Is it possible for a military institution, sworn to obey civilian leadership, to defy it so completely while maintaining the veneer of obedience? If one is looking for an answer, West Point offers a troubling case study. Despite President Trump’s executive order in January 2025 banning all DEI initiatives across the federal government, and Secretary […]
A democratic society is defined not by its slogans but by its institutions. That is, by the rule of law, free elections, pluralistic parties, and independent media. Remove these pillars, and democracy collapses into something else entirely. Since Russia’s invasion in 2022, Volodymyr Zelensky has been praised in Western capitals as the avatar of liberal […]
By Mark Chesnut The Truth About Guns Just how anti-gun and out of touch is the National Education Association (NEA), the largest labor union in the United States that represents public school teachers and other education professionals? To get the answer to that question, look no further than NEA’s recent opposition to a measure before […]
The Trump administration has revoked Harvard University’s certification under the Student and Exchange Visitor Program (SEVP), effectively blocking the university from enrolling new international students. This dramatic step marks the latest flashpoint in a deepening standoff between Harvard and the federal government — one driven by disputes over campus activism, student privacy, and institutional autonomy. […]
Charges have officially been filed… A woman accused of spitting on Washington’s former top federal prosecutor was arrested Thursday on an assault charge. Emily Gabriella Sommer, 32, is charged with one federal count of assaulting, resisting or impeding a government official after she allegedly spat on former interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin when he was still in the post. The […]
PAUL’S DEFENSE BRIEF (PDB) – Space Force is underfunded for space control, other critical new missions, says the service’s top official. “We are not adequately funded for new missions that I’ve been given in space superiority,” warns Gen. Chance Saltzman. “Despite the dramatic rise in threats and increasing importance of space over the last few budget […]
A tied vote, a blocked school, and a battle still brewing… On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court reached a rare 4-4 deadlock in Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board v. Drummond, leaving in place an earlier Oklahoma Supreme Court decision that bars the creation of St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School. The school would have […]
It did not begin with bullets. It began with banners. The murder of two Israeli diplomats outside the Lillian & Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, was not the work of a lone madman, unmoored from society, swept up in personal delusion. It was the bloody, pitiless consequence of a campaign that has […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during a press conference the Israeli military has “likely” killed the leader of Hamas in Gaza, Mohammed Sinwar. Sinwar took over leadership of the terror group in Gaza after Israel killed his brother, Yahya Sinwar, in October. Mohammed is believed to have been killed in one of hundreds of airstrikes that […]
By Mark Chesnut The Truth About Guns Alarmed at allegations of “gross and substantial waste, fraud and abuse” within the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), two U.S. Senators have written a lengthy letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi demanding “immediate corrective action.” Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Joni Ernst, both […]
Hours after two Israeli embassy staff members were murdered… Early this morning, around 4 a.m., security guards outside CIA headquarters shot a woman during what officials are calling a “security incident” after she reportedly failed to comply with commands at a checkpoint. The shooting was nonfatal. The CIA announced that its main gate remains closed […]
Counting Only Citizens: Restoring Fair Representation In America
There is something quietly revolutionary in the notion that America, the greatest constitutional republic ever devised, should allocate its political power not according to the number of its citizens, but rather by the raw number of persons who happen to reside within its borders. To speak plainly, it is a betrayal of first principles. If […]