(Blueenayim/Dreamstime) 1961—Phony cases make silly law. Estelle Griswold, executive director of the Planned Parenthood League of Connecticut, and Lee Buxton, a Yale medical school professor who doubles as medical director of the League’s New Haven facility, contrive to get themselves arrested for violation of an 1879 Connecticut law against using, or being accessories to the

OK, maybe not science, but a survey from a singles site that says conservatives have dating skills that are superior to those of liberals. Duh. The New York Post: It’s a Grand Old Party — especially if you’re single. Conservatives are much better at dating than liberals, according to a new survey by the over-50 dating app

A man hammers a section of the Berlin Wall near the Brandenburg Gate, November 9, 1989. (Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters) It fell 30 years ago; freedom has yet to win the twilight battle. This year has seen many important anniversaries — the 75th of D-Day, the 70th of the establishment of NATO, the 50th of the first

There has been a debate going for a while, under the covers, about the Bill of Rights and what it applies to. I think it’s based on a central mistake, a category error: the assumption that rights are granted by the State. The Founders understood this error, as we can see by the wording of

Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter attend an NCAA basketball game in Washington, D.C., January 30, 2010. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) House Republicans intend to call Hunter Biden as their top witness in the impeachment inquiry, according to a list of witnesses obtained by Fox News on Saturday, just days before public impeachment hearings will

Greetings, People of Earth Welcome, dear PJ Media VIP friends, to the first installment of my weekly column, “Worst Week Ever”. I mean that from the bottom of whatever it is in me that generates my semi-annual feeling. I would like to begin by introducing myself to any of the VIP Gold members who may

1995—In A Woman’s Choice v. Newman, federal district judge David F. Hamilton issues a preliminary injunction preventing Indiana from implementing its recently enacted statute governing informed consent for abortion. Hamilton’s extraordinary obstruction of that statute—which was materially identical to the provisions held to be constitutionally permissible in the Supreme Court’s 1992 ruling in Planned Parenthood

When the Washington Nationals won the World Series, coverage of their victory was quickly overshadowed by reports of players refusing to participate in the traditional White House tour and photo op. Over the past few years it seems that whenever a sports team wins a championship, reports of players refusing to participate in the White

Singer Taylor Swift (C) poses with ABC hosts (L-R) Amy Robach, Robin Roberts, Lara Spencer, and Ginger Zee in N.Y., October 30, 2014. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters) The former ABC producer who was fired this week in connection with the leaking of the Amy Robach video denied leaking the clip during an interview with Megyn Kelly that

The United States has been at war with radical Islamic terror since shortly after September 11, 2001. Radical Islamic terror is a difficult threat to assess because it involves an international terrorist network, but the U.S. has enjoyed two important victories in the deaths of international terrorist leaders. U.S. troops killed Osama bin Laden on