Opinion

This Day in Liberal Judicial Activism—October 2

1953—Less than one month after the death of Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson, President Eisenhower recess-appoints California governor Earl Warren as Chief Justice. In January…

California’s Paramount Settlement Doesn’t Stop at Antitrust

An antitrust settlement should focus on competition, not legislation.

Why the Supreme Court Should Shut Down Boulder’s Climate Case

Unable to elect legislative majorities, activists are trying to get the legal system to...

What the Modern State Gets Wrong About Execution

Medicalizing and sanitizing capital punishment erase the deterrence it is supposed to create.

Follow the Evidence at Cornell

The Cornell case may not be a rape. It is still a disgusting spectacle...

Biden’s electric vehicle taxpayer rip-off

Recent vehicle emissions regulations issued by the Biden administration have, by its own admission, put into place restrictions designed to force the proportion of electric vehicles to 50% of new sales by 2030. But it won’t work, and in any case, it’s an unworthy goal. Individuals who want to purchase an electric vehicle should have them available, […]

Remove the federal income tax

The federal government has gotten too fat thanks to how much money it is taking from people. In 1913, the 16th Amendment was ratified and added to the Constitution. It was made to give the federal government another source of revenue. From its beginning, it has robbed people of their hard-earned money. The income tax […]

The Senate must seriously consider the impeachment articles against Mayorkas

189,922 — that is the number of illegal crossings that occurred at our southern border in the month of February alone, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Not only is that number up 21% from last February, but it was also the highest February ever recorded in our history. February’s record number of illegal […]

Sage Steele shows that Keith Olbermann really is the worst person in the world

Left-wing pundits frequently like to proclaim that anytime a minority woman is criticized or attacked in the press, it is solely because of racism, sexism, white supremacy, or the patriarchy. Yet, this only seems to apply when the minority woman being criticized does not favor right-wing political talking points. If that woman does, then that […]

Democratic open-border policies endanger every community

Democrats’ open-border policies and the influx of illegal immigration have effectively made every state and community a border town. The repercussions of this reality hit home in my home state of Maryland with the recent case of Ervin Jeovany Alfaro-Lopez, a Maryland church teacher charged with sexually assaulting multiple children. Alfaro-Lopez, a repeat offender who […]

The Left’s latest scheme to change elections permanently in America

Imagine a Super Bowl referee bending the rules to give his favorite team the win. Few would call that fair. Yet that is precisely what the Left wants to do to America’s elections. From noncitizen voting to lawsuits inviting activist judges to rewrite our election laws, left-wing activists are taking every opportunity to change elections […]

The brilliance, optimism, and spiritual power of American popular music

Sometimes heaven punches through to our everyday reality. We suddenly feel as though we no longer need to struggle or strive or fight. We feel God. It happens when we fall in love or when a child is born or when we are seized by a mystical piece of music.  It happened when I heard […]

The US must seize this week’s opportunity with Japan and the Philippines

This week, President Joe Biden will host the leaders of Japan and the Philippines, two close allies of the United States. On Thursday, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will address a joint meeting of Congress, a rare honor and symbolic of the most important U.S. bilateral relationship in Asia. Also on Thursday, Biden will meet with […]

Bidenomics isn’t working

President Joe Biden hopes the latest jobs report will help convince voters that the economy is thriving under his policies, but a thorough look at the data released last week by the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows the economy is far weaker than he says it is. The headline numbers of 300,000 jobs created and […]

Is Ohio State teaching ‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’?

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Late last month, Amy Andryszak, the president and CEO of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, sent a letter to Gov. Michael DeWine (R-OH) in response to seeing The Ohio State University initially had plans to add How to Blow Up a Pipeline to its curriculum. The book, written by Swedish […]

Congress puts more nails in the constitutional coffin as it’s set to renew FISA

Promising reforms is the easiest way to perpetuate abuses in Washington.

Bruce Vilanch on writing for the Oscars — and how stars prepare to present

Bruce Vilanch, king of the Oscars writers, shared some of his best moments writing jokes for and about Hollywood's biggest stars.

PBS misremembers William F. Buckley Jr. — the man who built a movement

“The Incomparable Mr. Buckley,” the latest installment in the “American Masters” series, has much to say about anti-Communism but never reckons with the murderous...

The IRS’ audit lies, McKinsey’s fuzzy DEI studies and other commentary

Libertarian: The IRS’ Audit Lies “Back in August 2022,” groans Reason’s Liz Wolfe, “the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) assured us that their $80 billion...

- A word from our sponsors -

spot_img
HomeOpinion