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Newsom’s Hollywood tax credit blunder just the latest mistake

Gavin Newsom has a long record of blunders, from the French Laundry to the Train to Nowhere. The latest is the Hollywood tax credit, which he canceled by mistake.

US hits ‘dozens’ of military targets in additional round of strikes

U.S. Central Command (Centcom) announced on Tuesday night that it completed an additional round of strikes on "dozens" of military targets near the Strait of Hormuz and Iran's coastal region at 10 p.m. EDT. The strikes came after the U.S. resumed a naval blockade at 4 p.m. EDT, with over 20 U.S. Navy warships and...

Trump to Iran: ‘We’re going to hit them very hard’

President Trump on Tuesday warned Iran that the U.S. is "going to hit them very hard" after the fourth day of U.S. strikes on the Islamic regime. Trump spoke with Fox News's Trey Yingst about the conflict, saying that the U.S. will gradually expand its strikes across Iran's infrastructure. "We're going to hit them very...

Rubio to host diplomacy meeting ‘critical to advancing’ US economy

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday will hold the Economic Diplomacy Action Group's (EDAG) first meeting, two years after it was established during the Biden administration. The committee, made up of federal agency leaders, will "shape the contours and focus of U.S. economic statecraft to advance U.S. foreign policy priorities," including "American leadership in AI," a State...

My father and the system that replaced him

My father didn’t yell. He didn’t come in hot. He didn’t throw things. He was quiet. And that calm, yet tense demeanor paired with a look of disapproval was the closest I ever felt to awaiting a prison sentence. He looked at me the way a man looks at something he built and is not […]

Do we want ChatGPT to seduce us?

“Benjamin,” a half-naked Mrs. Robinson insists midway through the classic 1967 film The Graduate, “I am not trying to seduce you.” But, mere seconds later, she asks, “Would you like me to seduce you?” In Seductive AI, the University of Tennessee law professor and blogging pioneer Glenn Harlan Reynolds paints artificial intelligence as a modern-day […]

What my father, Jimmy Lai, continues to teach me from prison

My father, Jimmy Lai, was born in mainland China to a well-to-do family shortly before the communists came to power. When they did, he and his family became the enemy of the people. His father fled to Hong Kong in search of better opportunities, leaving his family to fend for themselves. Meanwhile, my grandmother was […]

A jurist in defense of Israel

Hamas’s massacre and hostage-taking on Oct. 7, 2023, marked the start of a bloody war against the terrorist group in Gaza and a broader regional conflict over the Middle East’s balance of power. Far from the battlefield, accusations of colonialism, apartheid, and genocide against Israel have reached a fever pitch. Liberal essayists, representatives of international […]

Do we want ChatGPT to seduce us?

“Benjamin,” a half-naked Mrs. Robinson insists midway through the classic 1967 film The Graduate, “I am not trying to seduce you.” But, mere seconds later, she asks, “Would you like me to seduce you?” In Seductive AI, the University of Tennessee law professor and blogging pioneer Glenn Harlan Reynolds paints artificial intelligence as a modern-day […]

The next great European novelist, or not

There are a disproportionate number of dental offices in western Hungary because Austrians frequently cross the border for cheap, high-quality tooth care. About 15 minutes from a border post that is about as relevant today as it was at the height of the Habsburgs, you can tour “the Hungarian Versailles,” the ancestral home of the […]

A jurist in defense of Israel

Hamas’s massacre and hostage-taking on Oct. 7, 2023, marked the start of a bloody war against the terrorist group in Gaza and a broader regional conflict over the Middle East’s balance of power. Far from the battlefield, accusations of colonialism, apartheid, and genocide against Israel have reached a fever pitch. Liberal essayists, representatives of international […]

Spanberger goes soft on crime

Democrats still aren’t serious about fighting crime. Democrats in Virginia, a swing state long seen as a bellwether of national politics, are proving it. On Monday, former Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares lamented the General Assembly’s decision to stop funding Operation Ceasefire, which he said had been “one of the most successful anti-crime initiatives in […]

When a haircut goes right, there’s something genuinely wonderful about it

Everyone has their own birthday rituals. Some women take spa days, some wine collectors drink a special bottle from their cellars, some people sit and wallow in self-pity. I know a guy who is severely lactose intolerant, and once a year on his birthday, he indulges in a few pints of premium ice cream and […]

The next great European novelist, or not

There are a disproportionate number of dental offices in western Hungary because Austrians frequently cross the border for cheap, high-quality tooth care. About 15 minutes from a border post that is about as relevant today as it was at the height of the Habsburgs, you can tour “the Hungarian Versailles,” the ancestral home of the […]

Spanberger goes soft on crime

Democrats still aren’t serious about fighting crime. Democrats in Virginia, a swing state long seen as a bellwether of national politics, are proving it. On Monday, former Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares lamented the General Assembly’s decision to stop funding Operation Ceasefire, which he said had been “one of the most successful anti-crime initiatives in […]

Michael Goodwin: Trump and Vance are rattled on Iran —and their attacks on Israel prove it

From there, the job of beating up the Jewish state was left to Vice President JD Vance, who fired off a series of extraordinary...

The new sound in Pacific Palisades: Hammers on nails

There’s a new sound in Pacific Palisades lately.

The Gavin Newsom probe is serious, and he knows it

Gavin Newsom and his "press office" aides-gone-wild have been trying to mock President Donald Trump on social media for more than a year —...

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