The Left Is Slipping into Terminal Irrelevance
Well, last week was quite a week. For one side, a week of winning. For the other, a week of wailing. It will be no […]
Free Speech
It’s Dangerous to Disagree in America
This weekend, Sarah Sanders Huckabee and her family were thrown out of a Virginia restaurant after a vote by the staff. Do not trivialize this […]
Deutsch, Hayden, and the Moral Collapse of U.S. Jewish Institutions
Last week, on the MSNBC TV show “Morning Joe,” MSNBC contributor Donny Deutsch said that every American who votes for President Donald Trump is a […]
Why This Immigration Psychodrama Will Also Pass
A month from now there will be a new manufactured news story that Donald Trump is savage, represents an existential danger, or is unhinged. We […]
American Greatness and American Venality
One ought to be immune to what Roger Simon splendidly and succinctly called the “festival of hypocrisy” that is the current hysteria over separating family […]
The FBI Hates Trump—and His Voters, Too
During his recent book tour, ex-FBI Director James Comey made it clear that he detests Donald Trump. Comey mocked Trump’s appearance—commenting on his “orange skin” […]
Our Imploding Press
If democracy in the United States is imperiled, as some say it is, then the pregnant question remains: Imperiled by whom? For the Left, Democrats, […]
What the Imminent Janus Ruling Means for Government Unions
The U.S. Supreme Court is about to rule on Janus v. AFSCME, a case that challenges the ability of public sector unions to force government […]
Hearing Evil Out
William F. Buckley once famously quipped of Robert F. Kennedy’s continued refusal to come on Firing Line, “Why does bologna reject the grinder?” Today, the […]
How Twitter Diplomacy Works
President Trump this week will bust 68 years of diplomatic white paper inertia and meet the leader of a nation with which America has been […]
Cake, Conscience, and Kangaroo Courts
The Supreme Court’s 7-2 decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission was no jurisprudential masterpiece, but its messy eating marks an important point […]
A Bad Aftertaste in the Masterpiece Cakeshop Decision
I’m amazed by those pundits who offer a thorough analysis of Supreme Court cases within hours of their publication. I find it takes a bit […]
The Creepy and Creeping Power of Social Media
With the recent revelations that “Google allowed “Nazism” to be associated with the California Republican Party in searches, to YouTube removing purely mechanical gun content, […]
Bullies in the White House Press Corps
Of all the post-2016 credibility casualties—the Clintons, the FBI, Hollywood, professional athletes, late-night comedians—the American news media is the most bloodied. After fluffing Barack Obama […]
Having Your Cake and Eating It, Too
Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, decided by the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, was the most closely watched case of the 2017-2018 […]
Masterpiece Cakeshop: The Death Knell of Religious Liberty
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed down its much-anticipated decision in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, a case about whether a […]
Roseanne Got the Shaft
The worst thing about the whole Roseanne Barr Twitter fiasco? It has provided the perennially pouting crew at CNN with fresh material over which to […]
The Barrs and the Bees: An Appeal for Audience Empowerment
A hullaballoo is raging in the media about . . . what else? The media. I will not repeat the socially unacceptable quotes by Roseanne […]
Wisdom, Unwisdom, and Jordan Peterson
The university takes upon itself two tasks: to educate the young in the most important things that can be learned from books, and to push […]
On Fightin’ Words, Conflicting Narratives, and Culture Wars
Perhaps because his recent death was on my mind already, the verbal fireworks that erupted like Mt. Kilauea lava bombs last week between deep state […]