From the article – From the start of the war to last weekend’s ‘memorandum of understanding’ with Iran, the White House has acted like a child who spies a hornets’ nest, pokes it with a big stick, kills a few of the creatures while stirring up many more, and then runs back home to leave others to deal with the ferocious after-effects. And the Islamic Republic is a thousand times more lethal than the biggest nest of hornets.
Whatever peace deal is eventually agreed between the US and Iran over the following weeks, Israel’s security is the biggest loser from what began as a joint US-Israel operation. Indeed, in recent weeks, the White House has gone silent on two of Israel’s key goals, which it originally backed: destroying Iran’s ballistic-missile capabilities, and severing Tehran’s support to its terrorist proxies in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon and Yemen. A third objective – disabling Iran’s nuclear capabilities – has been pushed into the future on the crazy assumption that the words of the Islamic Republic can be trusted.
Nearly six weeks of air assaults did weaken the theocracy in some military aspects, though far less than the White House hyperbole claims. But the Iranian regime has also been emboldened by the war. It has shown that it can defy the US, albeit at the expense of the struggling Iranians it rules over.
Please note -- In this Number 1 slot this week, I’m putting several other articles dealing with the Trump/Iran deal. Most of these reflect skepticism, if not outright opposition. And I believe, by the way, that these are the most realistic views. However, you’ll find the last three take a much more optimistic tone. Check ‘em out if you'd like: "Trump’s surrender: Something darker is at work here than just a concern over rising fuel prices." (Melanie Phillips, JNS)...“The Iran debacle? Israel's fault: At least that's the narrative JD and co are selling” (Danielle Pletka, WTH)...“Total Surrender: The Iran deal is hurtling toward signing, leaving Netanyahu's political future gasping in its wake.” (It’s Noon In Israel)...“Why Is the Trump Administration Taking Orders from the Iranians?” (David Harsanyi, Jewish World Review)...“If America Empowers A Regime That Openly Calls For Israel’s Destruction, There Will Be Significant Consequences” (Brandon Holthaus, Harbinger’s Daily)
“Restraining Israel Is Not the Answer” (Mike Watson, Washington Free Beacon)...“Trump’s chaos and incoherence have led to failure on Iran. The damage that Israel and the United States did to the Islamist terror regime was undone by an agreement that rewards Tehran and vindicates former President Barack Obama.” (Jonathan S. Tobin, Jewish News Service)...“The Iran Deal Leaves A Regime Standing That Fired Ballistic Missiles On My Children… Forgive Me If I Don’t Stand Up And Clap” (Daniel Cohen, Harbinger’s Daily)...“Iran Deal Can Work If We Hit Them Every Time They Break It” (Victor Davis Hanson, Daily Signal)...“Iran War Misconceptions: The Iran war is already reshaping alliances and narratives, while fueling a deeper argument over U.S. power, limits, and long-term strategy.” (Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness)...“Trump walks Iran into a trap -- And here you thought Trump was being naïve, trusting the word of a dishonest regime when in reality, he’s setting up checkmate.” (M.B. Mathews, American Thinker)
2) "How Judges Manipulate Law: Today, many judges now view their role not as discovering what the law actually means but as rationalizing what they believe the law should mean." (Jim Cardoza, American Thinker)
From the article -- Americans are taught that justice is blind. We are told that judges simply apply the law as written, faithfully interpreting statutes and constitutional provisions without regard to politics, ideology, or personal preference. The image is comforting: a neutral arbiter weighing facts and law, untouched by partisan passions.
Yet anyone who has followed the modern judiciary for more than a few years recognizes a troubling reality. In most of the nation’s politically significant cases, the outcome can often be predicted less by the unambiguous language of the law than by the identity of the judge hearing the case. Before the first brief is filed and before oral arguments begin, seasoned observers frequently ask a simple question: “Who appointed the judge?”
The reason is obvious. In case after case involving elections, executive power, immigration, environmental regulation, gun rights, religious liberty, campaign finance, affirmative action, abortion, or administrative authority, judicial decisions frequently align with the political philosophies of the presidents who placed those judges on the bench.
This was not the Founder’s intention. The Constitution was to be law, not clay. Words were chosen carefully. Powers were enumerated deliberately. Rights were specified explicitly. The purpose was to establish boundaries that the government could not cross regardless of who happened to hold office.
But a strange transformation has occurred over the last century. Today, many judges now view their role not as discovering what the law actually means but as rationalizing what they believe the law should mean.
3) "University Indoctrination Centers Are Being Abandoned: Up to 25 percent of U.S. colleges may close soon, largely due to their inferior product." (Larry Sand, American Greatness)
From the article -- Why, specifically, are so many universities going down the tubes?
