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Will AI Be the Death of Higher Education?

Rather than destroying the humanities, AI applications can enable new discoveries.

When Does Biden Have to Fear a Pro-Israel Backlash?

Josh Kraushaar and Rebeccah Heinrichs join Noah Rothman on this week’s edition of Issues with Noah Rothman.

Really Old Senator Tries to Convince Less Old Justice That She’s Too Old to Stay at Work

Senator Richard Blumenthal, age 78, thinks it is time for Justice Sonia Sotomayor, age 69, to retire.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D., Conn.) at the confirmation hearing of Judge Amy Coney Barrett on Capitol Hill, October 12, 2020.

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High Noon

Madeleine Kearns makes an appearance on the High Noon podcast.

Sex . . . at Birth?

Yes, ‘sex assigned’ in the phrase ‘sex assigned at birth’ is ‘misleading.’ But the other two words — ‘at birth’ — are equally dubious.

Trump to Headline RNC’s May Donor Retreat in Palm Beach

The RNC’s recent fundraising success has allowed the party to close the fundraising gap between Trump and Biden after a lag in GOP fundraising late last year.

Republican presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump gestures during a campaign rally at the Forum River Center in Rome, Ga., March 9, 2024.

Fetterman Is the Democrats’ Stand-Up Guy

The senator’s position on Israel is mainstream, popular, and morally right, yet it is now the sort of thing that threatens to make him a pariah on the left.

Senator John Fetterman (D., Pa.) walks through the Senate subway of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., November 9, 2023.

What Will Biden Do If Iran Attacks Israel?

U.S. credibility would be at stake.

President Joe Biden speaks to the press before boarding Air Force One in Hagerstown, Md., March 5, 2024.

Cliff Notes

Congress will have to address budget issues.

Have Israel’s American Critics Forgotten about the Kabul Drone Strike?

If anything, Israel has treated its tragic error with greater severity than the U.S. did its own.

Emal Ahmadi, his brother Ajamal and their children leave the cemetery after praying by the graves of their family members who were victims of a U.S drone strike that killed 10 civilians, including seven children, in Kabul, Afghanistan, November 7, 2021.

DHS Defends Visa-Free Travel for Chinese Nationals to ‘Frontline’ Pacific-Island U.S. Territory

DHS revealed its decision to maintain the policy in a letter to Senator Joni Ernst and Representative Neal Dunn this week.

Pennsylvania’s Government Is Still Punishing Businesses over Covid-Lockdown Behavior

Fortunately, the legislature is currently considering legislation that would end this post-lockdown punishment.

Customers show proof of their COVID vaccinations before entering the Martha restaurant in Philadelphia, Pa., August 7, 2021.

New York City, the Taipei of America?

As Washington continues its pivot away from blind engagement with China, Beijing has upped its efforts to influence state and local officials across the U.S.

New York mayor Eric Adams speaks during a news conference at City Hall in New York City, January 24, 2022.

Good News at Yale Law

Garrett West, Hillsdale College alumnus and bona fide rock star, will join Yale’s faculty as an associate professor of law this summer.

WFB in Full

Bill Buckley was a big, big person, requiring a broad view.

William F. Buckley Jr. on <i>Firing Line</i>, April 22, 1980

What Comes after Transgender? Doctor Amputates Man’s Healthy Fingers

A doctor in Quebec ‘treated’ a BIID patient by amputating two of his healthy fingers.

In Praise of a Good Stick

The creators of ‘Official Stick Reviews’ have made something more profound than it may seem.

Buckley Wistfulness

One particular bright spot in The Incomparable Mr. Buckley was the quick image of Malcolm Muggeridge flashing on the screen.

Remember the Hostages

Five of the hostages are dual U.S.-Israeli citizens. The names of these five Americans, believed to be alive, deserve to be better known.

Clockwise, from upper left: Keith Siegel, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Edan Alexander, Omer Neutra, and Sagui Dekel-Chen

Caitlin Clark and Iowa Come Up Short against Superior South Carolina

The fundamentals of basketball remain undefeated.

South Carolina Gamecocks guard Bree Hall (23) celebrates with the trophy after defeating the Iowa Hawkeyes in the finals of the Final Four of the womens 2024 NCAA Tournament at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio, April 7, 2024.

EV Advocates Engage Ludicrous Mode as EV Adoption Stalls

Craigslist salesmen with Ivy League degrees are making their pitches for widespread EV adoption — the market tends to disagree with their assessments.

President Joe Biden tests a new Ford F-150 electric truck in Dearborn, Mich., May 18, 2021.

Storming Normandy with a Silver Maple

Mud pies, boulders, and sticks are what childhood is made of.

A Welcome Ray of Light at UNC

At many colleges these days, students can go through their entire “educations” without ever hearing any good words about the country’s basic institutions.

Kremlin Propaganda and Us

When key Republican House chairmen say, ‘Our party has a problem,’ ears should prick up.

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin in Minsk, Belarus, on November 23, 2023

‘The Border Patrol Rarely Bothers Asking’

The Wall Street Journal reports, ‘So many people illegally entering now request asylum that the Border Patrol rarely bothers asking.’

Migrants from Kyrgyzstan are processed by the U.S. Border Patrol agent after crossing the border into the U.S. from Mexico in Jacumba Hot Springs, Calif., November 10, 2023.

Donald Trump Is Half-Right on Abortion

Donald Trump has taken a first crack at clarifying his stances on abortion and IVF.

Former President Donald Trump attends a campaign event ahead of the Republican presidential primary election in North Charleston, S.C., February 14, 2024.

