Opinion

Last Friday, workers at a Mercedes-Benz vehicle factory in Alabama voted by a 55%-45% margin in favor of free market capitalism and against big unions. The final vote, according to the National Labor Relations Board, was 2,045 votes for the union and 2,642 against. The workers voted against the UAW, in part because they were […]

Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker’s commencement address at Benedictine College got tons of press. I have had minimal comment on the event, in part because I have a personal connection: I gave the convocation address at the beginning of this same school year, which he just bookended. (And the college paid me for the […]

When Xander Schauffele rolled in a 6-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole at Valhalla Golf Club on Sunday evening to win the PGA Championship, he did so while facing the best field of professional golfers that could be assembled. If Schauffele had missed the putt and made par on the hole, he would have […]

The International Criminal Court again is proving itself a misbegotten menace, indeed an illegitimate body, as its top prosecutor, Karim Khan, seeks an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. Actually, the two assertions here are separate, although the first helps demonstrate the second. First, the idea of warrants […]

The Biden administration has made a strategic error by memorializing Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash in Iran on Sunday. The State Department issued a statement on Monday asserting, “The United States expresses its official condolences for the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian, and other members […]

The Democratic Party’s transgender ideology does not hold up even against its own gender politics when it comes time to talk about how women are oppressed. Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) over the weekend declared that “Women are more likely than men to get seriously injured in car crashes — in part because vehicle safety features […]

In two short months, the entire world will convene in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics, and there is a decent chance that some Chinese athletes will be allowed to compete while using performance-enhancing drugs. Last month, reports surfaced that the World Anti-Doping Agency had allowed 23 Chinese swimmers to compete and win medals in […]