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The China Tariffs Aren’t about National Security

By: Dominic Pino · Dominic Pino — May 15th 2024 at 13:32
Protecting industries overly cozy with the government has nothing to do with national security.

President Joe Biden speaks during an event regarding new tariffs targeting various Chinese exports, at the White House in Washington, D.C., May 14, 2024.
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Rings of Power Will Have to Earn Back Viewers’ Trust in Season Two

By: Jack Butler · Jack Butler — May 15th 2024 at 11:16
A new trailer might seem promising, but the show has a lot of work to do to become worthy of Tolkien’s legacy.

From <i>The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power</i> Season Two official trailer
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Biden Says He’ll Debate Trump. Don’t Hold Your Breath

By: Dan McLaughlin · Dan McLaughlin — May 15th 2024 at 10:55
We have one candidate whose doctors don’t want him walking, and one whose lawyers don’t want him talking.

Left: President Joe Biden holds a press conference in Hanoi, Vietnam, September 10, 2023. Right: Former president Donald Trump attends the Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee's 2023 Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C., September 15, 2023.
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The Senate’s AI Roadmap

By: Michael R. Strain · Michael R. Strain — May 15th 2024 at 10:41
I have been impressed with the seriousness with which the United States Senate is taking technological advances in generative artificial intelligence.

Senator Todd Young speaks at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., April 26, 2022.
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Within the Ukraine War

By: Jay Nordlinger · Jay Nordlinger — May 15th 2024 at 10:35
On a podcast with Illia Ponomarenko, Ukrainian war reporter.

Galina Shevtsova in front of her apartment building, Mariupol, Russian-occupied Ukraine, November 16, 2022. She lives in the basement with her husband, Pavel. Their apartment higher in the building was destroyed by Russian forces the previous March.
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About That New King Charles Portrait . . .

By: Madeleine Kearns · Madeleine Kearns — May 15th 2024 at 10:31
Jonathan Yeo may be talented, but both his taste and judgment leave a lot to be desired.

Britain's King Charles III meets with artist Jonathan Yeo next to a portrait of the king, at Buckingham Palace, London, May 14, 2024.
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Defending Trump Is Not a Crime

By: Noah Rothman · Noah Rothman — May 15th 2024 at 10:26
Trump’s surrogates aren’t behaving in a ‘lawless’ manner.

Former president Donald Trump speaks to members of the media at Manhattan criminal court, in New York City, May 14, 2024.
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Why Archiving of Research Is Important

By: George Leef · George Leef — May 15th 2024 at 08:57
Academics and wanna-be academics produce vast quantities of dubious research every year, so does it matter what is done with it?
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A MAGA Faceplant in Nebraska

By: Noah Rothman · Noah Rothman — May 15th 2024 at 08:15
Nebraska’s populists did not reflect the will of the people for whom they presumed to speak.

Senator Pete Ricketts (R., Neb.) is sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., January 23, 2023.
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Biden to Trump on Debates: ‘Make My Day, Pal!’

By: Jim Geraghty · Jim Geraghty — May 15th 2024 at 08:04
Biden offers to do two debates with Trump this year. For decades, the tradition had been three presidential debates.

Left: President Joe Biden holds a campaign rally ahead of the state's Democratic presidential primary, in Las Vegas, Nev., February 4, 2024. Right: Former president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump participates in Greenville, S.C., February 20, 2024.
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Pour One Out for David Trone

By: Dominic Pino · Dominic Pino — May 15th 2024 at 07:38
He gave up his life as the wealthy owner of a chain of wine stores to spend $107 million of his own money on campaigns that didn’t go much of anywhere.

Congressman David J. Trone (D., Md.) delivers remarks during the National Second Chance Townhall at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, D.C., April 24, 2023.
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Britannia Rules

By: Jay Nordlinger · Jay Nordlinger — May 15th 2024 at 07:12
Reader mail on things British.

A residence in the village of Dorridge, West Midlands, England, May 2024
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Anti-Israel Campus LARPing Is Not ‘The New Jewishness’

By: Natan Ehrenreich · Natan Ehrenreich — May 14th 2024 at 17:06
Real Judaism does not recognize the existence of such things as ‘capitalist time.’

Pro-Palestinian students take part in a protest in support of the Palestinians amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza, at Columbia University in New York City, October 12, 2023.
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Biden Continues to Lie That the Inflation Rate ‘Was at 9 Percent When I Came In’

By: Jim Geraghty · Jim Geraghty — May 14th 2024 at 14:21
For the second time in five days, President Biden has claimed that the inflation rate was 9 percent when he took office. It was just 1.4 percent.

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

By: Madeleine Kearns · Madeleine Kearns — May 14th 2024 at 14:06
Once you start policing your enemies’ speech, there’s nothing to stop the same laws being used against you.

British prime minister Rishi Sunak and then-British home secretary Suella Braverman walk together at Horse Guards Parade in London, November 22, 2022.
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Biden’s Incoherence on Israel

By: Sarah Schutte · Sarah Schutte — May 14th 2024 at 13:48
‘The polling doesn’t suggest that young voters are actually voting on this issue.’

President Joe Biden speaks as he departs from the White House in Washington, D.C., April 5, 2024.
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Bishop Barron on Celebrity Conversion

By: Haley Strack · Haley Strack — May 14th 2024 at 13:41
Recent and well-publicized celebrity conversions have elicited two responses from believers: skepticism or enthusiasm.

Bishop Robbert Barron
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A President Who Cannot Conceive of Victory

By: Noah Rothman · Noah Rothman — May 14th 2024 at 12:52
The president and his partners should reflect on why their oh-so-sophisticated conception of history seems to elude everyone else.

President Joe Biden speaks after signing into law a bill providing billions of dollars of new aid to Ukraine for its war with Russia, at the White House in Washington, D.C., April 24, 2024.
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Trump to Fundraise in Manhattan Tuesday Evening

By: Audrey Fahlberg · Audrey Fahlberg — May 14th 2024 at 12:08
Trump will fundraise in Manhattan Tuesday evening, a hop and a skip away from where he’s been stuck in a New York courtroom for his first criminal trial.

Former president Donald Trump talks with reporters as he arrives for his criminal trial at New York State Supreme Court in New York City, May 14, 2024.
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What Must the Jury Be Thinking about Why Trump Is on Trial?

By: Andrew C. McCarthy · Andrew C. McCarthy — May 14th 2024 at 10:49
In Alvin Bragg’s Manhattan, they’re probably thinking about the crime on the streets and subways.

Prosecutor Matthew Colangelo speaks as former president Donald Trump sits between his attorneys Todd Blanche, Emil Bove, and Susan Necheles during a hearing before his trial over charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, in Manhattan state court in New York City, March 25, 2024.
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Reading the Onion in Boot Camp

By: Luther Ray Abel · Luther Ray Abel — May 14th 2024 at 09:13
One quick anecdote to add to Dominic’s Onion-induced reminisces.
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The Amazing Sculpture Coming to the Nation’s Capital in September

By: Jack Fowler · Jack Fowler — May 14th 2024 at 09:10
Get ready for an unusual and nowadays singular event: the unveiling of art that is mighty and patriotic and gob-smacking.

