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Does Biden Reject Israel's Right to Self-Defense?

By: Caroline Glick， JNS.org
The administration's effort to stymie military action, coupled with its continued criticism as to how Israel is conducting a just war against a terror group, puts the Jewish state at risk in the region and the world.

Democrats Should Run Against the Supreme Court

By: David Atkins， Washington Monthly
Democrats Should Run Against the Supreme Court They ought to campaign against the whole Trump-enabled, rights-stealing, gift-taking conservative supermajority.

The Defaming of Brandon Straka and #Walkaway

By: Matt Taibbi， Racket News
Smeared as a Russian proxy after founding a movement to

Biden's DOJ Invented a Felony Charge Against My Son

By: Brent Bozell， The Daily Caller
This was not a pursuit of justice by a prosecution governed by principle.

God Gave Me Someone To Fight For

By: Sammi Sallee， RealClearReligion
I thought losing my brother in a tragic accident would be the hardest thing I ever had to endure. Then doctors diagnosed me with a rare and aggressive esophageal cancer, typically only seen in men 70

Pro-Israel Community Fights Extremism in Both Parties

By: Josh Kraushaar， Substack
At a time of extreme polarization and partisanship, one super PAC is pouring resources into pivotal primary campaigns-with the tangential benefit of promoting moderation and tamping down extremes within both parties. The American Israel Public Affairs Committee

Remember Trump's Real Record in Office

By: Heather Parton， Salon
Anyone who looks back on the Trump years as a golden time when things were so much better isn't remembering reality

Gen Z Voters Are Distrustful and Unenthusiastic

By: Lake ＆amp； Matthews， USA Today
Today's young people are sour on public institutions, existing power structures and even the country compared to older Americans.

The Magic City's Rise

By: Paul du Quenoy， City Journal
An interview with Miami mayor Francisco Suarez

The Magic City's Rise

How One Activist Group Aims To Reclaim Schools

By: Nathan Harden， RealClearEducation
At the beginning of the pandemic, I was running a free speech group, Speech First, that focused on colleges and universities - but I became increasingly concerned with what I saw happening in our K-12 schools.

How One Activist Group Aims To Reclaim Schools

This Election Season, America Needs Civic Role Models

By: Hans Zeiger， Fulcrum
One of my earliest impressions about the importance of citizenship was when I learned about how my great grandpa Ernest Zeiger went to the local city council in Puyallup, Wash., in the 1980s to stop the city from chopping down a giant black walnut tree i...

This Election Season, America Needs Civic Role Models

Argentina's Milei Loves Being the Skunk at the Garden Party

By: Bari Weiss， Free Press
At the start of the twentieth century, Argentina was one of the wealthiest countries in the world. The capital, Buenos Aires, was known as "the Paris of South America."

Argentina's Milei Loves Being the Skunk at the Garden Party

Time To Investigate the Virginia Retirement System

By: Thomas Jones， RealClearMarkets
Documents obtained by the American Accountability Foundation have revealed that Virginia retirees' pension funds are being used to implement a far-left agenda. This is an outrageous betrayal.

Time To Investigate the Virginia Retirement System

The Future of Labor

By: Annie Lowrey， The Atlantic
Is this the worst moment for the labor movement in recent memory, or the best? That question animated a conversion I recently had with Mary Kay Henry, who just stepped down as the president of the 2-million-member Service Employees International Union, having been an organizer for 43 years and led the SEIU for 14.

The Future of Labor

NYT's Kantor Has History of Peddling Deranged Hoaxes

By: Mollie Hemingway， Federalist
Unable to critique the court for any legitimate reason, Kantor has written numerous obsessive hit pieces about the wife of a SCOTUS justice.

NYT's Kantor Has History of Peddling Deranged Hoaxes

The Left Should Speak Up Against Democrat Lawfare

By: Sohrab Ahmari， New Statesman
Progressives must speak out against partiality in the legal process and the endless persecution of the former president.

The Left Should Speak Up Against Democrat Lawfare

'I've Woken Up'

By: Ben Kawaller， The Free Press
Free Press correspondent Ben Kawaller, a centrist Democrat, recently spoke to a gay GOP group. Here's what he said.

'I've Woken Up'

Under a Second Trump Term, DHS Will Be Even Harsher

By: Gaby Del Valle， The Nation
Project 2025 lays out a vision of a new immigration enforcement agency that will be more effective than ever in deporting, detaining, and denying entry to immigrants.

Under a Second Trump Term, DHS Will Be Even Harsher

The Presidential Pilgrimage to Normandy

By: Carl Cannon， RealClearPolitics
Being assigned to cover the president of the United States was once the pinnacle for American political reporters. This is no longer necessarily true, we're told. The deterioration of the news business, not to mention the corrosion of our politics, has diminished the prestige of the White House beat. Perhaps so. But not on this date. Joseph R. Biden Jr. is in Normandy. I wish I were there with him.

The Presidential Pilgrimage to Normandy

Don't Let 'Zionist' Become the New 'Chinaman'

By: Burstein ＆amp； Sinai， RealClearPolitics
The term "Chinaman" was commonly used for nearly a century in American society. It served a convenient, if invidious, purpose: to erase individuality or humanity from Chinese immigrants. Through language, a person from China or of Chinese descent could be quickly dehumanized.

Don't Let 'Zionist' Become the New 'Chinaman'

Remembering the Heroes of D-Day

By: Hans Zeiger， RealClearPolitics
After watching "Band of Brothers" in 2007, I began interviewing World War II veterans from Puyallup, Washington, my hometown. Among them were several veterans of the D-Day invasion who described in vivid detail the events that changed the course of history. As we commemorate the 80th anniversary of that heroic moment, we should have immense gratitude for those who sacrificed much to preserve the cause of liberty around the world.

