It may have taken the might of federal lawsuits, but the supposed gem of American universities has finally decided that antisemitism might just be a bad thing to allow on campus. In a settlement of two federal lawsuits, Harvard University agreed to change its policies to better prevent antisemitic harassment on campus. That includes a […]
While the Village People, a disco group famously associated with gay culture, were performing with President Donald Trump over inauguration weekend, progressives were busy freaking out about his reign of terror against LGBT rights. On Day One, it began. That is, if, by reign of terror, you mean recognition of basic biological reality. “There are […]
It may be hyperbole to claim that podcasts determined the winner of the 2024 election, but few observers who paid attention to how aggressively both President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance used the medium deny it changed votes, particularly among young men, who overwhelmingly broke for Trump. But for as much is said […]
Mischa Berlinski’s first two books were richly inventive affairs, yet within their fictionality could be discerned the impress of facts — sights seen, stories acquired, local color absorbed. Fieldwork, a finalist for the 2007 National Book Award, was narrated by an American reporter named Mischa Berlinski, who drew on his creator’s time working in Thailand […]
In December 2020, then-President-elect Joe Biden was very concerned about what outgoing President Donald Trump would do in his final days in office. Specifically, as he told CNN’s Jake Tapper at the time, Biden was worried that Trump would use the pardoning power to insulate himself, his family, and his associates from any comeuppance for […]
When Joe Biden shockingly, and yet somehow unsurprisingly, pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, in December 2024, many called for the outgoing president’s impeachment. Writer Jonah Goldberg contended, for instance, that if that welcome development were to come, “Congress would assert its primacy, and send a clear signal that the sort of corrupt self-dealing that both […]
For a long time, I was an Olympic fencer. Then, I became a Michelin-star chef. No one asked me how I managed to julienne my vegetables while wearing an epée glove or if, given my busy schedule, I ever picked up the wrong weapon and impaled my opponent with a carrot. I was a swordsman by day […]
The oddest thing is happening in Britain: Donald Trump is becoming popular. The man was almost universally abhorred during his first term. Leftists loathed him, naturally. But so did most rightists, partly for his character and partly for his policies, above all his soft spot for Vladimir Putin, his ambivalence about NATO, and his hankering […]
There’s a quote that’s been flying around the internet since President Donald Trump was reelected: “When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross.” Attributed to Sinclair Lewis, it’s usually posted by people who don’t much like the flag or the cross, and so they would love to […]
Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio during his confirmation hearings about how he intended to approach the challenge of the Iranian regime. After a brief rundown of various geopolitical situations, Rubio highlighted the attempt to assassinate President Donald Trump. Rubio was not coy: “Let us not forget that [Iran and its […]
We are Americans, and we could destroy any country that mistakingly tried to go to war with us. We’re proud about that, but we also value our privileged position: protected from most of the world by two oceans. America’s political class has always been more internationalist than the populace — more open-borders, more ideologically free-trade, […]
President Donald Trump said he wants to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin soon to close in on a peace settlement for the war Russia started by invading Ukraine. However, Trump’s secondary interest is to establish a more effective relationship between the United States and Russia. Both ambitions are worth pursuing. A more effective U.S.-Russia relationship might lead to new and enforceable nuclear arms […]
Contrary to the attitudes of many of my colleagues in the academy, academic freedom and independence are not rights or entitlements. They result from a political bargain and one that has become more fraught in recent decades. Essentially, the bargain goes like this: Academics will independently cultivate, curate, expand, and disseminate knowledge from the sciences […]
The bar for actors aging gracefully in Hollywood is not particularly high. Many legends have tried and failed. Against his better judgment, Cary Grant consented to appear opposite the far-younger Audrey Hepburn in Charade, and against all standards of common decency, Burt Reynolds attempted to prolong his fading stardom by donning a toupee. By contrast, […]
