# Opinion

Columns and arguments from conservative voices, labeled as opinion.

## Stories

- [Opinion: Ted Jenkin Says California's $25 Billion Down-Payment Plan, Proposition 37, Helps People Borrow More, Not Pay Less](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/opinion-ted-jenkin-california-proposition-37-25-billion-down-payment-bonds-borrowing-more-fox-news/) (2026-10-26): The financial adviser argues a second state loan lowers cash at closing but raises the monthly bill, and could push prices up unless supply grows. He grants the bonds are not a taxpayer giveaway.
- [Opinion: David Marcus Says the GOP's Future in New England Rides on Susan Collins and Maine's Senate Vote](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/opinion-david-marcus-future-gop-new-england-rides-maine-senate-vote-collins-libby-fox-news/) (2026-10-26): The Fox columnist notes Collins is the region's only Republican in Congress and argues a loss would feed the case against moderates. He relies on talks with state Rep. Laurel Libby and Bangor voters.
- [Opinion: Enes Kanter Freedom Asks Why the WNBA Can Say Who Is a Man but Not Who Is a Woman](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/opinion-enes-kanter-freedom-wnba-says-im-a-man-why-afraid-to-define-woman-engelbert-letter-fox-news/) (2026-10-25): The former NBA player says the commissioner's letter to Congress calls him ineligible without setting any standard, and that he was kept out of his courtside seats at Game 3 of the Finals. He is writing as a party to the dispute.
- [Opinion: David Bernstein Says Parents Should Not Need Congress to See What Their Children Are Taught](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/opinion-david-bernstein-parents-shouldnt-need-congress-see-school-curriculum-philadelphia-report/) (2026-10-25): Writing about a House report on Philadelphia's social studies lessons, he argues districts should post curriculum, reading lists and outside content providers online. He says his group could only get the material from an anonymous teacher.
- [Opinion: Former CIA Officer Rick de la Torre Says Rubio Is Right to Invite Cubans to Work With the CIA](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/opinion-rick-de-la-torre-former-cia-chief-of-station-rubio-right-invite-cubans-work-with-cia/) (2026-10-25): A retired chief of station argues that Havana spent decades recruiting Americans and should now have to guard against its own insiders. He also warns that volunteers must be tested, not trusted.
- [Opinion: Mike Davis Says a $6 Million Jury Verdict Shows Why the Justice Department Should Investigate MIT and the Whitehead Institute](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/opinion-mike-davis-sabatini-6-million-verdict-doj-must-investigate-mit-whitehead-institute/) (2026-10-25): The Article III Project's founder argues a jury that cleared a star biologist of misconduct claims exposed a rotten process at two elite institutions that take over a billion dollars a year in public money.
- [Opinion: Cato's Tad DeHaven Says Trump's Company Stakes Hand the Next Democratic President a Powerful Tool](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/opinion-tad-dehaven-cato-trump-corporate-stakes-gift-next-democratic-president/) (2026-10-25): A libertarian analyst writing on Fox's opinion page counts 40 government ownership deals and says Republicans should unwind them before a President Newsom or Ocasio-Cortez inherits them.
- [Opinion: Josh Hammer Says the Climate Lawsuit Movement Used Judges' Seminars and a Science Manual to Win in Court What It Lost at the Ballot Box](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/opinion-josh-hammer-climate-lawfare-boulder-suncor-supreme-court-judges-seminars/) (2026-10-25): Writing in Fox News opinion, Hammer cites House Judiciary documents and the Suncor v. Boulder County argument to urge the Supreme Court to end state-court climate suits. The Hanle and Burger quotes are his reading of the released emails.
- [Opinion: Tim Graham Says TV Networks Show France Burning but Keep Calling the Rioters 'Peaceful' Protesters](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/opinion-tim-graham-networks-france-burning-peaceful-protesters-broadcast-bias/) (2026-10-24): The Fox News column quotes ABC, CBS, PBS, BBC, NPR and NBC coverage and argues they blamed 'public services' and a 'far right' rather than naming radical left and Islamist elements.