Sculptor Sabin Howard works on a sculpture.
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What Made the Onion Funny

By: Dominic Pino · Dominic Pino — May 14th 2024 at 07:56
Ben Collins’s group purchasing The Onion has, predictably, led to very unfunny content.

A pedestrian walks by an <i>Onion</i> news rack in San Francisco, Calif., May 5, 2009.
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Fear, and Love, of Needles

By: Jay Nordlinger · Jay Nordlinger — May 14th 2024 at 07:21
Reader mail on vinyl records, running, and more.

An Audio-Technica staff member places a needle on a record at the IFA consumer-technology fair in Berlin, Germany, September 1, 2022.
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Jim Justice Looks Poised to Crush Alex Mooney in Today’s West Virginia Senate Primary

By: Audrey Fahlberg · Audrey Fahlberg — May 14th 2024 at 05:30
The state is now seen as a lock for Senate Republicans in November given its deep-red tilt.

West Virginia governor Jim Justice, left, and Rep. Alex Mooney (R., W.Va.)
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Airports Are Not Public Goods

By: Dominic Pino · Dominic Pino — May 13th 2024 at 18:49
American airports provide economic value to paying customers, like grocery stores and movie theaters do. They should not be government projects.

An American Airlines jet lands in front of planes backed up waiting to depart on the runway after flights earlier were grounded during an FAA system outage at Laguardia Airport in New York City, January 11, 2023.
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Psaki’s Shameful Lie

By: Haley Strack · Haley Strack — May 13th 2024 at 18:37
It’s par for the course for Biden officials to show flagrant disregard for the 13 service members killed in the Afghanistan withdrawal.

Then-White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki holds the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, D.C., April 18, 2022.
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No, Doctors Shouldn’t Make Treatment Decisions for Incompetent Patients

By: Wesley J. Smith · Wesley J. Smith — May 13th 2024 at 18:32
Checks and balances and outside oversight are crucial to maintaining the dignity and rights of patients and thwarting the imposition of a technocracy.

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Lawyer Cohen Testifies about Covertly Recording Client Trump

By: Andrew C. McCarthy · Andrew C. McCarthy — May 13th 2024 at 18:16
On the piercing of the attorney–client privilege, as with seemingly everything about this case, the question is: What’s the crime?

Michael Cohen (right) is questioned by prosecutor Susan Hoffinger before Justice Juan Merchan as former president Donald Trump sits with his eyes closed and New York County District Attorney Alvin Bragg watches, during Trump's criminal trial on charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, in Manhattan state court in New York City, May 13, 2024, in a courtroom sketch.
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The NYT/Siena Poll Leaves Biden Holding Only Low Cards

By: Jeffrey Blehar · Jeffrey Blehar — May 13th 2024 at 15:19
My interpretation is this: This poll portends doom for Joe Biden.

President Joe Biden departs the White House for travel to Wisconsin accompanied by Deputy Chief of Staff Bruce Reed at the White House in Washington, D.C., May 8, 2024.
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They’re Not Happy Unless You’re Miserable

By: Noah Rothman · Noah Rothman — May 13th 2024 at 14:14
The experts are here to throw cold water on your pursuit of cleanliness and pleasure.

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The Biden Administration’s Commitment to Self-Sabotage

By: Noah Rothman · Noah Rothman — May 13th 2024 at 13:13
On Israel, the administration speaks not in one voice but in a cacophony of asynchronous soloists.

President Joe Biden delivers remarks as he visits Israel amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 18, 2023.
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What Bragg Needs from Cohen’s Testimony

By: Andrew C. McCarthy · Andrew C. McCarthy — May 13th 2024 at 12:17
In the case against Trump, prosecutors need their troubled witness to fill substantive gaps.

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

By: Michael Brendan Dougherty · Michael Brendan Dougherty — May 13th 2024 at 11:59
Illegal immigration is a way of habitually placing employer relations before, above, or beyond the law. It should offend a free people.

Migrants cross the border from Mexico to the U.S. side of the Rio Grande, seen from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, March 20, 2024.
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Biden’s Untenable Distinction between Offensive and Defensive Aid to Israel

By: Philip Klein · Philip Klein — May 13th 2024 at 11:41
In reality, the whole point of going on offense is to prevent terrorist attacks by dismantling Hamas’s infrastructure.

President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event at the Scranton Cultural Center in Scranton, Pa., April 16, 2024.
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Cohen’s Credibility Problems Take Center Stage

By: Andrew C. McCarthy · Andrew C. McCarthy — May 13th 2024 at 10:47
A serial perjurer is the foundation for Bragg’s prosecution of Trump.

Michael Cohen, former lawyer for President Donald Trump departs his home in Manhattan to testify in Trump’s criminal trial, in New York City, May 13, 2024.
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More Evidence That Nevada Isn’t Really a Swing State in 2024

By: Jim Geraghty · Jim Geraghty — May 13th 2024 at 09:37
In Nevada, the New York Times poll has Trump enjoying a double-digit lead over Biden, among both registered and likely voters.

Former president Donald Trump holds a campaign rally ahead of the Republican caucus in Las Vegas, Nev., January 27, 2024.
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How Students Can Use AI Legitimately

By: George Leef · George Leef — May 13th 2024 at 08:17
Maybe AI also has legitimate academic uses.
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The CCP’s EVs Aren’t Magically Better

By: Luther Ray Abel · Luther Ray Abel — May 13th 2024 at 07:33
Americans have no need of an electric Lada with tablet-operated windshield wipers.

A man holds a charging plug to charge a car at a Smart Charge electric vehicle (EV) charging station in Beijing, China, February 2, 2024.
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Fit to Print

By: Jay Nordlinger · Jay Nordlinger — May 13th 2024 at 07:21
Reader mail on reading newspapers, the French language in Michigan, etc.

Reading a newspaper at a trailer park in Sarasota, Fla., 1941
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Anti-Israel Students Protest Jerry Seinfeld’s Commencement Speech

By: Luther Ray Abel · Luther Ray Abel — May 12th 2024 at 21:05
Manners maketh Man.

Jerry Seinfeld attends the premiere of Netflix's <i>Unfrosted</i> at the Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles, Calif., April 30, 2024.
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A Sinister Singling Out

By: Jay Nordlinger · Jay Nordlinger — May 12th 2024 at 16:35
Notes on Eurovision, Israel, Hamas, etc.

People hold Palestinian flags during a protest against Israeli participation in the Eurovision Song Contest ahead of the second semi-final in Malmö, Sweden, May 9, 2024.
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In the Face of Hell, Perseverance

By: Jay Nordlinger · Jay Nordlinger — May 12th 2024 at 15:38
Notes on Ukraine and Russia.

A firefighter works at the site of a Russian drone strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, May 4, 2024.
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Electric Vehicles: Ford Runs Down Batteries

By: Andrew Stuttaford · Andrew Stuttaford — May 11th 2024 at 08:43
Less demand for EVs means less demand for EV batteries.

A Ford dealership in Alexandria, Va., July 23, 2009
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On Harms to Noncombatants in Gaza

By: Jason Lee Steorts · Jason Lee Steorts — May 11th 2024 at 07:48
Israel’s cause is just, but what are we to think of its means, and of the effects those means are having on others than their targets?

