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Thursday
Wednesday
After BHAZ
‘We’re not tearing up our communities, we’re coming to the root of the problem, which is the government’
The right’s cannibalism problem
The left never attacks its own leaders like the right does
You say you want a revolution?
History professors compare our present moment to 1917 Russia
The rule of law is collapsing
The Rayshard Brooks case is tragic but, legally, straightforward
Tuesday
The death of the private citizen
Why do news outlets keep seeking to out people who’ve done nothing wrong?
Nikole Hannah-Jones and 1619, Inc.
It’s not just the history that’s a little suspicious…
Monday
Yes, it’s time to defund NPR
They are producing anti-journalism
Trump unveils sweeping immigration changes
Ken Cuccinelli calls it the ‘America first recovery’
Teddy Roosevelt saw this mob coming
Who is immune from retrospective condemnation?
Sunday
The conservative legal movement is dead
Let ’ s start a new one
Friday
Gracious China allows athletes to speak out on social issues again
Basketball stars can speak about human rights issues China feels need addressing
Here’s some left-wing stuff we can cancel, too
Those who virtue-signal by fighting systemic racism ought to take on the American abortion industry
Thank goodness for Hillsdale College
At least one institution is standing firm against the mob of kneelers and capitulators and sentimentalizers
Conservatives talk about cancel culture too much
The right has never managed to adapt to not being the establishment
Juneteenth is Trump’s chance to win in November
Will he do the right thing?
Don’t defund the police: reform them
We must be firm in our commitment to effect change, but do so without demonizing law enforcement
Thursday
I will not be silent
If there is white privilege, millions of whites don’t experience it
Wednesday
The ill-timed revelations of John Bolton
The books hit Trump
Tuesday
Another fine media mess
The Federalist, Google and the travails of the NBC News Verification Unit
Who doesn’t fund the Federalist?
NBC claims Google banned the Federalist from its ad platform…wrongly
What anti-racism really means and how to talk about it
In Critical Race Theory, ‘racism’ means ‘systemic racism’, which is said to be ‘the ordinary state of affairs’ in the United States
The Biden factor is difficult to calculate
President Trump should win, but that does not now provide any certainty that he will
Defend the police
Who will support cops, when even the Trump administration blames them?
Monday
Why banking on judges is a poor strategy
There is no silver bullet that gets around the tough work of legislating
How much does Trump’s rift with military brass matter?
He knows that the military rank and file largely support him
Prince Andrew fires back at Department of Justice
‘Andrew was the least protected of all the individuals who knew Jeffrey Epstein’
Sunday
You can’t rally. We can riot
The staggering hypocrisy of the Democrats over COVID-19
Society isn’t systemically racist. It is systemically woke
All this ‘structural’ talk isn’t just wrong; it is dishonest
Saturday
How do you like US now?
America’s standing in the world doesn’t depend on elite opinions
Friday
Is change on the horizon in Baltimore?
Brandon Scott would be deemed a success as mayor if he could avoid a major political scandal while keeping annual homicides under 300
Thursday
What’s it like in the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone?
At night there’s a touch of Dunkirk as you pass by rows of bedraggled-looking campers hunched together around braziers
How do you enforce anarchy?
The Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone is a very interesting experiment
In defense of CHAZ
For radical leftists to establish their own territory is, frankly, refreshing