The question of war with Iran is not theoretical anymore. The United States is engaged in active hostilities: coordinated strikes, retaliatory missile fire, and the possible drift toward broader conflict. The debate is fierce and deeply divided. Supporters argue that decisive action was long overdue. Critics warn that we’re stumbling into another Middle Eastern quagmire…
The Greenland Gambit
As Senate Republicans move to block President Trump from advancing his renewed push to assert American control over Greenland, the moment is more than a routine intraparty disagreement. It reveals a deeper fault line running through American politics: the difference between raw power and rightly ordered authority. At stake is not merely an unconventional foreign…
War Powers, Warning, and the Weight of Authority
The renewed debate over presidential war powers, sparked by Vice President J.D. Vance’s dismissal of the War Powers Resolution as “fake” and unconstitutional, exposes more than a technical disagreement about statutes. It reveals a deeper conflict over authority, restraint, and accountability in the exercise of force. At stake is not merely how wars are authorized,…
Power, Persecution, and the Cross
Yesterday’s U.S. strike against Islamic State–linked militants operating in Nigeria, reportedly carried out with the approval and cooperation of the Nigerian government, landed with the kind of moral thud that foreign-policy decisions rarely avoid. President Trump framed the action in part as a response to violence that has included the targeting of Christians, a claim…
Syria, Sacrifice, and the High Cost We’re Too Quick to Call “Waste”
The deadly attack on American personnel in Syria—and President Trump’s pledge of a decisive response—has once again forced the country to confront a question we never seem to settle: What is worth the cost? Every time U.S. service members are killed abroad, the debate begins almost instantly. Why are we there? What are we gaining?…
Mixed Signals in the War on Drugs
The U.S. scored a hard-fought win with the guilty plea of Joaquín Guzmán López — son of infamously brutal cartel boss Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán — a leader in the cartel faction known as “Los Chapitos.” He admitted overseeing massive trafficking of fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and other narcotics into the United States. That’s the kind…
Strength, Justice, and the Need for Honest Leadership
Yesterday was quite the day for headlines — from military shake-ups to foreign-policy gambles to federal agencies throwing elbows — and each story points to the same underlying truth: America desperately needs clarity, character, and courage from its leaders. Not perfection (only God has that résumé), but a steady moral compass in a moment when…
Peace, Principles, and the Perils of Political Amnesia
Some weeks in politics feel like a three-ring circus, and lately the lions, clowns, and tightrope walkers have all shown up at once. On one side of the world, we’ve got a draft peace plan for Ukraine that asks them to hand over territory to Russia like it’s a neighborhood potluck. On the other side…
Why President Trump’s New Refugee Cap Isn’t the End of American Compassion
Well, the media is howling again. This time it’s over President Trump’s decision to set the refugee admissions cap at 7,500 per year, the lowest in U.S. history, and to prioritize white South Africans (Afrikaners) who’ve faced targeted violence back home. You’d think, from the headlines, that Lady Liberty herself just packed up and left…
The Moral Weight of America’s Return to Nuclear Testing
When President Trump tells the Pentagon to dust off the old test tunnels in Nevada, you can almost hear the collective gasp echo from Washington to Geneva. After more than three decades of quiet on the nuclear front, the United States is preparing to “match Russia and China” by restarting nuclear weapons testing. That’s not…
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