Palestinians wait to receive food during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan as the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamast group Hamas continues, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip March 13, 2024.
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Do Men Maul, Too?

By: Haley Strack · Haley Strack — May 10th 2024 at 14:24
I have a different qualification to bring to the table when discussing the bear-man social-media trend: I am a woman.

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Cooke: Biden Looks Like a Flake

By: Sarah Schutte · Sarah Schutte — May 10th 2024 at 13:36
‘The way in which Biden has flitted back and forth makes him look not just weak, but odd.’

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.
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It’s Odd, Sure, but the Tesla Cybertruck Is Undeniably Cool

By: Charles C. W. Cooke · Charles C. W. Cooke — May 10th 2024 at 13:07
If the aim of the Cybertruck was to make people of all ages stare and say, ‘my goodness me, what was that?’ then its designers have succeeded spectacularly.

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A Stunning Indictment of New York’s Public-School System

By: John Fund · John Fund — May 10th 2024 at 12:49
If Hochul wants to open up the world to New York kids, she should support school choice. But that’s the last thing her teachers’ union buddies would accept.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul addresses the media following a shooting at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo, N,Y., May 14, 2022.
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A Historic Aviation Spectacle in D.C.

By: Sarah Schutte · Sarah Schutte — May 10th 2024 at 11:54
The Airplane Owners and Pilots’ Association (AOPA), as part of celebrating its 85th anniversary, will be conducting a flyover of Washington D.C.

Breitling Wingwalkers aircrafts perform on the opening day of the AOPA-China Fly-in 2017 air show in Huangping county, Guizhou province, China, July 21, 2017.
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In Chicago, the Most Predictable Civic Disaster in Recent Memory Beckons

By: Jeffrey Blehar · Jeffrey Blehar — May 10th 2024 at 10:54
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.
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Could This New Accreditor Make a Difference?

By: George Leef · George Leef — May 10th 2024 at 10:51
For too long, the higher-ed establishment has been able to lure in clueless kids with the notion that just graduating will ensure them a huge earnings boost.

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No, Mr. President, Inflation Was Not 9 Percent When You Took Office

By: Jim Geraghty · Jim Geraghty — May 10th 2024 at 10:03
Biden remembers an altered version of events that always makes him look better.

President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the National Association of Counties Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C., February 12, 2024.
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Cornell’s President Resigns: ‘There Will Be Lots of Speculation’

By: Luther Ray Abel · Luther Ray Abel — May 9th 2024 at 22:08
Failed DEI programs, campus antisemitism, and faculty revolt have made for an eventful presidency.

Cornell president Martha Pollock speaks during a tribute to the 2020 graduate class.
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Welcome Signs of Humility at Marvel

By: David Zimmermann · David Zimmermann — May 9th 2024 at 19:10
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.
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U.N. Vote on Palestinian Membership Could Prompt U.S. Funding Cutoff

By: Jimmy Quinn · Jimmy Quinn — May 9th 2024 at 18:31
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.
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Sacramento State ‘Divests’

By: Haley Strack · Haley Strack — May 9th 2024 at 17:03
The students celebrating the ‘divestment’ of Sacramento State might want to read the fine print.
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New Gollum-Focused Lord of the Rings Movie Planned for 2026

By: Jack Butler · Jack Butler — May 9th 2024 at 12:36
Warner Bros. can’t help returning to this precious intellectual property. But will it be any good?

Gollum in <i>Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers</i>
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Menachem Begin Warned Us about Joe Biden

By: Natan Ehrenreich · Natan Ehrenreich — May 9th 2024 at 12:12
Biden has learned nothing from the Israeli prime minister’s warning against cutting off military aid.
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Who’s Paying to Keep the Taliban in Business? You Are

By: Jim Geraghty · Jim Geraghty — May 9th 2024 at 12:08
The Taliban and al-Qaeda are thriving, taking chunks of the roughly $40 million per week that the United Nations is sending to keep the Afghan economy going.

Taliban forces patrol in front of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 2, 2021.
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A Win for Civil Forfeiture, but the Supreme Court Is Skeptical

By: Dan McLaughlin · Dan McLaughlin — May 9th 2024 at 11:13
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.
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Israelis Are Learning a Lesson about Biden That Clarence Thomas Learned Decades Ago

By: Philip Klein · Philip Klein — May 9th 2024 at 10:21
President Biden’s betrayal of Israel reminds me of Clarence Thomas’s account of his confirmation hearings.

Justice Clarence Thomas speaks at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C., October 21, 2021.
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Higher Ed’s Suspect Successor to Affirmative Action

By: George Leef · George Leef — May 9th 2024 at 09:35
The social engineers are pushing socio-economic preferences harder than ever, and starting to get their way.
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Israel Must Finish Hamas — Even without Biden’s Support

By: Philip Klein · Philip Klein — May 9th 2024 at 09:29
Whatever it takes, it is crucial for the survival of Israel to go it alone if necessary.

An Israeli tank maneuvers, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, near the Israel-Gaza Border in southern Israel, May 7, 2024.
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UNC Dumps ‘Diversity’ in Favor of ‘Equality’

By: George Leef · George Leef — May 9th 2024 at 08:40
We are seeing a counterattack in American colleges against the divisive, anti-intellectual jumble of ideas that march under the “diversity” banner.
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Space Force Now Boasts Three ‘Space Cowboys’

By: Luther Ray Abel · Luther Ray Abel — May 8th 2024 at 21:57
Whatever you are, Space Force, congrats — you fast-talkin’ cats.

A U.S. Space Force Guardian hydrates during a spur ride held by the U.S. Army Sixth Squadron, First Cavalry Regiment, First Armored Brigade Combat Team, First Armored Division, at Fort Bliss, Texas, April 29, 2024.
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U.S. Iran Envoy Downloaded Classified Docs to Personal Device, Lawmakers Say

By: Jimmy Quinn · Jimmy Quinn — May 8th 2024 at 19:07
In a letter to the secretary of state, Jim Risch and Michael McCaul ask straightforward questions to which the American public deserves answers.

U.S. Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley (left) attends a media briefing at the IISS Manama Dialogue in Manama, Bahrain, November 19, 2021.
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Hold These Truths Podcast with Representative Dan Crenshaw

By: Zach Kessel · Zach Kessel — May 8th 2024 at 18:29
NR’s Zach Kessel discusses his reporting on anti-Israel campus protests on an episode of Representative Dan Crenshaw’s podcast.
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Berkeley’s ‘Babies’

By: Haley Strack · Haley Strack — May 8th 2024 at 18:18
Stop treating teens who chant ‘Kill the Jews!’ like ignorant children.

Enikia Ford Morthel, superintendent of the Berkeley Unified School District, listens during a hearing with subcommittee members of the House Education and the Workforce Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., May 8, 2024.
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The Truth Is Out There, Jamaal Bowman

By: Jeffrey Blehar · Jeffrey Blehar — May 8th 2024 at 14:19
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.
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It Turns Out It’s Not So Easy to Spend $1.6 Trillion 

By: Rich Lowry · Rich Lowry — May 8th 2024 at 13:32
Politico has a large new report out.
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The Bear Swings for the Fences

By: Michael Brendan Dougherty · Michael Brendan Dougherty — May 8th 2024 at 13:15
The show drives some viewers to the edge but offers big emotional payoffs.
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Colorado Town Learns the Harm Caused by Granting Rights to Nature

By: Wesley J. Smith · Wesley J. Smith — May 8th 2024 at 13:01
Granting ‘rights’ to waterways impedes all kinds of beneficial projects.

