Ed Morrissey: The Deafening Silence On the Left

On paper, the regime in Iran should represent everything that Western progressives reject. Women experience brutal oppression and are treated like chattel belonging to male family members. The economy centers on the nation's military-industrial complex, with the IRGC controlling 40% or more of the …

Ed Morrissey: The Deafening Silence On the Left

On paper, the regime in Iran should represent everything that Western progressives reject. Women experience brutal oppression and are treated like chattel belonging to male family members. The economy centers on the nation's military-industrial complex, with the IRGC controlling 40% or more of the …

Carol Platt Liebau: Why Oaths and the Texts Behind Them Matter

When Zohran Mamdani became mayor of New York City, he took his oath on the Koran, rather than a Bible. In America, free exercise of religion is a constitutional right. Mamdani was absolutely entitled to swear his oath on his faith’s sacred text. But texts matter, and so do the principles they ens…

Hugh Hewitt: The Donroe Doctrine

Three things were said in the aftermath of the remarkable “Operation Absolute Resolve,” in Venezuela that sum up well what some have called the “Donroe Doctrine.” During the press conference that followed the impressive military action, Secretary of State Rubio said: “President Trump doesn’t play …

Ed Morrissey: Do Minnesota Democrats Want Another Riot?

Nearly six years ago, Minneapolis burned for days after the death of George Floyd. That riot, fueled by rage-filled rhetoric, touched off riots in other American cities. Lives were lost, businesses destroyed and Minneapolis has never really recovered. Did anyone learn a lesson about leadership and…

Carol Platt Liebau: We Are Right to Be Wary

Zohran Mamdani was inaugurated mayor of New York City on January 1st—and he’s already moving aggressively to put a hard left stamp on his new administration. Just twenty-five years after Islamic terrorists brought down the World Trade Center, Mamdani appointed a former lawyer for an al Qaeda opera…

Seth Leibsohn: Peace Through Strength, Again

In 1981, Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick said the election of Ronald Reagan meant the United States was taking the “kick me” sign off its back.  So, too, is that true with President Donald Trump.  The deposing and arrest of the Fidel Castro of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, is the latest example. Because …

Seth Leibsohn: Peace Through Strength, Again

In 1981, Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick said the election of Ronald Reagan meant the United States was taking the “kick me” sign off its back.  So, too, is that true with President Donald Trump.  The deposing and arrest of the Fidel Castro of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, is the latest example. Because …

Carol Platt Liebau: Unity Begins with One Set of Rules

In a stunning act of moral obtuseness, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors recently created a reparations fund for the city’s black community. Just for starters, racial reparations are illegal — barred by California’s Proposition 209 and the U.S. Constitution. Both forbid governmental discrimin…

Carol Platt Liebau: A Reminder That No One Is Above the Law

Too often, it may seem that our jury system doesn’t hold powerful people to account. This time, it did. A federal jury has convicted Milawaukee judge Hannah Dugan of a felony: obstructing federal agents who were attempting to arrest an illegal immigrant defendant in her courtroom.  Dugan’s case d…