Source: Town Hall
by Mark Lewis

“It’s time for the Left’s annual anti-Columbus bash. And once again, we will see the total injustice of leftism, their hatred of Western Civilization, their desire to destroy so they can build their godless ‘New World’. Columbus actually found a new world, one that we rejoice to live in. I doubt we’ll want the ‘new world’ the Left has in mind. The problem here with the Left is their fallacious judging — and usually condemning — of everyone who ‘lived in the past’, especially if that person had anything to do with Christianity or Western Civilization. And it’s pure hypocrisy.” (10/12/26)

https://townhall.com/columnists/marklewis/2026/10/12/the-greatness-of-christopher-columbus-n2684474

Source: Law & Liberty
by Richard M Reinsch II

‘The Iran War’s inception and its effects have brought into high relief the potential fragility and danger for America in its chosen method of waging war by relying on the sole judgment of the president. President Trump embarked on the war without consulting Congress, let alone persuading it or seeking its approval. Our practice of unilateral presidential war-making did not begin with Trump, but his war exemplifies its most troubling aspects.” (10/12/26)

https://lawliberty.org/the-political-constitution-at-war/

Source: The New Republic
by Michael Tomasky

“The only countries to carry out public executions in 2025? Iran and Afghanistan. That’s the company Pete Hegseth wants America to keep.” (10/12/26)

https://newrepublic.com/article/216503/nidal-hasan-execution-livestreamed-hegseth

Source: Antiwar.com
by Dick Whittington

“If section 1 of the Terrorism Act 2000 defines ‘serious (damage to property)’ as terrorism – then on that one word hinges a world of nuance. Section 69 of the Sentencing Act 2020 is the mechanism that enables a judge to attach such a ‘terrorist connection’. So is a broken window just minor criminal damage and a matter for a magistrates’ court, or does it become a ‘serious’ matter and possibly an act of terror to be tried at Crown Court? … Strip away its language of safety and intent, and what this machinery protects is a balance sheet. The government’s own analysts conceded years ago that [Palestine Action] threatens no one. That leaves the Terrorism Act standing guard over the uninterrupted output of the arms factory at Sandwich.” (10/12/26)

https://original.antiwar.com/dick_whittington/2026/10/11/what-the-uk-terror-law-really-protects

Source: The Free Press
by Helen Andrews

“New York governor Kathy Hochul emphasized her gender when asked on October 3 about her appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate a possible rape at a fraternity house at Cornell University in 2024. Hochul is the first woman to serve as New York’s governor. Letitia James, the woman she appointed as special prosecutor, is the state’s first female attorney general. Seeing these two women take on the Cornell case has a special symbolism, Hochul explained. ‘I’ve heard from a lot of people,’ she said. ‘The image gives them comfort to know that two women perhaps are looking at this differently than men would in the same position.’ She is right. The approach to the law reflected in the New York Democratic officials’ handling of the Cornell case represents a distinctively female perspective. Unfortunately, that perspective is incompatible with the rule of law.” (10/12/26)

https://www.thefp.com/p/great-feminization-rule-of-law