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Vol. I · No. 13Thursday, November 12, 2026The journal of the Monroe Society

The Monroe Dispatch

Sovereignty · Prosperity · Strength

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Argument and commentary from the Society.

The Big Stick in the Caribbean Sea, William Allen Rogers (1904)
Opinion2 min

Venezuela and Iran: Two Uses of American Power

The Society backed one and opposes the other. The reason is a single test, and procedure has little to do with it.

East and West shaking hands at the laying of the last rail, Promontory Summit, 1869. Andrew J. Russell.
Opinion2 min

More Than a Creed: Who Americans Are

A list of ideals can't make a nation. A real, recognizable American people can, and it has always grown.

Uncle Sam straddles the Americas, Louis Dalrymple (1900)
Opinion1 min

The Hemisphere Comes First

Why removing Maduro made America stronger, and why the war in Iran does the opposite.

The Great East River Suspension Bridge, completed in May 1883, seen from Brooklyn. Currier and Ives (1883).
Opinion1 min

The Builders' Republic

Railroads, canals, rockets and now artificial intelligence. America does best when it builds.