The Bernie Sanders Agenda Will Be Back Again, With a Better Messenger
The sun is setting on the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign; his California state director is departing a month before that state’s primary. The Vermont senator had an impressive run; he won a bunch...
View ArticleRyan Talked Policy, but Character Counts, Too
Paul Ryan did a good job walking a tightrope today after his meeting with Donald Trump — but there are some things he could not say but which nonetheless beg to be said, regarding the obstacles in the...
View ArticleTen Things that Caught My Eye Today (May 12, 2016)
1. Patriarch Younan of Syria says he would like the West to stop being accomplices to the genocide of his people.2. She was kidnapped by BokoHaram and escaped. This is her dream.3. Robert P. George and...
View ArticleIt Depends upon What the Meaning of the Word "Open" Is
In his piece on the home page, Ian Tuttle is correct that “open borders” is sometimes used incorrectly as an epithet, like “RINO” or “commie.” But the Open-Borders Right is no myth.Part of the...
View ArticleFBI Director Sees Alarming Spike In Murder Rate -- Doubles Down on 'Ferguson...
Last year FBI Director James Comey took heavy incoming fire over his remark that a “chill wind” was blowing through law enforcement in the aftermath of Ferguson, Baltimore, and the growth of the Black...
View ArticleKrauthammer’s Take: Ryan-Trump Détente Is a ‘Sham Marriage’
“I’m not among the many who thought it smoothed over the divide — yes, it did rhetorically,” Charles Krauthammer made clear tonight on Fox News’s Special Report. “But whenever you’re talking about a...
View ArticleLike Anna Kendrick, We’re Going to Miss McJobs When They’re Gone
From the last Morning Jolt of the week:Like Anna Kendrick, We’re Going to Miss McJobs When They’re GoneBe careful what you wish for; Kemberlee Kaye points out, “Being replaced by machines is probably...
View ArticleFriday links
Paraskavedekatriaphobia: Why is Friday the 13th Considered Unlucky?Mount Doom might be about to erupt: New Zealand warns hikers away from Mordor. Kind of related: Bikes were invented because a volcano...
View ArticleJohn Paul II Was Shot 35 Years Ago Today; An Eyewitness Account
When David DePerro was nine years old, on a family trip to Rome, he found himself in St. Peter’s Square as Pope John Paul II was shot. On the 35th anniversary of the shooting by Mehmet Ali Agca, who...
View ArticleUp with Dow
Hillsdale College has produced an excellent video for its Dow Journalism Program, which I run. You’ll see some familiar faces from the National Review circle: Jonah Goldberg and Jillian Melchior (plus...
View ArticleScientists Know What They Don't Want Us to Know
Apparently, scientists want to synthesize the entire human genome. What could go wrong?Obtaining that ability would have an unquantifiable impact on human life, culture, medicine, and the values of...
View ArticleObama's School Bathroom Rule and the 2016 Election
How happy do you think Hillary Clinton is with the Obama administration’s decision that schools must permit transgender students to use the bathroom they prefer?Here’s an issue that will irk a lot of...
View ArticleTen Things that Caught My Eye Today (May 13, 2015)
1. Some coverage of the panel on ISIS genocide the National Review Institute did with the Heritage Foundation this week.2. Guardian: 12,000 people trapped in Syria refugee camp by bombs, shells and...
View ArticleRumors of the Death of the Middle Are Greatly Exaggerated
The middle class is shrinking! The middle class is shrinking! So argues a report from the Pew Research Center. The report claims that the median U.S. household’s income dropped 8 percent between 1999...
View ArticleGet Ready for Trump to Attack Hillary Clinton From the Left
Is the Hillary Clinton campaign ready to face Donald Trump?Good luck nailing down Trump to specific policy positions, Madam Secretary. Hillary’s first attack against Trump was for opposing a minimum...
View ArticleNo, Hollywood Doesn’t Discriminate Against Female Directors
In May of 2015, the ACLU wrote a letter to a federal agency demanding an investigation into something it perceived as a serious human-rights violation: the lack of female film and television directors...
View ArticleJosh Earnest Tells a Dangerous Half-Truth About Obama's Transgender Edict
Responding to questions about the Obama administration’s sweeping transgender edict, Josh Earnest was at his disingenuous worst, claiming that the letter to every public school in the country — a...
View ArticleIn Other News, We Now Have Boots on the Ground in Libya and Somalia
American special forces called in airstrikes from concealed positions in Somalia yesterday:U.S. Special Operations called in an airstrike on Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia Thursday when a mission to...
View ArticleEmails between Pro-RICO Climate Scientists Made Public
Last fall, I wrote about Jagadish Shukla, professor of climate dynamics at George Mason University, head of the school’s Institute of Global Environment and Society (which he has used to pocket $5.6...
View ArticleKrauthammer’s Take: Republican Base Holding House GOP to an ‘Absurd’ Standard...
“What [Paul] Ryan is leading is a group of roughly 250 people in the Congress — all of whom were elected — and they were elected in support of the Ryan agenda,” Charles Krauthammer argued tonight on...
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