Joker and Its Enemies

I’m not sure “liked” is the right verb for my reaction to Joker, but it rattled me. It was effective. It stayed with me. It’ll probably be on...

1,000 U.S. Troops Will Retreat from Northern Syria as Turkey Advances; ISIS Prisoners Run Free

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said this morning during an interview on CBS’s Face the Nation that 1,000 U.S. troops will withdraw from northern...

More on Rand Paul and the Kurds

Kentucky senator Rand Paul has responded to this Corner post: In 2015, Paul settled on a plan to defeat ISIS by arming the Kurds and promising them...

Poll: A Four-Way Democratic Race in Iowa

The latest YouGov/CBS poll Iowa , conducted October 3 to 11, shows Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden, and Bernie Sanders in dead heat, with Pete...

Marathon Mann

We are in this fight to defend free speech for the long haul, no matter its length, no matter the costs. As Rich Lowry wondered / encouraged, our...

You Want that New Rich Lowry Book Signed? You’re in Luck!

It may be coming out on Election Day (that’s November 5), but those of you wise enough to pre-order Rich Lowry’s already-much-talked about The...

Er, No, Mr. President, the United States Still Has Forces in Syria

A note to add to Michael Brendan Dougherty’s excellent column on the home page, arguing that “Trump’s rhetoric about ending stupid and wasteful...

On the Whistleblower Kerfuffle, Imagine a Different Scenario

Imagine . . . If in early 2015, some White House staffers transcribing confidential presidential calls were disturbed about one conversation that...

Did Trump Just Drastically Cut Legal Immigration?

Many have been touting an estimate from the Migration Policy Institute that Trump’s latest proclamation — which requires many immigrants to prove...

The Office for Civil Rights Was Abominable — and Still Is Dangerous

Federal agencies are prone to politicization and that’s especially true where they wield power that can advance some aspect of the...

New National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien Makes Promising Progress

The Trump administration’s national security policy has, on the whole and especially at a strategic level, been quite good, and now Robert...

It’s a Good Time to Join NRPLUS

Membership is inexpensive, and comes with a host of benefits, including a digital subscription to the magazine and participation in conference...

James Madison > Alan Dershowitz

Why Do Evangelicals Support Trump?

Beto’s riff last night might be a clue. I’m obviously not a fan of the maximalist defenses of Trump by the likes of Jerry Falwell, Jr., but...

Will Rudy See the Undercarriage of a Bus?

We’ll see where the investigation of Rudy and his business associates goes, but the case that he, at the very least, exercised colossally poor...

‘Elizabeth Warren’s Threat to the Constitution’

Watch: Kat Timpf Reacts to Professor Saying More Will Die if Trump Doesn’t Resign

In her latest video for National Review, Kat Timpf reports that Jared Yates Sexton, a professor at Georgia Southern University, has declared that...

Inside the October 28, 2019, Issue of National Review

Hot off the presses and in the mail it is, but for those who are NRPLUS members (You’re not? Well, subscribe right now, right here), the full...

Ten Things that Caught My Eye Today (October 11, 2019)

Last night, some of us had a really beautiful night with The Human Life Review, honoring Helen Alvare and our very own Rich Lowry. Subscribers to my...

The Breaking Bad Movie

I considered staying up until midnight last night to watch Netflix’s two-hour Breaking Bad movie El Camino as soon as it went up, but I’m glad I...

Elizabeth Warren Is Wrong, and Facebook Is Right

Earlier this week, Elizabeth Warren launched an attack on Facebook. Her grievance? She’s attacking the tech giant for allowing the Trump campaign...

The Taxpayer Cost of Health Insurance for Immigrants

Health insurance for immigrants could prove a big fault line in 2020. Last week the president announced a plan to keep out many legal immigrants (...

The Tax Cut Was a Small Win for Families

The American Enterprise Institute (where I am a fellow) has been running a series of brief analyses of the effects of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act —...

Ten Things that Caught My Eye Today (October 10, 2019)

1. This is so disturbing: I just spoke to a distraught US Special Forces soldier who is among the 1000 or so US troops in Syria tonight who is...

Notre Dame Law School Dean: ‘Freedom of Speech Matters’

I wrote last week about discouraging news out of my alma mater, the University of Notre Dame. This week, something more positive: G. Marcus Cole,...

Would Tulsi Gabbard Really Choose to Skip a Primary Debate?

As our Tobias Hoonhout reports, Representative Tulsi Gabbard says she’s thinking of not attending next week’s debate to protest the Democratic...

Simone Biles Is Just Too Good

This excellent column by Liriel Higa in the New York Times tells a story that sounds like something out of an Ayn Rand novel. Simone Biles, the...

Andy Asks the Wrong Question

With respect to my good friend Andy McCarthy, I would think that the relevant question touching our shameful abandonment our of allies in Syria is...

The Rich Pay Higher Taxes

The headline of David Leonhardt’s recent New York Times column summarized the research of of economists Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman, who are...

Center-Right Lawyers Endorse Impeachment Inquiry

An excerpt from a statement by the organization “Checks and Balances”: We believe the acts revealed publicly over the past several weeks are...

Why ‘Never Trumpers’ Have Sometimes Become Trumpers

A Warren-Gillum Ticket?

Hanna Trudo of The Daily Beast reports that Elizabeth Warren “has been in contact with Andrew Gillum in recent months, according to multiple...

Beating Retreat

To expand on my earlier point, only one of these two things can be true: One, the United States is so beat, broke, and terrified that our commander...

Sasse Won’t Endorse Trump (Or Anyone Else) in 2020

Last month, President Trump gave Nebraska GOP senator Ben Sasse his “ Complete and Total Endorsement! ” In an interview with National Review ,...

Elizabeth Warren Throws Women under the Bus in the Name of LGBTQ Rights

National Review’s Zachary Evans reports that “Senator Elizabeth Warren called for placing transgender prisoners in detention facilities designed...

Fifteen Things that Caught My Eye Today (October 9, 2019)

I’ll be talking with Tim Carney about his book Alienated America this Friday night in NYC. All are welcome. Details here. 1. In Christianity...

Re: Reading Constitutional Amendments

In response to Reading Constitutional Amendments Ramesh writes: If the Fourteenth Amendment scaled back the First Amendment, you’d think it...

Julian Castro Wants to ‘Phase Out’ Nuclear Power

Julian Castro, like almost all of his peers in the 2020 Democratic primary field, believes that climate change is an “existential threat” to the...