The war of the statues is a battle for freedom
If we simply destroy the evidence, we impoverish our heirs’ understanding
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Wednesday
EXCLUSIVE: Dan Bongino’s prepared testimony on police brutality
‘We can, and should, commit to police accountability without shredding the thin wall between civilization and chaos’
The Camden solution
Can right and left meet on police reform?
Tuesday
Trump’s 2020 appeal for the black vote
Common sense would indicate Trump likely won’t be reelected in 2020, but common sense doesn’t cast votes. People do
Cut meat industry’s red tape, House Republicans argue
The COVID-19 outbreak led to shortages across the country
Abolish the police. Then what?
Quite what happens after the police are abolished is less clear
Monday
Cuomo and de Blasio’s unearned lap of honor
What do New York’s inept leaders have to celebrate?
Rod Rosenstein’s devastating admissions
If the worst allegations are proven, they will reveal one of the most far-reaching political scandals in American history
Sunday
Would Joe Biden defund the police?
It is worth giving abolitionists a hearing. It is also worth asking them questions, getting them to be specific and detailed about their stated goals
Friday
Sources: New York Times not telling the truth about Tom Cotton op-ed
Times staffer and Sen. Cotton’s office reject Times’s account
Virtue-signaling isn’t courage
Bravery means saying what is not popular
Thursday
Is Black Lives Matter a religion for woke white people?
The protesters are expressing the ‘godless creed’ of identity politics
Wednesday
Bill de Blasio unites cops and protesters — in disgust
Andrew Cuomo deserves a share of the blame too
The protests have not ended COVID-19
Public health officials fear a spike in cases after large gatherings in cities
Tuesday
A night in an American riot
Protesters and reporters describe what it’s like to be on the front lines
Children of the revolution
When the peasants are revolting, the heirs to privilege incite but don’t fight
Mayhem in Manhattan
Last night’s property damage was, by most accounts, worse than Sunday’s
This riot is brought to you by Nike
Corporate America wants you to know it totally rejects imperialism and racism. Just not the Chinese variety
Monday
War footing: can Trump turn left-wing protests into victory?
At bottom, Trump has always been an escape artist
Pity the shopkeepers
The destruction of small businesses furthers our descent into soulless consumerism