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Ken Paxton has defeated incumbent John Cornyn for the GOP nomination in the Texas Senate race, and of course the real tragedy is personal: My many...
There isn’t much more to add to tonight’s Texas GOP Senate primary, not after the reams of text already written here about the implication of...
It’s Tuesday, it’s primary season, and Memorial Day was only yesterday. So you know what that means: It’s time to haul another incumbent...
Disclaimer: This document reflects the views of the author, not the DNC. The DNC was not provided with the underlying sourcing, interviews, or...
Thomas Massie is gone, and in the end it wasn’t even terribly close. As of this writing, he has lost his race for renomination to Trump-backed Ed...
The news speaks for itself. There’s not much to add except to briefly explain the inevitable: Donald Trump has finally unveiled his endorsement in...
Spare a moment for a laugh, and let's all chuckle at the impending end of one phase of Neal Katyal’s lengthy career as a Supreme Court...
In all the jubilation surrounding the Virginia Supreme Court’s surprise rejection of the state’s attempt to amend the state constitution and...
A brief note on a surprise ray of sunshine: The nightmarish Virginia gerrymander is officially and somewhat unexpectedly dead. When last we spoke...
Ted Turner passed away today, at the age of 87. He had been out of the public eye for several years now, first retiring from corporate responsibility...
As devoted readers of this august institution may already know, May 1 — historically a global day of Marxist “pro-labor” celebrations — has...
I try not to make it a habit to promote my side podcast here at NR too often, or too obstreperously. It’s a niche thing — Political Beats was a...
A brief dispatch from the world of congressional comedy, because in all honesty we’re starved for any kind of comedy these days. On Monday,...
So, the New York Times is out this week with its carefully assembled, critically reviewed list of the “30 Greatest Living American Songwriters.”...
I’ve been pondering for a while now what Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s next move will be after leaving office. Surely a man as intellectually...
Last night, a man by the name of Cole Allen tried to break past a security checkpoint at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, D.C....
This morning, I dourly predicted the triumph of Governor Abigail Spanberger’s grotesque gerrymandering referendum in the State of Virginia, which...
After a certain point here at National Review, I self-consciously gave up writing about Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, and that despite the fact that...
Good news for all those worried that the Trump-era GOP’s defunding of National Public Radio in the most recent federal budget might lead to the...
A brief note from the land of lunacy, because frankly I worry about being typecast. I like to tell myself that I was meant for more in my professional...
Eric Swalwell has retired from both the California gubernatorial race as well as Congress -- may he enjoy whatever upcoming court proceedings await...
It’s a fatal weakness among American pundits: Every one of us is guilty at one point or another of overthinking the actions of Donald Trump,...
I just wanted to offer a quick note here from National Review’s Space Desk to mark the successful return of the Artemis II crew to Earth. At 5:07...
I have been circumspect when it comes to commentary on the Iran war, even as it necessarily forms the backdrop to my other work over the last month...
The phrase is emblazoned upon the Apollo 1 memorial at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.: “Ad Astra Per Aspera.” I first...
Somewhere back in December, I swore an oath to singlehandedly dominate the “Trump renames stuff after himself” beat here at National Review, and...
I try not to write about California politics. Not just because I (1) am not from there, (2) don’t currently live there, and (3) feel no desire to...
Robert Mueller died this weekend, of complications arising from Parkinson’s disease, and Donald Trump reacted exactly as you would have expected. I...
The question is of course a legendary one in Illinois, first made famous by being asked to a young Abner Mikva (later a judge and a representative)...
It’s Oscar night, America! Can you feel the waves of meaninglessness gently washing over you? Get ready to soak one more time in Hollywood’s...
Everybody makes mistakes in this business of journalism and commentary. It’s inevitable if you’ve spent enough time in the game -- if you talk or...
Round one of the Texas primary race has concluded, and what a mess it is for the Republican Party. Without further ado, let’s don our work clothes,...
You remember Graham Platner, right? Oysterman and veteran from the great state of Maine; rough-hewn man of the people; plainspoken progressive with...
Like the rest of you, I am sitting here as a captive to global events well beyond my ability to affect, control, or even hope to have much informed...
As many of you know, Texas’s 2026 primary is held next Tuesday, and early voting is already underway. There are a slew of tightly contested races up...
Nearly everyone in the world of media and entertainment was taken by surprise yesterday when Netflix announced they were withdrawing their proposed...
I pay a lot less attention to the scandals of semi-anonymous congressmen these days, for two reasons that are indirectly related to one another: (1)...
The State of the Union doesn’t matter and has never mattered. This is a truism, and with good reason: One way or another everything said at these...
I won't pretend I've much been into the Olympics this year -- it feels like I followed them intently during my childhood years, but checked...
For those unaware, Betteridge’s Law of Headlines is a famous maxim of media interpretation that posits that “Any headline that ends in a question...
Back in December, when Texas Representative Jasmine Crockett announced her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Senate in 2026, you could...
The 2026 Munich Security Conference concluded over the weekend and, well . . . it certainly wasn’t the worst historical result to ever come out of...