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Electric Vehicles: Ford Runs Down Batteries

Less demand for EVs means less demand for EV batteries.

A Ford dealership in Alexandria, Va., July 23, 2009

In Chicago, the Most Predictable Civic Disaster in Recent Memory Beckons

We’re in a gloomy mood over here in the Windy City.

Then-Cook County commissioner and mayoral candidate Brandon Johnson campaigns a day ahead of the runoff election in Chicago, Ill., April 3, 2023.

Welcome Signs of Humility at Marvel

While its executives are owning up to some of their failures, Marvel Studios has a long way to go before it can win audiences back.

Chris Hemsworth poses on the red carpet at the premiere of Marvel Studios <i>Thor: Love and Thunder</i> at the El Capitan Theater in Los Angeles, Calif., June 23, 2022.

U.N. Vote on Palestinian Membership Could Prompt U.S. Funding Cutoff

The move would dramatically increase the likelihood that the U.S. enacts steep cuts to its funding for the U.N.

The results of a vote to adopt a draft resolution  on a display during an emergency special session of the U.N. General Assembly on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas at U.N. headquarters in New York City, October 27, 2023.

A Win for Civil Forfeiture, but the Supreme Court Is Skeptical

Forfeiture may have won the day today, but law enforcement should beware that the Court might seize it in the future.

Law enforcement officers stand guard  outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., June 24, 2023.

The Truth Is Out There, Jamaal Bowman

The House Democrats’ greatest source of accidental humor has been on the conspiracy-theory beat for decades.

Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D., N.Y.) speaks prior to President Joe Biden delivering remarks on the federal government's debt limit during a visit to SUNY Westchester Community College Valhalla in Valhalla, N.Y., May 10, 2023.

Scotland’s New Leader Moves the Party to the Center

Kate Forbes, a Scottish politician who holds traditional Christian beliefs, has been appointed Deputy First Minister of Scotland.

Kate Forbes speaks as she attends the SNP leadership hustings in Aberdeen, Scotland, March 12, 2023.

Who Knew?

Oh, so Stormy Daniels isn’t central to the prosecution’s case against Trump?

R.I.P. Boy Scouts

Scouting America, like all other organizations dedicated to progressive values, offers no compelling reason to join or maintain it.

Trent Torres of Boy Scouts of America Troop 959 salutes after placing an American flag on a gravesite at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in preparation for Memorial Day in Point Loma, San Diego, Calif., May 27, 2023.

Cooke: If Colleges Are So Useful, Why Do We Need to Bail Them Out?

‘You cannot bail out an industry that doesn’t do what it says it will do forever.’

Students walk past Princeton University's Nassau Hall in Princeton, N.J.

Stop Greenlighting High-School Walkouts

When public schools abandon political restraint and impose ideological partisanship on students, it results in bias, pressure, manipulation, and division.

Students stage a walk out from Hillsborough High School to protest after Florida education officials voted to ban classroom instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation in all public school grades, in Tampa, Fla., April 21, 2023.

AI, Graduates, and Jobs

Questions about AI’s effects on jobs have not gone away.

Graduating seniors line up to receive their diplomas during Commencement at Wellesley College in Wellesley, Mass., May 26, 2017.

House Oversight Seeks More Briefings on U.S. Government Response to China’s ‘Political Warfare’

NR obtained letters sent to the FBI, the State Department, DOJ, and other agencies.

Rep. James Comer (R., Ky.) attends a hearing in Washington, D.C., April 26, 2023.

What Holocaust Remembrance Means

Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day reminds us what the IDF is fighting for.

An Israeli flag is seen near the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem's Old City, Israel, December 6, 2017

Tim Scott’s Gotta Make You Nervous 

Scott was okay on Meet the Press yesterday, but allowed himself to get cornered on accepting the 2024 election results.

If Trump Wants to Alienate Women with His VP Pick, He Should Definitely Choose Kristi Noem

If Cricket didn’t finish off Noem’s VP chances, her interview yesterday on CBS should do it.