A new report from Yale University sheds light on the decline in public trust in higher education and on the responsibility universities must assume for what’s happened. In recent years, antisemitism, the erosion of free speech rights, and ideological conformity have become the norm at Yale and many of our leading educational institutions.
The Yale committee also reviewed a 2025 Pew Research Center survey, which found that 70 percent of Americans believe higher education is headed in the wrong direction. Additionally, the report cites a Gallup poll showing how sharply trust in higher education has fallen over the past 10 years.
American Enterprise Institute research fellow Daniel Buck and Garion Frankel of the James G. Martin Center give examples of the avalanche of radical political and cultural drivel that is omnipresent on campuses today. Oregon State University offers “Disney: Gender, Race, and Empire.” Students at Indiana University can take “Having it All: Postfeminist Media After Sex and the City.”
They continue, “How about ‘Bad Bunny: Musical Aesthetics and Politics’ at Yale University? The Bad Bunny Syllabus that inspired this course—which lists topics such as ‘LGBTQ Activism,’ ‘Gender and Sexuality in Reggaeton,’ and ‘Political Protests of Summer 2019’ for study—is also used at Wellesley College and Loyola Marymount University. Both Swarthmore College and the University of Chicago offer courses on ‘Queering God.’”
4) "Your Political Party Is Code For Whether You Love Or Hate America" (Skye Graham, Federalist)
From the article -- s America’s 250th anniversary rapidly approaches, national pride among Democrats is alarmingly low. Ninety percent of Republican respondents reported being “extremely” or “very” proud to be an American compared to just 29 percent of Democrats, according to a new NBC News poll. This brings the share of Americans who fall within these two categories to 56 percent, a record low since NBC ran this poll for the first time in 2001.
This partisan divide is not just present among everyday Americans. When President Donald Trump congratulated the U.S. men’s national hockey team for defeating Canada in the Olympics during his State of the Union address, many Democrats stayed seated and refused to clap. At the same time, other audience members broke out in chants of “USA! USA! USA!”
In addition, many of the Democratic Party’s policies focus on serving the interests of foreigners over native-born citizens. Many states and cities have passed “sanctuary” laws allowing illegal aliens to remain in the territory without fear of deportation. David Bier of the Cato Institute said that in Fairfax County, Virginia, a state that enforces sanctuary laws, about one in five residents are illegal aliens.
Gov. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., refused to comply with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Trump Administration to deport illegal aliens charged with drug trafficking, rape of a minor, and other serious criminal offenses. The Department of Homeland Security called Spanberger’s Virginia a “hotbed of illegal alien crime.”
5) “AI Is Not Just a Technology Problem - It Is a Church Discipleship Test” (Robert Maginnis, Washington Stand)
From the article -- The church has navigated disruptive technologies before — the printing press, radio, television, the internet. What sets AI apart is that it does not merely carry information from one place to another. It shapes how people think, what they desire, and how they read the world around them.
In my book “AI for Mankind’s Future: A Christian Perspective on the Hi-Tech Revolution,” I described AI as a formation system — something that trains habits, narrows attention, and quietly rewires judgment through repetition. That is a different category of concern than a hammer or a calculator.
James asks, “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach” (James 1:5, ESV). The text assumes that wisdom flows from a personal God who knows us — not from a system that predicts our next word based on statistical patterns. When those two sources of guidance get confused in the believer’s daily life, the consequences are not merely practical. They are spiritual.
I hear that confusion in these gatherings. Believers describe routing faith questions through an AI chatbot before they pick up their Bible or call their pastor. One mother told me her adult daughter forwards AI-generated answers to life questions for a second opinion. In that case, a gospel conversation followed. But the underlying question stayed with me: who is forming whom?
Other Excellent Reads from this Week:
* Obama fails to pay the help -- The city should take a wrecking ball to that project which stiffs the little guy. But the Obama center knows that will never happen, so they do what they do, and too bad about the little guy. (Monica Showalter, American Thinker)
* Most Women ‘Blindsided’ by Abortion Drug Side Effects (Suzanne Bowdey, Washington Stand)
* Hawley Calls for Federal Fraud Investigators to Probe Planned Parenthood (S.A. McCarthy, Washington Stand)
* British MP Rupert Lowe Releases Appalling Rape Gang Inquiry Report, At Least 250,000 British Girls Victimized (Debra Heine, American Greatness)
* Catholic archbishop praises new mosque, ignores ubiquitous gang rapes by Muslim men -- He also said: “There is nowhere that I feel greater honor, fraternity, and kindness.” (Eric Utter, American Thinker)