Remembering the Heroes of D-Day

What Did Biden Know, and How Long Did He Remember It?

By: Jim Geraghty， NRO
Biden's never going to be as young and sharp-minded as he was yesterday.

What Did Biden Know, and How Long Did He Remember It?

Why Biden's Immigration Backpedal Is a Big Mistake

By: Max Burns， The Hill
Nothing marks the start of the summer campaign season quite like Democrats' frenzied race to the political right. This year is no different, with President Biden announcing on Monday a tough new executive order sealing the U.S.-Mexico border and sharply restricting which immigrants qualify for asylum hearings.

Why Biden's Immigration Backpedal Is a Big Mistake

Ibram X. Kendi Faces a Reckoning of His Own

By: Rachel Poser， New York Times Magazine
Ibram X. Kendi has a notebook that prompts him, on every other page, to write down Things to be grateful

Ibram X. Kendi Faces a Reckoning of His Own

Is TikTok Breaking Young Voters' Brains?

By: Christian Paz， Vox
TikTok has made itself into a hub for Gen Z political expression. But as Zoomers change politics, how is the app changing them?

Is TikTok Breaking Young Voters' Brains?

Does the Left Really Want a Land of Lawfare?

By: Victor Davis Hanson， X
Republicans are debating whether for the sake of the country to play the adult role, and take the high road, eschewing tit-for-tat lawfare. Or should they reciprocate in kind to restore deterrence and remind the Left to stop it, given what they do to others even more seriously could be done to them?

Does the Left Really Want a Land of Lawfare?

DEI & One of the Biggest Problems Facing Black Americans

By: Corey Brooks， FOX News
Since the 1960s, many of us have embraced our freedoms to prove that skin color does not limit our abilities. Yet, thanks to leftist policies, a nasty inferiority still shadows us.

DEI & One of the Biggest Problems Facing Black Americans

Our Corrupt Elites Should Be Prosecuted, Not Trump

By: Mark Hemingway， The Federalist
The people telling you Trump is corrupt want you to ignore decades of worse crimes committed by politicians favored by the establishment.

Our Corrupt Elites Should Be Prosecuted, Not Trump

Trump's Trial Violated Due Process

By: Rivkin ＆amp；＆nbsp；Price Foley， Wall Street Journal
He was denied notice of the charges, meaningful opportunity to respond, and proof of all elements.

Trump’s Trial Violated Due Process

An Unpredictable Political Moment Without Precedent

By: Chuck Todd， NBC News
The election is in an unpredictable moment without much precedent. Trump's verdict could reshape things, but Biden's troubles matter, too.

An Unpredictable Political Moment Without Precedent

Bragg's Prosecution of Trump Was Novel-and Correct

By: Kimberly Wehle， The Hill
In the wake of the sweeping jury verdict declaring Donald Trump guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records to the first degree, some highly respected commentators have maintained that Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg should not have brought the case in the first place.

Bragg’s Prosecution of Trump Was Novel—and Correct

Why Trump's Second Victory Would Be Worse

By: Robert Borosage， The Nation
There's now a real, organized effort to transform his resentments and impulses into policy. It's called Project 2025.

Why Trump's Second Victory Would Be Worse

Journalists Must Help the Washington Post Fly Again

By: Margaret Sullivan， The Guardian
New publisher Will Lewis's heavy-handed moves alienated a great staff

Journalists Must Help the Washington Post Fly Again

Mail-In Voting May Be the Difference Once Again in PA

By: Salena Zito， DC＆nbsp；Examiner
In the last two election cycles, Democrats' mail-in voting successes provided the margin of victory in Pennsylvania. Republicans are working hard to catch up.

Mail-In Voting May Be the Difference Once Again in PA

The Many-Sided Crisis in Consulting

By: Rana Foroohar， Financial Times
The book argues that consulting has thrived on the problems of modern capitalism, from financialisation and corporate short-termism to risk

The Many-Sided Crisis in Consulting

Why Johnny Can't Build

By: Kotkin ＆amp； Cox， The American Mind
American prosperity demands that we build for our future.

Why Johnny Can't Build

Mob Education at the Ivies

By: Alexandra Orbuch， Tablet Magazine
Students at America's top universities are learning the lesson Hamas has internalized

Mob Education at the Ivies

Biden Bares His Teeth, Calls Trump a 'Convicted Felon'

By: Nick Visser， HuffPost
This isn't the same Trump that got elected in 2016, Biden told supporters. He's worse.

Biden Bares His Teeth, Calls Trump a 'Convicted Felon'

Restoring Confidence in DOJ Requires New Leadership

By: Safavian ＆amp； Culver，＆nbsp；RCP
Everyone who has to go to court wants a sympathetic judge. But when a party goes "judge shopping," it undermines people's faith in the ability to get a fair hearing. It is bad enough when lawyers try to game the system in civil litigation. It is outrageous when the government does it to get home field advantage in criminal prosecutions, where the goal is to deny someone his/her freedom. Yet, that is exactly what the Department of Justice did recently, and was rightly called out for it.

Restoring Confidence in DOJ Requires New Leadership

Biden's in Trouble, With Little Prospect of Improvement

By: Keith Naughton， The Hill
It will be a few weeks before the fallout of the Trump guilty verdict can be properly assessed. But what won't change are the fundamental problems facing President Biden's re-election campaign. Of course, Team Biden remains in the denial stage about "misinformed" voters, unfair media and the whole typical menu of excuses and self-pity.

