A customer compares an iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max at the Apple Store in Singapore, September 21, 2018. (Edgar Su/Reuters) The federal government can’t be trusted with additional surveillance powers. Some political dilemmas come to down to: Whom should we trust more? In the case of Apple vs. the FBI, the question is: Whom

I’ve said before that you know just how far to the left the Democratic Party has become when Joe Biden is considered the “moderate” or “centrist” candidate. Obviously you can’t win a Democratic primary as a true moderate or centrist, so it’s really a relative measure. But still, just how wackadoodle has the party come

(Photo Illustration: NRO) 1972—The judicial takeover of school funding in New Jersey commences as state trial judge Theodore Botter rules (in Robinson v. Cahill) that New Jersey’s funding system, which relies heavily on local property taxes, violates the state constitutional provision, dating from 1875, that declares that the legislature “shall provide for the maintenance and

Around the turn of the 20th Century, Francis Galton created a pseudoscientific approach to “improving” society through selective breeding. Building on Charles Darwin’s survival of the fittest, he launched a movement that would lead to the forced sterilization of thousands of Americans — especially racial minorities and those considered “unfit” — in the name of

Sen. Elizabeth Warren speaks with Sen. Bernie Sanders after the Democratic primary debte in Des Moines, Iowa, January 14, 2020. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters) This excerpt is from episode 186 of The Editors. Rich: Bernie versus Warren, Lev versus Trump. Welcome to this special Who’s Lying edition of The Editors. I’m Rich Lowry, and I’m joined as always

Far be it from me to relitigate the 2016 presidential election, but liberals constantly repeat the narrative that Hillary Clinton won because she got 3 million votes more than Donald Trump. In October, Clinton joked, “Obviously, I can beat him again.” Liberals are again fighting to overturn the Electoral College partially because Clinton won the popular

Dear Weekend Jolter, The Odd Man to whom this missive’s title refers is not James Mason but a Brooklyn-born Vermont-based socialist senator. He’s also the subject of Big Jim Geraghty’s recent attempt to answer the question, “Is Bernie a Candidate of Destiny or an Incredibly Lucky Oddball?” From the piece: Sanders shouldn’t, by rights, even

Two big — and misleading — stories about the climate “crisis” came out this week. In one, CNN said: In another, the Independent in the UK came out with: ”The amount of heat being added to the oceans is equivalent to every person on the planet running 100 microwave ovens all day and all night.”

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House, October 10, 2019. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Something is missing from the charges against Trump: An indictable offense. Thought experiment No. 1: Suppose Bob Mueller’s probe actually proves that Donald Trump is under Vladimir Putin’s thumb. Fill in the rest of the blanks

On a winter river bank, a scorpion approaches a frog. “Mr. Frog, would you carry me across the river?” “Do you think I am crazy, Mr. Scorpion? You could sting me and kill me.” “But why would I sting you, when I would drown as a result?” “Hmmm. Maybe.” “Be reasonable, Mr. Frog. Would I

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro gives an interview with Fox News outside of the White House, December 4, 2018. (Leah Millis/Reuters) Our economy is strong but its strength has come in spite of Trump’s tariffs rather than because of them. The president’s trade adviser recently made the case in the Wall Street Journal that

During a New Year’s Eve Islamic terror attack that took place in Russia minutes before the clock struck midnight, two Muslim men—Akhmed Imagozhev, 22, and Mikail Miziyev, 18—drove their car into and stabbed to death two police officers, one a married father of four.  Other officers subsequently shot one of the jihadis dead, while hospitalizing

Sen. Rand Paul (Chris Keane/Reuters) Senator Rand Paul (R., Ky.) said Thursday that Joe and Hunter Biden’s activity in Ukraine “goes to the heart of the matter” surrounding the upcoming impeachment trial in the Senate, and argued that GOP senators must be willing to call President Trump’s preferred witnesses, or “all hell is going to

More of This, Please Sen. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) had a little interaction with a CNN correspondent on Thursday that went a bit viral for all of the right or wrong reasons, depending on which side of the aisle you frequent: Q: Senator McSally, should the Senate consider new evidence as part of the impeachment trial?

