Mayor-elect Katie Wilson is soft on crime but tough on businesses.
Publication: Wall Street Journal
Escape from Mamdani’s New York
The Big Apple’s socialist mayor may soon find that other people’s money is running out on him.
Grade Inflation Produced Mamdani’s Proletariat
Unemployable college grads blame capitalism, but the real culprit is higher-ed subsidies.
Dems Don’t Mind Your Flight Delays
Sen. Chris Murphy explains why his party wants the government shutdown to continue.
Mamdani Is a Gift That Trump Should Unwrap Carefully
You couldn’t design a better far-left foil. But his voters’ frustrations are real and serious.
NYC, You’ve Been Warned About Mamdani
He is barely 34, has never had a real job, was elected five years ago to the state assembly, which is a badge you wear while you scrounge around for attention and connections. This isn’t the résumé of the person you want in a position to guide the future of one of the largest economies in the world.
Donald Trump Is a Hockey Star
We needed a smash-mouth in the White House
Trump’s Big, Beautiful Ballroom
Critics of White House renovations also hated Jefferson’s colonnades and Truman’s balcony.
Biased Media Needs a Complete Culture Change
Bari Weiss at CBS and Jeff Bezos at the Washington Post are trying, but they’re sure to meet resistance.
The United Nations Is About to Tax You
A new global climate tax would be the ultimate in taxation without representation.
Trump Flips the Global Script
There is no denying that he has made more progress than any other head of state in working out a solution to the Gaza war. By embracing Israel while listening to Arab leaders, Mr. Trump has given diplomacy a much-needed boost.
The Anti-ICE Shooting in Dallas
The Dallas shooting is another reminder to politicians and the press of the need to lower the rhetorical temperature. Americans want vigorous debate on the issues, but opponents of President Trump’s deportation policies and ICE raids can criticize them without portraying federal agents as fascist members of a Gestapo.
The FCC, Disney and Jimmy Kimmel
Maybe now our progressive friends understand why these columns oppose government control of business and fought liberal cancel culture. Regulatory power in the hands of a willful President can too easily become a weapon against political opponents, including the media.
Kirk’s Assassination Feels Like a Hinge Point
By Peggy Noonan: The assassination of Charlie Kirk feels different as an event, like a hinge point, like something that is going to reverberate in new dark ways. It isn’t just another dreadful thing. It carries the ominous sense that we’re at the beginning of something bad.
The Murder of Charlie Kirk
The MAGA movement leader was known for inviting debate with opponents.
The Simple Solution to Violent Crime Is More Cops
The connection between poverty and lawlessness is complicated, but Trump gets a basic point right.
Why the FDA Doesn’t Support Covid Boosters Forever
The emergency is over, and the U.S. is joining other nations in shifting to a risk-tiered approach on vaccines.
Trump Triples Down on Lawfare
Politics has skills like any other trade, ones its craftsmen seek to develop and refine. It was Democrats who introduced the noxious art of lawfare, though master retaliator, Donald Trump, is perfecting its use. Send your thanks to the apprentices—James Comey, Fani Willis and Jack Smith.
Letitia James Gets Trumped on Appeal
A court throws out her fraud fine on Trump of half a billion dollars.
Donald Trump, DC Police Commissioner
Cleaning up the city is a worthy task, and local control is dysfunctional.
Make Cars Beautiful Again
Congress quietly axed the fuel-economy standards that help drive the ugliness.
The Media and a Mob in Cincinnati
Today’s media seems to conflagrate over violence only when the perpetrator is white and the victim is black. Then the cameras roll, protests erupt, and hashtags fly. But when the races are reversed, the mainstream media buries the incident or ignores it entirely.
Andrew Cuomo Can Still Save NYC
The former governor is vastly preferable to Mamdani and more popular than Adams.
Trump’s Trade Deal Triumphs
His disruptive, hard-power style has allies making concessions and sharing burdens.