P.T. Ward

There’s a new Bill Kristol wing of the GOP forming and it’s led by Kim Strassel, Marc Thiessen, and a bunch of weirdos paid to be too online.

This might be an unpopular opinion, but I hope Sophie Cunningham stays far away from the Con Inc / media / influencer ecosystem. She could make a much bigger cultural impact by staying right where she is, doing what she loves, and speaking on issues she truly cares about to young women who are apolitical or liberal (the vast majority of young women in America). As opposed to entering an echo chamber and preaching to the choir.

A new day, a new hit to transparency from Trump’s Pentagon

The time has come. I'm taking an extended break from this site. Nothing specific has happened lately to prompt this. Honestly...I'm just tired. I need the mental detox. It's the same thing every day. The same "breaking" posts. The same accounts making the same arguments. The same lame engagement farming. The same bots in my replies. The same people applying their purity tests depending on what politician they love. It's all so stale and draining, and despite what some have assumed, this site is not how I make a living. Will I be back? I'm sure I'll post again at some point, but I'm going to take a while and then play things by ear. Maybe the motivation and desire will rekindle a bit. Regardless, I'd encourage everyone to take a step back and consider that what some Washington politician does or whether some movie is woke is not that important in the grand scheme of things. Those things aren't going to bring you fulfillment in life. Spend time with your family. Go to church and build a real relationship with God. Climb a mountain and watch the sunset. Go fishing. The only thing you can't get back is time, and things aren't nearly as bad as the political bubble would have you believe. Take some time and enjoy life a little.

IMHO, a lot of conservatives are missing the Biblical forest for the woke trees in Nolan's Odyssey. Yes, the casting of Elliot Page is silly and egregious. But here's the thing: Nolan's "The Odyssey" is an apologia for Christian morality poured into a Greek vase. The entire movie is rooted in what Nolan terms "Zeus' law." That law is: "Treat others as you would want to be treated, because anyone might be a god." Now, clearly, there's nothing like that in Greek mythology. It's not implicit in Homer. It's a direct rip from Biblical morality, substituting "because anyone might be a god" for "because man was made in the image of God." Nolan then takes this rule and uses it as his moral glue: the idea is that Odysseus, in utilizing the Trojan Horse, violated Zeus' law and led to full-scale slaughter. That sin has led to the unleashing of broader globalized sin (the "sea peoples" who don't respect Zeus' law and are invading surrounding areas). This is a highly Biblical message: that sin is infectious, and that sin also affects the world at large, not just the sinner. Odysseus has sinned, and he must atone for that sin through self-imposed exile. He must also sacrifice his own aspirations to restore the possibility of a moral universe: because he has unleashed catastrophic violence and violation of Zeus' law -- manifest in the suitors' cynical use of Zeus' law to eat Penelope out of house and home -- he must violate Zeus' law one last time and then accept the penalty, which is exile. This is a not only a movie that will make millions of people go read classical literature again. It also reinforces the idea that violation of the Golden Rule has disastrous consequences. I dunno. I'd consider that, on balance, a large-scale win for civilizational values, when weighed against the woke casting of Elliot Page or the dumbass discussion over whether Lupita Nyongo is good-looking enough (she is, and for the record Diane Kruger is German, not Greek).

The “post liberal right” believes that the classical liberal principles of our founders and the Declaration have failed and need to be replaced with a new order that elevates the “common good” above individual liberty. That should be disqualifying for anyone hoping to lead this country.

The “post liberal right” believes that the classical liberal principles of our founders and the Declaration have failed and need to be replaced with a new order that elevates the “common good” above individual liberty. That should be disqualifying for anyone hoping to lead this country.

THUNE is threatening to use reconciliation to fund the government if necessary Thune says Senate will vote on a CR before August recess And says he will hold House’s budget resolution until funding is settled

BREAKING: New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill reveals that a “software error” within NJ’s Motor Vehicle System erroneously registered 6,600 non-citizens to vote even though they self attested they aren’t U.S. citizens and that “fewer than 400” of those people actually did vote.

Fox News debuts US Senate forecast for 2026 🟦Democrats: 48 🟥Republicans: 48 Toss-up: 4 —— 🟦Georgia: Lean D 🟦Michigan: Lean D 🟦New Hampshire: Lean D 🟦North Carolina: Lean D — Alaska: Toss-Up Iowa: Toss-Up Maine: Toss-Up Ohio: Toss-Up — 🟥Texas: Lean R

She does this every time. Absolute disaster for the party, and the movement.