Biden's in Trouble, With Little Prospect of Improvement

Fauci Keeps Lying

By: Guy Benson， Townhall
Dr. Anthony Fauci -- the embodiment of Science Itself, in his own mind -- appeared before a House panel yesterday, his first testimony since quasi-retiring from public life. The session arrived on the heels of several revelations, including Fauci's apparent admission that some of the "science" we were indignantly instructed to follow by people like him was effectively made up, saying that it "sort of just appeared."

Fauci Keeps Lying

Will the Olympics Committee Play Fair With Israeli Swimmers?

By: Susan Crabtree，＆nbsp；RCP
After an impressive close second-place finish in the women's 400-meter medley at the World Aquatics Championships in Qatar earlier this year, Israeli swimmer Anastasia Gorbenko acknowledged the emotional weight of representing her country amid global turmoil over the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas and Israel's counter-offensive in Gaza.

Will the Olympics Committee Play Fair With Israeli Swimmers?

The GOP Has Transformed Into the Trump MAGA Party

By: Sidney Blumenthal， Guardian
When Richard Nixon's perfidy was exposed, his party support crumbled. But with Trump, GOP leaders rallied around him

Alito Flag Controversy Is Big Deal We Shouldn't Ignore

By: Rex Huppke， USA Today
If there's one thing we know for certain it's that conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's wife, Martha-Ann, loves flags.

Tuned-Out Voters Benefit Trump

By: A.B. Stoddard， The Bulwark
Biden needs to capture the attention of the disengaged.

Even Dems Don't Believe Their Ridiculous Alito Story

By: Rep. Jim Jordan， Newsweek
Americans see these attacks for what they are: a blatantly political effort to intimidate Justice Alito and influence the Supreme Court's work.

Measuring the Trump Conviction Factor in the 2024 Race

By: Byron York， DC Examiner
If you've been keeping up with the news, you've probably heard a lot of speculation about the effect Donald Trump's felony conviction will have on the 2024 race.

Why Biden's Economic Comeback Story Is Falling Flat

By: Jordan Weissmann， Semafor
Unlike Obama or Reagan, he's struggling with a problem that started under his watch.

No Way Gen Z Will Let Trump Back Into the White House

By: Sara Pequeño， USA Today
Consider this a wake-up call to my fellow Gen Z voters. Donald Trump is the real problem. We can't repeat the mistakes of 2016.

Media Use Conspiracy Theories To Attack Justices

By: Tim Graham， FOX News
The Liberal media have bombarded the Supreme Court justices with crazy conspiracy theories to undermine a conservative toehold in government The latest is the silly flag controversy.

It's No 'Vibecession.' Voters Still Feeling Economic Pain

By: Karol Markowicz， NY Post
Hey, you there eating ramen out of the paper cup, have you heard the economy is doing great?

The Anti-Americanism of Globalized Universities

By: Greene ＆amp； Huska， DC Examiner
U.S. universities used to admit students from overseas so they could learn about American values and the virtues of our political system.

Democrat America Has Declared War on Donald Trump

By: Richard Porter， The Telegraph
Branding Trump a felon will tear the country in two. Republicans can no longer place trust in their courts

Biden Faces Big Trouble in Virginia

By: Shane Harris， AMAC
States previously considered out of reach for former President Trump may now be in play. One of the most intriguing is Virginia.

Can Biden Seize the Lifeline This Verdict Gives Him?

By: Jonathan Freedland， Guardian
The incumbent president is badly behind - but now he has a chance to woo disenchanted Republicans who can't bear Donald's stink says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Case for Bernie Sanders Retiring From the Senate

By: Kaivan Shroff， MSNBC
To suggest every older candidate or public servant retire would be rank ageism. But Ibelieve Sanders had an opportunity here to set an important example.

Introducing Convicted Felon Trump

By: Brian Karem， Salon
A Manhattan jury does what Democrats and Republicans couldn't do

Let's Be Honest: Alvin Bragg Got Lucky

By: Jessica Levinson， MSNBC
Let's be honest with each other. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's case against former President Donald Trump was convoluted.

Maine Issuing Licenses to Individuals With Bogus SSNs

By: Steve Robinson， Maine Wire
A police department in southern Maine is seeing an uptick in the number of driver's licenses issued by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) to individuals using the social security number 999-99-9999. We've seen an uptick in [BMV] using 999-99-9999 for social security numbers, wrote Darcie L. Valido, the Assistant Director of Operations for Sanford

The Guilty Verdict Only Makes Trump Stronger

By: Scott Jennings， Los Angeles Times
The guilty verdict, on 34 felonies that few can fully explain, is already boosting campaign contributions and energizing Republicans.

A Story About People Struggling With Their Own Idea

By: Elliott Drago， Jack Miller Center
Spotlighting JMC Network Scholar Cara Rogers Stevens and her work on Thomas Jefferson, his adopted son William Short, and the fight against slavery.

Regulations Under Biden Have Cost Americans $1.6 Trillion

By: Will Kessler， Daily Caller
Biden has set in motion a huge wave of new regulations that have already cost the U.S. more than $1 trillion, which equates to thousands of dollars per family.

Five Sleeper Issues That Could Upend the 2024 Campaign

By: Aaron Flanigan， AMAC
With the 2024 campaign season now in full swing, polling indicates that voters' attention is centered primarily on two key policy areas.

De Niro Shows Up and Shows How To Fight Trump

By: Brian Karem， Salon
Robert De Niro and Harry Dunn showed up to court with a few reminders too many Americans need

Will a Conviction Even Help Biden?

