By Philip C. Johnson—April 27, 2026 Saturday Night at the Hilton The White House Correspondents’ Dinner is supposed to be Washington’s annual truce — journalists and power sharing a meal, a few laughs, and the polite fiction that they don’t despise each other. On Saturday night, April 25, at the Washington Hilton, that fiction died … Continue reading SHOT HEARD ACROSS THE BALLROOM—The third attempt on Donald Trump’s life
By Philip C. Johnson | April 3, 2026 I’ve spent the last month in Hiroshima, Japan, with U.S. students studying global conflict from a Christian perspective. Standing at history’s most famous Ground Zero while another unfolds in real time sharpens the mind. Now back home—briefly—it’s worth asking the oldest question in warfare about the U.S.-Israeli … Continue reading “Navy Gone, Air Force in Ruins”: Trump’s Iran Strike—Game-Changer or Temporary Pau
By Philip C. JohnsonMarch 4, 2026 As U.S. and Israeli forces pound Iranian targets in Operation Epic Fury – now entering its fifth day with over 1,000 IDF sorties, B-1 bomber runs on Tehran’s command centers, and the confirmed killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – the battlefield isn’t just physical. For Iran’s ruling … Continue reading Is Trump the Dajjal? Iran’s Radical Shiite Clerics Say Yes
By Philip C. Johnson December 31, 2025 It’s that time again. The time when I look back on the year that was and try to make some sense of it. From the halls of Washington to the battlefields of Eastern Europe and the Middle East, 2025 was marked by bold policy overhauls, tragic … Continue reading 2025: The Year They Killed Charlie Kirk, Denied Islamist Terror, and AI Got Scary Smart
By Philip C. Johnson October 9, 2025 Dateline: Rome – It's 9:12 PM CET here in the Eternal City on October 9, 2025, just two days past the second anniversary of October 7, 2023. I’m sitting near the usual chaos at the Spanish Steps, but my thoughts are a few thousand miles to the east … Continue reading Peace at Last? The Israel-Gaza War Ends—Two Years After the Nightmare Began
By Philip C. Johnson - June 26, 2025 Zohran Mamdani, a 33-year-old state assemblyman, stunned New York by clinching the Democratic mayoral primary on June 24, 2025, defeating Andrew Cuomo 43% to 36%. If he wins in November, he’d be New York City’s first Muslim mayor, a historic milestone for a city with 1 million … Continue reading Zohran Mamdani: Is New York About to Get a Shiite Muslim-Communist Mayor?
Philip C. Johnson - June 23, 2025 As of June 23, 2025, the Middle East is still a tinderbox, despite President Trump’s evening announcement of a “complete ceasefire” between Israel and Iran. Ceasefires in this part of the world are like cheap New Year’s resolutions; often broken by breakfast. With Iran’s nuclear program bruised, 400kg … Continue reading Do We Have a Ceasefire? Or Will Other Nations Hand Iran a Nuke?
Philip C. Johnson June 21, 2025 Today, the U.S. unleashed a seismic strike on Iran’s nuclear ambitions, targeting three key sites - Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan - with B-2 stealth bombers dropping bunker-busting GBU-57s. President Trump hailed the attack as “very successful,” claiming a “full payload” obliterated Fordow, Iran’s most fortified nuclear facility. This bold … Continue reading U.S. Bombs Iran’s Nuclear Sites: America is at War
Philip C. Johnson June 20, 2025 As the founder of Global Next, where I lead immersive geopolitical conferences in Hiroshima multiple times a year, I’ve walked the grounds where the U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb in 1945. I’ve also stood in Nagasaki, the only other site of a nuclear strike in history. The scars … Continue reading Does Trump Want to Nuke Iran?
Philip C. Johnson June 12, 2025 On June 12, 2025, at approximately 7:00 PM EDT (3:30 AM Iran local time), Israel launched preemptive airstrikes on Iran, targeting nuclear facilities and military sites, including Parchin, Pasdaran, and Imam Khomeini Airport, in an operation named “Strength of a Lion.” The strikes aimed to disrupt Iran’s nuclear program, … Continue reading Israel Launches Strike on Iran’s Nuclear Capabilities: What’s Next?
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