The following is an installment of “On This Day,” a new series celebrating America’s 250th anniversary by following the actions of Gen. George Washington, the Continental Congress, and the men and women whose bravery and sacrifice led up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Jan. 16, 1776 Cambridge, Massachusetts At his headquarters, Gen. […]
Democrats won nearly all of last November’s off-year elections by successfully weaponizing the term “affordability.” Inflation is down from Biden-era levels, but it is still too high. The middle class has been hit especially hard by the price of necessities such as utilities and groceries, and leftists, including avowed Marxist New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, have […]
When a Republican president goes off course on the pro-life cause, what should anti-abortioners do? If you’re Washington Examiner columnist Peter Laffin, the answer appears to be: lecture and deride any pro-life organization that continues engaging the administration in hopes of improving outcomes — preferably from the safe distance of an opinion column, where no […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) is going to run for president in 2028. He is trying to run a two-faced campaign where he portrays himself as the obnoxious leftwing agitator to Democrats and the sensible, cordial, moderate voice to everyone else. Newsom was confronted by conservative pundit Ben Shapiro about his press office calling the Immigration […]
In the predawn hours of Jan. 10, the Beth Israel synagogue in Jackson, Mississippi, went up in flames. Not long after the incident, 19-year-old Stephen Spencer Pittman was arrested and charged with the crime. Why would a promising, young college baseball player allegedly ruin his life and light a house of worship on fire? According to the […]
Religious freedom, Congress unanimously declared in 1998, “undergirds the very origin and existence of the United States.” Presidents of both parties have called it a “fundamental human right,” a “critical foundation of our Nation’s liberty,” and “essential to our well-being.” And yet today, on Religious Freedom Day, this inalienable right is on shaky ground. The […]
President Donald Trump dishonors the United States and Denmark, one of America’s most loyal allies, with his threats that the Danish territory of Greenland must be transferred to American ownership. Denmark deserves better. So do Americans. After all, Trump says that the U.S. needs Greenland to prevent the Russian and Chinese domination of, and military […]
HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania — When word reached the dairy farmers gathered at the Pennsylvania Farm Show that President Donald Trump had signed the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act, cheers echoed through the cavernous 24-acre complex packed with farmers, thousands of attendees, and even a few goats, cows, and horses. No one was more exuberant at […]
Minnesota’s Democratic politicians have lost touch with reality — hardly surprising when their heads are lodged in a fundamentally dark place. Despite strong political competition to say the most clueless and incendiary things, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey and Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) might already have won this year’s prize. Inveighing against federal enforcement of immigration […]
It’s still the first month of America’s 250th birthday year, but it’s already clear that dark clouds are on the horizon. Socialism, not freedom, seems to have the political and popular momentum. It’s not just Mayor Zohran Mamdani in New York City. Democrats in Congress are prepping for big gains in the midterm elections, largely […]
One person not following the tenets of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s MAHA dogma: the president who made him Secretary of Health and Human Services. During a podcast promoting the White House’s updated, MAHA-minded dietary guidelines, Kennedy bemoaned President Donald Trump‘s diet of “really bad food” of McDonald’s and “Diet Coke at all times.” “I don’t […]
