France’s Marine Le Pen and Germany’s AfD are embracing Israel while socialists equivocate.
Publication: Wall Street Journal
Hamas War Shows Us What American Universities Stand for
Some students celebrate and many presidents equivocate. No wonder trust in higher ed is down.
The “Ceasefire” Mirage
Right on schedule, the Democratic Party’s anti-Israel faction is responding to Hamas’s assault with calls for a “ceasefire” and an end to the violence. This is a mirage that will protect Hamas and guarantee more violence.
The Culture War Is Coming for Your Car
The car is becoming a cultural flashpoint because it is where climate-apocalypse proselytizing meets antielitist pragmatism. Both sides increasingly understand their fundamental values are at stake.
Republicans Cut Off Their Own Heads
The crazy left and right are cheering, but no one else is.
Trump’s Fraud Trial in NY
If Democrats hope all of this will keep Mr. Trump from the White House, they may discover they are helping him win the GOP nomination to face a weak and unpopular President Biden.
Matt Gaetz Is Biden’s Favorite Republican
A vote to oust Speaker McCarthy would empower Democrats.
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.