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As J.R. Dunn noted in his July 17th Members Weekly Newsletter (you should subscribe!) in an article titled "Targeting the Socialists," America's socialist and socialist-adjacent movements have emerged in four major waves since 1920. Today, we appear to be entering the...

Welcome to today's seminar. By the time we're done, you'll grasp Iran's favorite negotiating trick: saying one thing, meaning another, and watching Western diplomats pretend they didn't notice. Armed to the teeth but incredibly vulnerable, Iran has played a losing...

One of the greater mysteries of our century may be why governments across much of Europe, North America, and even Australia adopted remarkably similar immigration policies seemingly at the same time. It is difficult to believe this happened by chance. And unlike Adam...

Richard Condon's The Manchurian Candidate was published in 1959 during the Cold War. The novel told the story of an American soldier whom the Chinese and North Koreans brainwashed into becoming a political assassin as part of their attempt to overthrow America. Its...

I have a friend I hold in high esteem: well-read, worldly, educated, and ever-thoughtful. Recently, she told me she has lost faith in America. In part, she wrote:...

July 4th is an important date in American history and for this author. Paradoxically, it may be an even more important date for the rest of the world. Imagine, for a moment, what the world would look like had the American Revolution failed, and the colonies remained...

When the Obama Presidential Center was first announced, it was sold as a transformative civic investment — a cultural anchor for Chicago's South Side, a symbol of renewal, and a legacy project for America's 44th president. The early price tag hovered around $300...

America, the country that so many of us love, no longer lives in truth; rather, a perpetual state of untruth we know exists, but tolerate for lack of an actionable alternative. Each side of the aisle promulgates its version of the truth. Trump is a liar, a fool, and a...

With America a hair's breadth away from boots-on-the-ground combat in Iran, I'm reminded of the belief that, for decades, the uncertainty principle has governed much of American foreign policy. This has resulted in thousands of unnecessary American deaths, both...

A perfect illustration of our cultural collapse is the growing trend of people not only committing crimes but also proudly filming themselves doing so on social media. In Queensland, police recently charged 90 young offenders under new "posting and boasting" laws...