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From Warning to Action: What The Steady State Does Next – The Pivot
The elections have changed the political landscape. Our mission continues, and a new responsibility demands our attention. It is a time to pivot.
More Killing Doesn’t Mean More Victory
Pete Hegseth’s fixation on lethality ignores the lessons of America’s military history.
Civic Witness Series - Questions from the Attic
If you could teach average citizens one thing about protecting democracy, what would it be?
Who Watches the Watchers?
ICE’s proposed $100 million intelligence expansion needs clear limits and serious oversight.
THE KERNEL OF A CALIPHATE IN TRUMP’S CRUMBLING WORLD
Theocracy in Mosul, plutocracy in Washington: different ideologies, disturbingly familiar ambitions.
Copy: Judge Luttig’s Warning: A Constitutional Conservative Sounds the Alarm - February 2026
A Prescient Warning. Will it prove to have been heard?
See Something. Say Something. Save Democracy.
Ways ordinary Americans can help detect and report interference in the 2026 midterms.
The Perfect Storm
Russian election interference, weakened American defenses, and a growing campaign to undermine electoral trust at home.
Civic Witness Series - Questions from the Attic
How do we avoid becoming so focused on “winning” that we lose social trust completely?
The World Is Watching. So Should American Voters.
Trump’s Betrayal of Ukraine Has Consequences Beyond Europe
Hold Fast: Foreign Policy without the Jargon
Diplomacy and alliances may require patience and compromise, but they save American lives, protect our national interests, and spare us the enormous costs of unnecessary war.
Rage is Not a Strategy
What Homer understood about war that Pete Hegseth seems to have forgotten.
Two Names. One Ballot. One Very Convenient Excuse.
The Reported Plan to Challenge Alaska’s Senate Election Raises Alarming Questions.
Mr. Putin’s White House Cheerleader
Four years into Russia’s invasion, U.S. decisions are raising a fundamental question about whose interests Washington serves.
When Fear Pulls the Trigger, Corruption Follows
Why the normalization of intimidation and the dismantling of accountability under Trump threatens both the rule of law at home and America’s credibility abroad.
Putin Wins. Trump’s Allies Profit. American (and Ukrainian) People Pay
The proposed Lukoil deal puts U.S. financial power at the service of Russian interests and politically connected investors.
Hold Fast: National Security is Not Just War
Winning Wars Won’t Save a Nation That Undermines Itself
A King’s Ego, a Nation’s Burden
From Tudor England to Trump’s America, the costs of putting one man’s ambitions first.