A vote to oust Speaker McCarthy would empower Democrats.
Publication: Wall Street Journal
How Ibram X. Kendi Broke Boston University
The university totally committed itself to his ideology. It hasn’t backed off despite the scandal.
GOP Debaters Fail to Outshine Trump
The event was full of arguments, one-liners and strained attempts for attention, but none of the candidates made a case strong enough to challenge Donald Trump as the front-runner.
The Senator’s Shorts and America’s Decline
Peggy Noonan: I hope Mr. Fetterman’s colleagues don’t join him in taking another brick out of the Capitol facade but quietly rebuke him, and Mr. Schumer, by very clearly not joining in, by showing up for work in your sober, serious best.
A Salute to Rupert Murdoch
The newsman invested in the Journal and saved it from decline.
Why Is Trump Afraid to Debate?
He’s ducking exchanges with his competitors who could challenge his record and platform.
The Irrelevant United Nations
The annual gabfest in New York underscores its global failures.
Elizabeth Warren Owes Elon Musk an Apology
His denial of Starlink service in Crimea was consistent with U.S. sanctions on Russia.
Hunter Biden Gets Indicted
After the indictment on Thursday, Hunter’s legal team had the chutzpah to complain that Hunter is the victim of political meddling.
Impeachment Is the New Censure
House Speaker McCarthy’s decision to launch an inquiry is fine, but the bar for removing President Biden from office should be high.
Dems Starting to Panic About Biden
His low standing in the polls is finally alarming the party about the political risks for 2024.
Biden’s Age Problem Isn’t Going Away
Biden is two months from his 81st birthday, and aging can go the same way Hemingway described bankruptcy: gradually and then suddenly.
The Republican Time for Choosing
Mike Pence: For decades, conservatism’s ideological rival has been liberalism. The radical left has now taken the Democratic Party into the abyss of progressive socialism under the guise of the woke climate agenda. But today another strain of this ideology challenges conservatism from within and for control of the Republican Party.
The 14th Amendment Trump Panic
Banning Trump from the ballot under Section 3 of the post-Civil War constitutional amendment would harm U.S. law and democracy.
The Case for Trumpless Thursdays
It would be calming to have Trumpless Thursday, on which we could be free of any mention of his name. On Trumpless Thursday, we wouldn’t have to see that face or contemplate that hairdo.
Ramaswamy Is a Political Performance Artist
Karl Rove: He has no government experience, but plenty of conspiratorial demagoguery to sell.
A Very Good GOP Debate
Without Trump, the candidates could fight about their policies.
AOC’s Socialist Sympathy Tour
One goal of her South American trip was to learn how to succeed in censorship.
Culling the Republican Presidential Herd
The only way to give Donald Trump a real challenge is to consolidate the field early.
The High Price of the Trump Indictments
The prosecutions ensure U.S. political bitterness for years and payback against Democrats.
Alleging RICO Conspiracy Makes Georgia Case Less Credible
The fourth indictment of fTrump reads like an exercise at throwing everything at the jury to see what might stick. Fani Willis, the Democratic district attorney in Fulton County, Ga., has assembled a 98-page charge sheet with little fresh evidence regarding Mr. Trump.
A Not-So-Special Counsel for Hunter Biden
Merrick Garland’s appointment Friday of David Weiss as a special counsel is best understood as political damage control after the Attorney General’s sweetheart plea deal with Hunter Biden blew up under judicial questioning. The result may be worse for the President’s son but better for Joe Biden’s re-election campaign.
Trump Turned the GOP into the Party of Wishful Thinking
When Trump violated his oath of office after the 2020 election by attempting to overthrow the constitutional order, Republicans faced their worst choice yet between fact- and faith-based decision making: Banish him from office, or keep wishing, harder than ever. It wasn’t really a contest.
Democrats and the Trump Indictment Spectacle
They want the election to be all about the former President, all the time.