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This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—July 26

1983—Barely four months after reiterating that abrogation of the state’s common-law sovereign immunity is...

Who Does Mamdani Think He Is?

The five boroughs just aren’t big enough for the mayor of New York City....

Introducing the Trump Administration Babies

Pronatalism is not necessarily pro-family, but it can be a start.

The EU’s Stealth Censorship Playbook

Controlling which media outlets go to the top of your social media feed is...

Thomas Jefferson saw through Iran’s playbook 240 years ago

In 1815, with Commodore Stephen Decatur’s guns trained on his harbor, the Dey of Algiers signed a treaty with the United States, then told the Americans what he thought of it: My power has been wrested from my hands. Draw the treaty at your pleasure, and I will sign it. But beware the moment I […]

Will the US and Canada be friends again?

There was a time not too long ago when the relationship between Canada and the United States was positive and nearly impenetrable. Our two countries have been close friends, allies, and trade partners for many years. Canadian and American leaders have obviously had moments of disagreement related to trade, tariffs, border security, declarations of war, […]

A fresh look at Malcolm Muggeridge’s ‘Jesus, the Man Who Lives’

If Jesus Christ did not rise from the dead, 2,000 years of Christian preaching would be in vain — and the world as we know it would look completely different. That is the central theme of Malcolm Muggeridge’s Jesus, the Man Who Lives, and it’s his strongest position in a book that contains many inconsistent […]

Novelist Sigrid Nunez’s finely crafted, beautifully written short stories

A woman looks back on how her younger self enjoyed the highs and endured the lows of first love. Her high school sweetheart was Ace, who was two years older than her and drove a Chevy convertible. Their English teacher, Mrs. Mint, flirted with him in class and often repeated that he resembled James Dean. […]

Commonsense Endangered Species Act reform

The Endangered Species Act of 1973 is one of the most powerful environmental laws ever enacted. It can halt construction, restrict farming and ranching, block energy projects, and place vast areas of private land under federal control. Yet, after more than half a century and billions of dollars in spending, 97% of the species listed […]

‘The Louisiana Purchase’ details the forefront of a mighty empire

In this semiquincentennial year, 1776 is on many Americans’ minds. But in The Louisiana Purchase: The Grand Bargain and the Making of America, Louisiana State University Shreveport professor Alexander Mikaberidze turns our attention to another epochal year in the early republic: 1803. He gives a thorough and engaging account of the fateful transaction that doubled […]

Los Angeles needs more cops; city squanders money elsewhere

Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell just put an extraordinary number on what it would take to adequately police America's second-largest city: 12,500 officers.

Michael Goodwin: The media’s anti-Trump bias was on full display at re-do of White House Correspondents’ Dinner

The president came, he saw, he joked, he insulted and talked too long. And yet, Donald Trump’s presence was the major reason why the...

‘California Never?’ Utopian city faces setbacks from industrial flight

Big dreams, sometimes stupid ones, comprise the heart of California's identity. 

Mamdani’s municipal bond mess will only get worse as mayor prioritizes anti-Israel policies over NYC’s fiscal health

New York City's municipal bond prices continue to decline as Mayor Zohran Mamdani doubles down on his Marxist Third-Worldism, every minute of every day,...

Tish James winks at her dodgy allies’ rancid political-fundraising games

New York State Attorney General Letitia James hammers conservative outfits over paperwork errors, but look how kind she is when the Council on American-Islamic...

Homeless count leaves LA voters with impossible choice for mayor — and crisis for democracy

Karen Bass is in deep trouble. Her reelection bid was already shaky, thanks to lingering public outrage over the Palisades Fire.

Team Trump is wisely pushing for most illegal migrants to go home voluntarily

Getting them all out, without dangerous and chaotic mass ICE raids, is hard work, made all the tougher by Democrats’ continued resistance to any...

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