Why Mike Pence Is No Hero
There was nothing illegal, immoral or unethical about the Eastman proposal
The Constitution
Yes on Ohio Issue 1, No to Leftist Radicals
Reverberations of the upcoming Aug. 8 vote extend far beyond Ohio. This choice matters nationwide, in part because Ohio is the literal and metaphorical heart of America.
We Need a Constitution That Means What It Says
Some U.S. senators have famously kept a pocket Constitution handy to use as a prop at political rallies; a few may have even read it. […]
Supreme Court Ends the Last Vestige of ‘Systemic Racism’ in America
On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued the greatest majority opinion ever written by Chief Justice John G. Roberts. That one-time Obamacare savior, who in […]
Nicholas Sandmann Was Denied the Justice He Deserves
A Jimmy Carter-appointed federal district court judge in Kentucky on Friday dismissed Nicholas Sandmann’s defamation lawsuit against the Washington Post. The Covington Catholic High School […]
How ‘Secret Obsession’ Exposes California’s Dumb Gun Laws
When Netflix’s bland new psychological thriller “Secret Obsession” was released last week, I never expected keen political insights, let alone a unique cinematic twist. (Warning: […]
Memo to Kaepernick: Read More Frederick Douglass
Many observers were quick to correct Colin Kaepernick’s recent selective quoting from Frederick Douglass’s speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” They […]
The American Founding’s High-Minded Purposes
James Madison is justly celebrated for his frequently stated opinion that “all power in just and free Government is derived from compact.” But Madison’s view […]
The Way Out of Our Judicial Impasse Is Through It
For more than half a century, as leftist judges have preempted or nullified our efforts to govern ourselves, conservatives have staked much on the appointment […]
The Climate Case of the Century
Twelve years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Massachusetts v. EPAthat greenhouse gases are air pollutants covered by the Clean Air Act. The decision […]
Democrats Have Always Wanted to Impeach Trump
Let’s imagine for a moment a hypothetical situation in which a president shoots someone on the White House lawn. A two-year, $34 million special counsel […]
The Case for Prosecuting Comey and Brennan
Twenty-five years ago, the Arnold Schwarzenegger action hit “True Lies” depicted a jealous husband abusing his access to powerful tools intended to fight terrorism to […]
No Questions? Nonsense—Mueller Must Testify
After two years of investigation, Robert Mueller on Wednesday gave his first public statement since the inception of the special counsel’s office. Mueller’s remarks, which […]
Colluders, Obstructionists, Leakers, and Other Projectionists
Before the defeat of Hillary Clinton, the idea that the Russians or anyone else could warp or tamper with our elections in any serious manner […]
The Constitution Does Not Protect Freedom of Speech
Around the inner rotunda of the Rhode Island state capitol stands this quotation from Tacitus: Rara temporum felicitas ubi sentire quae velis et quae sentias […]
Our Tech Slave Power
There can be no doubt any longer that Facebook, Google, Twitter, and their subsidiaries—YouTube, Instagram, Periscope, among others—are trying to suffocate political speech. These American […]
The Sinking of Mueller’s Prosecutorial Pequod
In the long and fascinating history of American political pamphleteering, the Mueller report will be regarded for years to come as a unique and in […]
The Supreme Court Can Stop a Trump Impeachment
Fueled by the recent release of the Mueller report, the Left, including many Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives, has ramped up its longstanding […]
The New Social Contract We Must Reject
America’s public life is disordered; our discourse toxic. Competing lists of scandals and abuses (calls for impeachment, “nuclear options,” attacks on free speech, and so […]
Let Me Speak to the Manager!
We’re all familiar with the petulant customer constantly demanding to speak to successive managers at a store until she gets what she wants. And some […]