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The Tea Party Movement Is Dead

By: Dan McLaughlin · Dan McLaughlin — May 8th 2024 at 12:43
Trump did for the Republican establishment what it couldn’t do on its own in killing the Tea Party and its demands for small, constitutional government.

Republican presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Mich., April 2, 2024.
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Heart Failure

By: Ramesh Ponnuru · Ramesh Ponnuru — May 8th 2024 at 12:33
The term ‘heartbeat bill’ has a reasonable basis in science. People shouldn’t let appeals to a supposed expert consensus intimidate them out of using it.

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Warning to Young Women: Bears Will Maul You

By: Luther Ray Abel · Luther Ray Abel — May 8th 2024 at 12:26
If you prefer to share a bit of arboreal real estate with wild Ursus rather than Frank from Lac du Flambeau, you should rethink your choice.

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Scotland’s New Leader Moves the Party to the Center

By: Madeleine Kearns · Madeleine Kearns — May 8th 2024 at 10:56
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.
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Cancel Culture Isn’t Quite Dead, but It Can’t Sack Tom Brady and His Friends

By: Jim Geraghty · Jim Geraghty — May 8th 2024 at 10:49
The Netflix roast of Tom Brady featured just about everything that the modern Left deems problematic and politically incorrect. And yet, life went on.

Tom Brady arrives for “The Greatest Roast of All Time: Tom Brady” at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif., May 5, 2024.
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No Doubt, Ayaan Hirsi Ali Is a Christian

By: Madeleine Kearns · Madeleine Kearns — May 8th 2024 at 10:26
Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Richard Dawkins, who once bonded over their disdain for religion, still have common ground.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali gestures as she speaks at the European Parliament in Brussels, February 14, 2008.
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NYC Gets It

By: Rich Lowry · Rich Lowry — May 8th 2024 at 10:24
Top New York officials really seem to get why this desecration of the WWI memorial was such a serious offense.
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Trump Trial Off-Day Recap

By: Andrew C. McCarthy · Andrew C. McCarthy — May 8th 2024 at 07:42
Getting you up to speed on yesterday’s explosive Stormy Daniels testimony, where the trial is at, and the background of Bragg’s prosecution of Trump.

Former president Donald Trump walks amid his trial at Manhattan criminal court in New York City, May 7, 2024.
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Why Must Social Workers Be Indoctrinated in Leftism?

By: George Leef · George Leef — May 8th 2024 at 07:34
Another once-useful field has been ruined.
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Electric Vehicles: ‘Traditional’ Car Rationing Draws Closer

By: Andrew Stuttaford · Andrew Stuttaford — May 8th 2024 at 07:23
A key part of the U.K.’s green ‘transition’ has been the planned prohibition of the sale of new internal-combustion-engine cars from 2035.

Morning rush hour traffic in central London, July 6, 2020
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Who Knew?

By: Andrew C. McCarthy · Andrew C. McCarthy — May 7th 2024 at 17:27
Oh, so Stormy Daniels isn’t central to the prosecution’s case against Trump?
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California Attempts to Deny an Education to Religious Children with Disabilities

By: Natan Ehrenreich · Natan Ehrenreich — May 7th 2024 at 17:19
California’s excluding religious schools from receiving funding to help disabled children is anathema to our Constitution and spirit of religious pluralism.

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Merchan Scolds Prosecutors for Doing What He Let Them Do

By: Andrew C. McCarthy · Andrew C. McCarthy — May 7th 2024 at 17:16
The judge flouts the rules, allows highly prejudicial evidence, and looks for a scapegoat when the prejudice can’t be ignored.

Justice Juan Merchan presides at former president Donald Trump's criminal trial on charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, in Manhattan state court in New York City, May 2, 2024, in a courtroom sketch.
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R.I.P. Boy Scouts

By: Michael Brendan Dougherty · Michael Brendan Dougherty — May 7th 2024 at 15:22
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.
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Who Has the Best Chance to Be Trump’s Veep?

Veepstakes on The Editors.

Clockwise, from left to right: Sen. Tim Scott (R., S.C.), Sen. J.D. Vance (R., Ohio), North Dakota governor Doug Burgum, and Sen. Marco Rubio (R., Fla.)
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Simon Cowell Is onto Something

By: Sarah Schutte · Sarah Schutte — May 7th 2024 at 14:07
In a world that is so quick to pat everyone on the head and make them ‘feel good,’ Cowell is a beacon of hope for the truly talented.

Judge Simon Cowell speaks at a panel for the television show <i>America's Got Talent</i> during the NBCUniversal summer press day in Westlake Village, Calif., April 1, 2016.
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Cooke: If Colleges Are So Useful, Why Do We Need to Bail Them Out?

By: Sarah Schutte · Sarah Schutte — May 7th 2024 at 14:01
‘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.
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The University of Chicago Is Liberated from the ‘Liberators’ — for Now

By: Jeffrey Blehar · Jeffrey Blehar — May 7th 2024 at 13:36
Mayor Johnson, given the demographics (spoiled moron children and professional activists) he naturally identifies with, didn’t offer the services of the Chicago PD.

University police are confronted by protesters as they block access to the Main Quadrangle on the University of Chicago campus in Chicago, Ill., May 7, 2024.
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Judge Merchan Allows Testimony That Unidentified Man Threatened Daniels

By: Andrew C. McCarthy · Andrew C. McCarthy — May 7th 2024 at 13:06
What does a claim of intimidation in 2011, uncharged and absent proof implicating Trump, have to do with alleged falsification of business records in 2017?

Prosecutor Matthew Colangelo makes opening arguments as former U.S. President Donald Trump watches with his attorney Todd Blanche before Justice Juan Merchan during Trump’s criminal trial, in New York City, April 22, 2024 in this courtroom sketch.
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Moscow’s War to Compel the West

By: Michael Brendan Dougherty · Michael Brendan Dougherty — May 7th 2024 at 13:05
The Biden administration should think seriously about its legacy and whether it wants to negotiate for itself or potentially allow Trump to do it.

Russian president Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with winners of the Leaders of Russia national management competition at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, March 12, 2024.
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Stormy Testimony Shows: Trump’s Humiliation Is the Point of Bragg’s Prosecution

By: Andrew C. McCarthy · Andrew C. McCarthy — May 7th 2024 at 12:07
The porn star’s story is irrelevant to the charges.

Stormy Daniels is questioned by prosecutor Susan Hoffinger before Justice Juan Merchan during former president Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York City, May 7, 2024 in this courtroom sketch.
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Princeton Now Speaking with Pro-Palestinian Student Activists

By: Abigail Anthony · Abigail Anthony — May 7th 2024 at 10:39
The university’s stance is clear: The administration is willing to consider — even implement — demands raised by students who occupy buildings.

On the campus of Princeton University, 2013
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The Math on Colleges Divesting from Israel Doesn’t Add Up

By: Jim Geraghty · Jim Geraghty — May 7th 2024 at 10:38
Say, fellas, I realize few of you majored in math or international relations, but BDS is not going to bring the State of Israel to its knees.