The Soft Bigotry of Biden’s Low Expectations for Hamas and Its Allies

Both at home and abroad, the Biden administration has set far higher expectations for the pro-Israeli side of this fight than for the other side.

President Joe Biden looks on during a campaign event at Pullman Yards in Atlanta, Ga., March 9, 2024.

What Do They Expect to Happen?

It’s hard to see how one side can violate this norm and not expect the precedent to be turned against it.

Terror-State vs. Civilization

On Putin’s Russia, and its friends, and its foes.

Firefighters work at the site of a printing house hit by a Russian missile strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, March 20, 2024.

Yes, Conservatives Can Enjoy the Seedy Revenge Thriller Monkey Man

The film’s politics and cinematic imperfections should be no barrier to savoring this spectacle.

Dev Patel, starring in <i>Monkey Man</i>

Why Biden Isn’t Likely to Win Any State He Lost in 2020

Gallup finds that Americans don’t think as highly of Joe Biden as they did in 2020.

President Joe Biden speaks to the media before he departs the White House for Florida, in Washington, D.C., January 30, 2024.

Presidential-Ballot-Access Issues for . . . Joe Biden?

In life as in politics, the little things matter — in this case, an Ohio state law that the Biden campaign may have overlooked.

President Joe Biden waves to members of the news media on his way to board Marine One to travel to Ohio from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., February 16, 2024.

Trump and Abortion — Again

A political stance, not a principled position — but the rhetoric highlighting Democratic radicalism is welcome.

Former president Donald Trump delivers remarks after exiting the courtroom as he attends his Manhattan courthouse trial in a civil fraud case in New York City, October 18, 2023.

The Problem of the Game-Changing Foul

One reason that I think baseball is a purer game than other sports is that there aren’t fouls and penalties that fundamentally alter the outcome.

McKinsey and Diversity

A new study suggests the consulting firm may be deceptively portraying the supposed financial benefits of corporate diversity.

A Breakdown of the Biden Administration’s Student-Debt Plans

Debts should be repaid by the people who borrowed the money, not taxpayers. But this is an election year, so different rules apply.

President Joe Biden speaks as he announces a new plan for federal student loan relief during a visit to Madison Area Technical College Truax Campus in Madison, Wis., April 8, 2024.

Would Trump Subvert American Democracy by Getting His Designated Successor Elected President?

As long as a person wins in a fairly conducted election, it isn’t a threat to democracy.

Former president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Erie, Pa., July 29, 2023.

Trump’s Certain-to-Be-Futile Gambit to Forestall Next Monday’s Criminal Trial

The former president and de facto GOP nominee sees the case as political combat in a rigged New York system, not a legal proceeding.

Former president Donald Trump attends the Trump Organization civil fraud trial in New York State Supreme Court in New York City, October 25, 2023.

Climate: The Fed Holds the Line

The Fed has reportedly pushed back against an effort by European central bankers to require lenders to disclose ‘their strategies for meeting green commitments.’

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell holds a news conference after the release of U.S. Fed policy decision on interest rates in Washington, D.C.,  May 3, 2023.

You’re Fine Just Where You Are, Sonia Sotomayor

Please do not listen to all those negative nellies and bean-counting bigots telling you to resign from the Supreme Court immediately.

Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor poses during a group photo of the Justices at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., April 23, 2021.

When Public Comment Matters

Public comments got OMB to change harmful guidance it had issued concerning free speech and religious liberty.

Biden Second-Term Preview in Milton, Mass.

A 2021 state zoning law designed to densify Boston’s suburbs and push suburbanites out of their cars has set off a rebellion in the town of Milton.

President Joe Biden gestures after giving remarks on the day he announced a new plan for federal student loan relief during a visit to Madison Area Technical College Truax Campus in Madison, Wis., April 8, 2024.

GOP Senate Candidate Mike Rogers in Michigan Snags Another Congressional Endorsement

It’s another sign that Rogers is consolidating support among Michigan Republicans in his primary bid for the seat of retiring Democratic senator Debbie Stabenow.

Then-Rep. Mike Rogers (R., Mich.) speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., October 28, 2013.

Russians Are Persecuting Ukrainian Baptists, Church Leaders Tell Speaker Johnson

The reminder appears necessary in light of comments by Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, who claims that Russia is ‘protecting’ Christians.

A member of the archcathedral of St. John the Baptist church community prays during the church service, near the Polish-Ukrainian border as people flee the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in Przemysl, Poland, March 13, 2022.

Genocide Is Not a Vibe

Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren is eager to believe that the facts will one day support her prejudices about Israel’s conduct in Gaza.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) faces reporters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., September 13, 2023.

A Legal Tragedy in Strasbourg

The European Court of Human Rights holds that Switzerland can be officially deemed a human-rights abuser.

Anne Mahrer and Rosmarie Wydler-Walti of the Swiss elderly women group Senior Women for Climate Protection, talk to journalists after the verdict of the court in the climate case in Strasbourg, France, April 9, 2024.

Office Property: No Tea Party in Boston

The decline in office-building values will affect the cities that rely largely on revenue from commercial-property taxes.

Buildings in downtown Boston, Mass.

New York Appeals Court Judge Denies Trump’s Effort to Stall Criminal Trial

The trial in the so-called hush-money case is scheduled to begin on Monday.

Former president  Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Sioux City, Iowa, October 29, 2023.

TV Networks to Biden and Trump: Please Don’t Bail on the Presidential Debates in Autumn

The major broadcast and cable news networks are worried.

Then-president Donald Trump and then-Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden participate in their final 2020 presidential campaign debate in the Curb Event Center at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., October 22, 2020.

