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The administration's wokeism is undermining our military.

Ron DeSantis and Kristi Noem, compare and contrast

Washington Post tallies "enslavers" who feature in Capitol building artwork

Congress "rebuked" Biden on military budget.

A new frontier in the war on excellence

A leftist examines crime as an issue in the midterms.

Zelensky addresses Congress

Ron DeSantis is the real deal

How Joe Biden paved the way for Chinese inroads into Saudi Arabia

Why Didn't Crime Win More Seats for the Republicans?

Arlington's "missing middle" muddle

Another dead-end for the racial reckoning

Previewing the World Cup final

Trump's presidential campaign, two very different views

First, Trump derangement syndrome. Now, Trump derangement.

Covid vaccines, an issue DeSantis should soft pedal

DeSantis Takes Off

Why we can't "just get along"

Kill All the Lawyers

Left-wing Democrats are pleased with Biden.

Sinema's switch speaks volumes about the Democrats

A crazy day in Qatar

Joe Biden's bad deal

Are racial preferences good for America?

Trump Fans: Stop Minimizing. Trump Critics: Stop Exaggerating.

Discrimination in the selection of law clerks, Supreme Court edition

Federal judges admit to race discrimination in selection of their clerks.

Louis Van Gaal's World Cup masterclass

DeSantis Makes Progress -- And What Needs to Happen Now

Previewing the U.S.-Holland match [UPDATED]

Americans believe the country is on the wrong track, yet keep reelecting incumbents.

Yes to a Special Counsel, No to This One

U.S. defeats Iran at the World Cup, but Iran's players can hold their heads high.

Banning racial preferences in college admissions, the Berkeley experience

Sanctions take a bite out of Russia's economy and its war effort

The silly season arrives early

McCarthy promises to remove three Dems from committee posts

A Market-Based Solution to the Affirmative Action Debate

Bad news for the Iranian regime from Qatar

Setting the Table for Another Assassination Attempt

Garland appoints a special counsel, but can't hide behind him

The 2022 World Cup: Wrong place, wrong time [UPDATED]

Why is the FBI investigating Israel?

We're No. 1!

A few words to our subscribers

Trump's announcement

More bad polling news for Trump

The left's full-court press against Dan Snyder

Trump Is a Jackass and It's Time to Move On

Left-liberal journalist advises John Roberts on how to curry favor with historians

Poll: De Santis leads Trump among Republicans and Republican-leaning independents.

Trump's temper tantrum

Silver linings?

Mistakes were made, it's time to move on -- from Trump.

Election night in America [With lots of updates]

Trump's Latrobe rant

Where Republicans Got It Wrong on Crime

Pelosi used her power to exclude some Republicans from House committees. Should McCarthy?

Should Netanyahu's return to power cause the U.S. to alter its policy towards Israel?

What happened to Stacey Abrams?

The Fundamental Dishonesty of the Argument for Affirmative Action or Shell Game Forms of It

Joe Biden's Version of "Honesty"

The latest "equity" cause -- a Supreme Court bar that looks like the Court

The Sleeper Issue in the Midterms?

More on the Harvard and UNC oral arguments

The NYT Fancy Dance on Crime in the Midterms

Initial throughs on the oral arguments in the Harvard and UNC racial-preference cases

New York Times hollers "racism" as Dem candidates face reckoning on crime.

Test scores plummet due to the long shut-down of in-class learning.

The Washington Post foresees a reckoning for Dems

Harvard students receive subsidies to rally at Supreme Court in favor of racial preferences.

Republican chances of getting to 51 Senate seats look good.

Leftist congressional Dems turn against Biden on Ukraine.

Can You Believe the Polls?

Washington Post calls the Biden presidency a complicated mixture.

Court temporarily blocks Biden's student loan forgiveness program.

This day in baseball history: The Oakland As win the 1972 World Series

Joe Biden unplugged. . .

Why Everything Is a Mess and You're Paying For It

This day in baseball history: Oakland wins Game 4 of the 1972 World Series.

Justice Jackson, doing the job she was hired to do

Diversity Is a Crock, Part II

Washington Post columnist: America's problem is that white people back the GOP.

Leftist educators seek a "national consensus" that America is rotten.

The real reckoning in higher education: The U.S. is slipping.

This day in baseball history: Oakland wins the ALCS but loses Reggie Jackson.

