He restores an ethic of merit and eliminates a large bureaucracy.
Publication: Wall Street Journal
Trump Delivers on His Promise to Dismantle DEI
An Inauguration Day executive order recognizes that Americans are eager to move beyond race.
Trump’s Inaugural of Optimism
He begins his second term with a far better message than in 2017.
Biden Offers a Bitter Last Word
His farewell speech was like his Presidency: needlessly divisive.
California’s Wildfire Climate Excuse
Gov. Newsom tilts at carbon emissions, not fire mitigation.
How the Left Turned California into a Paradise Lost
Gavin Newsom promised to ‘Trump-proof’ the Golden State. If only he’d fireproofed it instead.
Biden’s Bitterness Came Back to Bite Him
By Karl Rove: His anger at Obama fed his bad decisions about both policy and the 2024 campaign.
Regrets, Biden Has Too Few
The President and his closest aides reportedly think he made a mistake in dropping out of the race. That explains a lot.
Green Energy Costs a Bundle
The data make clear: The notion that solar and wind power save money is an environmentalist lie.
Biden’s Legacy of Deceit
The attempts to deny inflation were bad enough. But the falsehood that history will remember is the conspiracy to cover up his infirmity.
Lawfare Bites Fani Willis Back
The irony of Fani Willis is that the conflict-of-interest case against the Fulton County, Ga., district attorney prosecuting Donald Trump for election interference was always stronger than the case she brought against the former President
How Trump Can Keep the Good Vibes Going
By Karl Rove: Voters will stick by Mr. Trump if he focuses on what they elected him to do: Break inflation, deliver economic growth, secure the border, rebuild the military, calm the world, and end the woke assault on America.
Higher Education Is in Trouble
Among other things, schools should curtail DEI and stop taking political sides.
Trump Is Back, This Time Without Disdain
Only a few presidents change the political weather by their very election. JFK presaged the social and political transformations of the 1960s. Reagan in 1980 announced the arrival of a new political economy for the West. Five weeks before his inauguration, Trump’s new order is well under way.
Biden Gets Lost in Trump’s Shadow
By Peggy Noonan: The president-elect acts as if he’s already in charge. There’s never been a transition like this before.
Kamala’s Campaign Remains in Denial
By Karl Rove: Her former chief of staff still insists that the vice president ran a ‘flawless campaign.’
A Just Verdict for Daniel Penny
A Manhattan jury rebukes the prosecution by progressive district attorney Alvin Bragg.
The Man Who Fought Fauci and Won
Karmic justice strikes as Jay Bhattacharya, a dissenting physician who was made a pariah during Covid, is nominated as director of the National Institutes of Health.
Pardon Me Dad: The Hunter Biden Story
The President tries to rewrite the facts about his son’s prosecutions to justify breaking norms.
Jay Bhattacharya and the Vindication of the “Fringe” Scientists
His NIH nomination, years after being maligned for questioning lockdowns, is a boon for real science.
How Trump Can Rid Washington of Wokeness
End DEI, take control of museums, eliminate Census racial categories and defund public media.
Blame the Democratic Party for Trump
Their weak candidates, identity politics and extremism pushed voters toward the ex-president.
Four More Years of Trump May Make America Normal Again
For a decade or more—yes, even when Republicans have been nominally in control—we have been led by peddlers of a set of ideas that have clothed our institutions and the country in social and political doctrines, fake claims and strictures that have inflicted untold harms.
Matt Gaetz Is a Bad Choice for Attorney General
He’s a nominee for those who want the law used for political revenge, and it won’t end well.