Arizona Presents a Test of Pro-Life Realism

Can Arizona’s famously dysfunctional post–Doug Ducey GOP do better than Republicans in Michigan and Wisconsin?

Abortion rights campaigners march through downtown Tucson, Ariz., May 3, 2022.

The Democrats Come for Sotomayor

‘I wonder if the bullying will work.’

Supreme Court justice Sonia Sotomayor speaks during a funeral service for retired Supreme Court justice Sandra Day O’Connor in the Great Hall at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.,  December 18, 2023.

The Stubborn Truth about Gender Ideology, According to the Vatican

‘Dignitas Infinita’ makes a firm and unrelenting stand against abortion, euthanasia and assisted suicide, gender ideology, surrogacy, and sex change.

Pope Francis attends the weekly general audience at the Vatican, March 22, 2023.

What Republicans Used to Stand for on Abortion

No, conservatives have not always said that abortion policy should be reserved to the states.

Pro-life demonstrators celebrate outside the U.S. Supreme Court as the court rules in the <i>Dobbs v. Women's Health Organization</i> abortion case overturning <i>Roe v. Wade</i> in Washington, D.C., June 24, 2022.

Kari Lake Changes Her Mind on Arizona Abortion Law

The overturning of Roe v. Wade has called the bluff of Republicans who claimed to be pro-life but never expected to have to prove it.

Arizona Republican U.S. Senate candidate Kari Lake addresses the CPAC annual meeting in National Harbor, Md., February 24, 2024.

A Republican ‘Guardrail’

On Stephen Richer, the law-abiding elections official in Maricopa County, Ariz.

Stephen Richer, the recorder of Maricopa County, Ariz., speaks at a press conference on the midterm elections in Phoenix, November 7, 2022.

What James Buckley Stood for on Abortion

The ‘sainted junior senator from New York,’ serving shortly after Roe, did not believe abortion was only a matter for the states.

James L. Buckley at the National Review Institute Ideas Summit in 2019

DEI Must be Destroyed

DEI has no place in any educational institution.

The Senate Budget Committee Should Focus on Budget Hearings

The Senate Budget Committee seems to have been focusing more on climate change than on the budget this session.

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D., R.I.) questions judicial nominees during a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., December 4, 2019.

Biden Turns on Ukraine, Too

Biden’s turn against his partners in Ukraine, much like his (predictable) pivot against Israel, is a stab in the back.

President Joe Biden attends a joint press conference with Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House in Washington, D.C., December 12, 2023.

A Cautionary Note about Congress and Abortion Legislation

Conservatives should honor constitutional limits.

The Inflation Spike Biden Cannot Run From

The brutal CPI report that dropped on Wednesday is not without a few bright spots, but they are blotted out by the evidence that inflation is still rising.

President Biden walks to board Marine One, before traveling to Rehoboth Beach, Del. for the weekend, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., March 18, 2022.

Secretary Yellen Should Talk to the White House Economists

Waging a war against trade to address a problem of adjustment it didn’t cause won’t make these issues go away. It will make them worse.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen answers questions during the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., June 23, 2021.

No One Is Acting Like Kennedy Is a Bigger Threat to Trump Than to Biden

The indications are that a lot of Democrats think the independent candidacy of RFK Jr. and Nicole Shanahan will hurt Biden’s campaign more.

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. gestures next to Nicole Shanahan as she becomes the vice presidential candidate of Kennedy in Oakland, Calif., March 26, 2024.

Church and State: What Is Politico Talking About?

What relevant decisions does Politico imagine the Supreme Court was making in the 1870s?

Visitors walk in front of the United States Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., September 22, 2023.

Short-Term Gain, Long-Term Pain

The GOP should think twice about adopting the Democrats’ tactics of manipulating the other side’s voters. Sometimes the price of victory is too steep.

Former president Donald Trump speaks as he holds a campaign rally at Coastal Carolina University ahead of the South Carolina Republican presidential primary in Conway, S.C., February 10, 2024.

Inflation: The Federal Reserve Can’t Do It Alone

Congress needs to fix the underlying fiscal problem.

The U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., August 15, 2023

Please Harvard, Don’t Throw Conservatives into That Briar Patch

The Left seems to think that our skepticism of academia is based entirely on phobias and prejudices. It isn’t.

Harvard University president Claudine Gay attends a House Education and The Workforce Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., December 5, 2023.

Elizabeth Warren Isn’t Actually Very Smart

Sometimes, you have to draw the conclusions out loud.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) questions witnesses during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., May 18, 2023.

Republicans’ Wishful Thinking on Abortion

At every turn, they have chosen the laziest possible way to respond to each change in the politics of abortion.

Former president Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, S.C., February 10, 2024.

About That Soft Landing . . .

Maybe we haven’t tightened money that much. Today’s bad inflation report strengthens that case.

Germany: Blunder Road

Many of Germany’s problems stem from the misjudgments made during the Merkel years, from the reliance on “cheap” Russian gas to a growing economic dependence on China.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks during a visit at the BMW Group plant in Munich, Germany, December 5, 2023.

Why Isn’t the President Angry?

Biden has shown incalculable patience with Hamas’s dilatory tactics, but that patience should reach its end with the news that it was all a game.

President Joe Biden speaks about the care economy during an event at Union Station in Washington, D.C., April 9, 2024.

The Inflation Dragon Hasn’t Been Slain

The Biden administration forgets that inflation is the cruelest tax, and it’s the one voters are reminded of every time they buy something.

So Now J. D. Vance Cares about U.S. Steel Shareholders

J. D. Vance vs. J. D. Vance.

Senator J. D. Vance (R., Ohio) speaks during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., March 22, 2023.