Tulsi Gabbard leaves the Democrats.

"Diversity" Is a Crock

Bad arguments for race-based discrimination in college admissions

George Will's strange new respect for Joe Biden

This weekend in baseball history: The 1972 NLCS.

Identity politics, Biden style

Stare Decisis, Legitimacy, and Liberals Giving Hypocrisy a Bad Name

Dear Republicans: Cheer Up

How does Russia's war against Ukraine end? An optimistic scenario.

The Baltimore Orioles: From 52-110 in 2021 to a winning record in 2022

Democrats are losing ground with black voters

One cheer for Eric Adams

Kamala Harris to White Ian Victims: Go Drown, We're Sending the Boats to BLM

Youngkin criticized for supporting "election deniers."

Princeton heaps contempt on the U.S. Constitution

What Do Prisons and Universities Have in Common?

It's not just the economy. Concern about crime is also driving the midterms.

In Six Weeks, a Happy Day for America

When Hillary Clinton stole documents and wouldn't give them back

Down the Woke Memory Hole

This day in baseball: "Thanks, Brooks" Day, redux

The "equity" crowd swings and misses again.

Trump's team loses in 11th Circuit

When does an erroneous ruling become an outrage?

Poll: Georgia Democrats in big trouble, except for Warnock

This day in baseball history: A case of over-managing? You be the judge.

Trump wins. Blame the Russians. Feminists are divided. Blame the Russians.

To the Washington Post it's a "despicable stunt." To the Venezuelan immigrants it's "a stroke of good luck."

One man's political theater is another man's poetic justice

What Duke Needs to Answer For, and What the Rest of Us Need to Understand

Imagining victory for Ukraine

Ken Starr passes away

AP African American Studies adds new and ugly dimension to leftist indoctrination in high school

Anti-White Hate, Duke University Edition, Vol. II

Crime surge puts Sweden's Social Democrats on brink of defeat

National Conservatives and their conservative critics

Thoughts on baseball's rule changes

Poll: Dobbs notwithstanding, the group most fired up about the election is Republican men

Underincarceration and Early Release = Mass Murder

City with nation's highest crime rate lacks safe drinking water.

Between the Trump-Infected Republicans and the Anti-American Democrats: Life Is Choosing, Whether You Like It or Not

What does the GOP stand for?

A Positive Vision for Republicans?

Team Biden touts debt forgiveness plan with specious comparison performed dishonestly.

This day in baseball history: A forgotten divisional race

Appreciating Gorbachev

Virtue signalers demand that Muslim footballer signal "vice"

Elementary school students' test scores plummet

Starbucks execs sued over woke discriminatory employment policies

Woke corporations signal virtue with "no whites allowed" programs

It's the economy, stupid, not the climate

Anti-woke school board results from Florida have the mainstream media scrambling

Will the Democrats Keep the House?

An update from Georgia

Democrats pass the popcorn in Maryland

Biden's senseless quest for a deal with Iran

Joe Biden's Repulsive Loan "Forgiveness"

They're Crazier Than You Think

Proof Positive that DOJ Is Doing Politics

Youngkin moves to save run-down city Dems have controlled.

Joe Biden's big Chips lie

Can Trump's core supporters be talked out of backing him?

Media touts Biden-fueled Dem comeback; long-serving congressional Dem isn't buying it.

In defense of traditional Republican candidates

Mainstream media cheerleading for Dems reaches fever pitch

Should the "Hillary Clinton rule" apply to Trump?

Is America a safe haven for exiled writers?

The Democrats' Real Game Plan

Did Trump declassify his Mar-a-Lago docs?

Going nuclear

Trump-endorsed Maryland candidate: I'll use state troopers to resist "rogue" Biden actions

Ron DeSantis shows his mettle again

What's the use of being "on the right side of history" if history is a dead end?

Law, Tradition and Trust

Is another Trump novelty Senate candidate in trouble?

Has the Pro-Life Movement Outsmarted Itself? And Can It Right the Ship?

Why Harvard's "originalist" argument in favor of racial preferences fails

A victory for free speech

Pelosi was right to visit Taiwan

Supreme Court schedules argument in race-based admissions preference cases

A Vindication of Dobbs

This, that, and the other thing

Remembering coach Bill Russell [with correction]

When the chips are down, stand with your friends

The war on standards, hard work is for Whitey edition

Should Trump Be Federally Prosecuted, a Complementary View

On the possibility that Trump will be prosecuted

Shades of 1968?

