Why can’t Democrats speak frankly about Iran?
The manicured grounds of Harvard University are tranquil. Ditto the expensive quads of Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Stanford. All across the fruited…
America’s Somalis and the ‘learing’ explosion
I suspect that Somalis around the country – especially, but not exclusively, in Minneapolis – wish about now that they…
The case for annexing Greenland
What do you think: is it manifest destiny that the United States acquire or at least exercise control over Greenland?…
Beware Mamdani’s ‘warmth of collectivism’
One of the things I admire about Zohran Mamdani is his candor. You know where you stand with him. Mamdani, who was…
The Somali fraud scandal is a turning point
I suspect that Somalis around the country – especially, but not exclusively, in Minneapolis – wish about now that they…
Trump reels off 2025 achievements in White House address
As a mighty US armada bobs in the Caribbean off the shores of Venezuela, President Trump just addressed the nation…
America’s free-speech war on the EU
If I were a bookie, I would be making odds now about when the European Union will finally unravel and…
The attack on the Heritage Foundation is an attack on MAGA
It’s Thursday morning as I write. Has The Wall Street Journal weighed in with another attack on Kevin Roberts yet, the besieged president of the Heritage Foundation? No?…
What doesn’t kill Egly-Ouriet makes it stronger
In recent columns, we have visited some lesser known spots in Burgundy – Saint-Romain, Maranges, Ladoix – where the wines…
Trump inherited a weaponized justice system
Has Donald Trump “weaponized” the justice system to go after his political enemies? The answer is no. “What about former…
Iryna Zarutska and Charlie Kirk have exposed the media’s depravity
“Clarifying.” It seems almost obscene to say that the murders of Iryna Zarutska and Charlie Kirk were “clarifying.” But the…
The bloodthirstiness of the left is not new
The savage assassination of Charlie Kirk at a Turning Point rally at Utah Valley University yesterday prompts me to wonder, as I…
Poland’s Nawrocki heralds a more mature populism
Yesterday, September 3, President Trump welcomed Karol Nawrocki, the newly inaugurated president of Poland to the White House. It was a…
Trump is liberating the Smithsonians from ‘Woke’
Back in March, Donald Trump issued an executive order called “Restoring Truth And Sanity To American History.” Its aim was…
Trump has the resolve to defend the West
There is never a dull moment in the second, more cheerful reign of Donald Trump. I am writing from London,…
Russiagate was worse than we thought
Yesterday, I wrote about the revelations with which Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump’s Director of National Intelligence, electrified the world. We had all…
The mullahs mean their threats
I write at the very beginning of July. Where I live in Connecticut, people are unpacking flags and bunting in…
The wait is worth it at Le Veau d’Or
The story of the golden calf is preserved in Exodus 32. Moses had gone up into the mountains to see…
Elon Musk is America’s dumbest smart person
Anyone who has perambulated through the groves of academe has encountered dumb smart people. They are clever, intellectually nimble, but they…
On Iran, trust Trump’s instincts
What now? After the daring and what everyone is describing as a “flawlessly executed” attack by the United States on…
Trump is putting ‘America First’ by ignoring the MAGA punditocracy
Political imbrioglios often take on the character of theological controversy. Back in the 6th century, the wise men of the…
We should rejoice in Trump’s military parade
Today, you can choose to follow your inner adolescent and search for one of the Soros-funded “No Kings” protests cropping…
Is Biden’s autopen mightier than the sword?
Whom do you suppose wrote this: “Let me be clear: I made the decisions during my presidency. I made the decisions about…
Wine highlights from a weekend shooting party
Do you know Charlotte Mulliner’s charming poem “Good Gnus”? It was transcribed by P.G. Wodehouse in his short story “Unpleasantness…
‘Snitch’ rewards for college whistleblowers are a reckoning for woke weenies
Like Papal encyclicals, many statutes are known by the opening words of their Latin formulation. One that I just learned…
