France’s riots are “ostensibly about declining public services,” observes The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board — “but the presidential election next April figures into...
Championship series are supposed to bring fans together around great sportsmanship — but the WNBA Finals are instead turning into an embarrassing spectacle.
SLICK ABDUL. Over the weekend, a video featuring Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul el Sayed went viral on social media. In it, a young man who attended an el Sayed town hall in Caro, Michigan, asked if the candidate disavowed the Muslim Brotherhood. It was a reasonable question. In recent weeks, el Sayed’s Republican opponent, […]
Democrats such as Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) present themselves as normal centrists, but the use of lawfare as a strategy has even the supposed centrists touting a fascist world in which political opponents are intimidated into silence. At an event at the University of Chicago, Slotkin promoted her goal of keeping young conservatives out of […]
Matthew Kaemingk and Shadi Hamid argue in their new book, Can Religion Save Democracy?, that our fractious democracy would benefit from a good dose of religion. The more well-intentioned people of faith, they suggest, the more likely it is that we’ll be able to advance the common interest. They suggest that society and governance will […]
Working families do not measure economic progress by how much more they spend. They measure it by what their paycheck makes possible: groceries without another sacrifice, a needed home repair, something left for their children’s future. Small business owners measure progress by whether they can pay employees, serve customers, and grow. Washington should apply that […]
Thursday’s numbers from St. Louis are impressive, but they prove very little yet. After Operation Show Me Justice, a surge that began in August, the Justice Department reported 435 arrests, 412 cleared warrants, 166 seized firearms, and 81 kilograms of drugs. Those are outputs. Safety is an outcome, and St. Louis hasn’t shown one yet. […]
