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Some Advice for University Presidents

Each campus protest is different, and the demands in each are different, too. Some are illegal (racial quotas for faculty hiring), some are themselves otherwise racist and divisive (demands of...

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Spare us the Sanctimony on Migrants, President Obama

Speaking today about his administration’s decision to bring tens of thousands of unvettable Syrian migrants to America, President Obama went into full moral-preening mode:President Obama said on Monday...

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Obama's ISIS Strategy Puts Our Own Civilians at Risk

The choice between Obama’s strategy of minimal effort against ISIS, and taking the fight to ISIS right now in a major way, is to some extent a trade-off between an elevated short-term risk of civilian...

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Video: The College Protest Clown Car Is Careening Out of Control

Well, it looks like elite higher education is a racist hellhole after all. Reports are emerging from Dartmouth that a large group of students invaded a campus library, assaulted students of different...

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Rubio's Refugee Reversal Is Good -- but Long Overdue

Marco Rubio has reversed his support for resettling Syrian refugees in the United States. In an appearance on Sunday’s This Week, Rubio explained:The problem is we can’t background check them. You...

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Does Hollande’s Rhetoric in Response to the Paris Attacks Mark a Turning...

François Hollande, the French President, describes the attack on Paris by Islamic State terrorists as “an act of war.” This is new. Previous Islamist attacks in other cities killed as many or more...

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The Most Ironic Tweet Ever Written?

Courtesy of Planned Parenthood, of course:Every child deserves the opportunity to live up to their God given potential. @HillaryClinton#blacklivesmatter— Planned Parenthood (@PPact) November 15, 2015 

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Have You Written Yours Yet?

For those who wish a break from the political wars, or the war wars, I offer a post: here. It’s about YefimBronfman, the (great) Russian-born pianist, who has begun a traversal of the Prokofiev sonatas...

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More on Dartmouth

My friend Hans Bader also notes that what happened at Dartmouth was not just a disruption but a racist disruption, and that black-on-white racial harassment has been recognized by the courts as a...

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Will West Virginia Embrace Right-to-Work Legislation?

West Virginia may well become the next right-to-work state. Bill Cole — the state-Senate president and probable GOP gubernatorial nominee — has made passing right-to-work legislation a top priority....

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Krauthammer's Take: ISIS Can't 'Rouse' Obama's Anger Like Republicans

President Obama finds it easier to battle his Republican critics than he does ISIS, Charles Krauthammer charged tonight on Fox News’s Special Report.Commenting on the president’s press conference today...

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Doubting Our Refugee-Vetting System Isn't Xenophobia

From the Tuesday Morning Jolt:Lefty Journalists See What They Want to See, Ignore the RestAt the Daily Beast, Justin Miller and Michael Weiss write:One of the Paris attackers was supposedly found with...

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Loyal Opposition as Fifth Columnist

I keep thinking that Jeremy Corbyn will stop being Jeremy Corbyn once he realizes he can’t afford to be anymore. Then I read things like this:Jeremy Corbyn has said he is “not happy” with letting...

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Federal Law: Office of Refugee Resettlement Must Consult With States

Go figure. The Refugee Act of 1980 says that the federal Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement is supposed to work in cooperation with state and local governments in...

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Sorry Dad, Flowers Don't Fight Guns

The Huffington Post is highlighting a short video of a reporter interviewing a little French boy and his father as an exchange that “may be the most touching reminder you’ll see that only love can...

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Paul Ryan Moves Forward on Syria Refugee Strategy

Amid the rising chorus of Republican lawmakers demanding a moratorium on the program, Speaker Paul Ryan is seeking legislation this week to take action on President Obama’s Syrian refugee resettlement...

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Cruz Campaign Names Congressional District Coordinators in 24 States

Ted Cruz has hired congressional district coordinators in all 24 states with a caucus or a primary taking place on March 15 or before, according to campaign sources. That’s a total of 163 congressional...

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Congressional Democrats Start Publicly Doubting Obama's ISIS Strategy

Let’s give credit where it is due; this president is a uniter, not a divider. Why, just look at Capitol Hill…Rep. Seth Moulton, Democrat of Massachusetts, this morning: “I said for some time that ISIS...

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Pockets of Resistance to the Refugee Industry

The cascade of governors (over two dozen now) demanding that the State Department not send them any more Syrian refugees didn’t just happen in a vacuum. Local and state dissatisfaction with...

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Against Hashtag Heroics

My column today on the home page:The instant online symbol of global support for Paris after last week’s attacks was a roughly rendered peace symbol with an Eiffel Tower in the middle of it. The French...

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