‘It’s not that this, in and of itself, will completely destroy the...
Oh, thanks for letting us know. This Times piece on Brexit was notably alarmist, although it undercut itself by noting all the important institutions that Britain is part of — and still will be. It’s...
View ArticleCrazy Right-Wing Supreme Court Rejects Government Regulations
On page 27 of one of today’s Supreme Court opinions is this ringing rejection of regulatory regimes. The majority opinion addressed the argument that new regulations would prevent misconduct:But there...
View ArticleAn Illegitimate Act
Sometimes, my editors here ask me to write something about a Supreme Court decision, and I sometimes resist, because it is the most boring subject. Not because what the Supreme Court does isn’t...
View Article'Borking' Shows Why Senators Matter
Wesley makes an excellent point that the Democratic Senate’s defeat of Robert Bork, resulting in Anthony Kennedy’s elevation to the Supreme Court, may well be the most consequential political victory...
View ArticleWomen and Life and the Court Today: March for Life President Responds
Jeanne Mancini is president of the March for Life Foundation, which organizes the annual protest of the Supreme Court’s Roe vs. Wade decision in every January in Washington, D.C.KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ:...
View ArticleRoe and Today's Abortion Ruling
I’ve been seeing headlines declare that today’s Supreme Court Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt decision marks the biggest victory for abortion at the Court since Roe v. Wade itself. George Mason...
View ArticleRemembering Gerald Walpin
This news is several days old, but I just now read that former AmeriCorps Inspector General Gerald Walpin, the first direct employment victim of the Obama administration’s war against propriety, was...
View ArticleMore Evidence Trump Is Losing Support Among Republicans
The most recent poll to put Trump ahead of Clinton was a mid-May one from the Washington Post and ABC. In the immediate aftermath of his winning a majority of delegates, he was two points ahead of her....
View ArticleThe Brexit Hysterics
Both the economic and geopolitical fallout from Brexit is being exaggerated, and can still be minimized if people make sensible decisions going forward. If the U.S. and the EU don’t want to see the...
View ArticleA Senate Bailout of Puerto Rico By Another Name?
Puerto Rico has been cursed with more bad government than any other place under U.S. jurisdiction. That’s why it’s about to miss a $2 billion debt payment this Friday, plunging it into more chaos....
View ArticleNo, Social Security’s Annual Report Doesn't Show That We Should Expand Benefits
The Medicare and Social Security Trustees report came out last week. On the Social Security front, the main story is this: We are one year closer to the insolvency of the overall program since the...
View ArticleWould You Help?
Did you know the National Review Institute is the happy home to the following fellows: Victor Davis Hanson, Reihan Salam, Andrew McCarthy, Kathryn Jean Lopez, John O’Sullivan, Kevin Williamson, Jay...
View ArticleGay Pride Celebrators Ignore Facts to Villainize Republicans
Yesterday, New York City held its annual LGBT Pride parade, one of many such celebrations across the country as part of the LGBT Pride month of June. Ostensibly, the pride parade is a celebration of...
View ArticleAn Argument of the Beard in Missouri
NR has taken an interest in the race for attorney general in Missouri. State AGs have become increasingly important in our constitutional politics, and the Republican primary there pits Josh Hawley, a...
View ArticleAbortion: Do It For Spite!
In response to the Supreme Court’s abortion ruling today, the folks at The Daily Show couldn’t help but do a little end zone dance.Celebrate the #SCOTUS ruling! Go knock someone up in Texas!— The Daily...
View ArticleBrexit Battle: The EU Didn't Keep the Peace in Europe -- America Did
Reading and watching all the hand-wringing over Brexit, one would think that the EU is responsible for all that’s good in the world. The EU brings unicorns, pots of gold, and — of course — blissful...
View ArticleDonald Trump's One-Day Fundraising Haul Is Probably Bogus
Apologists for the viability of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign have their answers, desperate though they may be, to the historically bad state of his polling. But there’s no precedent in modern...
View ArticleGame of Thrones Season Finale -- Even the Good Must Be Perilous
Warning, spoilers ahead.Thus ends the greatest finale in the greatest season of the greatest show of all time. (I might — just might — be too much of a fan to be a true TV critic.) The opening minutes...
View ArticleThe Intimidation Game
My new Bookmonger podcast is with Kim Strassel, author of The Intimidation Game: How the Left Is Silencing Free Speech. We talk about “the vast left-wing conspiracy” of IRS agents, state prosecutors,...
View ArticleThe Crazy People Have Taken Charge of the Democratic Party
A major part of Hillary Clinton’s sales pitch against Donald Trump is that Trump represents the radical fringe of the GOP, while Hillary represents sane, adult centrism. Certainly the Bernie Sanders...
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