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…
As lawmakers return from their Easter break this week, they need to take Volodymir Zelensky’s latest warning seriously: Without US military aid, he said...
A little-noticed federal regulation was finalized last week that was a tacit admission by the Biden administration that the entrenched liberal bureaucracy in the federal government is real and must be protected at all costs. Last week, the Office of Personnel Management, an executive branch agency that oversees the personnel that staff the federal government, […]
For all that the president’s promoters have pretended that Joe Biden is on the brink of a comeback, the octogenarian certainly isn’t acting like he’s winning his reelection. As members of the Federal Reserve openly contemplate whether worsening inflation means the central bank will pass any interest rate cuts before Election Day, Biden has attempted […]
President Joe Biden knows just what will help black voters turn out to the polls in November: delaying a ban on menthol cigarettes by a few months until after the election. Under Biden, the Food and Drug Administration has worked toward enacting a ban on menthol cigarettes for two years, but it has recently moved […]
Remember when politicians threw a fit about Dearborn, Michigan, being called “America’s Jihad Capital”? Perhaps activists leading a “Death to America” chant prove that outrage was unfounded. Dearborn is an Arab American majority suburb in Detroit, so when a Wall Street Journal opinion piece labeled it as “America’s Jihad Capital,” Democratic politicians tripped over themselves […]
Israel just marked six months since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas and other Gaza-based proxies of Iran. Israel’s military response has largely been a success, with rapid advances and fewer Israel Defense Forces casualties than initially predicted. Palestinian civilian casualties have been high, but Hamas is decimated. The problem? Iran may still win. The IDF has […]
What constitutes a “black” story? If the novelist, screenwriter, or director behind the story is black, is that sufficient? If the characters are of African descent, is that good enough? Or are there certain requisite elements in terms of setting, plot, dialect, and the moral character of the protagonists that ultimately determine the answer? And, […]