- [Opinion: Connor Appelboom Says Not Even the Pilgrims Could Make Socialism Work](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/opinion-pilgrims-socialism-plymouth-bradford-tragedy-of-the-commons/) (2026-10-24): The Washington Examiner column points to William Bradford's account of Plymouth, where shared property bred resentment and private plots brought a turnaround. It calls socialists' dislike of American history no accident.
- [Opinion: Gregg Jarrett Lays Out the Charges Ilhan Omar Could Face if Federal Investigators Prove Their Case](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/opinion-gregg-jarrett-ilhan-omar-possible-charges-denaturalization-deportation-dna-warrants/) (2026-10-24): The Fox News legal analyst argues a judge's signed warrant suggests strong evidence and walks through the criminal and civil exposure if the allegations hold up. Omar has not been charged and denies wrongdoing.
- [Opinion: David Harsanyi Says No, Abdul El-Sayed, the Second Amendment Is Not Muskets Only](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/opinion-david-harsanyi-el-sayed-second-amendment-muskets-troy-jackson-bend-oregon-school-shooting/) (2026-10-24): The Washington Examiner columnist answers the Michigan Democrat's musket line and Maine's Troy Jackson on assault weapons, then points to the bystander who stopped the Bend, Oregon school shooter. One writer's argument.
- [Opinion: David Marcus Says Nobody in Blue Maine Believes Susan Collins Will Lose Until They See It](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/opinion-david-marcus-blue-maine-nobody-believes-susan-collins-will-lose-troy-jackson/) (2026-10-24): After talking to voters in Bangor, the Fox columnist argues Collins' three decades of personal ties outweigh polls that give Democrat Troy Jackson a slight lead. It is one writer's read from the street.
- [Opinion: Rep. Mark Alford Says Reviving the Monroe Doctrine Is the Right America First Answer to China and the Cartels](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/opinion-mark-alford-monroe-doctrine-america-first-china-latin-america-cartels/) (2026-10-23): The Missouri Republican argues troop training in Panama, drones for Colombia and Ecuador and closer ties with partners can counter Beijing's ports and drug networks in the hemisphere.
- [Opinion: Sen. Lummis and Rep. Hageman Say California Is Waging War on Wyoming Coal Through the Oakland Terminal](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/opinion-lummis-hageman-california-oakland-coal-terminal-wyoming-keep-mining/) (2026-10-23): The Wyoming Republicans argue Gov. Newsom signed a bill to kill a permitted coal export terminal that President Trump backed with $75 million, while the state's high-speed rail has laid no track. They warn of legal action.
- [Opinion: Jonathan Turley Says Chris Hayes Let Ilhan Omar Off the Hook in His Interview](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/opinion-jonathan-turley-chris-hayes-ilhan-omar-interview-questions-not-asked/) (2026-10-23): The law professor argues the MS NOW host laughed through fraud questions and never pressed Omar on her birth name, DNA evidence or marriage claims. He stresses the allegations are unproven.
- [Opinion: Erfan Fard Warns Trump Not to Let Iran Turn Military Defeat Into a Diplomatic Win](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/opinion-erfan-fard-trump-cant-let-iran-turn-military-defeat-into-diplomatic-victory/) (2026-10-23): A counterterrorism analyst argues Tehran is dragging out talks to hurt Trump before the Nov. 3 midterms and says any deal needs enforceable monitoring and no sanctions relief up front.
- [Opinion: Larry Kudlow Predicts Strikes on Iran Right After the Election and Says 'The End Is Near' for Tehran](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/opinion-kudlow-end-is-near-for-iran-trump-bomb-after-election-blockade-bessent/) (2026-10-23): In a Fox Business column, Kudlow argues that Trump has no interest in a deal, that the blockade and sanctions have crippled Iran, and that U.S. and Israeli strikes will follow the vote and run about two weeks.
