2010—In his final act of extraordinary malfeasance in Perry v. Schwarzenegger, Judge Vaughn Walker refuses to stay his judgment against California’s Proposition 8 while...
As members of Congress return to their districts this month, they may receive earfuls about extending the Biden administration‘s enhanced subsidies for Obamacare, which are scheduled to expire at the end of this year. Pundits warn that, unless Congress extends the subsidies, premiums in the individual market could increase by 75%. Republicans should tune out […]
E-Verify is an online system that’s supposed to prevent illegal aliens from getting hired. Even though it’s voluntary for employers, it has shown itself to be quite effective. But recent high-profile failures, including the hiring of an illegal alien as a police officer in Maine, have raised questions about the system. The problem turns out […]
With Zohran Mamdani’s victory in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary, the resurgent appeal of socialism, especially among younger voters, is undeniable. Even though Mamdani is a self-professed “democratic socialist,” there’s no doubt that for many of his acolytes the appeal rests on the “socialist” identifier and not the “democratic” modifier. And just last month, […]
There are surface reasons and more profound ones why Hamas terrorists and their millions of supporters around the world are cheering as secondary Western nations scramble to recognize Palestinian statehood. But none of them is that recognition will make a Palestinian state more likely. Most United Nations member nations already recognize a Palestinian state, and […]
Former White House aide Alyssa Farah Griffin weighed in on President Trump's deployment of National Guard troops in Washington to help curb crime rates, suggesting that he is trying to “goad Democrats." “He thinks the nation‘s capital should represent the best of America. But I think he‘s also doing something that Trump is very good...
President Trump reoriented the full force of the federal government to focus on fighting crime and beautifying Washington, D.C., putting the city on edge as it waits to see how that plays out and putting other Democratic cities on notice. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser called his actions "unprecedented." “We have other cities also that are...