By: Ingrid Jacques， USA Today
With the president's approval rating at its lowest in 2 years, Biden and his campaign team want nothing more than to label Trump a 'convicted felon.'

A Slush Fund for Radical Protesters?

By: James Meigs， City Journal
The Biden administration's massive program of environmental justice grants appears designed to empower extremist groups.

Haley's PA Voters Aren't All Ready To Fall in Line Behind Trump

By: John King， CNN
Joan London is carrying a 40-year-old newspaper, its edges frayed and turning yellow. She beams as she unfolds it to show a black and white photograph of her earliest political activism - holding a 1984 Reagan-Bush campaign sign.

Haley’s PA Voters Aren’t All Ready To Fall in Line Behind Trump

Caitlin Clark Doesn't Check the Left's PC Boxes

By: Anna Broussard， Washington Examiner
Apparently, the Left would rather have someone who meets its diversity quota than someone who draws national attention to the sport the way Caitlin Clark has.

Caitlin Clark Doesn't Check the Left's PC Boxes

'Bidenbucks' Targets Felons in Get-Out-The-Vote Effort

By: M.D. Kittle， The Federalist
It's not about the 'right to vote' for the big moneyed interests behind 'reenfranchisement' efforts. It's about voting for the right people.

'Bidenbucks' Targets Felons in Get-Out-The-Vote Effort

A Manhattan Canned Hunt

By: Jonathan Turley， The Hill
Today the jury began its deliberations in the trial of former president Donald Trump. Before jurors left, however, Judge Juan Merchan framed their deliberations in a way that seemed less like a jury deliberation than a canned hunt.

A Manhattan Canned Hunt

2024 Battleground Grows & Tilts Toward Trump

By: J.T. Young， The American Spectator
The 2024 presidential battleground is growing and tilting decidedly toward Trump, and not just with the states.

2024 Battleground Grows & Tilts Toward Trump

Biden Was My Boss. I Resigned Over the Gaza Atrocity

By: Lily Greenberg Call， Guardian
The president has weaponized the idea of Jewish safety to justify the atrocity in Gaza. I could no longer stand by

Biden Was My Boss. I Resigned Over the Gaza Atrocity

Red State Republicans Hack the System

By: Heather Parton， Salon
The GOP finds a way to permanently advantage their shrinking constituencies by corrupting election systems

Red State Republicans Hack the System

Your Favorite Brand No Longer Cares About Being Woke

By: Michael Serazio， Vox
Following the Bud Light backlash and inflation fears, the revolution will not be advertised.

Your Favorite Brand No Longer Cares About Being Woke

Justices on Both Sides Reject Modern Civil Asset Forfeiture

By: Jill Jacobson， RCP
The Supreme Court recently decided Culley v. Marshall, a case challenging the constitutionality of laws that deny owners prompt hearings when their possessions are seized through civil asset forfeiture. Civil asset forfeiture allows the government, usually law enforcement, to seize personal property that they suspect has been used in the commission of a crime. The onus is then on the property owner, even if innocent, to navigate the legal system to retrieve it.

Justices on Both Sides Reject Modern Civil Asset Forfeiture

Rafah Reminds Us of the Evils of Hamas

By: Brendan O'Neill， Spiked
Why are so many in the West washing away Hamas's responsibility for the Gaza catastrophe?

Rafah Reminds Us of the Evils of Hamas

Biden, Not Trump, Has the Abnormal Presidency

By: Michael Goodwin， New York Post
Ever since Donald Trump launched his 2016 campaign, Democrats have argued that he is too weird in too many ways to be president.

Biden, Not Trump, Has the Abnormal Presidency

DEI Doesn't Belong in the American Workplace

By: Adam Coleman， Newsweek
I am a self-respecting Black man, and I would never want to be treated differently because of something I didn't earn, like having more melanin in my skin.

DEI Doesn't Belong in the American Workplace

From the Baby Boom to the Baby Bust

By: Martin Wolf， Financial Times
Falling fertility rates are one of the biggest challenges facing our world

From the Baby Boom to the Baby Bust

Sorry, Biden--Voters Won't Ignore Failed Policies

By: Ingrid Jacques， USA Today
Polling clearly shows that President Joe Biden is losing ground to Donald Trump - and that voters are unhappy.

Sorry, Biden--Voters Won't Ignore Failed Policies

Today's Generals and Admirals, Children of a Lesser God

By: Gary Anderson， RCDefense
It was 2012 when I first realized that our current group of four star military leaders are largely inept at best and incompetent at worst. I was serving as a Department of State advisor in Afghanistan, and it became obvious that the four star American who commanded all NATO forces (ISAF) was either ignorant or willfully ignoring the fact that the Afghan Army would never be able to take over the war effort. Despite this, he was enthusiastically carrying out the Obama administration's "Afghanization" program which was transferring military responsibility for whole districts and provinces to...

Today's Generals and Admirals, Children of a Lesser God

High Rents, Home Prices May Be Pivotal in Election

By: Leigh Caldwell， Washington Post
D. Carter paid $1,525 for rent, cable and WiFi for her one-bedroom apartment until her monthly rent jumped to $2,100 last year.

High Rents, Home Prices May Be Pivotal in Election

I'm a Catholic Bishop Who Has Found an Ally in Bill Maher

By: Robert Barron， CNN
Bill Maher first came to my attention in the 1980s as a clever, wry and politically alert stand-up comic. But I began to follow him more closely about 20 years ago when, in the wake of the new atheist movement, he dedicated a good deal of his comedy to mocking religion and religious people.

