It turns out that Washington spends our money on some very, very stupid things.
Publication: The Free Press
Most Average Americans Weren’t Horrified by Trump’s Treatment of an Ally
The elite classes are engaged in a full-scale meltdown, accusing our president of gaslighting, humiliating, berating, and bullying a defenseless ally. But, as has become the dominant trend over the past decade, ordinary American taxpayers saw things differently.
The New Robert De Niro Netflix Series Is Elite Propaganda
“Zero Day” is an establishment revenge fantasy that lets the system off the hook.
The Triumph of the Plastic Straw
By Nellie Bowles: They took our straws and made us drink from mushy paper. And it was based on a 9-year-old’s bad math.
Shut Down the Department of Education
By Betsy DeVos: Since its creation in 1979, the Department of Education has sent well more than $1 trillion to schools with the express purpose of closing the gaps between the highest and lowest performers. Today, those gaps are as wide as they have ever been, and by many measures, even wider.
The End of DEI
Trump is ending racial preferences, and America will be better because of it.
Climate Change Did Not Cause the LA Fires
It was bad policy.
Has Europe’s Islamist Threat Come to America?
Two suspected terror attacks on New Year’s Day signal a new worry for Americans that Europe has long faced: a deadly threat from our own citizens.
Bluesky Has a Death Threat Problem
It was supposed to be a gentler, left-wing alternative to X. One writer’s experience proves that just isn’t the case.
Caitlin Clark’s Conundrum
By Joe Nocera: Women’s basketball has never seen such a talent. Players—and owners—who refuse to acknowledge that reality are practicing their own form of racism.
Preemptive Pardons Are a Terrible Idea
No president has ever issued preemptive pardons to an entire class of people. If Biden does it, it will mark a further degradation of American politics.
The Democratic Elite Should Resign
By Marianne Williamson: Many of those people have not sauntered out of their gated communities long enough to have made sense of what is going on out there.’
“We Blew It, Joe”
The Democrats were the party of dishonesty—and people saw right through it.
The Art of the Bullshitter
Sure, Donald Trump is the greatest bullshitter of the modern age, but he stands on the shoulders of giants, from P.T. Barnum to Bill Clinton.
How Progressives Blew It
Defund the police. An open border. Identity politics. End the use of fossil fuels. Is it any wonder America turned against the progressive movement?
BLM Collected Over $90 Million in Donations. Where Did It Go?
As its leaders spent the money on tailored suits, birthday parties, and ‘big ass’ mansions, almost none of it went to the cause.
Finally, a Good Trump Movie
On-screen, the former president has always been depicted as either evil or a buffoon. But “The Apprentice” makes him human.
Porn Professor Canned by U. of Wisconsin
On Friday, Joe Gow, the professor turned porn star prepared to hear whether the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents would allow him to keep his job. Gow, the longest-serving chancellor in the university history, was booted from that position when he posted videos of himself and his wife having sex. He believed that the First Amendment gave him the right to express his sexuality without losing his tenured position
How Wikipedia Became a Propaganda Site
In the age of Trump, a few powerful editors have turned the information site into Democratic agitprop.
How Harvard Divinity Teaches Hate
The author attended the country’s first nonsectarian theological school and got an unexpected immersion in the antisemitism overtaking higher education.
The Subversive Genius of Melania
She is a breed of political spouse nobody has ever seen before: one who almost transparently doesn’t care if her husband wins or not.
Was the Opening Ceremony Demonic or Just Cringe?
Don’t feel bad for Christians—feel bad for the French.
Kamala Should Not Have Snubbed Bibi
The VP missed an important opportunity to show Americans where she stands on Israel.
The Curious Case of the Missing President
We haven’t seen Joe Biden for days. No wonder conspiracy theories are flying.