Donald Trump declared a triumphalist vision and a golden age for the United States this week. Yet, had it been an autopsy, the Democratic side of the chamber presented like a giant deflated left lung with just a touch of pink. Trump has known for many years that…
Any lingering delusions that Syria could emerge from its Western-imposed, regime-change victimhood and enter an era of peace and stability were obliterated on Thursday, as 48 people were killed in battles between supporters of the deposed Bashar al Assad government and the country’s new radical Islamist regime. As all-out civil…
The Democratic ‘revolt’ against Trump’s Congress speech was next-level cringe. Remember when the phrase ‘the Resistance’ would conjure up visions of sexy French youths in berets battling actual Nazis? Now all it brings to mind is ageing dullards in pink suits holding up signs saying ‘This is not…
There cannot be a more perfect example of mass gaslighting than the 1998 Coen brothers’ film The Big Lebowski. By inverting sloth, fecklessness, penury, and alcoholism into admirable qualities—essentially making it cool to be a loser—this film offers up the Jewish ideal for a gentile in the character…
Four years ago, when conservatives were celebrating Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court, we weren’t cheering. We were warning. The GOP establishment had lined up behind her, touting her as the second coming of Justice Scalia (who, yes, she did clerk for), but we saw through…
The same media bloodbath that has gutted MSNBC and CNN since the 2024 election is now coming to ABC News. The network is laying off staff and even completely cut ties to 538, the data and polling outfit created by Nate Silver, who left the…
With the latest kerfuffle over Ukraine, it’s worth remembering how we got here, and knowing what to do next. “The Ukraine is a very fertile country, but by no means agreeable.” – Madame de Staël “500 million Europeans are asking 300 million Americans to defend…
French President Emmanuel Macron said in an address to the nation on Wednesday evening that Europe should be prepared to defend itself and Ukraine without the help of the United States, a demand long made by President Donald Trump. President Macron said France and the rest of Europe…
President Donald Trump has drafted an executive order calling for the U.S. Department of Education to be shut down, The Wall Street Journal reported late Wednesday, citing unnamed “people briefed on the matter.” A draft of the order “directs Education Secretary Linda McMahon to ‘take all necessary steps to facilitate…
The mRNA vaccines that helped to end the COVID pandemic — and stoked a considerable amount of vaccine skepticism and misinformation — are now a target of legislators in some conservative-led states. Why it matters: The efforts risk further politicizing science and illustrate how the pandemic experience we all want…
