To accuse former President Donald Trump of being petulant is like accusing a cow of being bovine or a butterfly of being flighty. His toddlerlike self-absorption, for reasons that continue to elude me, does not bother his working-class base. But even his supporters generally recognize that a certain boastful sulkiness is part of his brand. […]

Step 1: Sanitize sexual perversions with euphemistic, even playful, language. Step 2: Bring perfectly normal proclivities under the same linguistic banner, thus blurring any moral lines. I speak, of course, of the word “kink,” a term that has enjoyed explosive popularity in recent years as its usefulness to the Left has increased. During the not-memorably-prudish […]

What must David Mamet think of The Decameron, Netflix’s laughless comedy of medieval prurience and plague? In the 1990s, long before his turn as a conservative provocateur, the dramatist was famous in iconoclastic circles for his condemnation of modern acting, with its endless “funny voices.” Yet strained artificiality is the new production’s primary mode, not […]

Timothy W. Ryback, a Dutch historian and the director of the Hague-based Institute for Historical Justice and Reconciliation, has written numerous excellent books about the Holocaust, including his latest, Takeover: Hitler’s Final Rise to Power. Ryback’s 12-month snapshot of a pivotal period in Germany’s descent into totalitarianism carefully and persuasively captures the nuance of what […]

Vice President Kamala Harris is in the middle of a fight between major Democratic donors and progressive activists who want to rein in Big Tech companies whose business practices have become a political lightning rod. Big donors are pressuring Harris to replace Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan, who has led the Biden administration’s...

Democrats know they're winning the presidential race right now. But they also know how quickly that could change. There could be a global crisis, an escalation in the already violent Middle East, a widespread hacking or a domestic event that could turn the political tides to turn and alter — yet again — the trajectory...

House Democrats — already energized by the surging presidential ticket topped by Vice President Kamala Harris — are increasingly optimistic that a growing number of abortion referendums across the country this cycle will help them win the House and the presidency come November. The secretaries of state in Arizona and Missouri greenlit two pro-abortion rights...

The first round of negotiated prices of 10 drugs was unveiled by the White House amid much fanfare Thursday, as Democrats celebrated it as a crowning achievement years in the making.   Administration officials touted $6 billion in savings to taxpayers, and about $1.5 billion in savings to seniors’ out-of-pocket spending in 2026. Here's...

President Biden on Friday celebrated the two-year anniversary of his administration's signature legislative achievement, the Inflation Reduction Act, as former President Trump and other Republicans target and vow to roll back parts of the law should they win back the White House in November. Biden, in a statement, touted the law as the "largest climate...

An emergency application filed in support of HB 2492 in Arizona would require everyone to show proof of citizenship to vote, even with mail-in ballots.