Don’t Blame Us. We’re Journalists.
Thus far, 2024 has not been a banner year if you want to be employed as a journalist in the mainstream media. January featured layoffs at the Los Angeles Times, Sports Illustrated, Time, National...
View ArticleThe Name Game
Is there really such a thing as left and right? Scholars Hyrum and Verlan Lewis don’t think so. In their book, The Myth of Left and Right, the brothers argue that this generalization is undermining...
View ArticleThe Weird Logic of Those Who Oppose a Child Tax Credit
Some people see the child tax credit as a special-interest giveaway to parents, but I argued in a Wall Street Journal op-ed last week that it is just a basic fairness measure. I showed that without...
View Article17. Tolstoy, Eliot(s), and Western Culture with Christine Rosen
Christine Rosen writes for Commentary and co-hosts the excellent Commentary Magazine Daily Podcast. She is also a Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. She does me the tremendous favor of...
View ArticleCan Trump Stay on the Ballot? Recapping Trump v. Anderson (with Rick Hasen...
Co-hosts John Fortier and Don Palmer are joined by Rick Hasen (Professor of Law at UCLA Law) and Derek Muller (Professor of Law at Notre Dame Law School), to discuss Trump v. Anderson. The post Can...
View ArticleWTH Is Going On with Biden’s Mental Fitness, the 14th Amendment, and the...
The Department of Justice released a report that Joe Biden willfully retained classified documents—but can’t be tried because—long story short—he is non compos mentis. The Dems are outraged. Is it...
View ArticleThe Democrat Deficiency
Once again, Jonah has abandoned his Remnant duties to spend the week nibbling on sponge cake while watching the sun bake. Fortunately, Chris Stirewalt, America’s favorite simple country pundit, is on...
View ArticleDiscussing Fulton County D.A. Fani Willis: Yoo on Fox News’‘Fox News @ Night’
Senior Fellow John Yoo joined Fox News’ ‘Fox News @ Night’ to analyze Fulton County D.A. Fani Willis’ testimony in alleged misconduct hearing. Watch the latest video at foxnews.com The post Discussing...
View ArticleThe Commentary Magazine Podcast: Space, Gaza, and Lina Khan
Senior Fellow Adam White joined The Commentary Magazine podcast to discuss his article “The Power Broke Her,” about the powerful Washington bureaucrat Lina Khan and her agenda. The post The Commentary...
View ArticleDiscussing Trump’s civil fraud trial: Yoo on Fox News’‘Your World Cavuto’
Senior Fellow John Yoo joins Fox News’ ‘Your World Cavuto’ to discuss the ruling against former President Trump in the civil fraud trial. Watch the latest video at foxnews.com The post Discussing...
View ArticleTruth in Labeling
Dear Reader (especially those of you who know a Potemkin village when you see it), It feels like a million years since we last corresponded. I hate skipping columns and “news”letters for vacations,...
View ArticleHow to Think About Voting in 2024
Voting should be straightforward: Figure out which candidate or party best fits one’s political views or interests, and vote accordingly. But the last few elections have shown many Americans that it’s...
View ArticleThe Enduring Strength of the American Presidency
By the time the Constitutional Convention met in 1787, the Convention’s delegates had experienced a decade of experimentation on how best to organize a republican government. One striking lesson was...
View ArticleAudits and Election Security (with Howard Knapp)
Co-hosts John Fortier and Don Palmer are joined by Howard Knapp, Executive Director of the South Carolina Election Commission. The post Audits and Election Security (with Howard Knapp) appeared first...
View ArticleWTH: Biden Ga-Ga, Trump Go-Go, Border No-No
First, forgive the flight of fancy in the title. As you probably reckoned, this week’s topic was a moving target. But before we dive into that, a couple of words about the latest in our world. The...
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The Pursuit of Happiness: A Book Event with Jeffrey Rosen
Why did the founders consider “the pursuit of happiness” an inalienable right, and how did they understand the phrase? In The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue Inspired the Lives...
View ArticleThe Goal of the Trump Election Interference Trial Should Be to Inform the Public
Lawyers always remind us that the rights of a defendant in a criminal trial are an important societal objective. That is certainly true, of course, in a nation of laws. That no one should be rushed to...
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Family Unfriendly: A Book Event with Timothy P. Carney
Birth rates have been falling for 15 years and hit record lows even before the pandemic. Parents and children are more anxious than ever before. What are the causes of this baby bust and anxiety boom,...
View ArticleTapping Out
On today’s Remnant, Jonah’s disdain for the elderly leads him to step into the intellectual octagon with a man nine days his senior: novelist and CNN host Jake Tapper. Jake’s new show, United States...
View ArticleNavalny’s Death Sheds Light on the Moral Rot of the American Right
Alexei Navalny didn’t simply die. He wasn’t just murdered. He was tortured to death. It didn’t happen on the rack or mid-beating, but Vladimir Putin—who had tried to eliminate him before—slowly killed...
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