Signs in front of Deering Meadow where an encampment of students are protesting in support of Palestinians at Northwestern University campus in Evanston, Ill., April 25, 2024.
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The Case against Saying ‘Pregnant People’ and other Gender-Neutral Phrases

By: Kayla Bartsch · Kayla Bartsch — May 7th 2024 at 08:13
Somehow, for thousands of years, the human race has managed to accurately identify the sex of newborns by a mere glance. No Columbia doctorate required.

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Stop Greenlighting High-School Walkouts

By: Stanley Kurtz · Stanley Kurtz — May 7th 2024 at 05:30
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.
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Man of the Book

By: Jay Nordlinger · Jay Nordlinger — May 6th 2024 at 17:56
On a podcast with Mohamad Jebara, scholar and explainer of Islam.

A fragment of a Koran manuscript is seen in the library at the University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Judge Merchan’s Threat to Detain Trump for Contempt: Is Home Confinement an Option?

By: Andrew C. McCarthy · Andrew C. McCarthy — May 6th 2024 at 17:31
The logistics of detaining Trump would be challenging, to put it mildly.

Former president Donald Trump speaks to the press at the end of the day at his trial for allegedly covering up hush-money payments at Manhattan criminal court in New York City, May 6, 2024.
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AI, Graduates, and Jobs

By: Andrew Stuttaford · Andrew Stuttaford — May 6th 2024 at 17:16
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.
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House Oversight Seeks More Briefings on U.S. Government Response to China’s ‘Political Warfare’

By: Jimmy Quinn · Jimmy Quinn — May 6th 2024 at 14:25
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.
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Chicago Transit Authority Embraces Homeless-Shelter Status

By: Kayla Bartsch · Kayla Bartsch — May 6th 2024 at 12:38
If homelessness is a growing problem in the city, this is not for the transit authority to solve.

Richard S. Vargas, The Salvation Army Director of Community Social Services, checks on homeless person in Chicago, Ill., January 31, 2019.
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Why You Should Be Skeptical of Reports That Hamas Agreed to a ‘Cease-Fire’

By: Philip Klein · Philip Klein — May 6th 2024 at 12:22
Hamas has likely made a counteroffer that it knows would be a nonstarter for Israel merely as a propaganda move to make it seem that Israel rejected peace.

Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh gestures as he delivers a speech in Gaza, April 30, 2018.
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What Holocaust Remembrance Means

By: Natan Ehrenreich · Natan Ehrenreich — May 6th 2024 at 11:15
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
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The Magic of Missile Defense

By: Dan McLaughlin · Dan McLaughlin — May 6th 2024 at 11:02
Missile defense is still just one component of a wider defense strategy.
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Trump Fined Again

By: Andrew C. McCarthy · Andrew C. McCarthy — May 6th 2024 at 10:56
Judge Merchan is just another Democrat who is using his power to punish Trump while suppressing the politicized nature of the prosecution.

Donald Trump speaks to reporters before the start of his criminal trial at New York State supreme court in New York City, May 6, 2024.
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DeSantis Wrong to Criminalize Lab-Grown Meat

By: Wesley J. Smith · Wesley J. Smith — May 6th 2024 at 09:44
The market should decide, not the government.

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Tim Scott’s Gotta Make You Nervous 

By: Rich Lowry · Rich Lowry — May 6th 2024 at 08:46
Scott was okay on Meet the Press yesterday, but allowed himself to get cornered on accepting the 2024 election results.
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If Trump Wants to Alienate Women with His VP Pick, He Should Definitely Choose Kristi Noem

By: Rich Lowry · Rich Lowry — May 6th 2024 at 08:39
If Cricket didn’t finish off Noem’s VP chances, her interview yesterday on CBS should do it.
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MIT Dumps Diversity Dogma

By: Luther Ray Abel · Luther Ray Abel — May 6th 2024 at 06:38
May other schools join in and do away with the diversity statements’ affront to merit.

People stand in front of Building 10 behind Killian Court at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Mass., November 21, 2018.
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Welcome Self-Awareness from the New York Times

By: Luther Ray Abel · Luther Ray Abel — May 5th 2024 at 22:29
A Q & A from the deck of the Titanic.

People line up for taxis across the street from the <i>New York Times</i> building in New York City.
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A New Battery Promises Less Child Labor per Kilowatt

By: Luther Ray Abel · Luther Ray Abel — May 5th 2024 at 22:18
Congress should try its best not to subsidize the new sodium-ion-battery technology out of existence.

A lithium-ion battery in an Apple iPhone 6S in 2018
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California’s Minimum Wage Wipes Out Thousands of Jobs

By: George Leef · George Leef — May 5th 2024 at 11:42
In their incessant efforts at pretending to help the poor, leftist politicians come back again and again to this issue.

An In-N-Out Burger restaurant in Encinitas, Calif., May 9, 2022
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You Have to Squint to Find Good News for Biden in the Latest Poll

By: Jim Geraghty · Jim Geraghty — May 5th 2024 at 09:39
ABC News, summarizing its latest poll: ‘A chief question raised by the survey is why Biden is competitive at all, given his substantial disadvantages.’

President Joe Biden interviewed on MSNBC, March 9, 2024.
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On Government Power and Inequality

By: George Leef · George Leef — May 5th 2024 at 09:10
One economist’s case for decreasing government power.

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Again with the ‘Plants Are Intelligent’ Nonsense

By: Wesley J. Smith · Wesley J. Smith — May 5th 2024 at 07:04
Periodically, the mainstream media focus on advocacy for the idea that plants are intelligent and/or moral beings.

Oliver Emocling waters his plants on the rooftop of his family home in Malabon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, October 15, 2018.
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Oh, Right, the Business Records

By: Andrew C. McCarthy · Andrew C. McCarthy — May 4th 2024 at 11:39
After two weeks of the Trump trial, prosecutors still haven’t focused on the crimes actually alleged in the indictment.

Hope Hicks departs at the conclusion of her closed door interview at the House Judiciary Committee, after almost seven hours of questioning, Washington, DC, June 19, 2019.
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Hollywood’s Daredevils Shine in The Fall Guy

By: Giancarlo Sopo · Giancarlo Sopo — May 4th 2024 at 09:59
The Ryan Gosling/Emily Blunt action comedy makes for an irresistibly fun time at the movies.

Ryan Gosling in <i>The Fall Guy</i>
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That Other Recently Indicted Democrat in Congress

By: Jim Geraghty · Jim Geraghty — May 4th 2024 at 08:39
Another Democrat in Congress just got indicted on corruption charges, but folks on the right might be less eager to focus on this one.

Rep. Henry Cuellar (D., Texas) questions Department of Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during a Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., April 10, 2024.
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The Tyranny of Relativism

By: Andrew Stuttaford · Andrew Stuttaford — May 4th 2024 at 06:23
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes remains as good a question as it always has been.

French writer Julien Benda
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Civic Participation Can Save Us from Alienation and Hopelessness

By: Frank Filocomo · Frank Filocomo — May 3rd 2024 at 15:03
We can eliminate so many degrees of separation by involving ourselves in what really matters.

