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3 days ago | hotair.com | Christian Toto

Don't miss a great conversation with Christian Toto and Ed Morrissey! Join HotAir VIP today and use promo code BEATENPATH to receive 50% off your membership! Check out our new Platinum level too!Welcome back to our VIP video series "Off the Beaten Path," featuring my friend Christian Toto of Hollywood in Toto! Christian and I start off our week by discussing stories and ideas that may fly under our radar, in culture, politics, sports, and more. Plus, Christian previews his latest podcast at HiT.

3 days ago | hotair.com | Sean Emery

A new round of DNA testing exonerates a homeless man who has spent nearly four decades in prison for the killing of a Santa Ana nanny, according to defense attorneys who are asking Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer to declare Kenneth Clair innocent of the 1984 slaying. Clair, who spent years on death row before an appellate court overturned his death sentence and he was re-sentenced to life without the possibility of parole, has always denied killing 25-year-old Linda Faye Rodgers.

4 days ago | hotair.com | David Strom

Trump didn't really turn his back on NATO, but he rightly decided not to let Europeans take the lead on NATO policies while simultaneously weakening their own militaries. Ever since the end of the Cold War, the United States has tolerated the systematic demilitarization of NATO countries. When Russian tanks were trained on Germany, that country and its neighbors stood ready to fight alongside the United States to repel Soviet aggression.

4 days ago | hotair.com | David Strom

Unfortunately, Raskin was not arguing that people really need to learn to use their guns against terrorists more quickly and with deadly accuracy, which is the lesson that any normal human being would have to stop crazed Islamist terrorists from setting Jews on fire.

4 days ago | hotair.com | David Strom

I was a massive fan of the West's initial support for Ukraine's war effort. Putin expected an immediate capitulation, and when that failed to happen--a pleasant surprise--it made strategic sense to help Ukraine push Russia back to the lines it occupied before its 2020 offensive. It sent a good message to Russia, and to a lesser extent, other potential aggressors, and despite the deficiencies of Ukraine's government, it was clearly the victim in this case.