Trump’s battle against the tyranny of lawfare
The President has to be one of the most punished people in American history
Roger Kimball
Roger Kimball is a US columnist for The Spectator, the publisher of Encounter Books and the editor and publisher of the New Criterion.
Tuesday
The best bargain burgundies
Much have I travell’d in the realms of gold (and red), / And many goodly bottles drunk
Thursday
Poland’s Nawrocki heralds a more mature populism
He is one of a new breed of politically mature populist leaders. If he represents the future, then the future will be bright
Wednesday
Trump is liberating the Smithsonians from ‘Woke’
Trump is giving Americans back their cultural and educational institutions
Thursday
Trump must end the National Endowment for Democracy once and for all
Perhaps the President had thought he had gotten rid of the NED already, but that essential piece of work is but half done
Monday
Cambridge University should be ashamed of itself for honoring Angela Davis
She is a former Black Panther and two-time vice-presidential candidate who was prosecuted as a material accessory to murder
Trump has the resolve to defend the West
We are invited to deplore his strong actions on the border. But the overwhelming response is “This is what I voted for”
Wednesday
Russiagate was worse than we thought
The question is, are there mechanisms in place to remedy these egregious violations of the spirit of the law?
Monday
I have a bone to pick with Tulsi Gabbard
Will any of the of the principal actors in the long-running attempted coup Trump be held to account?
Tuesday
The mullahs mean their threats
By and large, the West has grudgingly accommodated Iran’s petulant malevolence
The wait is worth it at Le Veau d’Or
It is all very, very French but somehow also very, very New York
Monday
Elon Musk is America’s dumbest smart person
The America party is a fool’s errand
Monday
On Iran, trust Trump’s instincts
Those who compare Trump’s actions to the ‘forever wars’ have seriously misjudged him
Tuesday
Trump is putting ‘America First’ by ignoring the MAGA punditocracy
In taking a hard line against the Mullahs, Trump is asserting America’s own national security
Saturday
We should rejoice in Trump’s military parade
Spectacle is an important arrow in the quiver of robust foreign policy
Thursday
Is Biden’s autopen mightier than the sword?
The scandal has echoes of Hillary Clinton’s emails
Tuesday
Joe Biden’s puzzling legacy
At least since the disaster of America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, the unavoidable question was: who is running the US government?
Wine highlights from a weekend shooting party
The establishment which hosted boasts a stupendous list
Sunday
The DoJ is wise to deploy the False Claims Act against colleges
A new day is dawning in academia
Tuesday
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is no martyr
The Dems have seized upon Garcia as a moral life jacket whose buoyancy they are counting on to save them