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Cooke: Let’s Face It, the Student Demonstrators Are ‘the Dumbest, Silliest People in the World’

By: Sarah Schutte · Sarah Schutte — May 3rd 2024 at 14:34
‘They are cosplaying.’

Law enforcement officers detain a demonstrator as they clear out the protest encampment at the University of California Los Angeles in Los Angeles, Calif., May 2, 2024.
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Wind Power: Interest Rates Too High, Wind Rates Too Low

By: Andrew Stuttaford · Andrew Stuttaford — May 3rd 2024 at 12:51
Surely the wind won’t die down for long periods? We can’t be so sure.

An aerial view shows power-generating windmill turbines in a wind farm in Graincourt-lès-Havrincourt, France, May 19, 2022.
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No, the Pro-Hamas Campus Takeovers Aren’t Like the Civil-Rights Movement

By: Dan McLaughlin · Dan McLaughlin — May 3rd 2024 at 12:15
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.
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Biden Giving Obamacare to 100,000 Illegal Immigrants Is Gross Executive Overreach

By: Philip Klein · Philip Klein — May 3rd 2024 at 09:31
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.
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They’re Not ‘Pro-Palestinian Protests’

By: Ramesh Ponnuru · Ramesh Ponnuru — May 3rd 2024 at 09:12
The press needs to get its phraseology right.
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Pence and January 6

By: Andrew C. McCarthy · Andrew C. McCarthy — May 3rd 2024 at 08:54
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.
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A Mad Song and More

By: Jay Nordlinger · Jay Nordlinger — May 3rd 2024 at 08:43
Reader mail on hating, cousin marriage, etc.

Attendee Judith Hawkins poses next to a display at the <I>Mad</I>-magazine booth during Comic-Con Preview Night in San Diego, Calif., July 20, 2016.
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Cutting in Higher Education — Act with a Purpose

By: George Leef · George Leef — May 3rd 2024 at 08:39
The deflating higher-education bubble is causing budgetary anguish at many colleges and universities; the inevitable cutting back has begun.
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Biden: Let Me Tell You About How Xenophobic Those Japanese and Indians Are

By: Jim Geraghty · Jim Geraghty — May 3rd 2024 at 08:01
President Biden: ‘Why is Japan having trouble?  Why is Russia?  Why is India?  Because they’re xenophobic.  They don’t want immigrants.’

President Joe Biden speaks about student protests at U.S. universities during brief remarks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., May 2, 2024.
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Navy Boss Keelhauled before Congress for Ongoing Recruitment Shortfalls

By: Luther Ray Abel · Luther Ray Abel — May 3rd 2024 at 07:44
It’s unacceptable, all the more so because the other branches have, at least in the short term, recovered from their recruiting troubles.

U.S. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro stands with crew of the USS Delaware nuclear submarine at the Port of Wilmington in Wilmington, Del., April 2, 2022.
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Burgum-mentum Picks Up

By: Audrey Fahlberg · Audrey Fahlberg — May 3rd 2024 at 05:30
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.
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Chinese Security Chief Touts Xi’s Global Ambitions during Russia Trip

By: Jimmy Quinn · Jimmy Quinn — May 2nd 2024 at 19:53
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.
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Pro-Hamas Craze Starts in K–12

By: Haley Strack · Haley Strack — May 2nd 2024 at 17:25
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.
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We’re Back to What the Definition of ‘Is’ Is

By: Andrew C. McCarthy · Andrew C. McCarthy — May 2nd 2024 at 17:15
Looks like the Donald Trump–Bill Clinton parallels are expanding.

Left: President Bill Clinton speaks to the media at the White House, June 16, 1998. Right: Former president Donald Trump speaks at a Fox News townhall in Greenville, S.C., February 20, 2024.
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Diary of a Sophomore Radical

By: Vahaken Mouradian · Vahaken Mouradian — May 2nd 2024 at 17:10
‘Vague furious resistance is the cause of our age.’

Law enforcement officials stand in front of demonstrators forming a human chain during a protest at an encampment in support of Palestinians at UCLA campus in Los Angeles, Calif., May 2, 2024.
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The FCC’s Affordable Connectivity Program Should End

By: Veronique de Rugy · Veronique de Rugy — May 2nd 2024 at 15:39
If the Democrats believe that this program is so important that it should be extended, they should offset its cost. What is it going to be?

FCC chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel answers a question during a hearing in Washington, D.C., June 24, 2020.
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Victim-LARPing and other Progressive Fads

By: Kayla Bartsch · Kayla Bartsch — May 2nd 2024 at 13:44
Real protest assumes real stakes.

Columbia University students and pro-Palestinian protesters march in front of Hamilton Hall in New York City, May 1, 2024.
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Political Posturing on Minimum-Wage Laws

By: George Leef · George Leef — May 2nd 2024 at 12:51
Bashing big business is mere posturing by politicians who pretend to want to help lower-wage workers.
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Opening Washington, D.C., Up to Friendlier Skies

By: John Fund · John Fund — May 2nd 2024 at 12:14
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.
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How Are the States Doing in Combatting DEI?

By: George Leef · George Leef — May 2nd 2024 at 10:20
Legislators in a number of states are responding to citizens who don’t want their money squandered on toxic DEI ideology.
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Karine Jean-Pierre Is So Bad at This

By: Jim Geraghty · Jim Geraghty — May 2nd 2024 at 09:39
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.
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‘Write and Ron’

By: Charles C. W. Cooke · Charles C. W. Cooke — May 2nd 2024 at 06:28
Charles talks to Peter Robinson about Reagan. What was he like? How did Peter become his speechwriter at 26? How did the ‘Tear Down This Wall’ speech come about?

West Berlin citizens atop the Berlin Wall in front of the Brandenburg Gate, November 10, 1989.
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Biden’s Bad Gaza Refugees Idea

By: Dan McLaughlin · Dan McLaughlin — May 2nd 2024 at 06:18
‘It’s bad policy, bad politics, and it’s Biden yet again trying to make law without asking Congress. That’s quite a trifecta.’
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Khamenei Seems Nervous as Israel and Saudi Arabia Get Closer to a Deal

By: Jimmy Quinn · Jimmy Quinn — May 1st 2024 at 13:01
If Riyadh and Jerusalem establish formal diplomatic ties, it’ll be bad news for Iran.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with a group of students in Tehran, Iran, November 2, 2022.
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It’s Frat-Boy Summer

By: Haley Strack · Haley Strack — May 1st 2024 at 12:33
Maybe there’s hope for America’s college students yet.
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The Grifters Taking Advantage of Higher Education’s Failures

By: George Leef · George Leef — May 1st 2024 at 12:13
Some alternatives to traditional universities are sketchy and should be avoided.
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Daniel Radcliffe vs. J. K. Rowling

By: Madeleine Kearns · Madeleine Kearns — May 1st 2024 at 11:56
Harry Potter author speaks truth. Harry Potter actor feels sad.

Left: Daniel Radcliffe attends the film premiere of <i>Kill Your Darlings</i> in Beverly Hills, Calif., October 3, 2013. Right: Author J.K. Rowling attends the premiere of <i>Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them</i> in New York City, November 10, 2016.
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Nissan Employees in New Jersey Decertify UAW

By: Dominic Pino · Dominic Pino — May 1st 2024 at 11:28
Conservatives should not be intimidated by the coordinated PR campaign portraying the UAW as on the rise.

