2006—A South Dakota law enacted in 2005 sets forth informed-consent provisions for abortion, including that the woman undergoing abortion be informed that “the abortion...
No phrase illustrates the irony of former President Barack Obama’s latest political pitch better than “right message, wrong messenger.” This week, Obama unveiled his new slogan ahead of the 2026 elections: “I’m tired of being divided.” The lack of self-awareness is astounding from the man who earned the nickname “divider-in-chief” during his two terms. “I […]
As Halloween approaches, I ponder frightening things: encounters with people garbed as witches and warlocks on the one hand, and the prospect of a Democratic Party takeover of the House and/or Senate on the other. Frighteningly dressed people can remove their scary outfits at evening’s end. The fear they instill is temporary. Democratic politicians, by […]
Thanksgiving is around the corner, and with it, the usual family drama. You know how it goes — someone mutters a snarky line about the president, and suddenly the food goes cold while two aunts shout about the fate of the country. Somebody tries steering the talk to football. Someone else doubles down. By dessert, […]
Nothing comes easy in Israel. The mixed decision the country’s voters rendered in the first national elections since Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, invasion provides only the latest illustration of this undeniable fact. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling Likud Party lost one-sixth of its seats as of this writing, and his current coalition fell shy of […]
Charles Murray, a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, told a packed Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington this week that social science has become redundant. It was a striking assertion, not least because Murray is a social scientist, one of the finest of our time. He made his remarks at the Encounter Books annual […]
We are in the fog of war. Polls favor Democrats, who could capture both the House of Representatives and Senate. If Republicans lose Senate seats in Kansas, Iowa, and Texas, a bad night could become a rout. Republicans insist the picture is less bleak than polling averages suggest. They point to questionable turnout models and […]
Behind the scenes of U.S. midterm races, another campaign is quietly taking shape. Congress is poised to vote on the Trump administration’s proposed nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia, with both chambers expected to act during the week of Nov. 30. Democratic senators have introduced a joint resolution of disapproval to block the agreement during […]
