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Monday, December 30
Carter Was America’s Most Effective Former President
Todd Purdum, The Atlantic
The Truth: Carter Was a Terrible President (& Former President)
Philip Klein, NRO
History Gets Carter Wrong, Both Underrated & Overrated
Mark Z. Barabak, LA Times
Trump's Top 10 Best Moves of 2024
Frank Miele, RealClearPolitics
America Gets the President We Deserve
Ryan Bernsten, Newsweek
Obama’s 'Censorship' Office Goes Bankrupt
Gabe Kaminsky, RealClearPolitics
The MAGA Battle Over Foreign Workers
Lee Fang, UnHerd
The Great Fake H1-B Controversy
Roger Simon, Substack
Immigration Continues To Drive U.S. Population Growth
Bill King, RealClearPolitics
The Bonfire of the Progressive Vanities
Allysia Finley, Wall Street Journal
What I Saw at the Daniel Penny Trial
Nicole Gelinas, City Journal
We Will Resist Trump's Effort To Politicize DOJ
Rep. Jamie Raskin, Highly Conflicted
Pardoning Fauci Would Be Disservice to Him and Americans
Robert Moffit, RCP
What the Left Doesn't Understand About Women’s Sports
Helen Lewis, The Atlantic
The Best of Sports 2024
Jason Gay, Wall Street Journal
Trump Wins 'Lie of the Year' for 4th Straight Time
Ellen Hine, PolitiFact
Top 10 Hoaxes Propaganda Press Peddled In 2024
Shawn Fleetwood, The Federalist
Tuesday, December 31
A New Year Isn't a Blank Slate
William Galston, Wall Street Journal


2025 Resolution: I Won't Be Fooled by Democrats' Lies
Nicole Russell, USA Today
2024 Is Finally Over. Let's Forget That It Ever Happened
Timothy Noah, New Republic
Thankfully, Some Things Never Change
Matt Taibbi, Racket News
How Bidenomics Sank Harris
Douglas Carr, National Review
Is Trump Serious About Greenland, Panama and Canada?
David Smith, The Guardian
The Democrats Embrace Tribalism
F.H. Buckley, New York Sun
How Intellectuals Found God
Peter Savodnik, The Free Press
Jimmy Carter's Legacy
Tevi Troy, City Journal
As an Ex-President, Jimmy Carter Fought for Peace
Katrina vanden Heuvel, The Nation
How To Get Wokeness Out of Schools
Jordan Adams, TomKlingenstein.com
Why Democrats Will Have Trouble Reforming
George Packer, The Atlantic
Marc Elias' Tactics Helped Trump This Election
Gabe Kaminsky, Washington Examiner
Washington's Crossing Showed Importance of Adaptability
Susan Long, RCDefense
Erect an Arch for America's 250th Anniversary
Catesby Leigh, City Journal
How Haidt Won Fight Against Smartphones in Schools
Olivia Reingold, The Free Press
A Misdiagnosis of Substance Abuse
Lester Munson, RealClearBooks
Wednesday, January 1
Toward a Political History of the Last 75 Years
Michael Barone, Washington Examiner


The Democrats and Republicans Best Positioned for 2028
Bill Scher, Politico
Hopefully Just the Start of Woke Progressivism Losing
Mark Ross, American Thinker
What NC's Josh Stein Says Democrats Need To Learn
Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN
The Argentine Miracle
Joseph Addington, The American Conservative
Could Trump Fix Social Security's Biggest Problem in '25?
Keith Speights, Motley Fool
Defense Industry Will See Big Shakeup Under Trump
Valerie Insinna, Breaking Defense
What's 'America First': People or Profits?
Rachel Campos-Duffy & Evita Duffy-Alfonso, Fox
2024's Biggest Loser Was Obama
Eddie Scarry, The Federalist
What Really Happened in Wuhan?
Matt Ridley, Spiked
The Spies Who Hate Us
Jeffrey Tucker, Brownstone Institute
Jimmy Carter, the Faithful Servant
Joe Klein, Substack
Tough Times for Former Speaker Pelosi
Leesa Donner, Liberty Nation News
Elder Abuse Is No Way To Run a Government
Jeet Heer, The Nation
Canada-America Union: A Fantasy That Just Won’t Go Away
Andrew Latham, 1945
How AI Could Affect Human Evolution
Rob Brooks, The Conversation
Thursday, January 2
From New Orleans to Nice, the Carnage Is Familiar
Matthew Hennessey, WSJ


The Most Effective Antidote to ISIS Attacks
Graeme Wood, The Atlantic
Jabbar: From Army Vet to Corporate Consultant to Terrorist
Gillum et al., WSJ
2024 in Review
Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM
5 Key Questions Could Define American Politics in 2025
Alexander Nazaryan, MSNBC
5 Hoaxes That Blew Up in the Media's Face in 2024
John Loftus, The Daily Caller
New Year Offers Legacy Media a Chance for Redemption
J. Peder Zane, RCP
Dems Paid Price for Abandoning Clinton-Era Policies
Mark Penn, FOX News
The National Nightmare Is Ending
Victor Davis Hanson, X
Trump Voters Are In for a Rude Awakening
Robert McCoy, The New Republic
School Choice Takes Its Fight From Red, Right to Blue
Vince Bielski, RCI
Trump Nominees: 5 Confirmation Battles To Watch
Al Weaver, The Hill
A New Dawn for American Justice
Paul Ingrassia, AMAC
The President Trump Is Pushing Aside
Russell Berman, The Atlantic
Advice From the Wisest President
Daniel Henninger, Wall Street Journal
Costco Caught in Crosshairs of DEI Controversy
Pamela Danzinger, Forbes
A Serious DEI Problem Has Affected the FBI
Aaron Cohen, FOX News
Friday, January 3
No Love Lost Between Trump, Biden as Inauguration Looms
Stephen Collinson, CNN