I'm a Catholic Bishop Who Has Found an Ally in Bill Maher

Why Libertarians Should've Nominated Trump

By: Deroy Murdock， The American Spectator
The Libertarian Party should nominate Trump for president of the United States. The reasons for doing so are as solid as the Hope Diamond.

Why Libertarians Should've Nominated Trump

Revisiting Peter Thiel's Prophetic 2016 RNC Speech

By: Aaron Flanigan， AMAC
When Peter Thiel took the stage at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland in July of 2016, his remarks were broadly overlooked.

Revisiting Peter Thiel's Prophetic 2016 RNC Speech

One Explanation for the 2024 Election's Biggest Mystery

By: Eric Levitz， Vox
A theory for why Biden is struggling with young and nonwhite voters.

One Explanation for the 2024 Election's Biggest Mystery

Are We Too Bearish on Trump?

By: Sean Trende， RealClearPolitics
I think if you asked most analysts to publicly assess the presidential race, they would say it is some form of a tossup. Maybe some would give Trump a 52% chance of winning or some would give Biden a 51% chance, but most would be in the range of a 50-50 outcome.

Are We Too Bearish on Trump?

A Reset for America and Mexico?

By: Shannon O'Neil， Foreign Affairs
What new leadership-possibly in both countries-​might mean for cooperation.

A Reset for America and Mexico?

It's the Cost of Living, Stupid!

By: David Catron， The American Spectator
Biden, the Democrats, and the media fail to see that most voters are obviously worse off than they were in January of 2021.

Minority Voters Bolting From Biden a Disaster for Dems

By: Rich Lowry， New York Post
The progressive journalist Thomas Frank wrote a much-discussed book in 2004 titled, What's the Matter with Kansas? Right now some other like-minded journalist might be thinking of writing a book ...

Honor Their Sacrifice by Coming Together on Memorial Day

By: Jim Martin， Denver Post
Memorial Day is not just the start of summer or a time for barbecues; it is a day of remembrance, dedicated to honoring the men and women who lost their lives in military service to the United Stat...

On Some Subjects, 'Brutally Honest' Trump Slippery as an Eel

By: Doyle McManus， LAT
Donald Trump isn't telling you what he thinks about abortion, Obamacare and the federal budget. Why? Because it won't help him beat Biden in the election.

How Dems Became the Bad Guys and Made Trump the Hero

By: Sasha Stone， Substack
Listen now How the Democrats Became the Bad Guys and Made Trump the Hero

This Memorial Day, Reflect on Your Freedom

By: Roger Kimball， The Spectator
This was a battle between the dark forces of tyranny and the forces of freedom. On this Memorial Day, it behooves us to hold fast to that

America Still Has Heroes

By: Joe Nocera， The Free Press
At a time when fewer people say they love their country, 24-year-old Kennedy Sanders and 20-year-old Jared Schmitz died for it.

What Hamas Called Its Female Captives, and Why It Matters

By: Graeme Wood， Atlantic
This week, Israel released an appalling video featuring five female Israeli soldiers taken captive at Nahal Oz military base on October 7.

What Hamas Called Its Female Captives, and Why It Matters

Hamas Barbarism in Living Color

By: Ruthie Blum， Jewish News Syndicate
Even impeccable Israeli "hasbara" can't compete with Pallywood productions and comparable fake news, regardless of how blatantly mendacious.

Hamas Barbarism in Living Color

Biden Makes a Mockery of Gender Equality

By: Ben Solis， AMAC
Joe Biden's Department of Education officially published its sweeping rewrite of the Title IX rule, which...

Biden Makes a Mockery of Gender Equality

Life Lessons From Sports: Let Trans Americans Play

By: Rep. Zooey Zephyr， The Hill
From age four to 20, I was a wrestler. My father had been a wrestler, and I fell in love with the sport both for the competition as well as the time it gave me with him. I worked hard, and over my 15 years competing, I won five state championships.

Life Lessons From Sports: Let Trans Americans Play

Sharper-Edged Fetterman Keeps Picking Fights With the Left

By: Annie Karni， NY Times
Senator John Fetterman was hard to miss, lumbering down an empty hallway in a Senate office building dressed in his

Sharper-Edged Fetterman Keeps Picking Fights With the Left

2/3 of Americans Are MAGA, They Want Americans First

By: Steve Bannon， War Room
What you saw yesterday in the Bronx was a flex. That's a full flex. President Trump had a show of force yesterday.

2/3 of Americans Are MAGA, They Want Americans First

Remember the Fallen, Like This Farm Boy

By: John Lucas， The Federalist
This Memorial Day, don't just grill and chill. Reflect on those who died in service of our country and honor their memory.

Remember the Fallen, Like This Farm Boy

Maydays in May: 3 American Distress Signals

By: Glenn Altschuler， The Hill
Conceived as a radio distress signal for airplane pilots and ship captains, "mayday" (the phonetic equivalent of "m'aidez," the French word for "help me") was officially adopted by the United States in 1927. The convention requires that "mayday" be repeated three times in the initial declaration, followed by a call sign, a description of the nature of the emergency and the vessel's present position or its last known position if lost.

Maydays in May: 3 American Distress Signals

On Memorial Day, Remembering the Rescuers

By: David Shribman， Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Monday is Memorial Day. Thursday would have been John F. Kennedy's 107th birthday. More than eight decades ago this month an American tanker ship was torpedoed off the Florida coast, leaving two men dead. Stay with me. There's a connection to all this.

On Memorial Day, Remembering the Rescuers

Meltdown in Florida

By: Julie Kelly， Substack
An extended temper tantrum by one of Special Counsel Jack Smith's prosecutors this week represented the DOJ's frustration at failing to cover-up the dirty details of the imploding documents case.