Tucker Carlson’s Apologia for Christian Antisemitism

In Munther Isaac, Carlson has found an activist who might support his anti-Israel viewpoints.

Tucker Carlson speaks during an interview with Russian president Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia, February 6, 2024.

Elite Colleges Are Overrated

Money isn’t everything, but it is something.

People walk past Columbia University in New York City, October 30, 2023.

Belgian Health-Fund President: Euthanize Old People to Save Money

And we wonder why oldsters worry about becoming a ‘burden.’

The Real Pink Tax

Women must spend more than men, particularly on big items such as housing and transit, for the sake of their own safety.

People wear masks while riding on the subway in New York City, August 2, 2021.

The Ideological Monoculture of Higher Education

People used to think of college as a place for the vibrant exchange of ideas, but these days, it’s more like the incessant elaboration of one idea.

Germany: Deindustrialization Watch

The German company ThyssenKrupp has struggled for a while and is now facing major production cutbacks.

The Thyssenkrupp headquarters in Essen, Germany, November 22, 2023

The Dexter Reed Case

The fundamental problem here was that Reed had a gun and used it. 

Another Real Pink Tax

Tariffs on women’s clothes are, on average, higher than tariffs on men’s clothes.

A customer shops at the TU clothing store inside a Sainsbury’s supermarket in Richmond, West London, February 21, 2024.

The Danger of Self-Induced National-Security Crises Intensifies

How could we even consider blinding ourselves in a time of profound national-security peril?

President Joe Biden meets with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli war cabinet in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 18, 2023.

Yes, the Cost of Owning a Home Is Soaring

In 99 percent of 575 U.S. counties, home prices are beyond the reach of the average income earner.

President Biden (left) and a home that has been listed for sale (right)

Remind Me Never to Go Fishing near Pikelot Atoll

Stranded men on Pikelot Atoll were rescued.

The Inevitable Result of Intersectional Gender Studies

Professors dare not mention the anti-feminist terrorist regime currently governing Palestinian women.

On the Harvard University campus

MBD: Let’s Face It, Arizona Republicans Look Like Cowards

The Arizona GOP seems to be avoiding stances on a sweeping 1864 law that outlaws abortion in the state.

The Connection between CHIPS and Solyndra Is Stronger Than You Might Think

13 years after the government wasted $500 million of the Solyndra boondoggle, the federal government is giving more than ten times as much to a company led by Solyndra’s former CEO.

President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a visit to TSMC AZ's first semiconductor fabrication plant in Phoenix, Ariz., December 6, 2022.

Latest Section 702 Compromise

A necessary resolution. Will it result in improvement of how the government does intelligence collection?

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson makes a statement to members of the news media in Washington, D.C., February 27, 2024.

The End of an Academic Illusion

Standardized-test requirements make a comeback at Harvard, which follows Dartmouth, Yale, and MIT in jumping off a disastrously rickety bandwagon.

Students and pedestrians walk through the Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., March 10, 2020.

Ukraine: Not So Quiet on the Eastern Front

Attrition’s cruel math favors Russia.

Servicemen of the 12th Special Forces Brigade Azov of the National Guard of Ukraine run at their positions at a frontline in Donetsk Region, Ukraine, April 5, 2024.

Trump’s Criminal Trial Starts Monday: Get Up to Speed with Our Prior Coverage of Bragg’s ‘Hush Money’ Case

Get yourself up to speed on the elected progressive Democratic DA’s prosecution of the former president and de facto GOP 2024 presidential nominee with our prior coverage.

Former president Donald Trump comments for a pre-trial hearing on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star, at Manhattan criminal court in New York City, March 25, 2024.

Biden Hides Plans for Obama-Era Housing Regulation

The president is afraid to tout his controversial housing policy before the election.

President Joe Biden delivers virtual remarks during the National Action Network Convention from the Eisenhower Executive Office Building’s South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, D.C., April 12, 2024.

Colleges Should Be More Circumspect in Enrolling Foreign Students

Many schools now include foreign students in their “diversity” goals. Solution: Get rid of such goals.

Can Trump Thread the Needle on Abortion?

Listen to the latest edition of Issues with Noah Rothman.

Hey, Most Model U.N. Kids Look Good Compared to This Crowd!

Comparing Biden’s National Security Council to a Model U.N. meeting is unfair… but to whom?

The United Nations headquarters building is pictured through a window with the U.N. logo in New York City, August 15, 2014

Fare Evasion Is an Anti-Communitarian Act

The prospect of community is lost when its members are indifferent to societal norms and even hostile to law and order.

Members of the NYPD Strategic Response Group stand inside the entrance of the 42nd Street and Times Square subway stop in New York City, March 7, 2024.

Why I Needed Standardized Tests

Sitting through the ACT was the least enjoyable part of high-school, but I’m certain it was the most important for determining my post-graduation options. 

The ‘Health Community’ Versus Fossil Fuels

What kind of hubris does it take to presume to speak for the “health community?”

Activists protest for the U.S. government to take action on climate change and reject the use of fossil fuels in New York City, September 17, 2023.

A Sampler of Tax Day Commentary

Today is Tax Day, the holiday for publishing tax-related commentary.

Trump Gets a Ruling in His Favor: Bragg Barred from Proving Additional Alleged Acts of Sexual Misconduct

Prosecutors invoke alarming claims of election stealing and sexual assault to distract the jury from how trivial the actual business-records charges are.

Former president Donald Trump returns to the courtroom after a break during the first day of his hush-money trial at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, April 15, 2024.

Econception with Samuel Gregg on Industrial Policy

On the most recent episode of Econception, my podcast with the American Institute for Economic Research, I talked to Samuel Gregg about industrial policy.