A person wearing a T-shirt that has “UAW member” written on it is pictured, in Chattanooga, Tenn., April 19, 2024.
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Detached from Reality

By: Madeleine Kearns · Madeleine Kearns — May 1st 2024 at 10:24
On top of everything else, the Columbia student protesters suffer from delusions of grandeur.
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Since When Does Criminal Law Not Apply to College Campus Protests?

By: Jim Geraghty · Jim Geraghty — May 1st 2024 at 09:51
Protesters, student and non-student alike, don’t just think rules or campus regulations don’t apply to them. They believe the law doesn’t apply, either.

Police detain protestors as other police officers enter the campus of Columbia University in New York City, April 30, 2024.
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A Failure of Admissions

By: Judson Berger · Judson Berger — May 1st 2024 at 09:49
The SAT is important, but it doesn’t measure character. Isn’t that where the qualitative-evaluation skills of an admissions office are supposed to come into play?

Police detain a protestor as other police officers enter the campus of Columbia University in New York City, April 30, 2024.
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Next Act in the Farce: Holding Trump in Contempt

By: Andrew C. McCarthy · Andrew C. McCarthy — May 1st 2024 at 09:46
As long as the theater doesn’t escalate into a stint in the slammer, the occasional fines will just be a sideshow.

Former president Donald Trump returning to the courtroom after a break for his criminal trial at New York state supreme court in New York City, April 30, 2024.
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Jamaal Bowman Speaks Out about the NYPD Ejecting Columbia Protesters

By: Jeffrey Blehar · Jeffrey Blehar — May 1st 2024 at 07:48
Bowman, of course, already knows of easier ways to get people to evacuate a building.
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Do We Win by Losing?

By: Michael Brendan Dougherty · Michael Brendan Dougherty — May 1st 2024 at 07:43
The primary reason to avoid war with Russia isn’t humiliation but the fear of escalation to avoid humiliation.

Service members of the 37th Marine Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces ride atop a French AMX-10 RC armored fighting vehicle during military drills at an undisclosed location in southern Ukraine, April 3, 2024.
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Age Issues

By: Jay Nordlinger · Jay Nordlinger — May 1st 2024 at 05:50
Youth, maturity, and the question of wisdom.

Klaus Mäkelä, the Finnish conductor, leads the Orchestre de Paris in a rehearsal on July 7, 2020.
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What’s Your Crank Opinion?

By: Michael Brendan Dougherty · Michael Brendan Dougherty — April 30th 2024 at 23:00
Why are they constantly trying to replace the petroleum products that go into my car but simultaneously promoting their use as human clothing?

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U.S. Flag Rises on Chapel Hill after Activists Tore the Ensign Down

By: Luther Ray Abel · Luther Ray Abel — April 30th 2024 at 21:26
God bless the cops, chancellor, and young students who raised and cheered the restoring of the only flag that should fly there.

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‘Occupying’ Columbia Protesters Demand Global Intifada, Free Food

By: Jeffrey Blehar · Jeffrey Blehar — April 30th 2024 at 19:14
What is going to be left of Columbia after this is all over?

Johannah King-Slutzky, a student leader for the pro-Palestinian cause, speaks to the media outside of a protest encampment at Columbia University in New York City, April 30, 2024.
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A U.N. Official Dares America to Slash Its Budgetary Contribution

By: Jimmy Quinn · Jimmy Quinn — April 30th 2024 at 17:55
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.
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Biden Speaking on Camera about Columbia Is Too Much to Ask, Huh?

By: Jim Geraghty · Jim Geraghty — April 30th 2024 at 15:32
Biden’s public schedule since Thursday: an interview with Howard Stern, the White House Correspondents Dinner, and a campaign fundraiser in Delaware.

President Joe Biden looks on before speaking during a roundtable discussion on public safety at the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., February 28, 2024.
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Scottish Leader Wanted: Christians Need Not Apply

By: Madeleine Kearns · Madeleine Kearns — April 30th 2024 at 15:20
Critics of Kate Forbes wrongly assume that, given the opportunity, she would be as intolerant as they are.
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It’s Worth Going Down Fighting in Ukraine

By: Dan McLaughlin · Dan McLaughlin — April 30th 2024 at 15:14
This war has unquestionably been much costlier to Russia than it would have been had the U.S. and its allies simply stood aside.

Ukrainian servicemen of the 25th Separate Airborne Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine load a Marder infantry fighting vehicle near a front line in Donetsk Region, Ukraine, April 29, 2024.
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What Happens When the Law and the Indictment Do Not State What the Crime Is

By: Andrew C. McCarthy · Andrew C. McCarthy — April 30th 2024 at 14:44
Bragg makes it up as he goes along, shredding due process along the way.

Right: Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg speaks during a news conference at his office in New York City, February 22, 2024. Left: Republican presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at the Forum River Center in Rome, Ga., March 9, 2024.
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Kari Lake’s Donor Pitch Highlights Personal Upbringing, Biden’s Failures

By: Audrey Fahlberg · Audrey Fahlberg — April 30th 2024 at 14:25
As her likely opponent in the Arizona Senate race, Representative Ruben Gallego, runs to the center on immigration, Lake is moderating her stance on abortion.

Arizona Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake speaks Phoenix, Ariz., March 19, 2024.
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MBD: Let’s Face It, Expelling the Columbia Protesters Is the Only Answer

By: Sarah Schutte · Sarah Schutte — April 30th 2024 at 14:22
‘These arrests and the charges they’re taking under them are not a significant deterrent.’

Students protest where they camp outside the entrance to Hamilton Hall on the campus of Columbia University, in New York City, April 30, 2024.
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At Columbia, Protesters Take the Measure of the Administration and Act Accordingly

By: Rich Lowry · Rich Lowry — April 30th 2024 at 13:23
You could just feel the Columbia administration hoping that the student protesters would be reasonable.
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Manhunt and Constitutional Turmoil

By: Michael Brendan Dougherty · Michael Brendan Dougherty — April 30th 2024 at 12:32
The series, about the search for Abraham Lincoln’s killer, reminds us of how our institutions were able to recover from crisis.
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Postcolonial Drama on Campus

By: Kayla Bartsch · Kayla Bartsch — April 30th 2024 at 12:30
Our universities have been dishing up nonsense as course curricula, and it’s having consequences.

Screenshot of dancers performing “Strings for Decolonization” at Columbia University, New York City, April 24, 2024.
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The Misuse and Abuse of Anti-China Rhetoric

By: John Noonan · John Noonan — April 30th 2024 at 11:09
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.
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Taylor Swift’s The Tortured Poets Department: Sad Greige

By: Samantha Lehman · Samantha Lehman — April 30th 2024 at 09:59
Her new album could use more of the art and less of the artist. 

Taylor Swift in a music video from her album, <i>The Tortured Poets Department</i>
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A Small Miracle: A Completed New U.S. Nuclear Power Plant

By: Jim Geraghty · Jim Geraghty — April 30th 2024 at 09:14
Yesterday, in Georgia, the first new commercial nuclear reactors built from scratch in the U.S. in more than three decades entered commercial service.