- [Opinion: Adam Brandon Says Independents Aren't Picking a Team, They Feel Picked On](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/opinion-adam-brandon-independent-voters-largest-bloc-feel-picked-on-midterms/) (2026-10-23): A senior adviser at the Independent Center argues that whoever wins in November will have done so on independent votes, and that both parties are mistaking a protest for a mandate. He lists border, energy and AI as the issues driving them.
- [Opinion: Eric Patterson Says Young Americans Drawn to Communism Were Never Taught What It Did](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/opinion-eric-patterson-talk-to-communists-farmers-market-victims-of-communism-memorial-foundation/) (2026-10-22): The head of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation describes a farmers market exchange with a young communist who could not name a crime of capitalism or a crime of communism. His answer is to teach the history early.
- [Opinion: Riley Gaines Says 'Call Her Daddy' Marriage Advice Teaches Disposability, Not Empowerment](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/opinion-riley-gaines-call-her-daddy-alex-cooper-sophia-bush-marriage-advice-regret/) (2026-10-22): The former swimmer and podcast host answers a viral exchange in which Alex Cooper and Sophia Bush told women to leave a marriage if they doubt they will find better. She argues the advice mistakes self-focus for freedom.
- [Opinion: Retired Lt. Col. Robert Maginnis Asks What Putin Must Give Up in a Trump Ukraine Deal](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/opinion-maginnis-trump-art-of-the-deal-ukraine-what-must-putin-give-up/) (2026-10-22): The Fox contributor backs Trump's goal of ending the war but argues a deal that squeezes only Kyiv is not a peace plan. He lists what Moscow should concede and what Washington should insist on, from interceptor production to snap-back sanctions.
- [Opinion: Hugh Hewitt Says Trump Should Go on Primetime TV Before the Midterms to Warn Against a 'Blue Wave'](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/opinion-hewitt-trump-primetime-address-blue-wave-midterms/) (2026-10-22): The Fox contributor argues a 15-minute address would rally the base, name the Senate candidates to back, and remind voters what a Democratic majority would stall. He says a press conference would not do it.
- [Opinion: Shawn Fleetwood Says Republicans Cannot Afford to Ignore State Races, Starting With Arizona](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/opinion-fleetwood-republicans-cant-forget-state-races-arizona-midterms/) (2026-10-22): The Federalist writer argues that governors, secretaries of state and attorneys general shape daily life more than Congress does. He uses Arizona's Hobbs, Fontes and Mayes contests as the example.
- [Opinion: Rebecca Grant Says Trump's MOAB Threat Is Meant to Put Iran's Deepest Bunkers on Notice](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/opinion-rebecca-grant-trump-moab-threat-iran-bunkers/) (2026-10-22): The writer argues the 21,000-pound 'mother of all bombs' is a credible weapon against Iran, given U.S. air dominance and a naval blockade squeezing oil revenue. She says Trump is signaling, not striking.
- [Opinion: Hans von Spakovsky Says the Ninth Circuit Just Taught California a Lesson in the Supremacy Clause](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/opinion-von-spakovsky-ninth-circuit-no-vigilantes-act-supremacy-clause/) (2026-10-21): The writer argues California's law forcing plainclothes federal agents to show ID and threatening them with state prosecution was plainly unconstitutional, citing McCulloch v. Maryland and In re Neagle.
- [Opinion: David Christopher Kaufman Says Obama and Harris Are Talking Gaza While Black Voters Care About the Midterms](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/opinion-kaufman-obama-harris-gazamaxxing-black-voters-michigan/) (2026-10-21): The writer argues the former president and vice president used trips abroad to attack Israel while Black voters in Michigan care more about local issues. He cites a Fox News poll on views of Israel.
- [Opinion: David Marcus Names Five Factors That Could Decide Michigan's Tight Senate Race](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/opinion-david-marcus-five-factors-michigan-senate-rogers-el-sayed/) (2026-10-21): The columnist says temperament, ground game, Trump's Oct. 25 rally, El-Sayed's Muslim Brotherhood ties and tonight's debate could swing Mike Rogers against Abdul El-Sayed with two weeks to go.