Assembly line at the General Motors manufacturing plant in Spring Hill, Tenn., August 22, 2019.

Donald Trump’s Trial Will Matter

Uncommitted voters seem to hold two opposing outlooks: Trump is a victim of political persecution, and whatever he’s accused of, he probably did it.

Former president Donald Trump arrives at Manhattan criminal court with his legal team ahead of the start of jury selection in New York City, April 15, 2024.

Blocking American Roads and Bridges ‘for Gaza’

From New York to Chicago to San Francisco, anti-Israel protesters are making sure to annoy Americans going about their lives.

Pro-Palestinian protesters stop traffic at the Golden Gate Bridge, April 15, 2024.

A Couple to Know

On a podcast with Robert and Guna Mundheim.

Guna and Robert Mundheim at the University of Arizona, April 11, 2024

Sting Channels Drive-In Horror-Movie Classics

The campy creature feature, about a girl named Charlotte and a very different sort of spider, is a fun Friday popcorn movie.

From the <i>Sting</i> official trailer

Tom Cotton Urges Biden to Open Investigation into Temu, Says It Might Be ‘More Dangerous than TikTok’

The senator raised concerns about the Chinese shopping app, including its alleged links to Uyghur forced labor and questionable data-privacy practices.

The logo of Temu on a mobile phone

The Wrecking Ball Comes for East Coast Catholicism

Baltimore used to be home to more than a quarter million Catholics. Reported Sunday Mass attendance across the diocese is down to just 2,000 parishioners.

Electric Vehicles: Slow Canada

As is the case in many other markets, Canadian buyers are concerned about the lack of adequate charging infrastructure.

Canada's prime minister Justin Trudeau attends a news conference to announce details on the construction of a gigafactory for electric vehicle battery production by Volkswagen Group's battery company PowerCo SE in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, April 21, 2023.

Nikki Haley Joins Hudson Institute

The D.C.-based conservative think tank focuses on national-security issues.

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley hosts a campaign event at Union Hall in Raleigh, N.C., March 2, 2024.

Chinese Propaganda Arm Deletes Post Justifying Iran’s ‘Successful’ Attack

Beijing has long lent its support to Iran’s ‘axis of resistance’ — the terrorist groups that have attacked Israel, cargo ships, and U.S. bases in the region.

An Iranian missile displayed during a rally marking annual Quds Day in Tehran, Iran, April 29, 2022.

Bill Maher: Being Pro-Choice Is Being ‘Okay’ with Murder

Can you imagine what the abortion debate in this country would be like if more people argued for pro-choice policies the way Maher does?

Bill Maher on <i>Real Tim with Bill Maher</i>, April 12, 2024

An Unwelcome Iranian Visitor

Abdollahian will almost certainly derive significant propaganda value from his trip.

Iran's Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian speaks during a press conference at the Lebanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Beirut, Lebanon, February 10, 2024.

Groves We Have Known

Reader mail on tradition and modernity; ‘God Bless the U.S.A.’; and more.

The Citrus State Historic Park, Riverside, Calif.

Supremes to Hear Argument Today on Obstruction Statute Key to J6 Cases . . . Including Trump’s

In Fischer v. U.S., the justices will consider how much liberty prosecutors have to stretch criminal laws beyond the purposes for which Congress enacted them.

People walk their dog past the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., August 31, 2023.

Utah Outlaws Nature Rights

Let’s put this radical movement out of business once and for all.

Great Salt Lake outside Salt Lake City, Utah, July 25, 2022

Speaker Mike Johnson’s Next Challenge

Johnson is hoping he’s figured out how to push nearly $100 billion of foreign aid through the lower chamber by the end of the week.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R., La.) attends a weekly press conference at Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., April 16, 2024.

The Justifications and Excuses for Biden Skipping Debates Start to Pile Up

Notice that the idea of his refusing to hold debates is no longer some odd fringe proposal.

President Joe Biden delivers virtual remarks during the National Action Network Convention from the Eisenhower Executive Office Building’s South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, D.C., April 12, 2024.

Re: The (Federal) Benefits of Marriage 

At tax time, breadwinners get a break, but dual earners with kids can face a marriage penalty.

Let the NatCons Speak

Brussels is wrong to shut down the National Conservatism conference currently underway.

Honorary president of the Reform UK party Nigel Farage speaks to the media as he stands in front of police officers, on the day of a conference titled "National Conservatism" in Brussels, Belgium, April 16, 2024.

Trump’s Trial: Turning Point or Footnote?

‘I just don’t believe there are Americans who think that way.’

Former president Donald Trump returns to the courtroom after a recess during the second day of his trial at New York Criminal Court in New York City, April 16, 2024.

Come On in, the Sensory-Deprivation Tank Is Fine

National Review and the Washington Post agree: Floatation therapy is good for you.

A woman lies in an isolation tank during flotation therapy in Mumbai, India, March 28, 2019.

No True Progressive

AOC is facing growing criticism from those seated in the cheap seats of Twitter or breathing the rarefied air circulating through the headquarters of the New York Times.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) speaks at a press conference in Washington, D.C., July 13, 2023.

Some Good News for Catholics in Ohio

Catholics should rejoice over the 30 students OSU’s Newman Center welcomed this past Easter as converts, especially amid modern headwinds.

Railroads Oppose Union-Backed Rule Regarding Crew Sizes

The Federal Railroad Administration’s years-long regulatory adventure into mandating the crew sizes of freight trains continues.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe trains at a rail yard in Cicero, Illinois, in 2009.

Europe’s Energy: Russia Tries Another Line of Attack

There are plenty of reasons why NATO countries should be providing additional air-defense systems to Ukraine. This is another.

