are no longer the supremely productive, innovative, culturally united, and powerful America of yesteryear. 

The United States can no longer afford to invest itself in each and every international crisis, while its own home front is vulnerable to political, economic, and financial disasters. 

Our false humanitarianism confused our right to defend our society with a duty to make other societies more like ours.

Why should Americans care more about war-weary Ukrainians than about dead Americans?

The attack on what we stand for and what we believe in is well underway, and very little is being done to counteract it. 

Billions in U.S. aid to Ukraine would be better spent here at home. The time for our country to be involved in regional conflicts that do not impact our own security is over. 

Giving Ukraine a blank check, as some wish us to do, is the very opposite of a prudent U.S. foreign policy.

The processes of capitalism cannot in themselves guarantee meaningful liberty to citizens. Ultimately, only we ourselves can defend our own liberty. 

What coverage of the Russia-Ukraine conflict needs most are transparency, disclosure, and truth-telling. But we should not expect to get it.

Marinated in peace and affluence, we in the West have neglected the truth that human beings are geared for war.

The Chinese don’t need the balloon to attack us. From COVID to corrupt deals with presidents, they are already here.

Here's hoping our self-regarding elites sober up to the Chinese challenge faster than the Soviets did after their own "airborne foreign intruder" incident 35 years ago.