Opinion

May 2026

Cartoons from the desk of Matt Wuerker

‘An unmitigated s–t show fever dream’: Louisiana enters election chaos

Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry’s abrupt decision to postpone the state’s House primaries just days...

Trump signs stopgap FISA extension after Senate blocks long-term renewal

President Trump signed a 45-day extension of FISA Section 702 after the Senate rejected a House-passed three-year renewal that included a CBDC ban.

Democrat Tina Shah calls transgender healthcare for children a ‘no-brainer’ in competitive NJ House race

Democrat Tina Shah, running to unseat Rep. Tom Kean Jr. in a key New Jersey swing district, said transgender healthcare for children is a "no-brainer."

We Meant to Do That

Pity the suckers in the cities governed by the radical left who let themselves...

No to a Spirit Airlines bailout

President Donald Trump is currently considering a bailout or partial nationalization of the floundering budget airline Spirit Airlines. The president’s instinct to intervene is the same instinct that led Spirit down the path that resulted in two bankruptcies in 2024 and 2025. In 2023, President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice sued to block the proposed […]

Under siege, Russia cuts military parade and internet

To borrow a great line from the movie Under Siege 2, “Assumption is the mother of all f*** ups.” Russian President Vladimir Putin assumed that launching the war on Ukraine in February 2022 would lead to a rapid and decisive Russian victory. He was wrong. As Russia fails to make substantive progress in that war […]

Democrats’ leftist takeover is complete with Graham Platner’s rise in Maine US Senate race

There’s virtually nothing a leftist can say or do that's disqualifying in today’s Democratic Party.

Beware the mass corruption of ‘international law’

Not only did Qatar gin up the International Criminal Court’s lawless prosecution of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged “war crimes,” the Arab...

Changing the narrative on suicide prevention, one friend at a time

May is mental health awareness month, a time dedicated to raising awareness, normalizing help-seeking, and reducing stigma surrounding mental health. Those efforts matter, but they are simply not enough. If we are serious about saving lives, we need to change the way we think about suicide prevention. For someone in the depths of suicidal thoughts, […]

Nun attacked in Jerusalem in ‘disturbing rise in Christianophobia.’ Where’s media coverage

One would never know it by the collective silence of legacy media reports in the United States, but a French nun was brutally attacked in Jerusalem earlier this week. The attack, and subsequent U.S. legacy media silence, comes as attacks against Christians have become more frequent, yet go largely unreported, especially compared to reports of […]

Finally, tax dollars can fund a Christian education instead of government schools

Earlier this year, as parents across the United States filed their taxes, a serious question kept coming up at kitchen tables: Why are we paying into an education system that no longer reflects our values, and then struggling to afford the education we actually want for our children? That question deserves an honest answer. The […]

Why doesn’t America have a transcontinental railroad?

In 1869, the first-ever American transcontinental railroad was completed at Promontory Summit, then in the Utah Territory. Passengers and cargo from the industrial cities of the Northeast could make the steam-powered one-week journey toward the West Coast, stretching the American frontier and settling the West. Nearly 160 years later, highway systems and airplanes have taken […]

Can new Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al Zaidi meet Trump’s expectations?

President Donald Trump has set high expectations for Iraq’s newly designated prime minister, Ali al Zaidi, expectations that reflect Washington’s long-standing hope for a stable, reliable partner in Baghdad. But Iraq’s reality is far more complicated. In Iraq, leadership is not just about capability — it is about constraint. And those constraints are built into the […]

The urban mine Hormuz just exposed

The Strait of Hormuz is closed, and Iranian officials are reportedly begging Washington to reopen it. Beijing has tightened its grip on rare earths. And Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is raising $100 billion through Project Prometheus to buy the American manufacturers whose production lines depend on both. Three crises. One vulnerability. And a solution sitting […]

Democrats’ court disaster

Democrats keep learning the hard way that what goes around comes around. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) changed voting rules in 2017 so Democrats couldn’t filibuster Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court. He did the same for future Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. This helped President Donald Trump promote three originalist […]

Contouring an Iran settlement

After five decades of conflict, Iran under the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei constituted a “clear and present danger” to the West. The notion proffered by some that there needed to be an imminent threat to trigger military action only invites future tragedy. With this said, while the administration’s decision to attack Iran appears to be […]

In abandoning OPEC for the free market, UAE sees Iran writing on the wall

By the time you’re reading this, the United Arab Emirates, the world’s fourth-largest oil exporter, will have left the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries after nearly 60 years of membership. In an existential blow to the historically indomitable oil cartel, the Gulf monarchy announced that it would instead “respond to evolving market needs” by […]

The GOP must deliver immediate tax relief before the midterm elections, and it can start at the pump

In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to give readers the full picture. You can find our full list of In Focus pieces here. Republicans are scrambling to show the public they are trying to […]

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