It’s the first week of October, and the U.S. Supreme Court prepares for another term. On the docket in coming months are cases touching on a variety of important subjects, […]
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West Virginia’s two Republican parties
It was not that many years ago that the Republican Party in West Virginia was an afterthought. Democrats held supermajorities in both the House and Senate. Republicans could fuss and […]
Rupert Murdoch: Right from the start
LONDON — To read and watch the reaction of people who have hated Fox News from its creation, one might think it resembles dancing on someone’s grave, but at 92, […]
Sex and the city: Political edition
The Republican Party, the party that for years has styled itself as the party of “family values” and “traditional marriage” has lost all credibility on these issues. Not only do […]
Pence rails against populism among Republicans. But he’s late to the game
by Jonah Goldberg A couple weeks ago, Mike Pence gave a speech at Saint Anselm College that, depending on your view of the man, was either courageous or desperate — […]
Getting the Saudi-Israel formula wrong
If one is mixing chemicals, getting the formula wrong can produce disastrous results. It is the same with international diplomacy. For decades the left was wrong about the Soviet Union […]
Group identity drives division
Social scientists believe they know why America has become so divided along political lines. “The human brain in many circumstances is more suited to tribalism and conflict than to civility […]
Motives behind illegal immigration
It can be difficult to establish the motives of government leaders, unless they are told to us outright, or unless a pattern of behavior allows us to draw conclusions consistent […]
Televise Trump’s federal trials
More than three dozen House Democrats have signed a letter urging that the federal trials of former President Donald Trump be televised. The idea has merit, but these elected officials […]
China’s faltering economy is a result of state-directed planning
Now comes the global fallout by Jonah Goldberg “China is going to eat our lunch? Come on, man,” scoffed then-presidential candidate Joe Biden in 2019. Two years later, now president […]
