It’s amusing to hear journalists who dine out on leaks deplore this leak. But the lasting import won’t be the security breach as much as what Trump officials really think about our European allies.
Publication: Wall Street Journal
Madness at Columbia Was Your Tax Dollars at Work
From unlimited loans for grad students to tax-free municipal bonds, schools are subsidized like crazy.
Antisemitism Rears Its Head on the Right, Too
Joe Rogan, Tucker Carlson and Elon Musk flirt with ideas that long have rightly been considered taboo.
Chuck Schumer’s Finest Hour
Democrats are furious because he saved them from being responsible for a futile government shutdown.
Mahmoud Khalil and His Green Card
The Administration needs to be careful that it is targeting real promoters of terrorism, and not breaking the great promise of a green card by deporting anyone with controversial political views.
Snap Out of It, Democrats
By Peggy Noonan: On Tuesday they looked as if they aren’t going to win for a long time. That’s dangerous for America.
Maine’s Transgender Madness
If Democrats want to know why so many voters abandoned them in November, they could take a gander at the progressive meltdown in Maine. On Tuesday the Maine House of Representatives voted to censure Republican Rep. Laurel Libby for posting photos of a transgender high school athlete on Facebook.
Just When We Need Them, the Media’s Credibility Hits Bottom
The ability of the traditional media to influence events is attenuated to the point of near extinction. The best measure of this: Most of them spent a decade trying to defeat Donald Trump. Ten years on he is stronger than he has ever been. No one cares anymore.
Following the Money, the Associated Press Moves Left
The news-gathering cooperative was once funded largely by dues from member newspapers. Now it increasingly relies on handouts from left-leaning charities. Yet it insists its journalism is “independent” and “nonpartisan.”
America’s Future Depends on DOGE
If Trump and Musk don’t succeed in showing the bureaucracy who’s boss, it’s likely no one ever will.
Bring Warriors Back to the U.S. Military
The military doesn’t want someone who signs up for a great retirement plan and is surprised to find himself in combat; it wants someone who signed up for combat and is pleasantly surprised by the retirement benefits.
Block a Road, Go to Prison
Trump and Congress can put an end to ‘civil terrorism.’
If Indians and Pakistanis Can Relocate, Why Can’t Gazans?
Population transfers aren’t a Trump innovation. There are plenty of examples from the 20th century.
Defund the United Nations
The U.S. underwrites a variety of international organizations that make up a global deep state.
USAID Is a Rogue Agency
By Sen. Joni Ernst: My researchers learned that the aid that was supposed to alleviate economic distress in the war-torn nation was spent on such frivolous activities as sending Ukrainian models and designers on junkets to New York City, London Fashion Week and Paris Fashion Week.
The U.S. Has Rights Over the Panama Canal
Marco Rubio is right. The Neutrality Treaty authorizes America to enforce a prohibition against ‘foreign operation.’
About Those Beachfront Gaza Condos
We doubt Mr. Trump has any appetite to send in the 82nd Airborne to occupy Gaza. We know the American people don’t. But perhaps his pitch will cause the rest of the world to do more to support a post-Hamas government in Gaza that would let Palestinians live in a territory that is better than hell on earth.
Why Climate-Change Ideology Is Dying
Voters have concluded that the private jet-flying alarmists don’t really believe their own claims.
How DEI Conquered the University of Colorado
Trump’s order against the practice is a crucial step in restoring the purpose of higher education.
Trump’s Shrewd Order Killing DEI
He restores an ethic of merit and eliminates a large bureaucracy.
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.