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As we approach the 250th anniversary of America’s independence in 2026, it is fitting to reflect on the events that ignited the Revolutionary spirit and a newly born nation.Just over 250 years ago, in April 1775, a network of riders…

Thaddeus G. McCotter writes that “Big Government is Chaos” and thank goodness for the new Trump budget that cuts $163 billion and returns discretionary spending other than defense to 2017 levels. Savings come from eliminating radical…

Will Americans soon witness President Trump’s issuance of an executive order suspending habeas corpus for criminal aliens and American enemies who have participated in an invasion against the United States, and who have chosen to remain in…

Following Trump’s announcement of tariffs on April 3, many on the Left argued that once again Trump had gone rogue. Many claimed catastrophes were imminent. Average Americans will see an astronomical rise in consumer prices that they can…

Will Pope Leo XIV return the Catholic Church to traditional morality, or will he continue down the path laid by Francis, a pope who embraced liberation theology? The issue is existential for Western Civilization as a whole—and it appears…

<img alt="George Hayter, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons" captext="WC" src="https://images.americanthinker.com/kb/kb0mjcma8m8p5qapjw1e_640.jpg">Image: The Coronation of Queen Victoria in Westminster Abbey, 28 June…

Years ago I was neck-deep in primary sources from the U.S. Civil War. Looking through battlefield correspondence and diaries, a sad detail kept jumping out. Again and again, soldiers described the last words of fallen…

It’s a fool’s game to try to predict President Trump’s audacious new moves. Tommy Vietor was the latest to learn this. He posted that it was “really scary” that hostilities between India and Pakistan were escalating and that Trump was…

As Mother’s Day arrives, with millions of American women I celebrate President Trump’s administration for revering us as the nation’s heart and affirming our biological identity as vital to America’s renewal. In our land of the free, women…

As a wilderness hunter, trapper, and fisherman, I am a longtime devotee of public lands. The best hunting, fishing, and one-on-one talks with God are had the farthest distance from developed areas.As a political conservative, I…