Yet the indictment offers no new evidence to establish a connection between the riot and Mr. Trump beyond his well-known tweets and public statements. Surely Mr. Smith would have added this to his conspiracy charges if he had found such evidence.
Publication: Wall Street Journal
Climate Change Hasn’t Set the World on Fire
It turns out the percentage of the globe that burns each year has been declining since 2001.
Climate Change Obsession Is a Real Mental Disorder
Alarmist stories about the weather, not the warm air itself, are behind the left’s anxiety and dread.
The No Labels 2024 Election Threat to Trump
Karl Rove: If the third party puts a conservative atop its ticket, it could lure Republican voters.
Wokeness Hobbles Disney as It Confronts Streaming
When revenue is declining anyway, it doesn’t help to alienate half your audience with political posturing.
Jesse Jackson Turned the Civil-Rights Cause into an Industry
He boosted the fortunes of blacks who were already better off but he has done little to help the black poor. Worse, by advocating an ever-larger welfare state that creates incentives not to work and subsidizes counterproductive behavior, Mr. Jackson and his political allies have inadvertently helped to keep the black poor impoverished.
Old-Fashioned Conservatism Stirs in Spain
The Continent is experiencing a tentative revival of conservatism. Spain, which goes to the polls on July 23, could be the next country to do that most unusual of things these days: Elect a mainstream party of the center-right.
Hottest Days Ever? Don’t Believe It
“Average global temperature” is a meaningless measure, and comparisons to 125,000 years ago are preposterous.
May Trump Soon Reach His Waterloo
Peggy Noonan: Political cults are never good, often rise, always pass. May it this time come sooner rather than later.
For the 2024 Presidential Race, Throw Out the Grumpy Old Men
Karl Rove: Our nation is deeply divided and angry; it faces tremendous challenges at home and dangers abroad. These are best confronted by energetic new leadership. Whichever party figures this out will have the upper hand next year.
Who Says Justice Thomas Benefited from Affirmative Action?
He graduated Yale Law School. So did Bill and Hillary Clinton. Only his credentials get questioned.
Trump Goes on Fox and Shows His Weakness
Karl Rove: His plan for winning back the voters he lost in 2020? Insisting that he actually won.
Why Barack Obama Is Afraid of Tim Scott
The left doesn’t want voters exposed to black candidates with different political opinions.
The Root Causes of San Francisco’s Disorder
Covid lockdowns hastened the city’s decline, but it won’t recover as long as it clings to progressive obsessions.
The Indictment Can Only Hurt Trump
Peggy Noonan: Even his loyal supporters will understand that his mishandling of documents endangered U.S. security.
Newsom vs DeSantis: Bring It On
The U.S. needs a debate between the California and Florida Governors.
The Refuseniks Come for the Trump Case Judge
Judge Aileen Cannon gets the criminal document case, and she need not recuse herself.
The Self-Destructive Donald Trump
The facts alleged show that Mr. Trump has again played into the hands of his enemies. His actions were reckless, arrogant and remarkably self-destructive. This is the same Donald Trump they will get if they nominate him for a third time.
Canadian Wildfires Came from Rotten Luck
Not climate change.
A Destructive Trump Indictment
The greatest irony of the age of Trump is that for all his violating of democratic norms, his frenzied opponents have done and are doing their own considerable damage to democracy.
Biden and Trump Could Both Lose in 2024
Karl Rove: Early polls have often proved wrong, and both front-runners have big weaknesses.
DeSantis Has a Record of Winning
The media sneer that he’s ‘unlikable’ and distort his legislative achievements. Now that he’s entered the 2024 presidential election, here are the facts.
The Trump-Cuomo Covid Bromance
In 2020 they were mortal political enemies, but now they’re uniting to praise their performance in order to trash the far better Covid judgment and governance of Ron DeSantis in Florida.
Wasteful Government Doesn’t Have to Keep Growing
Rep. Kevin McCarthy: The Fiscal Responsibility Act is an important first step in relieving America of its crushing debt.