A worker walks past a gas tube  during the opening of the liquefied natural gas terminal in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, December 17, 2022.

In Reading the Obstruction Statute, Do We Look before or after ‘Otherwise’?

Is Section 1512(c)(2) just obstruction by spoliation of evidence, or is it any kind of corrupt act by which a prosecutor decides a proceeding was impeded?

People walk across the plaza to enter the U.S. Supreme Court building on the first day of the court's new term in Washington, D.C., October 3, 2022.

Maryland School District Burns $1 Million on Sex-Pest Investigation and Defending Woke Sex-Ed

If MCPS were numerate, it would avoid self-destructive legal battles and reappoint those funds to aid the district’s chronically absent and math-deficient students.

Uri Berliner Burned His Bridges at NPR, Then Set the House Ablaze

Why on earth are American taxpayers footing the bill for any of this, again?

Sign at National Public Radio headquarters in Washington, D.C., in 2013

Auto Ban: German Minister Threatens the End of Weekend Driving

The lesson here: Environmentalists care less about emissions reductions and more about punishing sectors they despise, in this case, automobiles.

Traffic on Germany's Autobahn freeway

More Abortions, More Taxpayer Dollars, and Fewer Health Services

Planned Parenthood’s report for 2023 shows that the number of abortions it performs is rising while offering fewer health-care services than in the past.

Sign on a Planned Parenthood building in New York City

Some Progress on Higher Ed in West Virginia, but Far to Go

WVU has started cutting back on unnecessary expenses on its own, but there is much more to be done.

Thomas Massie Maintains Speaker Johnson Has a Short Shelf Life

Even if Johnson somehow manages to clear the package through the House this weekend, internal House GOP rifts suggest the speaker has a rocky path ahead.

Rep. Thomas Massie (R., Ky.) listens as Attorney General Merrick Garland testifies before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., September 20, 2023.

Katherine Maher Is a Drone

She’s not performing. She just completely lacks empathy.

Katherine Maher speaks during the opening ceremony of Web Summit, in Lisbon, Portugal, November 13, 2023.

Washington Does Something Right

The 2021 Afghanistan debacle represented the worst of American leadership but the best of the American people.

A U.S. Air Force special forces soldier stands guard near a Chinook helicopter as Afghan civilians and militiamen loyal to the rebel Northern Alliance look on in Khwaja Bahuaddin, Afganistan, November 15, 2001.

Throw the Anti-American Left Under the Bus

The alternative, for center-left elites, is to continue coddling and mollifying what can only be described as a pro-terrorism constituency.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march through downtown streets and shopping malls during a "Strike for Gaza" protest in Los Angeles, Calif., April 15, 2024.

Mark Robinson to Rally alongside Donald Trump This Weekend in Wilmington

What’s a high-dollar presidential fundraiser without a high-profile campaign event to go with it?

Catholics and Abortion

‘You can’t pick and choose. You’re either one who respects life in all of its dimensions, or you have to step aside.’

Pro-life Catholics protest outside of the Bread and Roses Woman's Health Center in Clearwater, Fla., February 11, 2023.

More Evidence That Organized Labor Is Progressivism, and Progressivism Is Organized Labor

Even supposedly less political, ‘blue-collar’ unions regularly give big bucks to progressive causes.

United Auto Workers from Louisville, Ky., rally in support of striking UAW members in Detroit, Mich., September 15, 2023.

The Bees Are Fine

The bee-population collapse was essentially solved in 2015. And market demand solved it.

A person points at a bee hive at Miller Honey Farms in Gackle, N.D., July 30, 2021.

Lament over a Blueberry Bagel

Panera, our relationship has been on the rocks for years, but this morning was the last straw.

Growing Schools and Giant Fish: More Good News for Catholics, and for Ohio

School choice helps Catholic schools in Florida, and a teenager catches a massive fish in Ohio.

A worker at Leo Catholic High School is silhouetted against the stained glass windows at the school in Chicago, Ill., February 14, 2013.

Thought Controllers in the Education Blob Strike Again

A high-school student in North Carolina was hit with a suspension merely for asking a question in which he used the term ‘illegal alien.’

A Book, Found

A reader tells a story — about how he found ‘The Master and Margarita.’

Bookshop assistant Howard Rawson-Humphries watches over the books on sale inside Cofian Books, known locally as ‘Albie's Bookshop,’ in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales, September 15, 2018.

The Rise of The Machines: John Etchemendy and Fei-Fei Li on Our AI Future

A discussion of what AI should be used for, where it should not be deployed, and why we as a society should — cautiously — embrace it.

The Mayorkas Senate Impeachment Trial That Wasn’t

Mayorkas committed impeachable offenses, but he was carrying out Biden’s policy.

Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before a House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., April 28, 2022.

Do Leftist Students Now Really Favor Free Speech?

Some recent polling suggests this is true, but are they correct?

Cass Report AI Images: Patients Aren’t Poster Children

The Cass Report is a devastating exposé.

A person walks past an image of a National Health Service worker displayed on hoardings outside a temporary field hospital at St. George's Hospital in London, January 8, 2022.

Team Trump Is Undermining Its Bias Claim against Merchan

If you’re hoping to win an appeal arguing that the trial judge’s bias was manifest in his rulings, then you’d better be accurate in describing those rulings.

Former president Donald Trump listens as his lawyer Todd Blanche argues with Judge Juan Merchan during a court hearing on charges of falsifying business records to cover up a hush money payment to a porn star before the 2016 election, at a court in New York City, February 15, 2024, in this courtroom sketch.

