Opinion

Jimmy Carter turned 100 years old this month. As is customary, the press showered our longest-living ex-president with hosannas to mark the occasion. Since October also happens to mark the anniversary of one of the most savage attacks on Jews in history, I was reminded that our genteel one-term president did more than teach Sunday […]

The Chicago Public Schools system is a disaster, and it isn’t being helped by the fact that the city’s Democratic officials keep using it as a political tool. Mayor Brandon Johnson is trying to push out the district’s CEO, Pedro Martinez, over a dispute in which Martinez opposed Johnson’s plan for a $300 million short-term, […]

Roughly halfway through the new thriller Speak No Evil, Ben Dalton (Scoot McNairy) finds himself foxhunting in the British countryside with his new best friend, Paddy (James McAvoy), who’s giving him an impromptu lesson on the importance of predator control. When Ben sees a fox in his crosshairs, he finds himself unable to pull the […]

Conservatives have come to terms with the fact that the press are irredeemably biased to the point that legacy journalists act as de facto agents of the Democratic Party. It is impossible to quantify the impact the press have on U.S. elections, but their foot on the scale is certainly worth something. Time will tell if journalists […]

The goal of “pro-Palestinian” demonstrators who celebrate the murder of 1,200 people in Israel last Oct. 7 is not simply the destruction of the Jewish state. Yes, they certainly hope to wipe Israel off the map, every bit of it “from the river to the sea.” But that is not the final destination yearned for […]

It doesn’t take much to change a culture. The right band at the right time (the Beatles), a novel that won’t be censored (Ulysses), and a show like Saturday Night Live, launched on a shoestring budget and airing in a “dead spot” late at night in 1975. These things don’t need huge support. They do need […]

The catch-and-release migrant programs created by President Joe Biden and endorsed by Vice President Kamala Harris have increased national security risks, according to the independent watchdog that oversees the Department of Homeland Security. The DHS Office of Inspector General released a report last week finding that Customs and Border Protection is releasing noncitizens without identification […]