Copies of Amnesty International’s report named “Israel’s Apartheid Against Palestinians: Cruel System of Domination and Crime Against Humanity” during a press conference at the St. George Hotel, in East Jerusalem, February 1, 2022. (Ronen Zvulun/Reuters) The human-rights group’s newest report is a disgraceful attack on the Jewish state. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE A ll over the

(Rattankun Thongbun/Getty Images) The Loudoun County school district is threatening to suspend students who enter school buildings without a mask starting Wednesday. The father of Potomac Falls High School student Nicholas Sanchez, who was segregated from classmates last week after he refused to wear a mask, said he received a notice from the principal, Brandon

Police officers patrol a public transit station in the city center during a lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus in Sydney, Australia, September 30, 2021. (Loren Elliott/Reuters) The aura of “expert” has lost its luster during Covid, as our supposedly bigger brains have been proved wrong repeatedly. Two of these have been Ezekiel Emanuel

Workers shovel snow from the steps of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C, December 16, 2020. (Erin Scott/Reuters) The U.S. national debt hit and exceeded $30 trillion for the first time in the country’s history Tuesday, Treasury Department data confirmed. The ballooning debt is largely attributed to the massive social spending prompted by the Covid-19

People walk near the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., January 26, 2022. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) The president’s nominee will almost surely pose a threat to the Constitution. And Republicans should say so. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE I t’s highly unlikely that Republicans will be able to mount any serious challenge to President Joe Biden’s impending nominee

That’s how Max Borders titles his latest essay for AIER. In it, he ruminates on the raging battle between the crowd that insists on social control to “stop the spread of Covid” (and so much else) and the crowd that is fed up with the relentless nanny statism that is ruining their lives. I particularly

Ryan Bourne of the Cato Institute explains why economists disagree on the causes and solutions for inflation. Here’s an excerpt: Put aside the baseless suggestions from politicians about the role of corporate greed or market concentration; economists such as Larry Summers and John Cochrane confidently claim that the problem was primarily too much macroeconomic stimulus being pumped

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo arrives to depart in his helicopter after announcing his resignation in New York City, August 10, 2021. (Caitlin Ochs/Reuters) The Oswego County district attorney in upstate New York has decided to drop its investigation of former governor Andrew Cuomo over a sexual harassment allegation, citing an inability to prove the

California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks during an appearance ahead of facing a Republican-led recall election in in San Leandro, Calif., September 8, 2021. (Fred Greaves/Reuters) After California governor Gavin Newsom was caught unmasked during a photo-op at the NFL playoff game Sunday, he addressed reporters Monday to offer an explanation, although without apologizing. He defended

Whoopi Goldberg speaks during the WorldPride 2019 opening ceremony in New York,June 26, 2019. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters) On Monday, Jewish organizations denounced The View host Whoopi Goldberg’s on-air rant that dismissed the racial motivation behind the Holocaust, the Third Reich’s genocide of more than 6 million Jews. Goldberg surprised her audience and co-hosts when she argued on

Republican John James, who fell 1.7 percentage points short of unseating Democratic Michigan senator Gary Peters in 2020, has announced that he’s running for the House in 2022:  I fought on the battlefield for American lives and in business for good-paying jobs that fuel livelihoods. I will continue to fight for the hardworking families in

On Sunday night, New York Democrats proposed a new congressional map that would likely shift the state’s U.S. House delegation from 19 Democrats and eight Republicans to 22 Democrats and four Republicans (the state is lost one seat in reapportionment). One of the likely Republican casualties from the New York Democrats’ gerrymander is Nicole Malliotakis:

People stand in front of the Seattle Police Department’s East Precinct sign spray painted to replace “police” with “people” as protesters established what they call an autonomous zone and call for defunding of the Seattle police in Seattle, Wash., June 9, 2020. (Lindsey Wasson/Reuters ) Former Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan’s administration drafted legislation in June

That’s how Jeffrey Tucker sees the building opposition to the health fascism of “progressive” governments in this Brownstone Institute essay. It’s a good analogy. The peasants were expected to quietly toil and suffer because their betters knew how society should be run. Same for workers today who don’t make a living at their computers. Tucker

The early debate over Stephen Breyer’s replacement has reflected the logic of “anti-racism” — the president rules out most possible nominees on the basis of an explicit racial and gender test, and when people object, they are the ones who are racist. There are defenses that can reasonably be made of Biden’s commitment to nominating