Meltdown in Florida

The Speech Biden Didn't Give at Morehouse College

By: Douglas MacKinnon， The Hill
Some believe that, at the very least, President Joe Biden's commencement speech at historically black Morehouse College in Atlanta was pandering. At worst, some believe it was insulting, condescending and massively divisive.

The Speech Biden Didn't Give at Morehouse College

Cost of American Dream Is Out of Reach in PA

By: Athan Koutsiouroumbas， RCPennsylvania
The American Dream in Pennsylvania has a price tag: $230,464.That's the cost for a family of four to live

Cost of American Dream Is Out of Reach in PA

Biden Is Doomed If He Continues Courting Progressives

By: Fred Bauer， The Telegraph
If the Democratic party continues to court progressives they're doomed to lose in November

Biden Is Doomed If He Continues Courting Progressives

Liberate the Debate

By: Robert Kennedy Jr.， Newsweek
The U.S. Constitution does not mention political parties. One might easily forget that, at a time when the Democratic and Republican parties so dominate the American political landscape.

Liberate the Debate

Forget Macro & Micro, It's Mesoeconomics That Matters

By: Gillian Tett， Financial Times
Understanding networks properly will help us to better grasp how the economy actually works

Forget Macro & Micro, It's Mesoeconomics That Matters

And We Do Classes, Too!

By: Riley ＆amp； Piereson， City Journal
Harvard has increasingly become a place in Cambridge for bright students to gather-that happens to offer lectures on the side," a student named Aden Barton wrote in Harvard Magazine recently. Colleges and universities have traveled this path for some time. In 2011, Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa published Academically Adrift, which found that the time college students spend studying had dropped by about half since the 1960s, from 25 hours a week to roughly 12.

And We Do Classes, Too!

Why Is Pope Francis Criticizing Catholic Conservatives?

By: Ashley McGuire， RCReligion
I was standing in St. Peter's Square when Pope Francis was announced as the next pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church.

Why Is Pope Francis Criticizing Catholic Conservatives?

'America First' Right Coalesces To Change Foreign Policy

By: Jonathan Draeger，＆nbsp；RCP
"The people we elect to government should run the government, and their first and sole moral duty is to the citizens of this nation, not any other one," former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said at the "What a Foreign Policy for the Middle Class Looks Like" conference on Thursday.

'America First' Right Coalesces To Change Foreign Policy

Trump Takes the Bronx, and Democrats Really Hated It

By: Byron York， DC＆nbsp；Examiner
It would be an understatement to say official New York - that is, Democratic officials in New York - was hostile to Donald Trump holding a rally in the Bronx.

Will the Censorship Regime Transform America?

By: Rebekah Koffler， The Federalist
The erosion of free speech in America is giving me flashbacks to my childhood in Soviet Russia. There we were afraid to speak the truth.

Another Biden Success: 200 Judges and Counting

By: Bill Scher， Washington Monthly
The president is undoing Trump's judiciary takeover one nomination at a time, and it won't be easy to roll back his gains should there be a MAGA restoration.

Trump Outrunning Other Republicans. What Does It Mean?

By: Talcott ＆amp； Weigel， Semafor
Trump's superior polling is attracting more attention after two earlier elections where he was seen as a drag on down-ballot candidates.

The British Prime Minister Bowed to the Inevitable

By: Helen Lewis， The Atlantic
Please read this as classic British understatement: Today was not, on the face of it, an ideal time for Rishi Sunak to call an election.

The British Prime Minister Bowed to the Inevitable

Why Did Google Ban Winslow Homer?

By: Suzy Weiss， The Free Press
The artist's sketches of Confederate soldiers aren't dangerous or derogatory content

Why Did Google Ban Winslow Homer?

Is UCLA a 'Failed Medical School'?

By: Aaron Sibarium， Washington Free Beacon
Long considered one of the best medical schools in the world, the University of California, Los Angeles's David Geffen School of Medicine receives as many as 14,000 applications a year. Of those, it accepted just 173 students in the 2023 admissions cycle, a record-low acceptance rate of 1.3 percent. The median matriculant took difficult science courses in college, earned a 3.8 GPA, and scored in the 88th percentile on the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT).

Is UCLA a 'Failed Medical School'?

Glenn Loury Goes Right, Left and Back Again

By: Helen Andrews， American Conservative
The genre of race memoir is usually dull, but Glenn Loury has transcended it.

Glenn Loury Goes Right, Left and Back Again

Biden's Tax Deception

By: Andy Puzder， FOX News
Rather than costing the federal government $1.7 trillion in tax revenue, the Trump tax cuts are projected to add $1.3 trillion over what the CBO estimated.

Biden's Tax Deception

The Right Stuff for the Left

By: Ruy Teixeira， Substack
It's a strange political world we live in now. Back in 2010, there was a raging controversy controversy around "epistemic closure" on the right, where many on the left and some dissenting conservatives characterized fierce advocacy in GOP ranks for even the most dubious right-wing takes on the perfidy of the Obama administration as the product of an intellectual ecosystem that was sealed off from the real world-existing in a bubble through which reasonable criticisms could not penetrate. Indeed, such criticisms were summarily dismissed by the faithful as left-wing disinformation and...

The Right Stuff for the Left

The Most Important Trait for Yale's Next President

By: Tyler Godoff， RealClearEducation
On August 31, 2023, Yale's 23rd president, Peter Salovey, announced he would be stepping down. Since this announcement, much has transpired in the world of American higher education: the resigna

The Most Important Trait for Yale's Next President

Who's Watching Govt's Joke of a Watchdog System?

