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Caroline Downey

Caroline Downey

New York Post

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Mamdani’s Free Bus Backtrack

There’s something that newly minted New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani forgot to warn his supporters about as he was promising to be Santa Claus and...

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National Review

Caroline Downey

Democrats Should Be Most Offended by Widespread Welfare Fraud

The entire business model of the modern Democratic Party is a bloated welfare state that provides social services supposedly to the most vulnerable....

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National Review

Caroline Downey

‘Learn Something, Why Don’t Ya!’

My National Review story began in Connecticut, where my parents often saw William F. Buckley sailing Patito, his 36-foot sloop, on Long Island Sound...

06.04.2026 9

National Review

Caroline Downey

The Shocking Hubris of Kathy Hochul

Kathy Hochul, the governor of New York who now finds herself in a budget bind, is pleading for the rich ex-New Yorkers who found safe haven from her...

21.03.2026 10

National Review

Caroline Downey

The Trump Admin Offloads Federal Student-Loan Management to Treasury

The Trump administration is still trying to break apart the bloated Department of Education piece by piece, now by offloading parts of student-loan...

21.03.2026 10

National Review

Caroline Downey

Trump Has Upended Obama’s Legacy of Iran Accommodation

Democrats’ constant and all-consuming “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” as Senator John Fetterman put it, over the president’s military operation...

19.03.2026 10

National Review

Caroline Downey

Mayor Mamdani’s Most Egregious Act of Gaslighting Yet

The insidious framing that the Gracie Mansion attack was about Islamophobia against Mayor Zohran Mamdani rather than about young jihadists who nearly...

12.03.2026 10

National Review

Caroline Downey

How Noem Turned a Popular Issue into a PR Nightmare

Likely a part of President Trump’s frustration with Kristi Noem’s management style is that it turned the once widely popular issue of mass...

06.03.2026 10

National Review

Caroline Downey

There’s Never a Perfect Time to Decapitate a Poisonous Snake

On many legacy networks this week, I’ve heard pundits challenge the claim of some members of the Trump administration that entering into war with...

05.03.2026 9

National Review

Caroline Downey

Alysa Liu Is a Spunky, Gen Z National Treasure and a Force of American Athleticism

Following American figure skater Alysa Liu’s gold medal win at the Olympics, many have called her patriotic story of enduring Chinese communist...

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National Review

Caroline Downey

Minnesota Is a GOP Political Ad That Keeps on Giving

Minnesota has become ground zero for a model of state governance that is abusive on a multitude of levels: of the nation’s taxpayers, of our laws...

21.02.2026 10

National Review

Caroline Downey

Generation Z has a gambling problem — in politics

17.01.2026 10

Washington Examiner

Caroline Downey

There Is No Right Way to Mourn

06.10.2025 10

National Review

Caroline Downey

Emma Watson Plays Peacemaker, So J. K. Rowling Brings the Receipts

06.10.2025 10

National Review

Caroline Downey

Do Our Rights Come from Government or from God? Tim Kaine Has Thoughts

09.09.2025 10

National Review

Caroline Downey

ICE’s California Weed-Farm Raid Shows Why We Need Mandatory E-Verify

12.07.2025 10

National Review

Caroline Downey

How TikTok Fueled Zohran Mamdani’s Rise

24.06.2025 10

National Review

Caroline Downey

Young men don’t like a pathological party

12.06.2025 10

Washington Examiner

Caroline Downey