Trump Admin Must Begin Restoring American Values on Day 1
Kenin Spivak, RCP
Speaker Johnson’s Day of Reckoning
Caldwell & Svitek, Washington Post
GOP Must Quickly Re-Elect Speaker Johnson
Lawrence Kudlow, FOX Business
New Year Begins With Terror
Cannon, Wegmann & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
Trump's Self-Serving Response to New Orleans Attack
Rex Huppke, USA Today
Biden & the Left Let Islamic Terrorism Rise Again
Douglas Murray, New York Post
Why Trump's Plan To Deport Millions Will Fall Far Short
Saul Ramirez, LA Times
Trump's Secret Weapon for Mass Deportations: E-Verify
Hayden Ludwig, RCP
New Year's Resolution for Trump's America: No Snitching
Hamilton Nolan, Guardian
Cover-Up of Biden’s Decline Will Be His Legacy
Tim Murtaugh, Washington Times
What Jimmy Carter Left Behind
Tom Donilon, Foreign Affairs
Dems Rewrite History To Praise Jimmy Carter
Francis Sempa, RealClearDefense
What Does an America Without Democracy Look Like?
Max Burns, The Hill
At WaPo, Democracy Dies in Historical Revisionism
Peter Parisi, Washington Times
Modern Life Feels Like the 7 Circles of Digital Hell
Margaret Sullivan, The Guardian
Media Face Grim Prospects as Reach, Influence Wane
Joe Concha, New York Post
Saturday, January 4
Trump Quashes Revolt Against Speaker Johnson
Philip Wegmann, RealClearPolitics
Vote to Reelect Johnson a Good Start for GOP
Colin Reed, FOX News
Johnson Wins, But Proves GOP Has Little Room for Error
Molly Ball, WSJ
Experts Warn of Growing Threat From Extremism
Kaplan & Abou-Sabe, NBC News
Time To Get Real
Citizen Soldier, RealClearDefense
January 6 Was a Failed Coup d'etat
Arwa Mahdawi, The Guardian
How Dems & the Media Used & Abused January 6
Robert Knight, Washington Times
Optimism About Trump on the Left
Ted Rall, Wall Street Journal
What Liberals Got Wrong About 1989
Ivan Krastev, The Atlantic
Where Are Our Leaders?
Ari Unger, RealClearPolitics
Carter's Foreign Policy Legacy More Successful Than Believed
Peter Bergen, CNN
2025 Will Be a Pivotal Year for Ukraine and Russia
Daniel DePetris, Newsweek
Why Biden's Surgeon General Spoke Out Now on Alcohol
Sarah Wire, USA Today
Why Chefs Support RFK Jr.'s Crusade To Fix Our Food
Andrew Gruel, The Federalist
Newsom Tries To Get Ahead of Trump, RFK Jr. on Unhealthy Food
Wick & Luna, LAT
When Working-Class Girls Were Sacrificed to Ideology
Brendan O'Neill, Spiked
Britain's Long-Overdue Reckoning With 'Grooming Gangs'
Ben Sixsmith, TAC
Sunday, January 5
The End of the 'Obama Era'
Julian Epstein, New York Post
Johnson Wins Speaker Battle; War Goes On
David Dayen, American Prospect
The Left Case for Kash Patel
Christian Parenti, Compact Magazine
Democrats' Culture Denialism
Ruy Teixeira, Substack
State Dept To Route Censorship Office to New Hub
Gabe Kaminsky, DC Examiner
Media's Lockstep Anti-Trumpism Almost Destroyed This Country
Greg Gutfeld, X
Can Fairness Fix the U.S. Economy?
Ron Knox, The Nation
Bhattacharya Will Bring Much-Needed Transparency to NIH
Andrew Noymer, RCP
Be It Resolved!
Weiss, et al., The Free Press
Trump Team Needs Violence of Action Starting Hour One
Jack Posobiec, War Room
We'll Miss DEI When It's Gone
Malcolm Ferguson, The New Republic
Democrats Need To Get Over Their Delusions
Joel Kotkin, The American Mind
Broken Windows Policing Is Still the Best Approach
John McMillian, City Journal
NYC Mayor Race Has Begun. Everyone Is Frozen
David Freedlander, New York Magazine
Israel Thwarts External Threats, Amplifies Internal Ones
Peter Berkowitz, RCP
2025 Will Test the Aging Warhorses of the Middle East
John Sawers, Financial Times
Denmark May Regret Not Selling Greenland to Trump
James Freeman, Wall St. Journal


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