Opinion

Preacher and long-shot presidential candidate Pat Robertson was a “conservative … culture warrior,” his obituaries told us. Read NBC News at the time of Robertson’s death in 2023, and you’ll learn he “drew criticism for his incendiary political statements” and spread his “fiery ideology.” In contrast, preacher and long-shot presidential candidate Jesse Jackson was not […]

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. Feb. 17, 1776 Gen. George Washington confronts the urgency of […]

Under Prime Minister Viktor Orban, the European nation of Hungary has become a de facto colony of Communist China. This is not a debatable point. Orban now allows Chinese police officers to patrol his country’s streets and physically search Hungarian parliamentarians. He has embraced China’s Huawei telecommunications/spy agency into the heart of his 5G networks. He has established massive Chinese-funded universities. He […]

Soft-on-crime judges are at the point where they decide that the biggest punishment for killing a family of four is the weight of one’s conscience, and not any real punishment that secures justice for the victims and creates deterrence for future criminals. The case in question took place in San Francisco. In March of 2024, […]

Every year, nearly 100 farmers in the United States lose their lives to the top cause of on-farm deaths: tractor rollovers. The tragedy is that these deaths are almost entirely preventable, and Congress can help.

The United States trade representative is set to release its 2025 Notorious Markets List, an annual report highlighting marketplaces linked to large-scale copyright piracy and trademark counterfeiting. While the list is a key enforcement tool, it has long omitted major Chinese online platforms. In an investigation, I purchased 51 products from Temu, AliExpress, and SHEIN […]

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has sounded the alarm once more. The CBO reminds us that the current bipartisan consensus of enacting zero reform to Social Security means that the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund program is projected to hit insolvency at the start of fiscal 2032, or in fewer than four years from […]

OAKMONT, Pa. — Forty years ago, Marc Serrao started making paczki. Serrao had just started his modest bakery in the suburban Pittsburgh river town when he decided to try his hand at the doughy confection, pronounced poonch-kee, which is filled with rich white sweet creams or candied jam fruits and traditionally made by Polish bakeries on Shrove, or Fat Tuesday. […]

Former Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Seth Joyner once made a living decimating opponents on the gridiron. Last week, nearly 30 years after his last snap in the NFL, Joyner once again blasted an opponent with reckless abandon. Only this time, it wasn’t an opposing quarterback being sacked by Joyner, it was a Democratic congressman from Philadelphia […]

Last month, we wrote about Midwestern Republican lawmakers — in Ohio and especially Indiana — defying pressure from the Trump administration to engage in mid-decade redistricting for partisan benefit. This was an off-ramp from spiraling redistricting wars, which Democrats say the GOP instigated with a redraw in Texas.  What they ignore in this “they started it” […]

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has launched a copycat antitrust suit against BP, Shell, Chevron, and Exxon Mobil for engaging in a “conspiracy to delay the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy.” Her suit is a mirror image of the antitrust action that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed against BlackRock and other asset […]