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josh hammer

josh hammer

Spy balloon serves as wake-up call

The utterly humiliating saga of a highaltitude Chinese surveillance “balloon” successfully traversing the entire North American continent, only to be shot down off the South Carolina coast after completing its intelligence-gathering voyage, ought to serve as a wake-up call for America’s ruling...
dennis prager

dennis prager

Why my synagogue may change its prayer for America

This is the prayer my synagogue reads aloud each Shabbat (Sabbath) morning: “Eternal God, we ask Your continued blessings for our country, the United States of America -- a beacon of light, liberty and justice in a darkened world.
josh hammer

josh hammer

The 2024 test for the New Right

After former President Donald Trump formally launched his 2024 presidential run in November, a favorite parlor game of the chattering class has been to guess the identity of his first announced challenger for the Republican nomination. Last week answered that question: Nikki Haley.
dennis prager

dennis prager

Who displays more irrational thinking?

There are very few things conservatives, liberals and leftists agree on. But if they are irreligious, they all agree that religious Americans are more irrational than irreligious Americans.
Progressivism versus popular sovereignty

Progressivism versus popular sovereignty

Progressivism versus popular sovereignty

On Thursday, Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall filed a letter, on behalf of 16 state attorneys general, to U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
How much destruction will Americans tolerate?

How much destruction will Americans tolerate?

How much destruction will Americans tolerate?

The past week saw riots in Atlanta and Boston. In Atlanta, the rioters allegedly were up in arms about the death of Manuel Esteban Paez Teran, an environmental activist who was shot and killed by police after he shot a Georgia state trooper in the stomach. (The officer survived.