Citizen Writers Fighting Censorship by Helping Americans Understand Issues Affecting the Republic.
Let’s stop pretending this is a seminar where everyone raises their hand and waits to be called on. The United States is the global hegemon. That’s not bravado; it’s the rebuilt operating system. When America “consults,” it’s being polite. When America decides, the rest of the world updates its talking points.
As the global hegemon, we don’t merely influence outcomes. We decide who is fit to lead. We anoint. We delegitimize. We sanction. We isolate. And when necessary, we remove. On that front, our record is impeccable. Few nations in history have been better at leader removal than the United States. Regime change—overt or discreet—is something we understand down to the checklist.
Chuck Klein lists 50 years of U.S. Presidential actions and/or inaction in the National Security battle space
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK “At least seven explosions and low-flying aircraft were heard around 2 a.m. local time Saturday in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas.” .UPDATED. Maduro In US Custody
Historically, America understood this. Immigration was not just about crossing an ocean. It was about assimilation. Italians, Irish, Poles, Germans—none arrived culturally identical to Anglo-Protestant America. But the expectation was clear: you adopt the civic moral framework of the country you’re entering. Loyalty to tribe yields to loyalty to law. Institutions outrank kin networks. No exceptions, no special carve-outs.
Once each year The State of the Union Address finds most of our military and elected leaders, including the president, all gathered together.
As a great year closes out, the last week brings some really strange views from our liberal friends.
The terror, assassinations, assaults, and violence taking place across America is horrendous. But what is causing this extreme violence?
While Islamist movements wage a long war measured in generations, demographics, and ideological endurance, Western politicians fight short wars measured in polling data, donor pressure, and media optics.
The ideological divide between Republicans and Democrats is greater in 2025 than it was immediately before the Civil War in 1860. The recently passed Invest America Act highlights the key ideological difference in a way few would have thought possible in the 20th century.
On Saturday, 12/6, PM Viktor Orban declared that Hungary’s 2026 general election will be the country’s final vote before a looming war reaches Europe.
The International Traffic in Arms Regulations — was created in the 1970s to stop Soviet spies from sneaking American missiles out in suitcases. It made sense back then. The battlefield was tanks, jets, rifles, and radios. Power was measured in steel and gunpowder.
Syria is not a declared war. There is no Syria-specific Authorization for Use of Military Force. There is no victory condition, no end state, no honest explanation that survives five follow-up questions.
Stanley and Valerie Creighton sponsored Lakanwal & his family in 2021 as part of Biden’s “Operation Allies Welcome” program. They appear to be serial profiteers of the “refugee industry” and have sponsored other Afghani families and Syrian refugees too.
Arctic warfare has always been the great equalizer. It humbles superpowers, burns through armies, and rewards only the few who understand that in the North, the environment is the real four-star general.
Every few years, Washington discovers a brand-new way to make ordinary people miserable in the name of “security.” The latest brainstorm? A proposed rule requiring visitors from 42 friendly nations—including Australia—to hand over five years of their social media history just to enter the United States.
The Iron Major was never meant to be cool. He wasn’t a door kicker, a tank commander, or a helicopter pilot. He was something more tragic—a Jedi Knight of staffing, a warrior-monk assigned to pour black coffee into his bloodstream and rearrange briefing charts until the colonel approved the shade of blue.
We may finally be ridding ourselves of one of the greatest RINOs in the Senate. John Cornyn will not be missed.
Scripture teaches something modern diplomacy avoids: nations are not equal in strength, discipline, or character. Some restrain evil; others unleash it.
Every December, the same myth rises from the grave like a bad History Channel rerun: the idea that the U.S. government had advance knowledge of the attack on Pearl Harbor and let it happen