John Fund: I have seen what may be the future of climate-change protest. It isn’t pretty, and be prepared because it may be coming to American cities near you faster than you think.
Publication: National Review
Elizabeth Warren Is Not Honest
The Democratic candidate knows that stories of insurance being withdrawn are not illustrative examples of a serious problem.
Klobuchar and Buttigieg Stand Out in an Otherwise Dull, Plodding Night
A pair of second-tier candidates who were in danger of being forgotten brought their A-games.
Trump’s Syria Pullback Is an Obama-Like Blunder
Rich Lowry: Obama triumphantly exited Iraq, only to have to go back when things spun out of control. If Trump wants to be done with Syria, it might not be done with him.
3 Nations That Tried Socialism and Rejected It
Israel, India, and the United Kingdom each lifted itself from economic stagnation by switching to free-market policies.
Elizabeth Warren’s Threat to the Constitution
She exhibits an open contempt for legal and constitutional boundaries.
Elizabeth Warren’s Family-Leave Plan Would Weaken Family Relationships
By making day-care centers free or very low-cost, Warren’s plan would induce more families to rely on formal child-care providers. Currently, while most families with young children have child-care needs, only a minority of them use formal day-care centers.
Elizabeth Warren Would Break Up Big Tech Creating an Opening for Conservatives
Mark Zuckerberg may find that he needs his potential allies on the right more than his unappeasable enemies on the left.
Trump Is Still Getting Impeached Over Russia
It’s not clear that Democrats would consider his Ukraine call impeachable if it weren’t for their belief that Trump had gotten away with so much previously.
Trump’s Effort to Damage Biden Could Backfire Badly
The president may have just given his Democratic rival a political lifeline at a critical moment in the 2020 campaign.
US Adversaries Will Exploit Washington Crises
American policymakers need to keep their eye on the foreign-policy ball, especially in the Middle East.
Here’s the Comprehensive Hunter Biden Timeline
From being appointed senior MBNA vice president (two years out of law school), to a gift of a 2.8-carat diamond from a Chinese energy tycoon, to Burisma Holdings…
Trump Did It, But Should He Be Impeached?
Jonah Goldberg: I’m not sure Democrats are right to pursue impeachment. I’m sure Republicans are wrong to pretend that what Trump did was totally fine.
What’s Behind the Democrats’ Impeachment Gambit?
They think anytime a Republican is elected president, there must have been something “illegitimate” going on.
Team Trump’s Unconvincing Ukraine Spin
Jonah Goldberg: It’s almost like we’ve heard these talking points before . . .What offends me most about the whistleblower-Ukraine-Biden story isn’t the obvious corruption of it all. It’s the way members of Team Trump assume we’re all idiots who won’t notice they’ve abruptly shifted their narrative.
Don’t Listen to Greta Thunberg
Rich Lowry: Greta Thunberg is the leading edge of a youth movement against climate change — including a global “climate strike” last week — that is being promoted and celebrated by adults who find it useful for their own purposes. Kids are powerful pawns.
Justin Trudeau: Identity-Politics Hypocrite
He is asking for forgiveness, but he had none for a Chinese colleague falsely accused of racism.
Will Video-Shaming Follow Our Summer of Flight-Shaming?
If you think that aviation’s energy use is too high, consider that the Internet’s will soon surpass it.
All Hail the Reactionary “Downton Abbey”
It makes a brilliantly entertaining case for tradition, stability, and aristocracy.
Why Trump Needed Someone Like John Bolton
Bobby Jindal: Bolton’s willingness to be honest about the true intentions of our adversaries was a strength and a necessity.
The Anti-Kavanaugh Campaign Could Be Just Beginning
The justice’s enemies believe that layering on dubious allegations somehow makes each one more credible, but it speaks only to their own desperation.
NY Times Anti-Kavanaugh Bombshell Is a Dud
The authors omitted the fact that the alleged victim has no memory of the alleged incident.
Jennifer Lopez’s Female Gangsta-Training Film “Hustlers” Is Appalling
Hustlers has shallower roots than any Madonna film or music video. It’s a piece of unoriginal indoctrination, pushing the new vengeful wave of self-promotional, misandrist feminism. The strippers exploit themselves to exploit the men who exploit them is tautology that makes sense only to feminist ideologues and Hollywood panderers.
San Francisco’s Designation of NRA as a “Domestic Terrorist Organization” Is Dangerous for Democracy
David French: Free speech is often the first casualty of political polarization.