To nobody’s surprise, 2025 was a tumultuous year. Reversing a half-century of cultural, domestic, and geopolitical rot had to take a heavy toll, which it did in the blood of one crusader. Yet while the denizens of Leftist Hell increased their demonic shrieking, fearless conservative leaders began to expose them as the denuded maniacs they are. This, despite dissension on the Right — though not the true spiritual Right, led by the man shot dead in Utah last September. Whether common sense will be in ascent or descent next Christmas depends on who will follow in his footsteps over the next few months.
Heroes
Charlie Kirk. Charlie Kirk earned his place as the most influential traditionalist Christian leader of American youth. To be 18 and realize everything you learned from academia, news media, and entertainment media was a lie is shocking enough. But then, to do something about it, out of your garage, founding an organization to uncloud young minds; that is historic. Charlie didn’t rest on the triumph of Turning Point USA. He went into the trenches, debating the deluded. And the more of them he turned to reason, the more the rest despised him. Last fall, one killed him. But because Charlie lived the faithful life he championed, the right person succeeded him.
Erika Kirk. The whole world watched the moment Erika Kirk became a widow and the single mother of two little children. Most people were horrified, even on the Left, yet far too many were jubilant, only on the Left. Through the unbearable darkness of being, Erika’s courage and class shone brighter. She publicly forgave her husband’s depraved assassin and took the helm of TPUSA, vowing to make it into a formidable force for truth, justice, and the American Way. She’s not a superhero, but she is a wonder woman, empowered by love of family, country, and God.
Donald Trump. The Soviet Union outlasted Ronald Reagan by three years before falling from the mortal wound he dealt it. The Democrats may not survive Trump for that long, though their hatred for him is the glue holding them together. No Republican president ever damaged them the way Trump has so soon in his second term, by extracting every card in their house of marked cards — DEI, the open border, trans equality, a nuclear Iran, even artistic hegemony. I look forward to attending the Trump Kennedy Center in the New Year, and laughing off leftist howls.
Marco Rubio. I voted for Rubio over Trump in the 2016 Florida primary. Not because he’s a fellow Cuban (though that helped) but because, like many, I thought Trump was nuts. History not only proved me wrong, but it slapped me by making Trump the second greatest president of my lifetime (with a shot at the title) and Rubio the greatest secretary of state. Just three of his accomplishments: securing NATO countries’ spending commitments, countering Chinese influence (no ChiCom spy balloons over secret bases this year), reducing illegal migration.
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