Some arguments that led to the redefinition of marriage in Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015 seemed to be common-sense, practical arguments. Supporters argued that legal recognition of marriage by same-sex couples would provide greater stability for same-sex couples, encourage marriage over cohabitation, and improve the well-being of sexual minorities. Many Americans found those arguments persuasive, even some of those […]
June was a fateful time in America 250 years ago. The 13 colonies, still part of the British Empire, had been in rebellion for over a year, ever since fighting had erupted in Massachusetts at Lexington and Concord. Gen. George Washington and the Continental Army had recently forced British troops out of the colonies, but […]
Jeffery Lee murdered two people during a pawnshop robbery in Orrville, Alabama, in 1998. He was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death — though the jury voted 7-5 for life, and the judge overrode it under a practice Alabama subsequently abolished. Twenty-six years later, he is still alive — not because the courts […]
The following is an installment of “On This Day,” a 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. June 24, 1776 Everything is moving at the speed of […]
Raphael Lemkin gave the modern world its most terrifying word: “genocide.” A Polish-Jewish lawyer who fled the Nazis, he spent his life forcing governments to recognize that the deliberate destruction of a people was a unique crime — not just “war” or “atrocity,” but something worse. He helped drive the 1948 Genocide Convention, and he […]
The Trump administration is considering a pilot program that could bring much-needed transparency to the 340B drug discount program, created by Congress to help hospitals and clinics serving low-income patients provide medications at discounted rates. Under the 340B program, drug manufacturers provide medicines at steep discounts, which providers are supposed to pass on to vulnerable […]
In a split ruling on Wednesday, the Supreme Court decided that border officials have the right to restrict entry to a green card holder if the resident is suspected of a serious criminal offense. This lowers the minimum requirements for the Department of Homeland Security to keep criminal immigrants out of the nation — but […]
At 4:20 in the morning, earlier this week, President Donald Trump announced peace. Iran, he posted on Truth Social, had agreed to nuclear inspections “long into the future (Infinity!!!),” a guarantee of “Nuclear Honesty.” Four minutes later: a “record” 19 million barrels of oil had left the Strait of Hormuz, and “the World is a […]
In recent months, Russia and Ukraine have significantly expanded their mutual drone campaign. Russian drones and missiles continue to strike Ukrainian cities, industrial facilities, and cultural landmarks. Ukrainian drones are increasingly reaching Moscow and other regions of Russia, targeting oil refineries, military airfields, and infrastructure that supports Russia’s war machine. Only recently, Russian attacks damaged […]
In New York City on Tuesday night, Democrats learned the hard way that hating President Donald Trump or being a power player in racial identity politics is no longer as important as embracing Islamist communism. The two notable losses in Tuesday’s Democratic primaries were Reps. Adriano Espaillat and Dan Goldman, who both lost to candidates endorsed by […]
Reflecting on the career of former President Barack Obama, the author Andrew Ferguson lamented that “we have lost a writer and gained another politician.” Can the same be said of Vice President JD Vance? The similarities between the 44th president and the 50th vice president of the United States are striking: broken homes, absent fathers, […]
The push to wed the American right to Catholicism is not new, but it has reached a fever pitch. I’m a friend of both — by all means be Catholic, and by all means be right-wing — but please do not imagine that this marriage is anything short of a blunder. The vows are all […]