Haifa, Rafah, Cannibals, Plane Crashes — It All Blurs Together in Joe Biden’s Mind

No, Israel is not about to invade its own city of Haifa, and no, the president’s uncle was not eaten by cannibals.

President Joe Biden speaks about the care economy during an event at Union Station in Washington, D.C., April 9, 2024.

‘Write Like Bill’

On this summer’s William F. Buckley Jr. Communicators Workshop.

William F. Buckley Jr.; Michael Jordan

Baseball Doesn’t Need DEI to Cure Its Surplus of Diversity

Baseball isn’t losing out on black talent because of MLB’s choices, but because of the choices of young black athletes.

Major League Babeball commissioner Rob Manfred presents the Allan H. Selling Award for philanthropic excellence during the 2022 MLB Winter Meetings in San Diego, Calif., December 7, 2022.

Republican Hawks Plan to Defend Ukraine with Insults

Republicans who want to pass Ukraine aid should try to rebut the actual arguments made against it.

Senator J. D. Vance (R., Ohio) walks at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., September 12, 2023.

A Voice from Kansas, a Voice for Freedom

On a podcast with Vernon L. Smith.

The TikTok Bill’s Prospects Are Looking Better Than Ever. Here’s Why

A recent Politico scoop is certain to motivate lawmakers to act with more urgency on TikTok.

Google Employees Sit Around and Find Out

Even an illimitable amount of self-righteousness and woke defiance will not save you from reality.

A counter-protester holding an Israeli flag walks into the parking lot near a protest at Google Cloud offices in Sunnyvale, Calif., on April 16, 2024.

Katherine Maher’s NPR Is No Place for Truth

Would it even make a difference if the NPR CEO were fired? Who are the people who hired her in the first place? Are they going to fire themselves as well?

Now NPR CEO-Katherine Maher speaks at the Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, November 13, 2023.

Like Every Recent GOP House Speaker, Mike Johnson Has Reached His Breaking Point

Johnson seems determined to go through with the vote on aid, which will almost certainly lead to an effort to oust him just as McCarthy was ousted last fall.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R., La.) speaks to the media after meeting with President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and other congressional leaders in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., February 27, 2024.

How Chris Dodd Helped Bring Hollywood and China Together

The former Connecticut senator’s role in getting the American film industry hooked on the Chinese market should be held in the same regard as his other . . . accomplishments.

President Joe Biden shakes hands with former senator Chris Dodd at the dedication of the Dodd Center for Human Rights at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Conn., October 15, 2021.

Another Example of Cops Making Schools Safer

Events in Montgomery County, Md., prove (yet again) just how important cops are for the Maryland school district.

Tech Blunder Leaves Hundreds of Job-Seeking Conservatives’ Information Exposed: Report

The Conservative Partnership Institute has reportedly mishandled sensitive private information for months.

Praise for the Speaker

On today’s Editors episode, Charlie takes a moment to applaud Speaker Johnson for the stand he’s taking on the Ukraine aid issue.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.) speaks to the media in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., April 17, 2024.

Dickey Betts, 1943–2024: The Ramblin’ Man at Rest

Farewell, Dickey. I’ll never forget all the joyful noise you brought into my life with your band.

Dickey Betts backstage at the 47th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, Calif., in 2005.

The Market Will Make Sure Caitlin Clark Gets Paid a Lot

Don’t let the WNBA’s union pay scale get you down.

Iowa Hawkeyes guard Caitlin Clark (22) dribbles past Connecticut Huskies guard Nika Muhl (10) in the semifinals of the Final Four of the womens 2024 NCAA Tournament at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio, April 5, 2024.

Speaker Johnson Stares Down Potential Ouster amid Foreign-Aid Push

Johnson is operating under the growing possibility that his biggest detractors will trigger a snap vote on his speakership just six months into his tenure.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R., La.) speaks to reporters during a weekly press conference at Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., April 16, 2024.

Trump: Ukraine’s Survival Is ‘Important to Us’

The former president didn’t endorse the funding package making its way through Congress, but neither did he attack it.

Former president Donald Trump addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference annual meeting in National Harbor, Md., February 24, 2024.

Questioning the Campus Mental Health Crisis

Our college campuses are, it seems, awash in crises that call for costly programs to treat them. But are these crises real?

Judge Merchan Bars Use of Cohen’s Guilty Plea to Prove Trump Committed Campaign-Law Crimes

As Manhattan’s progressive elected Democratic DA Alvin Bragg had to know, Cohen’s guilty plea was never admissible evidence of anything relevant to Trump.

Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg speaks during a news conference at his office in New York City, February 22, 2024.

Inclusive Authoritarianism

We can laugh at the fragile progressives on campus and call them ‘snowflakes.’ But do not dismiss them as impotent.

Students walk past Wadham College, Oxford University, ahead of the new academic year, amid the coronavirus pandemic in Oxford, Britain, September 17, 2020.

A Struggle to Survive

Notes on Ukraine and Russia.

People take shelter inside a subway station during a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, April 11, 2024.

Joe Biden Holds Event Celebrating That Most Kennedys Are Still Supporting Him

Good for you, Joe Biden. We all know how hard it is for a Democratic incumbent president to win support among the Kennedy family.

Kerry Kennedy and other members of the Kennedy family applaud as President Joe Biden smiles, at a campaign event at the Martin Luther King Recreation Center in Philadelphia, Pa., April 18, 2024.

Rehearsal for Revolution

People who don’t have strong convictions will begin joining the anti-Israel protests just because it’s a highly adrenalized ‘scene.’

Demonstrators protest in solidarity with Pro-Palestinian organizers on the Columbia University campus in New York City, April 18, 2024.

