COMMENTARY AND OP-EDS

Breaking the Law

January 21st, 2026|

The preeminent role of government is to safeguard the unalienable, natural rights of the individual: life, liberty, and property. Instead of each of us going about as armed vigilantes, we submit to the government the responsibility to collectively secure and protect those rights.

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The Fall of Islam

January 20th, 2026|

The fall of Islam will start here in Texas, and it will inspire others in America to stand, and in turn do so for the world. We begin by reading their strategic plan and understanding who they are, and taking them at their word. Islam is not looking for coexistence, so scratch them off that bumper sticker. They tell you so. Don't believe me? Ask Christians in Nigeria, the Middle East, Sudan, and globally.

Ken Blackwell: An America First Trade Policy That Works

January 15th, 2026|

For decades, American trade policy rested on an assumption that proved costly: that lowering barriers would naturally produce fairness, stability, and shared prosperity. Instead, the United States absorbed the downside of openness while many trading partners protected their own industries, subsidized exports, and exploited access to the American market. The result was dependency, not dividends.

Who Is Above the Law?

January 14th, 2026|

Politicians on the left often proclaim that “no one is above the law,” yet their actions suggest a very different standard when it comes to their own allies.

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The Consequences of Leftist Lawlessness

January 13th, 2026|

The Marxist leftists are now up in rage and blaming the Trump administration and the ICE officers on the ground. They should stop their ranting and look in the mirror and realize that they are to blame for the death of this woman. Their leftist lawlessness is to blame.

LTC Allen West Visits Will Cain Show to Comment on Constitutional Military Actions

January 9th, 2026|

ACRU Executive Director Allen West visits the Will Cain Show to set the record straight on constitutional military actions. In politics, depending on who is in charge, the same actions just might be deemed constitutional or unconstitutional, depending on one's political opinions. Colonel West points out several recent examples of political hypocrisy to make the point. 

Constitutional Hypocrisy

January 7th, 2026|

The military operation into Venezuela was indeed moral, just, and constitutional. Under Article II powers of the Constitution, the President, as Commander-in-Chief of our Armed Forces, is charged with the protection of our Country.

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What do Democrats Prioritize?

January 6th, 2026|

As we enter into 2026, the year that will welcome America's 250th celebration of Independence, and a critical midterm election, there is a simple question. What do Democrats prioritize?

Why America has the Second Amendment

December 17th, 2025|

19 April 1775. On that day, there was no American Army, Navy, or Marine Corps; matter of fact, there was no America. However, there was an understanding that armed individuals could be free citizens who attain liberty; disarmed individuals can only be subjects.

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America’s 21st Century National Security Strategy

December 16th, 2025|

"A Nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious, but it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through the alleys, and heard in the very halls of government itself."

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Leftists Say the Strangest Things

December 10th, 2025|

Leftists are always the first to scream that rejection of their absurd policies results in people dying. Yet, when Americans are actually dying, they refute the fact and seek to convince us that there is no threat or danger.

If We Care About Lawfare, Start With the DEI and Woke Requirements Being Imposed by State Judge Pickers

December 6th, 2025|

The Left’s relentless campaign of woke lawfare has been on my mind recently. As I wrote this fall in these very pages, “we are in the midst of a wave of lawfare against anything that resists the Left: the Trump Administration, industries that have refused to bend the knee to progressive policy preferences, and individuals who dare disagree or speak up against the Left’s worldview.”

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The Party of No Responsibility

December 3rd, 2025|

I learned an important maxim from my service in the Army: "Leaders take responsibility, they never take credit.” It is time that America stops selecting imbecilic, irresponsible charlatans as elected officials. It is time for the adults to step up, as responsible adults, and do what is necessary to lead this Nation. It starts with telling the American people what they need to hear, not what they want to hear, or being gimme-crats.

Sympathy for the Devil

December 3rd, 2025|

How does the United States deal with non-state, non-uniform unlawful combatants? Those who are part of a defined state's armed services, who wear a common uniform, and openly carry their weapons and arms are recognized by the Law of Land Warfare as "lawful combatants.” And, as lawful combatants, they are afforded what is termed "combatant privilege.” Go back and read about the Geneva Convention protections. However, non-state, non-uniform belligerents on the battlefield, terrorists, are not afforded combatant privilege because they are unlawful combatants.

Thanksgiving and Our First Freedom

November 26th, 2025|

Greetings y'all, I am praying that everyone will enjoy a blessed Thanksgiving with family and friends. This is one of those special American celebrations, traditions, but it is also imperative that we understand the real nature of why we should be giving thanks.

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The Seditious and Treasonous Actions of Leftist Elected Officials

November 25th, 2025|

There has been much chatter about the video released by six Marxist leftist elected officials with military backgrounds. The group is composed of Senators Elissa Slotkin and Mark Kelly, along with Representatives Jason Crow, Chris Deluzio, Maggie Goodlander, and Chrissy Houlahan. In this now viral video, these useful idiots, Vladimir Lenin's term, make the insidious statement to the members of our US Armed Forces that, “You can refuse illegal orders...you must refuse illegal orders.”

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The Party of Mean Girls…and Petulant, Weak Boys

November 18th, 2025|

The party of the mean girls and weak boys is really the kids that no one picked to play, and they are angry about their rejection. Their goal is to punish you for not being inclusive of their demented behavior.

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What is Law to the Marxist Left?

November 12th, 2025|

What is law to the Marxist left? To the rest of us, the law is the law. To the Marxists, it is whatever they want it to be to maintain control.