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This Country Has Just Cracked Trump’s Code

From the Right / Rachel Marsden / Jan 20, 2026

PARIS — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney went to China, met with President Xi Jinping, opened up roughly $7 billion in potential new revenues for Canada through trade deals — and immediately sent the America First commentariat into a full-blown meltdown. Which is odd, because this is exactly the kind of national self-interest that the ...Read more

This Is No Way to Gimme Shelter

From the Right / Stephen Moore / Jan 20, 2026

Americans today are justifiably angry about the price of rents and mortgages. Home prices have roughly tripled over the last 25 years, and the median home price is now $415,000.

The 30- and 40-somethings are having a tough time buying a first home. Young families may need to pay a whopping $75,000 on a down payment.

Democrats and some populist...Read more

Cal Thomas: A bad bet

From the Right / Cal Thomas / Jan 20, 2026

It wasn’t that long ago when sports betting was illegal. Then suddenly it was as though profit, rather than controlling this vice, became paramount. It was inevitable, given human nature, that bad things would follow legalization.

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Is a Red Line Still a Red Line?

From the Right / Josh Hammer / Jan 16, 2026

One of the most embarrassing moments of the extremely embarrassing Barack Obama presidency came in the context of the Syrian civil war. In August 2012, Obama vowed that "a red line for us," which would thereby necessitate some sort of American intervention, "is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized."...Read more

The Left's Silence on Iran Isn't Hypocrisy; It's Consistency!

From the Right / David Harsanyi / Jan 16, 2026

There are no flotillas on the way to save Iran. No Soros-funded "democracy" groups pressuring Western governments to intervene on behalf of civilians who are being arrested and murdered. No astroturfing movement demanding economic boycotts.

When college students returned from winter break last week, they didn't find a single encampment ...Read more

The Goal Posts Keep Shifting

From the Right / Erick Erickson / Jan 16, 2026

Renee Good should be alive. The activist, killed by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, met her end in tragedy. What has happened since, predictably, saw people rush to their tribal corners. ICE "murdered" Good. Good was the villain. Your politics positioned your stance. What got left behind were the facts and a press corps that ...Read more

The Perpetual Climate Panic Machine Has Collapsed!

From the Right / Tim Graham / Jan 16, 2026

Global warming has gone cold as an issue. Despite decades of panicked predictions of doom, it's never been a high priority for voters, and Trump's bold expressions of "climate denial" went unpunished by voters.

The media still sound allied with the Green New Deal pushers, but the thrill is gone. Last November, leftists blasted ABC, CBS and NBC ...Read more

What's the Matter With Minnesota?

From the Right / Michael Barone / Jan 16, 2026

Minnesota? Somalis? Nine billion dollars in alleged welfare fraud? To understand what's going on from a distance, it helps to understand basic culture. Minnesota was settled largely by people of Scandinavian and German ancestry.

In survey after survey, Minnesota has ranked No. 1 or No. 2 among states, often just behind neighboring and much ...Read more