‘Will the Government Simply Take Over Private Property?’

In light of Senator Warren’s latest shenanigans, I suggest reading Robert Higgs on “regime uncertainty.” Higgs: In my conception regime...

Where the Euthanasia Argument Leads

A couple of years ago, I wrote this essay for NR on euthanasia in the Netherlands and Belgium. In part, it was an effort to counter those people...

Introducing I Love You, But I Hate Your Politics

As one half of a politically divided marriage — I’m married to Rick Brookhiser — I know how easy it can be to let politics bring toxicity into...

John Brennan’s Security Clearance

Scarier than former CIA chief John Brennan losing his security clearance is the idea that he ever had one in the first place. Perhaps to avoid the...

Elizabeth Warren’s Corporate Reform Bill Is a Terribly-Written Mess

I’d urge everyone to read my colleague Kevin Williamson’s takedown of Elizabeth Warren’s vaunted “Accountable Capitalism Act.” Here’s how...

A Defense of Patriotism

I’d quibble with some of this–especially with a definition of “nationalism” that I don’t think is useful–but there is a lot of good sense...

Trump’s Dance of the Dollar

In a tweet this morning, President Trump celebrated the strength of the economy. Nothing strange about that. What is a little strange is that he...

‘Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria’

A new study published in PLOS One : In on-line forums, parents have been reporting that their children are experiencing what is described here as...

‘Nature Rights’ Movement Going Mainstream

I have an extended cover story in the current issue of the Acton Institute’s journal, Religion and Liberty , about the existential threat to...

Twitter Blocks Elizabeth Heng’s Campaign Ad

According to Elizabeth Heng’s campaign, Twitter has determined that the Republican congressional candidate’s video advertisement is “ineligible...

Ten Things — Another Entirely Catholic Edition (August 16, 2018)

1. A few parishes in midtown Manhattan have Eucharistic adoration during the day. Lots of people flow in and out. Others stay for a while. I...

Elizabeth Warren Is Trying to Have It Both Ways

Kevin writes today on Elizabeth Warren’s plan to take over every major corporation in the United States. If you haven’t already, make sure you...

The Scarlet Z, Etc.

Yesterday, Tim Pawlenty lost a Minnesota Republican primary, big time. After the votes were counted, he said, “The Republican party has shifted. It...

California Okays Encouraging Assisted Suicide

Not content with legalizing assisted suicide for the terminally ill if they independently decide they want hastened death, the California...

Why Erdogan Won’t Push for Economic Reform

In the course of writing this morning’s column, I spoke with a businessman familiar with the situation in Turkey. Getting Turkey on solid...

Life Under Socialism Sucks, and Then You Die

A few issues back (I’m catching up slowly), The Economist had an item about the funeral industry, such as it is, in Cuba’s socialist paradise....

Ten Things, Entirely regarding the Catholic Church Today (August 15, 2018)

It’s hard for some of us to read anything that isn’t about Pennsylvania right now (and it’s near to impossible to read). There are plenty of...

Chelsea Clinton Makes a Terrible Argument for Abortion

Chelsea Clinton has some thoughts about the economic consequences of Roe v. Wade: “Whether you fundamentally care about reproductive rights and...

No, the Troll Wasn’t ‘Stunned’

The closer one looks at the new Colorado complaint against Jack Phillips, the more ridiculous it gets. Take, for example, the testimony of the...

Former White House Aides Must Come Clean

I don’t know if the alleged Trump White House Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) are enforceable in a court of law (I assume that the NDAs the...

‘Social Justice’ Spreads over the University of Texas

If you think that universities are immunized against the “social justice” plague because they’re located in conservative states, well, think...

An Argument Benjamin Wittes Deserved to Lose

Judicial confirmations now polarize the parties. It’s a trend Benjamin Wittes tried to resist. In The Atlantic he writes, “I have never lost a...

Picking the Best

Has there ever been a more Aesopian plot line in the ongoing Trump Show than the Revenge of Omarosa? Everyone knew that Omarosa was like a...

