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A resolution for 2026: Energy that actually works

The start of a new year is when people take stock of what’s working and what isn’t. Families reassess budgets. Businesses review strategy. Lawmakers should do the same, especially when it comes to energy policy. After decades of lofty climate promises, 2026 arrives with a stubborn reality: Global demand for energy will continue to rise. […]

Can Mike Johnson thwart Trump on abortion?

Much of President Donald Trump‘s success is due to the fact that he is the least ideological man to occupy the Oval Office in generations. Aside from his pet issues, namely illegal immigration and protectionist economic policies, where he has remained quite consistent, Trump is willing to compromise on just about anything. Compromise and coalition-building […]

California is eliminating life without parole, even for serial rapists

Gov. Gavin Newsom likes to pretend he is willing to be tough on crime, but California under his leadership is effectively eliminating life without parole as a criminal punishment, facilitating the release of despicable violent criminals as soon as they turn 50 years old. Roy Charles Waller, known as the NorCal rapist, is on the […]

Democrats and their media comrades want violence

Before Minneapolis became the epicenter of seemingly countless Somali scams, it was the epicenter of perhaps the most shameless and irresponsible demonstration of partisan opportunism and cynical violence in modern American history. In May 2020, during both the first Trump administration and the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, George Floyd was killed during his […]

Seizing sanctioned ship, Trump shows how to break Russian brinkmanship

Alerted in late December to U.S. plans to seize the sanctioned Marinera/Bella 1 cargo ship as it transited the Atlantic Ocean, Moscow allowed that vessel’s crew to reflag the Marinera as Russian. The Russians then let it be known that they had sent a submarine to escort the vessel. The implication: If U.S. forces moved to […]

Renee Good is a cautionary tale on the dangers of the Left’s cult of ideology

Renee Good should be alive today. It’s because of radical, far-left political ideology that she is not. The mother of three was killed during a tragic interaction with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on Wednesday after she was reportedly disrupting and impeding a federal law enforcement operation. In my opinion, it looks as if she […]

On This Day: Common Sense

The following is an installment of “On This Day,” a new series celebrating America’s 250th anniversary by following the actions of Gen. George Washington, the Continental Congress, and the men and women whose bravery and sacrifice led up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Jan. 9, 1776 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Thomas Paine was still […]

Big Oil expresses tepid interest as Trump seeks deal on Venezuela

Major oil firms expressed interest — with reservations — about doing business in Venezuela as President Trump said Friday he’s seeking a deal to decide which companies will drill in the Latin American nation. During a meeting at the White House, Trump said he would try to “cut a deal” to determine which firms get...

Comedian John Mulaney postpones weekend Minneapolis shows

Comedian John Mulaney will not perform in Minneapolis this weekend as tensions mount over the presence of federal authorities in the city following the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Macklin Good by a federal immigration officer. Mulaney was scheduled to perform three shows at The Armory, a venue in downtown Minneapolis, as part of his...

Musk limits AI images to paid users

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Musk limits AI image generation to paid subscribers Elon Musk’s social platform X blocked most users from manipulating images with Grok after complaints that the AI chatbot was producing sexualized images of women and children, but left the feature available to paid subscribers. © AP Photo/Noah Berger “Image...

Anti-abortion groups pressure Trump, GOP leaders on ACA Hyde ‘flexibility’

A coalition of leading anti-abortion groups on Friday urged President Trump along with House and Senate Republican leaders to hold firm in demanding strict protections against ObamaCare subsidies being used to pay for abortion. The letter from Americans United for Life, Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, Students for Life and others comes just days after Trump told Republicans to be “flexible” in their demands for Hyde Amendment protections as part of...

Supreme Court will review FCC’s fines against AT&T, Verizon 

The Supreme Court agreed Friday to decide whether the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) authority to issue massive fines violated AT&T's and Verizon’s constitutional right to a jury trial.  It’s the latest Supreme Court case to take aim at federal agencies’ regulatory power. The case is expected to be argued near the end of this term, which would enable it to...

Trump dials Collins with ‘profanity-laced rant’ over Venezuela war powers vote

President Trump on Thursday laid into Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) with a “profanity-laced” phone call after she supported a Democratic-led war powers resolution over his actions in Venezuela. According to two sources familiar, a fuming Trump dialed up Collins, the foremost Senate GOP centrist, during the vote aimed at blocking the White House from using...

Macklin Good’s wife responds to shooting: ‘We need to show them a better way’

The wife of a Minnesota woman fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in Minneapolis on Wednesday has spoken publicly for the first time, calling on people to uplift each other as her partner did. “Renee [Nicole Macklin Good] lived by an overarching belief: there is kindness in the world and we...

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