
On Wednesday, the U.S. Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act for 2026. The legislation reportedly includes a pay increase for service members, drastic reductions in funding for DEI-related policies and increased protections for women in sports at service academies.
The Trump administration made very clear that the military will once again be a bastion of common sense, a fortress of fortitude. It starts with ridding the ranks of the notion that wars are won by sensitive efforts to break glass ceilings.
The great woke purge of U.S. history continues. In a never-ending series of virtue signals the left erases the past with zealous fervor.

You may have heard of Sir Ernest Shackleton, the famous explorer who launched a mission to explore Antarctica over a century ago. I have read that the outcome of his Antarctic mission was deemed both a great failure and one of the greatest human achievements ever. Legend has it that when Shackleton was looking for men, he didn't want any galavanters or dandies, so he ran a very blunt ad that said precisely what was needed.