An NYPD officer stands guard in an almost empty Times Square during the coronavirus outbreak in New York City, March 31, 2020. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters) For many years, over the course of four jobs, I used to get off the subway at 50 Street and Seventh Avenue, and in the late Nineties (I think) I’d look

Sen. Susan Collins talks to reporters about the Supreme Court nomination of federal appeals court judge Brett Kavanaugh on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., September 17, 2018. (Mike Segar/Reuters) Senator Susan Collins (R., Maine) on Sunday criticized President Biden’s handling of the Supreme Court vacancy that will be left by Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement as

Former vice president Joe Biden addresses supporters as Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) looks on at a South Carolina primary night rally in Columbia, S.C., February 29, 2020. (Jim Urquhart/Reuters) If Bob Woodward’s reporting is correct, Joe Biden almost forgot the promise that has limited his options for the next nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court:

Main gate at Brown University in Providence, R.I., in 2005. (John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images) One of the best places on campus for genuine intellectual discourse is being targeted by those who prefer left-wing conformity. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE A mid the leftist-infused classrooms of Brown University lies a small, unassuming white building that houses the

Ilya Shapiro (Cato Institute via YouTube) In an editorial today, we made the case that it would be egregious for Georgetown University Law School to fire Ilya Shapiro. Now, the school’s Conservative and Libertarian Student Association is coming to his defense. In a statement, the students warn, “Should the school end its relationship with Mr.

New York Governor Kathy Hochul speaks during an event at the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association in New York City, November 10, 2021. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters) New York governor Kathy Hochul (D.) has extended the state’s mask mandate amid ongoing litigation and court battles over the policy. The rule requires residents to wear a face mask in

Jaime Harrison speaks during a DNC forum in Baltimore, Md., February 11, 2017. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) Natasha Korecki, Jonathan Allen and Lauren Egan of NBC News have a long story looking at tensions between the Biden White House and Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison. Things have gotten so bad that Harrison is reported to be

Buildings in Harvard Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., January 20, 2015 ( Brian Snyder/Reuters) Yes, according to the Harvard Gazette, which recently published an article, “Students call ensuring diversity on campus vital.” Writing on PowerLine, however, Harvard grad Paul Mirengoff isn’t too impressed. He notes that the piece is based on nothing more

Ilya Shapiro at the 2016 CPAC conference. (Gage Skidmore) Twitter is not, obviously, a medium naturally given to carefully calibrated expression. Almost everyone who uses it has jumped to a conclusion too quickly, worded something poorly, or deleted tweets after thinking better of them. So, it wouldn’t be particularly noteworthy that Ilya Shapiro of the Cato

Red, blue, black, or white, every citizen of the United States is part of a united country. But that doesn’t mean some shady things haven’t happened, and we may or may not be proponents of it! Conspiracy theorists have some of the most outrageous ideas, but when coupled with historical events, locations, and political leaders,

Store with a “No Mask, No Entry” sign on door in Queens, N.Y., December 29, 2021. (Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Governor Hochul’s cloth crusade has the same ‘work-around’ flaw as Biden’s OSHA order. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE A s our Michael Brendan Dougherty recounted Tuesday, confusion abounded Monday over the ramifications of a

Police officers from departments across the country stand in silence outside St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City to honor Jason Rivera, January 28, 2022. (Caroline Downey) The funeral ceremony commemorating the line-of-duty death of New York police officer Jason Rivera drew thousands of uniformed officers from across the country to St. Patrick’s Cathedral in

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) As we approach June and the end of the first full Supreme Court term with a conservative majority, with hot-button issues such as abortion, guns, and racial preferences on the docket, we can expect an escalating campaign of character assassination against the justices and the entire conservative legal

The defenders of “affirmative action” (more accurately, admissions preferences for students from certain groups regarded as deserving because of the way they were treated in the past) say that their practice is laudable, since there are “educational benefits” to everyone if the student body is “diverse.” As Steven Hayward observes in this post on PowerLine,

The Dome of the Rock, located in Jerusalem’s Old City is partly covered in snow after a snowstorm, January 27, 2022. (Ammar Awad/Reuters) Much of the commentary on the eviction of the Salhiye family from their home in East Jerusalem last week landed in some tangled weeds. The property’s disputed ownership and the conclusion by