The Three Mile Island Nuclear power plant in Royalton, Pa., May 30, 2017
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Don Jr. Featured In Ads Urging Pennsylvania Republicans to Vote by Mail

By: Audrey Fahlberg · Audrey Fahlberg — April 30th 2024 at 05:30
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.
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Universities Reap the Protests They Sow

By: Jason Richwine · Jason Richwine — April 29th 2024 at 18:28
Universities cannot recruit lawbreaking protesters to campus and then expect them to refrain from lawbreaking protest.

Students march and rally on the Columbia University campus in New York City, April 29, 2024.
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Hillary Clinton, Recidivist Election-Theft Conspirator

By: Andrew C. McCarthy · Andrew C. McCarthy — April 29th 2024 at 18:04
Elected progressive Democratic DA Alvin Bragg has ignored Hillary Clinton’s conspiracy to steal the 2016 election by violating federal election law.

Hillary Clinton speaks to supporters at a rally in Cleveland, Ohio, March 2016.
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New Fertility Data Show the Lifesaving Impact of Pro-Life Laws

By: Michael J. New · Michael J. New — April 29th 2024 at 16:50
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.
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Let’s Get a Warrant for Kristi Noem’s Backyard

By: Jeffrey Blehar · Jeffrey Blehar — April 29th 2024 at 15:44
The possibility that she has an unregistered abattoir on her property has increased significantly.

South Dakota governor Kristi Noem speaks at the North Carolina GOP convention in Greenville, N.C., June 5, 2021.
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Burgum-mentum

By: Michael Brendan Dougherty · Michael Brendan Dougherty — April 29th 2024 at 14:54
The North Dakota governor is reportedly ascending Trump’s list of potential running-mate picks.
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Econception on the Looming 2025 Budget Mess

By: Dominic Pino · Dominic Pino — April 29th 2024 at 14:02
Paul Winfree and I discuss the coincidence of budgetary deadlines that will make 2025 a messy year for fiscal policy.

The Capitol Building at sunrise in Washington, D.C., November 17, 2008
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Question for the Columbia Occupiers

By: Dominic Pino · Dominic Pino — April 29th 2024 at 13:49
What happens when the school year is over?
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China’s Genocide–Denying Envoy Celebrates the Return of Tibetan Antiquities by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg

By: Jimmy Quinn · Jimmy Quinn — April 29th 2024 at 13:21
It’s part of every Chinese diplomat’s job to push odious propaganda, but why do American officials continue to meet with them?

Huang Ping speaks during the prelude to Lunar New Year Gala at Cipriani in New York City, January 26, 2024
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A 32-Hour Work Week for Your Workers, Not Mine

By: Dominic Pino · Dominic Pino — April 29th 2024 at 13:07
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.
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Answering Mark on Ukraine

By: Michael Brendan Dougherty · Michael Brendan Dougherty — April 29th 2024 at 12:51
To take on Ukraine as our security and economic dependent would be to add another giant set of debits to our overdrawn account of promises.

New recruits of the First Da Vinci Wolves Separate Mechanized Battalion, named after Dmytro Kotsiubailo, attend a military exercise in an undisclosed location in central Ukraine, March 12, 2024.
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China’s Defense Minister Endorses Iran’s ‘Legitimate’ Assault on Israel

By: Jimmy Quinn · Jimmy Quinn — April 29th 2024 at 10:49
China is leaving no room for doubt about its allegiances in the Middle East.

Defense Ministers Mohammad Reza Ashtiani of Iran, Ruslan Zhaksylykov of Kazakhstan, Dong Jun of China and Baktybek Bekbolotov of Kyrgyzstan pose for a picture at a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Astana, Kazakhstan, April 26, 2024.
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It Was Inevitable

By: Rich Lowry · Rich Lowry — April 29th 2024 at 10:16
A predictable Republican move.
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Reagan on Student Disorder 

By: Rich Lowry · Rich Lowry — April 29th 2024 at 10:00
Reagan had strong words for student agitators.
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In the Midst of an Assault

By: Jay Nordlinger · Jay Nordlinger — April 29th 2024 at 09:42
Notes on Ukraine and Russia.

A scene in Kharkiv, Ukraine, April 22, 2024, after a Russian missile attack
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Applause for the UNC Board’s Democracy Initiative

By: George Leef · George Leef — April 29th 2024 at 07:46
The UNC Board has taken a good step with a proposal to require that students take a course on the foundations of democracy.
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Don’t Count on Biden to Protect Planes Over the Baltic Sea

By: Jim Geraghty · Jim Geraghty — April 29th 2024 at 07:42
Russia’s interfering with the GPS of passenger airliners over the Baltic Sea, but that’s unlikely to be a priority for the Biden administration.

President Biden and Russia's President Vladimir Putin shake hands at the U.S.-Russia summit in Geneva, Switzerland, June 16, 2021.
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Alma Mater: A Story

By: Jay Nordlinger · Jay Nordlinger — April 29th 2024 at 07:14
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
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Columbia Created Khymani James

By: Rich Lowry · Rich Lowry — April 28th 2024 at 22:17
The ‘kill the Zionists’ protest leader is a product of this time and place in elite college education.
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A Dead Dog in the Dakotas Derails VP Dreams

By: Luther Ray Abel · Luther Ray Abel — April 28th 2024 at 22:17
Kristi Noem is a doggone menace to man and beast.

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks during CPAC in Dallas, Texas, July 11, 2021.
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Columbia Capitulates

By: Luther Ray Abel · Luther Ray Abel — April 28th 2024 at 18:56
The watermelon mob has won in the Big Apple.

People use umbrellas to block members of the media from documenting the encampment at the Columbia University campus in New York City, April 26, 2024.
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Russia: Jamming and Gray-Zone Games

By: Andrew Stuttaford · Andrew Stuttaford — April 28th 2024 at 17:53
Moscow continues to apply pressure in the Baltic Sea region.

A Finnair Airbus A320-200 prepares to take off from Manchester Airport in Manchester, England, in 2018.
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Three Questions for Noah Rothman on Ukraine

By: Mark Antonio Wright · Mark Antonio Wright — April 28th 2024 at 15:26
After firing a triple salvo at Michael Brendan Dougherty, I have three questions for Noah Rothman on his vision for U.S. foreign policy.

Ukrainian servicemen of the 126th Separate Territorial Defence Brigade fire a D-30 howitzer towards Russian troops at a position in a front line in Kherson Region, Ukraine, March 12, 2024.
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You Don’t Need to Be a Weatherman to Know Which Way the Wind’s Blowing at Columbia

By: Jeffrey Blehar · Jeffrey Blehar — April 27th 2024 at 09:38
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.
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Antisemitic Threats and Violence in the West: A Running Tally

By: Zach Kessel · Zach Kessel — April 26th 2024 at 17:16
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.
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Kearns: The Biden Title IX Rule Is Devastating

By: Sarah Schutte · Sarah Schutte — April 26th 2024 at 16:01
‘They tried to suggest that they were sidestepping the issue of athletics. That’s completely disingenuous.’

President Joe Biden looks on during his visit at the Chavis Community Center in Raleigh, N.C., March 26, 2024.
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