Food and drinks at a McDonald’s restaurant in Times Square, 2012 (Mike Segar/Reuters) He’s rolling back the “joint employer” rules imposed by the previous administration. American labor laws, such as the Fair Labor Standards Act and the National Labor Relations Act, give employees a number of protections from their employers — wage and hour restrictions,

I’m almost as upset that Democratic presidential candidates are squabbling as I am that Prince Harry and the former Meghan Markle apparently don’t want to live in Los Angeles until President Donald Trump leaves office. Double bummer. Speaking of doubles, did you know that Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have accused each other of

FBI director James Comey testifies on Capitol Hill, July 7, 2016. (Gary Cameron/Reuters) Department of Justice prosecutors reportedly are investigating the possibility that former FBI director James Comey leaked a classified Russian intelligence document to the media during the investigation of Hillary Clinton’s emails, according to a Thursday report from the New York Times. Per

In his recent defense of the Islamic doctrine of taqiyya (dismantled here), Usama Hasan, of the UK think tank Quilliam, made the following admission: It is true that hardened islamist terrorists, such as the Al-Qaeda & ISIS supporter Usman Khan who murdered two people at Fishmongers’ Hall [after pretending to have been “rehabilitated”], do misuse

Republican Rep. from Ohio Jim Jordan on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., November 13, 2019 ( Jim Lo Scalzo/Reuters) House Oversight Committee Republicans Jim Jordan and Mark Meadows issued nine demands to FISA Court presiding judge James Boasberg in a Thursday letter in response to the appointment of Obama Department of Justice lawyer David Kris

Pelosi Finishes Blinking Do you not feel the enthusiasm?!?!? A full month after the oh-so-important WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO DO IT NOW House vote to impeach President Trump, Speaker Nancy Pelosi finally decided to get around to what she should have done the day after the vote: On Wednesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi led Democrats

Demonstrators shout slogans during ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad, Iraq, January 10, 2020. (Thaier al-Sudani/Reuters) Liberal democrats, Islamists, ethnic and religious minorities, majorities not in power — all define the concept differently. The past decade of conflict in the Middle East has exposed a gap in the understanding of freedom and of what the idea

Eighty-six percent of Democrats consider President Donald Trump “racist,” according to a July 2019 Quinnipiac poll. By contrast, 91% of Republicans do not consider him “racist.” Perhaps more disturbing, a November 2018 online Axios poll by SurveyMonkey found that a whopping 61% of Democrats believe Republicans are “racist/bigoted/sexist.” A comparatively small 31% of Republicans feel the

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, surrounded by the House impeachment managers and committee chairs, signs the two articles of impeachment of President Donald Trump before sending them to the Senate, January 15, 2020. (Leah Millis/Reuters) Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday formally signed the two articles of impeachment, obstruction of Congress and abuse of power, that the

People who want to work should be allowed to work. That includes people who once went to jail. With President Donald Trump’s support, Congress spends your money giving ex-cons “employment assistance.” Why bother? State laws often make such employment impossible. Courtney Haveman had an alcohol problem. When she was 19, she got a DUI. Then

Documentary filmmaker Abigail Disney (R) leans on Liberian peace activist and Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee at a news conference in Beijing, China, May 19, 2015. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters) In explaining her embrace of progressive causes, she implies that generosity is a virtue special to the Left. Abigail Disney is a rebel. At the age of

The Morning Briefing Readers Have Spoken (Sort Of) Yeah, another “debate” happened and the world is a bit dumber because of it. Those of us who spend a lot of time reading and/or writing about politics are obligated to acknowledge the various Democratic primary goings-on but — thanks to you dear readers — I realized

From left: Activist Tom Steyer, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar on stage for the Democratic primary debate at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, January 14, 2020. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters) Last night’s debate provided little evidence that they’re equal to the

Trump Derangement Syndrome is an obsession, virtually universal among Democrats and the mass media, who are opposing, discrediting, and destroying President Trump. The result is that policies and issues that should be considered on their substance and merit are instead judged according to whatever the president supports or however the president acts. Opposition to the

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wields the gavel as the House of Representatives votes in favor of two counts of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill, December 18, 2019. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) The term “conspiracy theory” has gotten a bit diluted over the past couple of years. These days the media often use it as

TARRS, Pennsylvania — Five years ago, the plot of land where the Dollar General store sits on Glades Pike was just that: a plot of pastoral greenery located near a row of neatly kept homes in an unincorporated village that once briefly boomed as a coal town. The store’s familiar yellow sign with bold, all-capitalized