Cry Havoc and Let Slip the Dogs of Trump

It seems a bit of a stretch to propose that Trump’s use of the phrase “firing that dog” in a tweet about Omarosa Manigault Newman is the result...

Stand Your Ground Laws Are More Common Than You Probably Think

The irrepressible Andrew Branca takes a swipe at a graphic from a  Vox explainer: Never stop being stupid, Vox. SYG states not labelled as such in...

The Times Conflates Conservatives with Society’s White-Supremacist Fringe

What do you do if you are the New York Times and 20 people show up to the white-supremacist rally that you had been breathlessly billing as further...

‘Socialism,’ ‘Capitalism,’ and the Democrats

Gallup recently found that for the first time, more Democrats have a positive view of “socialism” than of “capitalism.” Jordan Weissmann looks...

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Last week, Dan McLaughlin presented some of the historical context surrounding Harry Truman’s decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan. As always,...

Trump Confirms Mike Pompeo Met With Kim Jong Un

President Trump confirmed that Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo made a top secret and highly unusual trip to meet with North Korean leader...

Shinzo Abe Declares Snap Election Following Swell in Support for Pro-Military Agenda

Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe called a snap election yesterday, hoping to capitalize on newfound support for his hardline stance on dealing...

Ten Good Questions for Parents

Immigration Hypocrisy

Fred Bauer and Kevin Williamson have already said most of what should be said about the idea that someone whose family came to this country a...

When a Horse Sues

Animal rights is not just about being nicer to animals. It is an ideology — to be distinguished from “animal welfare” — that believes...

New Poll: Missouri Senate Race Is a Dead Heat

A new poll out this week from Missouri Scout shows the U.S. Senate election in Missouri in a dead heat, with incumbent Democrat Claire McCaskill...

A Big Day for the GOP in Wisconsin

Wisconsinites are heading to the polls today to vote in their state’s primary elections, and the biggest ballot item is the final showdown in what...

Harvard Scholar Calls for Blacklisting Trump Officials

Last year I collected several examples of “We support free speech, but . . .” statements, with the point being that the speakers do not...

The Lingering Darkness of the Alt-Right

It’s easy to laugh at this weekend’s Unite the Right rally. It was pathetic. Media outnumbered white supremacists, and counterprotesters...

The Catholic Church Has a Functioning Right Brain

“With the church of all ages, we treasure the confessions because they contain a systematized statement of the Bible’s teachings,” said the...

Brits Go Mad and Boris Johnson Makes Tea

You are probably aware by now of a very serious — all-consuming — political incident that occurred last week in Britain. In case you’re not:...

Immigration and the ‘Hypocrisy’ Charge

In an essay for Politico, David S. Glosser launches into a sharp-tongued critique of the immigration views of Stephen Miller, who is both his...

Voting Against Good Republicans Won’t Save the GOP

Writing at the Washington Post , Michael Gerson has joined some of his other colleagues in arguing that even conservative voters should punish the...

Don’t Mock Space Force 

Whenever Trump proposes anything, the Pavlovian reaction of much of the political class is mockery. So it is with Space Force. I don’t know...

Paid Leave: The Left’s Critique of Rubio’s Plan

Senator Marco Rubio has introduced legislation that allows people to finance leave from their jobs when they have new children by accepting reduced...

No, the Middle Class Hasn’t Stagnated for 40 Years

A recent study claimed that the average wage is no higher, in purchasing power, than it was in 1978. At Bloomberg Opinion, I argue that wages, and...

Ten Things that Caught My Eye Today (August 13, 2018)

1. A terrorist attack was thwarted on a Coptic church in Egypt this weekend. 2. Russell Moore in USA Today: Let Catholic adoption agencies be...

Should Public Universities Compete with Private Businesses?

The answer to that question ought to be an emphatic “No.” Public universities (and all other governmental institutions) have financial advantages...