There’s a world before Trump’s descent down the escalator, and there’s a world after it. The recent “No Kings” protests transmitted the idée fixe of the pre-2015 world. That idea was hostility to personal authority, or personal power—hostility to the notion of sovereignty, to the power once exercised by kings. Donald Trump,…
For most citizens, the release of Supreme Court opinions is about as exciting as watching paint dry, particularly in a case dealing with the limits of district courts in issuing universal injunctions. Yet Friday’s Trump v. CASA case included a virtual slugfest between Justice Amy Coney Barrett and Justice…
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved hundreds of drugs without proof that they work—and in some cases, despite evidence that they cause harm. That’s the finding of a blistering two-year investigation by medical journalists Jeanne Lenzer and Shannon Brownlee, published by The Lever. Reviewing more than 400 drug approvals…
Our host has brought us together this weekend to do more than diagnose and explain what’s gone wrong, or to call out those who are responsible. The focus of this conference, he explains, is “on how to effectively leverage the opportunities created by Donald Trump’s re-election,” and to…
One rule has remained true for generations when it comes to the division between the sexes: Men are held accountable for everything, women accept accountability for nothing. Obviously, there’s going to be exceptions to the rule, but the majority of the time it is true that modern western women…
On Pfizer’s official website, there’s a page titled “The Facts,” where the company claims to combat “misinformation and disinformation.” One of the FAQ questions reads: “Does an mRNA vaccine change your DNA?” Pfizer claims—without any…
Dispensationalist beliefs about Israel were re-popularized in low-church Protestant circles and are now held by many in our political class. Did you see Ted Cruz and Tucker Carlson’s heated interview that came out a week ago? If you didn’t, it was something else. In fairness to Cruz, I do believe…
The last entirely-Christian town in the Israeli-controlled West Bank is enduring a wave of attacks by violent Jewish settlers, a local church leader says, prompting families to flee and leading clergy to declare the town is “no longer safe” for its inhabitants. Ominously, settlers have also set up an “outpost”…
The victory of Zohran Mamdani in the New York mayoral primary swiftly moved Democrats to denial, anger, bargaining, and depression, but not acceptance. From old friend Philip Bump in the Washington Post: Cuomo was a better candidate for the middle-ground, don’t-rock-the-boat national play… Democrats in…
By reneging on his earlier pledge to “start no new wars,” Trump has betrayed his own MAGA base. China should be on alert—it is the next target of war. First of all, I think that we have already entered the third world war. This third world war will be…
