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1. Rabbi Daniel Schonbuch: Murder in the Existential Vacuum

2. Kenneth Rapoza: July Import Surge Another Case of Tariff Front-Loading as IEEPA Tariffs Double in August

3. Judd Dunning: You Can't Gun America Down

4. John Lott: If Mental Health Experts Can't Identify Murderers, What's the Backup Plan?

5. Todd Sheets: We Must Triumph over Chronic Violent Crime in Major American Cities

6. Daniel Greenfield: Washington Post Guild Defends Editorialist Fired for Faking Charlie Kirk Quote

7. Greg Rabidoux: Political Violence by the Few Could Stifle the Voices of the Many

Murder in the Existential Vacuum

By Rabbi Daniel Schonbuch

The assassination of Charlie Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, highlights a growing crisis of meaning in America. Alleged killer Tyler James Robinson was reportedly isolated, immersed in toxic online subcultures, and influenced by radical left-wing ideologies such as anti-capitalism, anti-Zionism, and anti-Americanism. When faith, family, and community collapse, young people fill the emptiness with destructive ideologies. The existential vacuum breeds despair, and despair breeds violence. I would urge a national response: We must restore meaning. Families must teach responsibility and love. Communities must revive traditions that ground the human spirit. Leaders must inspire with higher purpose. Without this cultural renewal, tragedies like Kirk's assassination will multiply." [more...]

July Import Surge Another Case of Tariff Front-Loading as IEEPA Tariffs Double in August

By Kenneth Rapoza, Reporter/Columnist for Coalition for a Prosperous America

The trade deficit rose 32.5% in July and imports were up 5.9%, but much of this can be attributed to importers bulking up on orders as the full brunt of the "Liberation Day" tariffs were set to start in August. Many of the usual top import items showed no sign of big import swings month-over-month. Pharmaceutical imports, usually an import leader, fell to $16 billion from $17.1 billion. Passenger car imports fell to $14.2 billion from $15 billion. Automotive parts held relatively steady on the month – $11.8 billion worth of imports in July versus $11.5 billion in June. Pharmaceuticals are not subject to tariffs, but Section 232 tariffs exist for cars and car parts with the exception of USMCA-made vehicles, which have duty-free entry into the U.S. (unless they fail to meet agreed upon content requirements). [more...]

You Can't Gun America Down

By Judd Dunning, Talk Show Host, Bestselling Author

How Charlie Kirk's enduring legacy, America's 234-year-old Second Amendment, and millions of armed citizens - from determined moms to steadfast patriots - remain freedom's ultimate safeguard.

As expected, the professional Left is exploiting the horrific murder of Charlie Kirk to push gun control. They are twisting his words for their own gain. Charlie was a principled Constitutional conservative who was opposed to gun control. He dedicated his life to freedom and would never have wanted his death to be used as an excuse to subjugate people or curtail freedoms. Charlie, in life, was right. In death, he is still right: Guns in the hands of good people preserve and create a better America. Guns are "worth it." [more...]

If Mental Health Experts Can't Identify Murderers, What's the Backup Plan?

By John Lott, Worldwide Expert on Guns & Crime

A profound mental health crisis lies at the heart of violence in America. Decarlos Brown, Jr., the man who brutally stabbed to death the Ukrainian woman in Charlotte, North Carolina, was in a mental hospital earlier this year and diagnosed with schizophrenia. But doctors wouldn't have released him if they had viewed him as a danger to himself or others. Similarly, the killers at Minneapolis' Annunciation Catholic School and Nashville's Covenant School both struggled with mental illness. Nearly all mass shooters also battled suicidal thoughts. Yet, despite the fact that more than half of mass public shooters over the past 25 years were already under the care of mental health professionals, not a single one was identified as a danger to themselves or others. An entire body of academic research now explores why mental health experts so often fail to predict these attacks. [more...]

We Must Triumph over Chronic Violent Crime in Major American Cities

By Todd Sheets, Author of 2008: What Really Happened

This past week, the combined effect of Iryna Zarutska's vicious murder, the assassination of Charlie Kirk, and the ongoing fights between major cities and the administration over chronic violent crime all brought the violence of the 1960s back home in a gut-wrenching way. Surely, a nation led by the Founders' timeless ideals - one that has gone to war with itself to preserve and advance them, that has crossed oceans to defend them, that has withered assassinations and cataclysmic social revolt to fulfill them - will awaken again to endure and triumph over whatever challenges tomorrow might bring. In spite of the enormity of these recent and ongoing tragedies, my resolution about these sentiments remains as powerful as what I felt while standing amidst the hallowed history that gave rise to them. [more...]

Washington Post Guild Defends Editorialist Fired for Faking Charlie Kirk Quote

By Daniel Greenfield, Author of Domestic Enemies

Washington Post employees are fine with faking quotes.

There are about a dozen things that Karen Attiah, the daughter of African immigrants, who serves as the Washington Post’s Global Opinions Editor, should have been fired for. She effectively endorsed Oct 7 and spread every possible smear and lie about Israel. Karen Attiah spread propaganda, accused everyone of racism and made false claims. Finally, she went too far, distorting and spreading a fake Charlie Kirk quote: "Black women do not have the brain processing power to be taken seriously. You have to go steal a white person's slot." The Washington Post finally went ahead and fired her. And the Washington Post employees union went to bat for her. [more...]

Political Violence by the Few Could Stifle the Voices of the Many

By Greg Rabidoux, Award-Winning Filmmaker, Author & Cultural Commentator

As we edge closer to our nation's 250th birthday anniversary, we are still very much a work in progress. "The Great Experiment," as the beginning of our nation was so aptly called, is still very much an experiment. We are still trying to see if it is possible. One thing we have learned is that the very act of talking through our differences, debating, and then moving forward together in peace, is proof of just how good humanity can be - how wonderful, yet fragile, our system is and always has been. Our Founders believed that the system of governance they created would serve as both a sturdy and enduring structure to preserve and protect these and other freedoms we all cherish. To believe or not believe. To pray or not to pray. To think for yourself. To express your deepest held beliefs and thoughts. To stand alone... or to join others who are like-minded. To help shape the house of democracy we all live under. [more...]