Civic Participation Can Save Us from Alienation and Hopelessness

We can eliminate so many degrees of separation by involving ourselves in what really matters.

No, the Pro-Hamas Campus Takeovers Aren’t Like the Civil-Rights Movement

Civil-rights protesters didn’t want to burn down the system — they wanted to share in it.

A protester waves a Palestinian flag during a rally at Columbia University in New York City, November 15, 2023.

Biden Giving Obamacare to 100,000 Illegal Immigrants Is Gross Executive Overreach

This is another example of executive overreach from a lawless administration. 

Immigrants and activists hold placards in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy ahead of a hearing on a revised version of the DACA program outside a federal courthouse in Houston, Texas, June 1, 2023.

Pence and January 6

We can applaud the former vice president’s patriotism and fortitude while recognizing that the Constitution was the true hero of January 6, 2021.

Former vice president Mike Pence sits down with NewsNation anchor Leland Vittert for a town hall event at NewsNation's headquarters in Chicago, Ill., September 13, 2023.

Burgum-mentum Picks Up

The North Dakota governor is one of the possible VP or cabinet picks heading to Palm Beach, Fla., for this weekend’s annual RNC donor retreat.

North Dakota governor Doug Burgum speaks during Fair-Side Chat at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, August 11, 2023.

Chinese Security Chief Touts Xi’s Global Ambitions during Russia Trip

Russia and China make plans to take their authoritarian repression in cyberspace global.

Russian president Vladimir Putin and Chinese president Xi Jinping leave after a reception in honor of the Chinese leader's visit to Moscow at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, March 21, 2023.

Pro-Hamas Craze Starts in K–12

College students raising Cain on campuses across the country didn’t first encounter anti-Israel vitriol in their freshman-year intro classes.

Pro-Palestinian students take part in a protest at Columbia University in New York City, October 12, 2023.

Opening Washington, D.C., Up to Friendlier Skies

Bureaucracy reigns when it comes to airports.

A plane passes the air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va., in 2017.

Karine Jean-Pierre Is So Bad at This

A bird flu outbreak is a really bad time and place for the White House press secretary to tout that she doesn’t eat meat.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre holds a press briefing at the White House in Washington, D.C., October 5, 2023.

The Grifters Taking Advantage of Higher Education’s Failures

Some alternatives to traditional universities are sketchy and should be avoided.

Jamaal Bowman Speaks Out about the NYPD Ejecting Columbia Protesters

Bowman, of course, already knows of easier ways to get people to evacuate a building.

A U.N. Official Dares America to Slash Its Budgetary Contribution

Congressman John Curtis responds: ‘Why are we funding such nonsense?’

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk speaks in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, February 10, 2023.

The Misuse and Abuse of Anti-China Rhetoric

Beijing deserves the ire it invites from U.S. officials and consumers. But using a good argument to push a dumb bill does not make the dumb bill a good idea.

Staff lower the Chinese national flag in front of screens showing the index and stock prices outside Exchange Square in Hong Kong, China, August 18, 2023.

Don Jr. Featured In Ads Urging Pennsylvania Republicans to Vote by Mail

Three Republican PACs have pledged an eight-figure investment in mail-in-voting efforts in the Keystone State this cycle.

Donald Trump Jr. speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference at Gaylord National Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., March 3, 2023.

New Fertility Data Show the Lifesaving Impact of Pro-Life Laws

New data data show that strong state level pro-life laws that were enacted in 2022 saved lives in 2023.

Pro-life demonstrators rally on the National Mall prior to the March for Life in Washington, D.C., January 24, 2020.

Burgum-mentum

The North Dakota governor is reportedly ascending Trump’s list of potential running-mate picks.

A 32-Hour Work Week for Your Workers, Not Mine

Senator Bernie Sanders and United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain know that their idea is silly.

Senator Bernie Sanders gestures as he speaks to the crowd as United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain and UAW Region 1 Director LaShawn English listen during a rally in Detroit, Mich., September 15, 2023.

