'If Trump Were the Nominee, the GOP Would Cease to Be'
Conservatives should be sure to check out Michael Gerson’s column on what the nomination of Mr. Trump would mean for the Republican party. Agree or disagree, he raises important arguments with which...
View ArticleScientists Make Part-Human Animals
Public money is being used to pay for research that create animals that are part human. From the MIT Technology Review story:Braving a funding ban put in place by America’s top health agency, some U.S....
View ArticleLone Wolf Terror in Philadelphia? Man Reportedly Tries to Execute Philly...
Late last night, a man wearing Muslim clothing tried to execute a Philadelphia police officer. The images are chilling. They show him running up the squad car, firing as he runs:Dramatic photos capture...
View ArticleEmployers Added 292,000 Jobs in December
You can’t keep the Plow Horse economy down. Employers added 292,000 to payrolls in December, easily beating even the most optimistic forecast from any economics group, while payrolls were revised up...
View ArticleSummer Internship
National Review is accepting applications for its summer internship. The intern will work in our New York office, receive a modest stipend, participate in every part of the editorial process, and have...
View ArticleHillary: Mass Deportations 'Like Some Kind of Bad Movie from World War Two'
The second half of this America Rising video features Hillary Clinton, earlier this week, declaring in an interview with a Nevada Fox affiliate: “The more important question is would we ever really...
View ArticleOn the Cologne Attacks
John O’Sullivan has resumed his weekly NRO column, which is a very good thing for us and our readers. His column today is the best thing I’ve read on the Cologne attacks:Policy in Germany, the U.K.,...
View ArticleTwo Iraqi Refugees Arrested on Terror Charges
Cleared by that meticulous, thorough, super-duper rigorous two-year vetting process the Obama administration promises is adequate to 10,000 (or more) Syrian refugees:Two men born in Iraq who came to...
View ArticleA Weak Defense of Woodrow Wilson
Like, I suppose, a lot of conservatives, I have mixed feelings about the campaign to take Woodrow Wilson’s name off of buildings and programs that currently bear it at Princeton University. (I write...
View ArticleThe Cologne Attacks: A Curious Reticence
It looks as if Cologne’s police chief just got Bynged.The Local:Cologne mayor Henriette Reker said police had failed to inform her fully about sexual assaults on New Year’s Eve, in a final blow that...
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Finland, Too: 'Unprecedented' Sexual Violence on NYE
I’m beginning to sense a pattern . . .Finnish police reported Thursday an unusually high level of sexual harassment in Helsinki on New Year’s Eve and said they had been tipped off about plans by groups...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Update: Police Shooter Had Pledged Allegiance to ISIS
Following up on my post below, it appears that the man who attempted to assassinate Philadelphia police officer Jesse Hartnett had pledged himself to ISIS:A gunman claiming to have pledged allegiance...
View ArticleQueen Victoria?
Some years ago, I walked into Donald Rumsfeld’s office, and he said, “She’s an art historian, you know.” I knew. I had known Victoria Coates for a long time. She got her Ph.D. in art history at Penn....
View ArticleMaine Governor: Drug Dealers Travel to Maine, 'Impregnate Young, White Girls'
Wait — what?:Asked at a town hall meeting on Wednesday night what his administration was doing to combat the state’s drug issues, [Maine governor] LePage referenced new legislation aimed at...
View ArticlePhilly Mayor: Earth Is Flat, Caitlyn Jenner Is a Woman, &c.
David: I think you really jumped to conclusions there, about the Philly shooter. After all, the mayor/Grand Mufti of Philadelphia, Jim Kenney, was very clear:Last night’s shooting had nothing to do...
View ArticleFlorence King Remembered . . . Magnificamente!
There are a number of worthwhile obituaries and remembrances of our late friend, including by Andy Ferguson at The Weekly Standard, Max Lindenman at Patheos, Larry Thornberryat The American Spectator,...
View ArticleExtremist ... About What?
Ian and David, not sure if this helps, but I heard it reported several times on Fox that the shooter is an “Islamic extremist.” Unfortunately, no word on what he’s extreme about. Be back to you if I...
View ArticleFree to Speak Out? Many Germans Doubt It
I’ve mentioned a couple of times on this Corner that Angela Merkel was recently awarded the Roosevelt Foundation’s “Four Freedoms Award” for, amongst other stupendous achievements, “her moral...
View ArticleKrauthammer's Take: Latest Hillary Email Scandal Won't Affect Race -- Unless...
The discovery Hillary Clinton instructed a staffer to send classified material over an unsecured line won’t affect voter sentiment, Charles Krauthammer said tonight.“Americans have already determined...
View ArticleJudge Set to Allow Proof Jahi Alive!
This is justice.A court has tentatively ruled that Jahi McMath’s mother can offer proof that she is not brain dead. From the tentative ruling:The court is not persuaded that the cited allegations in...
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