By: Mollie Hemingway， The Federalist
The Integrity Committee has failed to root out allegations made against its allies while targeting others with harassment and investigations.

Who's Watching Govt's Joke of a Watchdog System?

Biden's Morehouse Address Was a Farewell Speech

By: Shermichael Singleton， CNN
Sunday served up more than its share of symbolism as the 140th Commencement Exercises at Morehouse College were conducted. Four hundred and fourteen graduates became Morehouse Men with all the rights, privileges and responsibilities to be candles in a dark world through leadership and service.

Biden's Morehouse Address Was a Farewell Speech

Struggling, Floating, Rising

By: Aaron Renn， City Journal
The gap between the economic and social fortunes of the working class and those with college degrees has become a major point of contention in American policy circles, and it is the focal point of Batya Ungar-Sargon's new book, Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Men and Women.

Struggling, Floating, Rising

Debating Trump: Will Biden's Gamble Pay Off?

By: Robert Kuttner， American Prospect
Will Biden's gamble pay off, after the Trump campaign's surprising acceptance of the debate terms?

Debating Trump: Will Biden's Gamble Pay Off?

It's Not Too Late for Dems To Win Back Rural Voters

By: Etelson ＆amp； Flaccavento， The Nation
Putting together a Democratic majority in 2024 requires winning back some portion of the rural working class. The good news is that it can be done. Here's how.

It's Not Too Late for Dems To Win Back Rural Voters

Why Is Sen. Marshall Standing With Harrison Butker?

By: Dion Lefler， Wichita Eagle
Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker's speech channeled disgraced pitcher John Rocker circa 1999, along with 'Leave it to Beaver' and medieval Catholicism.

Why Is Sen. Marshall Standing With Harrison Butker?

An Attack on Trump Is an Attack on American Democracy

By: Richard Porter， Telegraph
The presidential hopeful has allied with the people, not against them. The New York trial doesn't speak for America

An Attack on Trump Is an Attack on American Democracy

For Independent Voters, a 'Lesser of Two Evils' Election

By: John Halpin， Substack
Intense hatred of both Biden and Trump is much higher than intense love.

For Independent Voters, a 'Lesser of Two Evils' Election

Biden Not Fooling Voters on Economy

By: Michael Barone， Washington Examiner
Data show that people grew far wealthier under Donald Trump than under Joe Biden, and voters know it.

Biden Not Fooling Voters on Economy

Samuel Alito, His Wife, and the Ginsburg Standard

By: Mark Paoletta， Wall Street Journal
The late justice didn't recuse herself after expressing her own political opinions.

Samuel Alito, His Wife, and the Ginsburg Standard

How Do Families of the Hamas Hostages Endure the Agony?

By: David Brooks， Atlantic
You may think you know stories like this one, but it's important not to become numb to their evil and horror. Hersh Goldberg-Polin was attending the Nova music festival on October 7 when the Hamas terrorists descended. He and three others rushed to their car and tried to escape by heading north. But the terrorists were shooting drivers on the road, so Hersh and his friends instead sought refuge in a nearby bomb shelter.

How Do Families of the Hamas Hostages Endure the Agony?

Biden Needs To Put American Hostages Before Politics

By: Brian Cavanaugh， The Hill
For more than 200 days, 128 people have been held captive by Hamas, brutally taken from Israel. These hostages represent over 17 nationalities, including five Americans as well as citizens from Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Colombia, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Thailand, and the United Kingdom.

Biden Needs To Put American Hostages Before Politics

The Man Behind the Curtain

By: James Banakis， JohnKassNews
If you've got a business - you didn't build that. Someone else made that happen. - Barack Obama These remarks made by our former President in Roanoke Va. on July 13, 2012, represent a seminal moment in American history. The statement was and still is shockingly un-American.

The Man Behind the Curtain

Trads on Offense

By: Peachy Keenan， Substack
The only Chiefs players I can name are the ones who date Taylor Swift. But one of them, a kicker (whatever that is) named Harrison Butker gave a commencement address at Benedictine College a couple weeks ago-and the entire world lost its mind.

Trads on Offense

State Dept: 'Atheism Grant May Have Been Misused

By: Susan Crabtree， RealClearPolitics
House Republicans who have led a nearly two-year investigation into a $500,000 State Department grant to an organization that promotes humanism and secularism are pressing the agency to conduct more diligent oversight after it admitted that the organization may have misused taxpayer funds.

State Dept: 'Atheism Grant May Have Been Misused

Jury Can Convict Trump Without Believing Michael Cohen

By: Lanny Davis，＆nbsp；RCP
I was behind closed doors for more than a year as the New York prosecutors built their case against Donald Trump based on the sworn testimony of Trump friends and contemporaneous text messages, phone calls, and other documents.

Jury Can Convict Trump Without Believing Michael Cohen

The Biden Campaign Has a Trump-Fatigue Problem

By: Ed Kilgore， New York Magazine
Biden needs to emphasize the risks of a second Trump term without annoying and alienating voters who are sick of hearing about him.

The Biden Campaign Has a Trump-Fatigue Problem

What Two Civil Rights Heroes Can Teach the Left

By: Richard Kahlenberg， Substack
If you're worried about threats to liberal democracy in America, emanating primarily from Donald Trump but also from parts of the progressive left, a new memoir published by two veteran civil rights activists provides a refreshing reminder that a better path remains open.

Why People Want To Live in U.S.--It's Not the Weather

By: Elliott Drago， Jack Miller Center
Spotlighting JMC faculty partners Dennis Hale and Marc Landy to discuss their views on American constitutionalism, anti-constitutionalism, and whether the Constitution is in fact, broken.

