Our Indispensable Man
Angelo Codevilla, who died Monday at the age of 78, was a singular intellect who leaves behind a rich body of work. Let’s not waste it.
Nobody Is Coming to Save California
The lesson of the recall election: A solid plurality of Californians is OK with the status quo.
Desperately Seeking Sedition
Despite the hype in the hours, days, and weeks after the Capitol melee, not a single January 6 defendant has been charged with sedition. Turns out, there is #Sedition and then there’s the real thing.
A Congressman’s Truth Problem
West Virginia Republican Alex Mooney also has a big-time ethics problem. Self-serving appeals to his “conservative” bona fides aren’t good enough.
Goodbye, COVID Year, Goodbye
Nearly 8,000 mostly unmasked people gathered at an outdoor venue in Southern California last weekend for live music. The relief was palpable. But will it last?
California’s COVID Recall
Governor Gavin Newsom may be in greater danger than Democrats think. He has only himself—and his hypocritical mask and lockdown policies—to blame.
The Conservative Case for Hardcore Porn
Ha! Don’t be ridiculous. There isn’t one. But you wouldn’t know it from the recent kerfuffle over a porn star's ejection from a TPUSA event.
To Dad, On Father’s Day
Thinking back, there is something poignant in our running joke: “You’ve taken up enough of my time.”
Cure for America’s Socialist Mania: Prosperity
America, President Donald Trump vowed during his State of the Union in February, “will never be a socialist country.” Well, we have some good news […]
Adding a Citizenship Question to the U.S. Census Could Affect Future Elections. So?
Citizenship matters. Or, at least it used to. The question of who is a citizen and who is not is at the foundation of what […]
Roger Kimball Wins the 2019 Bradley Prize
Our friend Roger Kimball—editor and publisher of The New Criterion and Encounter Books, and a regular contributor to these pages—is one of three recipients of […]
Clarity About Clearances Revisited (Updated)
The scandal du jour is a claim by a “White House whistleblower” that the Trump Administration overruled the recommendations of various agencies and granted top-secret […]
Mueller Report: ‘No Collusion’; Media Self-Immolates
Attorney General Bill Barr on Sunday afternoon released a summary of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on alleged collusion between the 2016 Trump presidential campaign […]
Victor Davis Hanson Essentially Called It in February
Robert Mueller’s investigation is done. There will be no more indictments and the existing indictments have nothing to do with his warrant—namely, claims that Donald […]
‘For the People’ Is a Censorship Bill, Plain and Simple
[fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_ rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_ ] [fusion_text columns=”” column_min_width=”” column_ rule_style=”default” rule_size=”” rule_ ] Campaign finance reform is all about “getting money out […]
A Republic, Not a Giant H.R. Department
How dumb is the 2020 presidential election campaign going to be? Unfathomably dumb. Breathtakingly dumb. Seriously; pretty dumb. And that’s just among the mainstream candidates. […]
Some Best Possible Outcomes of the Shutdown
The longest-lasting partial federal government shutdown in U.S. history affords President Trump the opportunity to kill off an over-the-hill political spectacle, drain some of the […]
Romney Is Wrong About the President and the Presidency
Oh, great. Mitt Romney is lecturing us about character and decency now. The new year is already shaping up to be a hectoring and annoying […]