Opinion

From Medi-Cal fraud to a Nigerian chieftain

We always suspected that Medi-Cal fraud was expensive. We didn’t realize it was ridiculous.

Ceuta: Up to 10,000?

There is a suspicion that Morocco is not too unhappy with this state of...

Alaska drops voter misconduct cases against American Samoans who wrongly checked ‘U.S. citizen’ box

Alaska prosecutors are dropping voter misconduct cases against a group of residents born in American Samoa after a state appeals court threw out felony charges against a woman who wrongly checked a box saying she was a U.S. citizen.

Marshall backtracks on support for $5,000 Trump dividend in Kansas Senate debate

Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kans.) appeared to shift his opinion on President Trump’s $5,000 dividends announced earlier this week. In a debate at the Kansas State Fair against Democratic opponent Adam Hamilton, a moderator asked both candidates if they supported the dividends, citing the proposal’s $1.2 trillion cost amid the growing national debt. “I’m going to...

Trump’s plan to halve FEMA workforce illegal, judge rules

A federal judge determined Friday that the Trump administration broke the law when it attempted to cut the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) workforce, a ruling which coincided with America's hurricane season. In her order, U.S. ‌District Judge Susan Illston said the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) “unlawfully usurped the authority” of FEMA “to make...

The Merriam-Webster dictionary keeps changing with the times

Last week the Merriam-Webster dictionary dealt with threats over gender definitions. So this week I interviewed its lexicographer Peter Sokolowski.

New York Times’ hypocrisy hits new heights over Dominion trial

It's hard to know if the gormless editors at The New York Times suffer from a severe lack of self-awareness — or just an...

The leftists manufacturing a Clarence Thomas scandal need a lesson in American government

Clarence Thomas answers to no one except, ultimately, the political force of the people.

Investment taxed at 86% — Biden’s tax plan would kill Wall Street

President Joe Biden has been touting his “Invest in America” theme across the country. 

Jim Jordan’s hearing shined a needed spotlight on Gotham crime

Think what you will about House Judiciary chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and the hearing he held Monday on crime in New York, but make...

Media ‘fact checkers’ lie to defend Alvin Bragg

So-called fact-checkers know more about spinning the facts than checking them.

US decline’s now an implosion, public will suffer for feds’ leaks and other commentary

"Another day, another government blunder used as an excuse to tighten the screws on the public," groans Reason’s J.D. Tuccille.

How blue states discriminate against most families

Most people believe the federal government should do more to help families with young children, but how should that help be provided?

Criminal justice reformers do not believe criminals should face consequences

The sorry state of New York City is that of a city run by overly empathetic naifs who have deluded themselves into thinking that criminals are just victims of societal circumstances. The result is the social decay of the city itself.

This Tax Day, we’re paying more than ever before — and yet DC still drives up debt

While Washington fiddles, budget deficits steam towards $3 trillion within a decade even under (assumed) peace, prosperity, and low interest rates.

Letters to the Editor — April 17, 2023

Post readers sound off on the arrest of a 21-year-old who allegedly shared classified documents on a Discord chat and President Biden's trip to...

The worm has turned on woke trans issues: Spineless Dem politicians now look anti-women

Piers Morgan debated Rep. Katie Porter on the backlash to 26-year-old transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney’s controversial promotion of Bud Light beer.

President Joe Biden silent as gas prices increase

President Joe Biden has had a complicated history with gas prices during his term. After the country enjoyed relatively low fuel prices during the Trump administration, prices skyrocketed to record highs in 2022. Biden, who campaigned on accepting responsibility and not passing blame on others, subsequently attributed the hike to Trump, Putin, the war in Ukraine, and seemingly anyone and everything but himself. Then, when prices started to drop, Biden regularly took credit. Now, as gas prices have started to go back up again, Biden is conspicuously quiet on the issue.

DeSantis and the politics of abortion

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) signed one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the country into law last week. The Heartbeat Protection Act will prohibit abortions after six weeks, but allow for exceptions in cases of rape, incest, human trafficking, and when a mother’s life is at risk.

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