The Indispensable Senator

By: Robert Kuttner， American Prospect
Today on TAP: Elizabeth Warren has had quite a run lately.

Liberals Sound the Alarm: Should Biden Step Aside?

By: James Antle， DC＆nbsp；Examiner
President Joe Biden is trailing, and liberal pundits are increasingly saying he has mainly himself to blame.

The Cunning of the Democrats' Lawfare

By: Roger Kimball， The Spectator
It saddens me to admit it, but the evidence is too overwhelming to dismiss: Democrats are significantly more cunning than Republicans.

Another Lie: There Was No Science for 6-Foot Distancing

By: M.D. Kittle， The Federalist
In the Covid soap opera, the lockdowners, the follow-the-science preachers, took years from our lives on a foundation of bad science.

Ranking Trump's Vice-Presidential Options

By: Sean Trende， RealClearPolitics
Playing the Veepstakes guessing game is often a losing one for analysts. Vice-presidential selection is ultimately a highly personal choice, and it is simply too difficult to venture into the mind of one individual and mimic their thought process. Perhaps more importantly, Republican presidential nominees haven't made the obvious choice for vice president since Ronald Reagan chose George Bush in 1980. Dan Quayle, Jack Kemp, Dick Cheney, Sarah Palin, Paul Ryan, and even Mike Pence were all somewhat "out-of-left-field" selections for their respective presidential candidates.

Ranking Trump's Vice-Presidential Options

Don't Let the Media Lie to You About Election Integrity

By: Sen. Marco Rubio， X
When will the media start asking democrats if they will accept the outcome of the 2024 election if Trump wins?

Don’t Let the Media Lie to You About Election Integrity

Biden's Racist, Patronizing Speech to Morehouse Grads

By: Adam Coleman， NY Post
The Democratic playbook is to reassure our victimhood status, not overcome it.

Biden's Racist, Patronizing Speech to Morehouse Grads

If Black Men Are Being Killed in the Street, What's Democracy?

By: President Joe Biden
President Biden waxed poetic about race in America during a commencement address Sunday at Morehouse College, an HBCU in Georgia:

If Black Men Are Being Killed in the Street, What's Democracy?

The Crisis of Confidence in Higher Education

By: Austin Sarat， The Hill
Another day, another no-confidence vote for a university president.

The Crisis of Confidence in Higher Education

Even Some Dems Think Biden's Green Crusade Is Madness

By: Richard Porter， Telegraph
While Democrats and Republicans converge on perceptions of climate change, there is still no clear consensus for Biden's policies

Even Some Dems Think Biden's Green Crusade Is Madness

The Supreme Court Is No Longer Honorable or Functional

By: Moira Donegan， Guardian
The upside-down flag at Samuel Alito's house after the Capitol attack reveals how disgraceful our supreme court has become

The Supreme Court Is No Longer Honorable or Functional

Is Reversing Biden's Working-Class Slump Even Possible?

By: Harold Meyerson， TAC
A new survey of key swing states shows how it could be done, but-granting its necessity-it sure sounds difficult.

Is Reversing Biden’s Working-Class Slump Even Possible?

Northwestern Received $4B From Taxpayers Since '18

By: Adam Andrzejewski， Substack
Plus, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and others gave $1 billion to the university in foreign gifts (2007-2022)

Northwestern Received $4B From Taxpayers Since '18

Higher Ed Has a Progressive Disease. Can It Be Reversed?

By: Gerard Baker， WSJ
The prognosis seems grim, but I found signs of life as a proud father at Notre Dame's commencement.

Higher Ed Has a Progressive Disease. Can It Be Reversed?

Why the Alito Recusal Calls Are Ridiculous

By: Margot Cleveland， The Federalist
It would be unethical for Alito to recuse because the Code of Conduct says a justice 'has an obligation to sit unless disqualified.'

Why the Alito Recusal Calls Are Ridiculous

After Almost a Decade of Trump, America Is Tired & Scared

By: William Becker， The Hill
It seems hard to believe, but there was a time when we Americans could go days, or even weeks, without hearing about Donald Trump. That ended nearly a decade ago, when Trump decided he wanted to be president. Now, he is a constant presence on the evening news and in the morning newspaper. He ensures it by manufacturing turmoil, threats and constant controversy.

After Almost a Decade of Trump, America Is Tired & Scared

How Michael Cohen Became a Hero of the #Resistance

By: Jenny Holland， Spiked
Democrats have pinned their hopes of locking up Donald Trump on his odious former fixer.

How Michael Cohen Became a Hero of the #Resistance

'Never Trump?' 'Never Biden' Voters Might Loom Larger

By: Aaron Blake， Washington Post
Certain Democrats trying to cope with President Biden's continually underwhelming 2024 poll numbers share an article of faith: the ceiling theory.

'Never Trump?' 'Never Biden' Voters Might Loom Larger

Safetyism Fueled the Gaza Campus Protests

By: Frank Furedi， Spiked
Infantilised students are lashing out at a Western civilisation they have been taught to loathe.

Safetyism Fueled the Gaza Campus Protests

Removing Debate Audience Takes Away a Crutch for Trump

By: Zeeshan Aleem， MSNBC
One way that Biden wants to upset debate tradition is judicious - and should be the new norm.

Removing Debate Audience Takes Away a Crutch for Trump

Can School Choice Revolution Change U.S. Education?

By: Ingrid Jacques， USA Today
Corey DeAngelis bears the label 'school choice evangelist' with pride and has quickly risen as one of the most prominent voices for education freedom

Can School Choice Revolution Change U.S. Education?

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