More Madness in Scotland

Elementary schools are being asked to appoint children as ‘LGBT champions’ and ask children as young as four if they are gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender.

The Tory Tobacco Ban

The war against tobacco is, these days, more about control than health.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak gives a speech on welfare reform in central London, April 19, 2024.

Prohibition (for Aperol)

With a single sip, I knew this was the worst drink I have ever consumed.

A bartender pours a drink at a Campari inauguration of a new brand house for Aperol, its best-selling beverage, in Venice, August 2021.

More Media Cheerleading for Unions after VW Tennessee Vote

We’re supposed to believe that a win for the UAW is a win for workers and indicative of a national trend in favor of union membership. But the evidence is still lacking for both of those propositions.

President of the United Automobile Workers (UAW) Shawn Fain signs a placard at a watch party in Chattanooga, Tenn., April 2024.

Supreme Court Gets the Investor-Fraud Rule Right

This was a clearer and more tightly reasoned opinion than we’ve come to expect from Justice Sotomayor.

Brzezinski’s Prophecy, Ferguson’s Law

On our current trajectory, this gap will only widen, until it can’t.

Xi Jinping of China and Vladimir Putin of Russia attend a signing ceremony at the Kremlin, March 21, 2023.

‘Warmonger,’ ‘Traitor,’ ‘Nazi,’ Etc.

The U.S. House passes aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. Some like it, some don’t.

A woman prays during a service of St. John the Baptist church in Przemyśl, Poland, near the Ukrainian border, as people flee the Russian invasion, March 13, 2022.

Biden Finally Condemns Columbia Antisemitism

The putzing president is running out of time to get a handle on the bloodthirsty activists in his coalition.

Demonstrators, guarded by NYPD police officers, gather outside of Columbia University in support of Palestine in New York City, April 20, 2024.

Mum’s the Word

The national debt, the federal budget deficit, and the relative silence of politicians.

In Search of Musical Entropy

On a flawed quantification of ‘surprise’ in Bach.

Johann Sebastian Bach monument in the city center of Leipzig

Why Universities Should Embrace Institutional Neutrality

America’s higher-education leaders have gotten into a number of bad habits.

Post-Pandemic Resource Abundance Is Rebounding

A measure of the relationship between population growth commodity availability brings good news. 

Wearing a mask and gloves, a worker re-stocks apples in an Asian grocery store in Falls Church, Va., April 3, 2020.

Trump’s Unlikely Voter Problem

November results will be attributed to the bets both campaigns placed early in this campaign cycle. And everyone, save perhaps for the campaigns themselves, will have seen it coming.

A supporter of Donald Trump waits in a parking lot ahead of a campaign rally in Wilmington, N.C., April 20, 2024.

David Pecker Will Be Bragg’s First Witness

DA Alvin Bragg will try to fill the hole in his case by presenting a legal plan as if it were a criminal conspiracy.

David Pecker, former chair and CEO of American Media, speaks at the Shape and Men’s Fitness Super Bowl Party in New York City, January 31, 2014.

The ‘Whaddya Think?’ Methodology Is a Bad One

Some polling tactics are unhelpful.

Folly, Misdirection, and Mayhem: My Dissent

The Ukraine bill does very little to change the situation for Ukraine.

A serviceman of the 12th Special Forces Brigade Azov of the National Guard of Ukraine prepares a shell with an inscription "for Kharkiv" for a howitzer at a position in a front line in Donetsk Region, Ukraine, April 5, 2024.

Bragg Implements the Plan to Mislead the Jury about the Charges

Bragg is trying to convict Trump of conspiracy without having charged Trump with conspiracy.

Then-Democratic candidate for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg speaks to the press in New York, N.Y., November 2, 2021.

Antitrust Is Catnip for Statist Busybodies

Under the Biden administration, the people in charge of antitrust policy are eager to expand governmental power no matter how much long-run damage they do.

As Long as Joel Lambdin Gets His Indian Sabbatical, I’m Happy to Pay More Taxes

I never much liked paying taxes, until I was told that I could help lazy, financially illiterate dilettantes go to India to study meditation.

President Joe Biden speaks as he announces a new plan for federal student loan relief during a visit to Madison Area Technical College Truax Campus, in Madison, Wis., April 8, 2024.

Dems’ Anti-Trump Lawfare Pays Compounding Interest

A new ruling would allow DA Alvin Bragg’s prosecutors to cross-examine Trump about findings of dishonesty in the NY civil fraud and E. Jean Carroll cases.

Former president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump awaits the start of proceedings for allegedly covering up hush-money payments linked to extramarital affairs at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City, April 22, 2024.

Gavin Newsom’s Cynical New Abortion Move and Sinister Ad

Women deserve better than thinking their best option is rushing out of state for an abortion, when there are actually life-giving options.

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare Unleashes Retro Fury

Guy Ritchie’s triumphant return is pastiche at its finest.

<i>The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare</i>

The Horrendous and Maddening Antisemitism in New York City

In the midst of the madness and evil in the city of New York, may all Christians pray for our elder brothers and sisters in faith this Passover.

Demonstrators protest in solidarity with Pro-Palestinian organizers as they block a street in New York City, April 18, 2024.

Net Zero: Yet Another Tax

Best guess: Pay-per-mile is headed London’s way.

London mayor Sadiq Khan outside City Hall in London, May 2016.

Vernon Smith on Adam Smith

A modern student writes about the pioneering Scottish philosopher and economist.

Statue of Adam Smith in Edinburgh, Scotland

Trump Republicans Want to Arrest Pregnant Mothers! (Said No One, Ever)

A new corny, cringey pro-abortion ad is not merely painful to watch — it is also shamelessly deceptive.

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