Opinion

FBI Raids Eric Swalwell’s Home, Seizes Electronics in Connection with Sexual Assault Investigation

Swalwell resigned from Congress and suspended his campaign for California governor in April following sexual assault allegations.

Mamdani’s Bodega Bailout

The New York City mayor’s push to get his city-run grocery stores up and...

The Ninth Circuit’s Ideological and Cultural Obtuseness Is an Invitation for Reversal

The Ninth Circuit majority displayed obtuseness and perhaps willful blindness in rejecting every argument...

‘The Kidney Stones that Made John Marshall Chief Justice’

That’s the title of my new Confirmation Tales post, the first of a series...

Leftist Zealots Just Can’t Admit When Their Schemes Don’t Work

Whether government-run grocery stores or ill-conceived wealth taxes, their doomed pet projects have become...

$570k pension for city lifeguard is just the tip of an iceberg of corruption

Peter Stein, the so-called “Boss of the Beach,” now collecting a $570,000 pension after careers with the Department of Education and Parks Department, is...

Mamdani’s groceries will have him competing against . . . himself

Mayor Mamdani’s city-owned supermarkets are ill-considered for many reasons.

Trump proved America can host the world. Don’t let politics score an own goal now

The summer of 2026 will be remembered as the moment the FIFA World Cup reminded the world of the magic of the United States. From viral moments to surging hotel bookings, the tournament showcased American hospitality. Even the strongest advocates of tougher border security embraced an important reality: when international travelers spend money, embrace our […]

If ever a policy belonged in a Monty Python sketch, this is it

I read an article in the Guardian about Westminster Council’s draft licensing policy that would restrict “vertical drinking” — standing at a bar to order a drink or chatting with a drink in hand. If ever a policy belonged in a Monty Python sketch, this is it. One can almost picture three men bursting into […]

Why Gen Alpha will make Gen Z look conservative

“If you think Gen Z is bad, just wait until you see Gen Alpha.” That warning came from Katharine Birbalsingh, the British education reformer known as “Britain’s strictest headmistress,” during a speech last month at the ARC Conference. Toward the end, she offered a prediction for where we’re heading. Her argument isn’t that Gen Z […]

Blame Pedro Sanchez for Ceuta. Not Spain

The invasion of the Spanish city of Ceuta by tens of thousands of young, marauding Moroccans is, like Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, a tale of how the future could look unless one takes action in the present. It’s also a temptation to succumb to schadenfreude. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez harbors a special enmity […]

Fauci and the art of turning accountability into the villain

After Dr. Anthony Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment before the Senate Homeland Security Committee last week, Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) warned that the hearing could have a “chilling effect” on scientists considering public service. Young researchers, he argued, would think twice before following in Fauci’s footsteps after watching one of the country’s best-known public health […]

Iran has made our most urgent national-security priority painfully clear

The American way of warfare is often to mess it up before adjusting and getting it right.

Trump’s empty threats are prolonging the Iran war

America’s war with Iran is at an impasse. President Donald Trump’s unfulfilled threats to launch a “major strike” are partly to blame. By constantly promising to strike the Islamic Republic only to back off at the last moment, Trump has undercut America’s leverage and made Iran less, not more, likely to negotiate in good faith. […]

Ghouls are cheering NY’s new suicide law, but look what happened in the Netherlands

New York’s pro-death community must have celebrated Wednesday when the state’s Medical Aid in Dying law kicked in.

Beyond shameless: LA homeless nonprofit CEO milks taxpayers for $1.6M

As if we needed more evidence that (some) homeless nonprofits take egregious advantage of LA taxpayers. Here it is: Per media reports, Carol Adelkoff,...

Another day, another handout: Gavin Newsom’s EV rebate insults Californians

Once again, Gov. Gavin Newsom is dipping into Californians’ wallets to bankroll an electric-vehicle handout — this time a $3,500 “MyFirstEV” rebate for first-time...

Xavier Becerra can’t dodge the press forever — or these lingering questions

Xavier Becerra wants to be governor, but he is already treating Californians with contempt.

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