After Tuesday’s results, education reform faces a big setback.
Publication: National Review
Here Come the Socialists
Their delusional caucus is about to balloon in Congress. In time, it will be up to conservatives to persuade voters that there is a better course.
It Was Trump, Stupid
Trump squandered his mandate to be normal, to bring back prosperity, to be more than simply not Joe Biden’s woke Democrats.
El-Sayed in the Gerry Adams of the Muslim Brotherhood
The Senate candidate’s denials of ties to that Islamist movement follow a familiar playbook.
Letitia James Turns a Blind Eye to Welfare Fraud
GOP AG candidate Saritha Komatireddy is trying to wake New Yorkers up to the scale of James’s dereliction.
Will MAHA Endure as Part of the GOP Coalition?
Iowa offers an early test.
Republicans Can Still Win
Persuading the low-propensity center-right could help the GOP edge out pro-illegal-alien Dems.
The Stakes in 2026 and Beyond
Whatever the public’s discontents, the Democrats are much worse.
Armed Civilians Can and Do Stop Mass Shootings
When so many incidents share one particular outcome — armed civilians stopping attackers — it seems difficult to dismiss the pattern as accidental.
Scrutinizing El-Sayed’s Radicalism Isn’t Islamophobic
His extreme views and associations are fair game.
Has Woke 2.0 Started?
Three cultural episodes over the summer eerily resembled the fashions of 2020.
The 2028 Primaries Could Cripple America’s AI Build Out
With designs on the White House, some Democratic governors are one-upping each other with costly regulations.
El-Sayed Goes Viral in All the Worst Ways
If El-Sayed can’t say the right words, maybe the rest of the party will be smart enough to inoculate itself against the political pathogen he’s set on spreading.
Navi Pillay’s Undeserved Nobel Peace Prize
This year’s winner has a long history of blaming Israel for the world’s problems.
Columbus Is Wrongly Reviled, But Not for the Reason You Think
It is Columbus’s expansion of Western civilization that has earned him the hatred of today’s leftists.
French Police Aren’t the Problem
The intoxicating cocktail of anti-Zionism and revolutionary socialism robs the young and idealistic of their inhibitions and greases the skids for violence.
Young Men Are Turning Away from Republicans
But that doesn’t mean they’ll embrace Democrats.
The End of MAGA and What Comes Next
Since MAGA as a movement has never been defined by ideas nearly as much as by the personality of President Donald J. Trump, the latter’s impending departure from the presidency puts the future of the right once again up for grabs.
The New Movie “Digger” Is Tom Cruise’s Climate Hoax
Media hacks fight fossil foolery and prefer Oscar bait.
Encouraging Signs from the Strait of Hormuz
By some estimates, the amount of oil getting through the strait is about 80 percent of the prewar level.
James Talarico’s Unconvincing Christian Progressivism
The Texas Senate candidate posted a riff on X about how the Bible is the foundation of his progressivism. Supposedly, through happy coincidence, our Savior agrees with Talarico about important planks of the Democratic platform circa 2026.
Will Liberalism Survive the Latest Crisis?
Our commitments to individual liberty and limited government face an uncertain future.
Trump Strikes a Blow Against Gender Discrimination Against Minors
A positive step, but the battle isn’t over.
The Future of Woke
Are we ready for the sequel?