Alma Mater: A Story

A letter from a retired fighter pilot who, with his wife, set up a scholarship in chemistry at Kansas State.

Campus of Kansas State University, in an image posted to X on August 25, 2023

Columbia Created Khymani James

The ‘kill the Zionists’ protest leader is a product of this time and place in elite college education.

You Don’t Need to Be a Weatherman to Know Which Way the Wind’s Blowing at Columbia

The kids on campus matter, and they are not alright.

A Palestinian flag flies at the protest encampment at Columbia University where students continue to protest in New York City, April 23, 2024.

Antisemitic Threats and Violence in the West: A Running Tally

The examples here — of which there will sadly and surely be more — are some of the more shocking instances of antisemitic violence since October 7.

People take part in a rally in support of Palestinians in Gaza, in New York City, November 9, 2023.

Don’t Devalue the Dollar, Pence Group Says

Republicans should offer tax reforms to increase incentives to save and invest and credible plans to cut the deficit.

Former vice president Mike Pence stands at the podium after announcing he will discontinue his presidential campaign, during the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Summit in Las Vegas, Nev., October 28, 2023.

A Conversation with NPR-AI, the Latest Large Language Model Chatbot

‘Would you like me to recommend some reading that will help you unlearn your destructive mental habits and educate yourself, Davx?’

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

House Lawmakers Propose Renaming D.C. Street after Hong Kong Political Prisoner Jimmy Lai

The street in front of Hong Kong’s de facto embassy would be called ‘Jimmy Lai Way’ as an effort to impose reputational costs on China.

Jimmy Lai during an interview in Hong Kong, May 29, 2020

A Majority Are for Mass Deportations

Axios is out with eye-popping results from a poll it ran.

U.S. Army National Guard soldiers repair a razor wire-laden fence along the bank of the Rio Grande after it was breached by migrants who crossed from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, into El Paso, Texas, April 23, 2024.

Ingrates at the Ivy-Laden Gates

The Ivy League may be considered by some the playground of the wealthy and connected, but it needn’t take that description literally.

Students protest in support of Palestinians near a closed entrance of Columbia University in New York City, U.S., April 23, 2024.

Biden’s ‘Cannibals’ Tale Gives China an Opportunity in the Pacific

This comes as a part of China’s campaign to kneecap America’s diplomatic overtures to Pacific Island countries.

Chinese president Xi Jinping waves as he meets with U.S. President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, in Woodside, Calif., November 15, 2023.

McConnell Takes Swipe at Tucker Carlson over Ukraine

‘He had an enormous audience which convinced a lot of rank-and-file Republicans that maybe this was a mistake.’

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell speaks to reporters in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., June 13, 2023.

How Strong Is Bragg’s Case?

The district attorney doesn’t have a strong case of crime against Trump. He has a mountain of evidence of legal activity that he’s spinning as a ‘conspiracy.’

New York County district attorney Alvin Bragg speaks after former President Donald Trump appeared at Manhattan Criminal Courthouse in New York City, April 4, 2023.

Traffic Violations

Nia Evans’s Mother Jones piece on blockading traffic for protest purposes seems to be missing something.

Protesters demanding a ceasefire and an end to U.S. support for Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza block morning traffic on the 110 Freeway, in Los Angeles, Calif., December 13, 2023.

Youngkin’s English Test

It’s not too late to revise Virginia’s draft English Language Arts standards. The governor should get to it quickly.

Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin speaks to the media during a press event in Taipei, Taiwan, April 25, 2023.

Twenty Things That Caught My Eye Today: Passover, Child Welfare in NYC, Surrogacy & More

‘Just as Israel has the Iron Dome, we want to build a proactive protective security shield over the entirety of the Jewish community in North America.’

Israeli and American flags are flown at the March for Israel rally on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., November 14, 2023.

Vernon Smith on Adam Smith

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

Statue of Adam Smith in Edinburgh, Scotland

The ‘Whaddya Think?’ Methodology Is a Bad One

Some polling tactics are unhelpful.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.’

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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
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