Kansas Professor On Leave Because Her 'Discourse' Is Allegedly...
Does the University of Kansas harbor a racist in its midst? That’s the implication of this story, from the Chronicle of Higher Education:A professor at the University of Kansas at Lawrence is on leave...
View ArticleClock Boy — Not a Bombmaker, Just a Blackmailer
In case there was any doubt that the Ahmed “Clock Boy” Mohamed-episode was an extended exercise in fraud and extortion, the family has now made it explicit. Via Fox 4 News:Give us $15 million – or...
View ArticleFavorite American Things
Today, I recorded a Q&A podcast with four of my favorite people. Three of them, NR readers know well: Mona Charen, Kevin Williamson, and Charlie Cooke. The fourth is Scott Immergut, a Ricochet...
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Deconstructing The Donald: November
Donald Trump didn’t move much in the polls this month, and that might be the most telling fact of all. He’s not gaining, but neither is he dropping. Seemingly locked on a 25–30 percent share of...
View ArticleThe I-Word and the J-Word
Hillary Clinton said last week, “The obsession in some quarters with a clash of civilization, or repeating the specific words ‘radical Islamic terrorism’ isn’t just a distraction, it gives these...
View ArticleMore on the I-Word and the J-Word
Ramesh makes excellent points regarding Hillary Clinton’s tendentious blather about how she prefers the term “radical jihadist ideology” to “radical Islamic terrorism” because the latter supposedly...
View ArticleRubio Campaign Unveils First Early-State Ad, 'Bartender'
After unveiling their first national ad, Marco Rubio’s campaign unveiled their first early state ad, one that focuses on Rubio’s immigrant father and the candidate’s familiar line that his father...
View ArticleWhy the Facts of American Muslims and 9/11 Matter
Can you endure more discussion of Donald Trump, Jersey City, and 9/11? From the Tuesday edition of the Morning Jolt:As discussed Sunday night, there is no television footage of “thousands and...
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The Unmaking of a Mayor
We are selling copies of the new edition of Bill Buckley’s classic memoir — the foreword by Neal Freeman and afterword by Joe Scarborough are terrific. You can buy Unmaking at the NRO Store, right...
View ArticleDumbing Down
Why should journalists know anything about economics or history? That’s the question the journalism department at UNC–Chapel Hill couldn’t answer, and so it has eliminated these basic requirements, as...
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Happy Birthday . . .
. . . wherever you are, Bill Buckley. I wager in Heaven, where you rightly belong, probably with Priscilla and Jim Burnham and so many others who helped bring freedom to millions. He would have been 90...
View ArticleTrump the Jacksonian
My column today:Ater the Paris attack, conventional wisdom held that Republican voters would finally turn away from political outsiders and reward candidates representing sobriety and experience. No...
View ArticleTurkey Shoots Down Russian Jet, and the World Gets Even More Complex
And now a NATO partner has engaged in a direct military confrontation with Russia:Turkish warplanes shot down a Russian jet Tuesday after NATO-member Turkey says the plane violated its airspace on the...
View ArticleI Suppose the Eighties Were on the Line, Mr. President
I’m sorry, but on a day when a NATO ally shoots down a Russian jet, I just had to repost this bit of Obama condescension:The Left trumpeted this exchange as a win for Obama, but now it’s simply...
View ArticleOnce Again, the Obama Administration Threatens to Crackdown on Corporate...
Liberals tend to have a hard time wrapping their heads around this simple fact: People and corporations tend to try to get around paying punishing taxes. In the case of the extremely punishing...
View ArticleHere Comes Cruz in Iowa, Part 2
In the latest Quinnipiac poll, Cruz has nearly caught Trump. It’s Trump 25, Cruz 23. Cruz is asserting his dominance among Tea Partiers (he’s at 42 percent support with them) and very conservative...
View ArticleThe Failure of the Jeb Bush PAC's Autumn Ad Barrage
Was Jeb Bush SuperPAC’s big advertising push in early autumn the least effective multi-million dollar advertising campaign ever?In mid-September, Jeb Bush’s SuperPAC, Right to Rise PAC, unleashed $24...
View ArticleWebathon Waiting for You to Celebrate NR's Six-Oh!
Come here often? Somehow I have the feeling I should be wearing fishnet stockings when I ask that. Anyway: We’re in the midst of our annual end-of-year online fundraiser, which overlays brilliantly...
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The Art of Cowardice
Inside Higher Education sets the stage:In 1934, Ann Rice O’Hanlon painted a fresco — then the largest one ever painted by a woman — in the University of Kentucky’s Memorial Hall. Ever since, thousands...
View ArticleCathy Lanier Is Highly Confused About Concealed Carry
D.C.’s police chief sees a role for the citizenry in thwarting terror attacks against their city. Per the Washington Post:D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier is urging that civilians confronted by an...
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