Nancy Pelosi should visit Taiwan

This day in baseball history, the 1972 all-star game

Is the Progressive Prosecutor Movement Falling Apart?

Media coverage responsible for Biden's bad poll numbers, says Washington Post op-ed writer

What Trump did and didn't do during the riot

The mainstream media's dishonest attempt to rehabilitate Cassidy Hutchinson

The mainstream media's dishonest attempt to rehabilitate Cassidy Hutchinson

Are Maryland voters worried about crime?

Biden gets it wrong, then right, then wrong on Saudi Arabia

A few words to our readers

Does Pam Karlan have an ethics problem? Part Two

Does Pam Karlan have an ethics problem?

The Abortion Debate - The Culture, Law and Politics of the Alito Majority Versus the Roberts Concurrence

Fairfax City to Gen. Lee : F*** you and the horse you rode in on.

Can the 2022 Dem candidates "decouple" from Biden?

Time to Overrule Miranda?

The old bait and switch

Lax sentencing has led to scores of homicides in Baltimore

Trust in National Institutions Collapses

What should we infer from the low unemployment rate?

Winning in 2024, Part II

Winning in 2022

Winning in 2024

This and that

Harvard gussies up its Asian admissions numbers

Three Poisonous Peas in a Pod: Dishonesty, Race Huckstering and the Campaign for Lower Standards

Let's not make a deal

The majority that didn't emerge

Why We Should Be Profoundly Grateful to Donald Trump and Never Elect Him Again

The revenge of the 1970s

Ginni Thomas and the Jan. 6 Committee

Did the Jan. 6 committee shoot itself in the foot?

When Is Mass Murder Not a Big Story?

DeSantis declares his independence from Trump

"Bad news" for Trump?

Democracy Dies in Judicial Imperialism

Under Biden, America is losing influence in Latin America

Biden Education Department spearheads assault on free speech

Is the Court's gay marriage decision up for grabs?

The Jan. 6 committee's latest excursion

For BLM, black lives matter less than accommodating criminals

Why the Jan 6 Hearings Are Doing the Country a Favor

Poll: DeSantis pulls even with Trump in New Hampshire

Republicans select two women to contest key Virginia congressional seats

Key GOP Senators support pro-CRT legislation

A reckoning for contemporary feminism

Blacks and Policing

House Committee investigates Ginni Thomas

The Klan Was Never This Effective

House committee investigates Dan Snyder's workplace conduct

Why Everything Is Worse Than You Think

How big will the red wave be? [UPDATED]

A note to our readers

Woke is hell

The Jan. 6 committee isn't acting in good faith.

Biden's dishonesty on inflation and Exxon

How to Influence the Supreme Court: Call Luca Brasi

Football coach fined $100,000 for expressing a political viewpoint

The January 6 committee hearings begin

Woke leftists want to cancel NFL coach for his political expression

Baseball needling, then and now

Incitement by Any Other Name

Is More Gun Control the Answer?

The true analogy to Watergate

Youngkin up, Biden down in Virginia

If the Federal Government Must Be This Big, at Least It Should Act Less Like a Thug

What is the U.S. end goal in Ukraine?

Must the particular always conform to the general?

What Actually Works to Suppress "Gun Violence"?

A reckoning for Chesa Boudin?

A Biden White House "adrift"

J.D. Vance, Dr. Oz, and Herschel Walker

Is America deliberately foreclosing its future?

The School Shooting

A reckoning for Virginia schools

Did George Wallace pave the way for Donald Trump?

This day in baseball history

A day of reckoning in Georgia [Updated]

On the Buffalo Massacre: Quit Talking and Act

KBJ, from failing law firm associate to associate Supreme Court Justice

Biden Nominates Ethically Challenged, Pro-Criminal Former Judge to US Sentencing Commission

Are We "Just as Safe" with Criminal Justice Reform?

An unimpressive Democratic bench

Early Release Keeps the Morgue Busy

Dartmouth philosophy department hosts tin-foil hat conspiracy theorist

Follow the Science Right Off the Cliff

Is culture downstream from law?

The Death of Left-liberal Intellectual Life