- [Opinion: Eli Steele Says California's New Slavery-Records Law Digs for Grievances While Black Students Fall Behind](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/opinion-eli-steele-california-ab-2599-slavery-records-law/) (2026-10-21): The filmmaker argues AB 2599, which makes big companies search their pre-1965 records for ties to slavery, is about 'White guilt' politics rather than history. He points to state test scores for Black students.
- [Opinion: Scott Walker Says Three Votes Decided a Wisconsin Primary, So Nobody Should Skip This Election](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/opinion-scott-walker-three-votes-wisconsin/) (2026-10-19): The former Wisconsin governor points to a 2010 Assembly primary won by three votes and two razor-thin presidential margins to argue that no election is a foregone conclusion. He urges readers to make a plan to vote on Nov. 3.
- [Opinion: Schoen and Cooperman Say a Blue Wave Is Building and Republicans Are Running Out of Time](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/opinion-schoen-cooperman-blue-wave-republicans-running-out-of-time/) (2026-10-19): The pollsters point to an 8-point Democratic lead on the generic ballot and competitive Senate races in red states, but say a sweep is far from certain and the GOP has cash and Trump's base.
- [Opinion: Mike Davis Says the Judge Who Signed the Omar Raid Warrant Is No Ally of Trump, So the Case Must Be Serious](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/opinion-mike-davis-omar-raid-warrant-judge-sharbaugh/) (2026-10-19): The Article III Project founder argues a magistrate with Democratic ties would not approve a politically motivated search, and predicts indictments before Christmas.
- [Opinion: Mike Davis Says Sen. Slotkin's Call to Deter Young Conservatives With Prosecutions Is 'Un-American'](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/opinion-mike-davis-slotkin-deterrence-prosecutions/) (2026-10-18): The Article III Project founder argues Slotkin's remarks at the University of Chicago show Democrats want a new round of lawfare, and calls for an ethics probe.
- [Opinion: PragerU's Marissa Streit Says America's Boys Are Missing Fathers at Home and Men in the Classroom](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/opinion-streit-boys-fathers-male-teachers/) (2026-10-18): The PragerU CEO argues the 'boy crisis' is at root an education problem and calls on men to take responsibility for forming the next generation.
- [Opinion: Mike Davis Backs Iowa AG Brenna Bird and Calls Democrat Nate Willems 'Soft on Crime'](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/opinion-mike-davis-iowa-attorney-general-bird-willems/) (2026-10-18): The Article III Project's founder says Bird's cold-case unit has won life sentences, and argues her challenger's votes put him out of step with Iowa on crime, guns and immigration.
- [Opinion: Hugh Hewitt Says a Blue Wave Would Hurt, but Republicans Should Not Panic](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/opinion-hewitt-midterm-stakes-blue-wave/) (2026-10-18): The Fox News contributor argues a Democratic wave would damage defense spending and judicial confirmations, though it could not remake the country.
- [Opinion: A Former Trump Skeptic Makes the Case for a Second-Term 'Believer'](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/opinion-former-skeptic-second-term-believer/) (2026-10-16): New York Post columnist Karol Markowicz argues the border, spending cuts and a rebuilt military make the administration's record worth defending ahead of the midterms.
- [Opinion: Kudlow Says a Blakeman Win Over Hochul Would Also Knock Out Mamdani](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/opinion-kudlow-blakeman-hochul-mamdani/) (2026-10-15): Fox Business host Larry Kudlow argues the New York governor's race is a proxy fight over the policies of NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
- [Opinion: In Springfield, Ohio, the MAGA-Chamber Divide Over Immigration Is Personal](https://rightnewsrightnow.com/articles/opinion-springfield-ohio-maga-chamber/) (2026-10-13): Fox News opinion writer David Marcus reports from Springfield, where business leaders and construction workers disagree about the 15,000 Haitian arrivals since 2020.