Since the start of President Donald Trump‘s second term, the weight of the world, or at least of global markets, international trade, and geopolitical relations, has fallen on the shoulders of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, whose portfolio spans everything from China tariffs to bond auctions. But Bessent’s toughest negotiating partner is probably not Chinese President […]
Back in 1989, amid the first flush of what was then known as “political correctness,” a troupe of ardent feminists had famously infiltrated the roof of Columbia University’s Butler Library the night of commencement to hang a homespun painted banner of more diverse and ostensibly relevant female writers above the maler, staler, and slightly paler […]
When Donald Trump won his second term in the White House last fall, a whole host of other politicos and organizations won with him. This includes his campaign staff now working in the administration, Republican backers now serving in the Cabinet, and a loose collection of intellectuals that dubs itself the New Right. Among the […]
The wonderful thing about dying young, rich, and famous is that you’re spared the cruelties of time. Wrinkles don’t line your eyes. The amber glow of nostalgia blurs over your scandals. You don’t have time to make an off-color joke or political faux pas, let alone hawk overpriced branded jam. Your worst moments are forgotten, […]
Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin spoke to Fox News Digital about the federal government, noting that he is "not a fan," and indicated he thinks there should be "black box warnings" for the COVID-19 jabs.
George Orwell defined a “good bad book” as “the kind of book that has no literary pretensions but which remains readable when more serious productions have perished.” His supreme example was Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Orwell thought it “unintentionally ludicrous” and full of “preposterous melodramatic incidents,” but he also found it “deeply moving and essentially true.” It […]
President Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency issued new regulations this month that will save many coal and natural gas power plants from closure. To prevent them from being unnecessarily decommissioned, the agency used a clever new argument that will help the new standards hold up in federal court. The Clean Air Act grants the EPA […]
As gratuitous displays of protest and their ensuing repercussions become commonplace among members of Congress, some wonder how our discourse's temperature could possibly dial down.