Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks about Democratic legislative priorities and impeachment inquiry plans during her weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., October 2, 2019. (REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst) House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy suggested this week that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi delayed sending the articles of impeachment to the Senate in

Purer Than the Driven Snow With the announcement on Monday that Cory Booker would be leaving the race, the Democratic primary field became decidedly more melanin-challenged. It’s worth mentioning and mocking, of course, because the Democrats never, ever stop talking about diversity. The other things that they have difficulty shutting up about are the evils

(Jonathan Drake/Reuters) And the policy wording is very ambiguous. The sexual-misconduct policy at Morehead State University, a public school in Kentucky, states that “sexual gestures,” “degrading words,” and the display of “sexually suggestive objects or pictures, cartoons or posters” count as examples of sexual harassment. The policy, which was last updated in the fall, is

China yuan note (Thomas White/Illustration/Reuters) The Trump administration is dropping its designation of China as a currency manipulator ahead of the expected signing of a trade agreement between the world’s two largest economies later this week. The move was announced Monday, five months after the designation was applied. The Phase 1 trade deal that President

Babies are pictured in a maternity ward at the Munich hospital ‘Rechts der Isar’ January 18, 2011. (Michaela Rehle/Reuters) Upon reading Alexandra’s recent article detailing Republican efforts to craft a federal paid-parental-leave policy, I was reminded of a few people in the Harvard orbit with relevant stories on that score. One is Alison Beard, a

Reviled, Not Revered The lying filth in the American media have spent the last ten days or so running with a story about how beloved and wonderful the still dead Gen. Qasem Soleimani was. In their telling of the story, he was the Grandpa Freakin’ Walton of Iran, forever bouncing giddy Iranian children on his

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi holds her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill, December 19, 2019. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Impeachment may be another moral victory for the Democrats, but it’s a political fight they will lose at great cost to their party and the country. Impeachment is not a judicial process, as my colleague Andrew C. McCarthy

You’ve got Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld’s “known knowns, known unknowns, and unknown unknowns.” You’ve got your “expletives deleted.” You’ve got your malarkey. And then you’ve got your “what ifs?” What if two of the top three Democrat presidential candidates, Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, are taken off the campaign trail by a

(Jonathan Drake/Reuters) One of two University of Connecticut students facing up to 30 days in jail for violating a Connecticut law prohibiting “ridicule” will complete probation, community service, and diversity and bias training as part of an “accelerated rehabilitation” deal. Jarred Karal was arrested with Ryan Mucaj after the two were playing “a game in

Imagine the following scenario: You are asleep late at night in your bedroom when you are awakened by the sound of breaking glass. Soon you hear footsteps down the hall and come to the chilling realization that intruders have entered your home. You hide in a closet and dial 911 on your phone, then in

Benedict Cumberbatch in HBO’s Brexit (Nick Wall/HBO) A British film about the referendum portrays brilliantly the political currents that shocked the U.K.’s ruling class. Brexit — or, in the U.K., Brexit: The Uncivil War — is now showing on HBO. I started watching it at 12:30 a.m. two nights ago and, inevitably, I continued doing

PELOSI BLINKS! This episode praises Mitch McConnell, which is something you wouldn’t have found me doing three or four years ago. Here is the blurb from Esquire that I mentioned: Give me your book recommendations!!!! Enjoy. ___ Kruiser Twitter Kruiser Facebook PJ Media Associate Editor Stephen Kruiser is the author of “Don’t Let the Hippies Shower” and

Former Chief Justice Earl Warren 1954—President Eisenhower nominates former California governor Earl Warren to serve as Chief Justice. Warren is already serving as Chief Justice pursuant to a recess appointment by Eisenhower in October 1953. Years later, Eisenhower will call his appointment of Warren “the biggest damned-fool mistake I ever made.” Those familiar with the

Welcome to the premiere episode of “The Fringe”! If you hold traditional values with regard to culture, politics, marriage, and faith, then you’re on the fringe of society with me. Join me on my podcast every week! “The Fringe” covers the latest news on the culture wars with practical ideas on ways to resist the

A general view of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington December 3, 2013. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) As Robert VerBruggen noted on NRO the other day, a lot of conservative and libertarian legal thinkers are excited about the possibility that the Supreme Court will start reining in the congressional practice of granting chunks of its legislative authority

We’re barely ten days into 2020, and the liberal media is already facing a tremendous reckoning. At the beginning of this week, many thought America was on the brink of war with Iran — not so. Instead, the media outlets that blamed President Donald Trump for warmongering by killing Qasem Soleimani found themselves held to

President Trump answers questions about impeachment and Iran during an event at the White House in Washington, D.C., January 9, 2020. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) This is an excerpt from episode 185 of The Editors. Rich: MBD, the slow holiday news cycle ended emphatically about a week ago when news came in, on I think Friday evening

OK, He Doesn’t Really Have Any Doubt Just a few quick things this morning, then we can all begin weekending. The leap year is finally upon us and, though the election seems as if it’s still seventeen years away, it is finally going to happen before we all need new calendars. President Trump held his

A sheet of United States one dollar bills is seen on a light table during production at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington November 14, 2014. (Gary Cameron/Reuters) A bipartisan plan to erase barriers to equity ownership would be productive and beautiful. It’s an article of liberal faith: Thanks to President Donald Trump’s

Did you notice how presidential President Donald Trump appeared at his press conference on Iran? It was a fitting symbol for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s colossal failure in withholding the impeachment articles from the Senate. Whatever Pelosi’s loony strategy — her unorthodox decision to withhold is only about strategy and not principle — she has

South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg speaks during the Democratic primary debate at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, Calif., December 19, 2019. (Mike Blake/Reuters) South Bend, Ind. mayor Pete Buttigieg on Thursday implied that the U.S. might share the blame for Iran’s missile attack on a Ukrainian flight en route from Tehran to Kyiv. The

Feminism is a social and political movement. It is not an academic discipline on par with, say, mathematics, economics, business administration, engineering or physics. Gender studies, feminism’s academic wing, does not constitute an appropriate subject for an academic degree. At best it is a subset of a complex of ideas, issues, and events properly canvassed

House Speaker House Nancy Pelosi speaks during a media briefing ahead of the House vote authorizing an impeachment inquiry into President Trump, October 31, 2019. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) The House of Representatives voted largely along party lines Thursday to pass a non-binding resolution aimed at limiting President Trump’s war powers against Iran. In a vote of

Maybe It’s Just Me After President Trump made it clear on Wednesday morning that Iran’s actions on Tuesday night weren’t going to be the beginning of another interminable desert war I was quite relieved, as I’m sure most of you were. While I’m not naive enough to think that Democrats would heap praise on the

U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) arrives for her weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 9, 2020. (Tom Brenner/Reuters) Her leverage play turns out to have been an embarrassing mistake. We are in the midst of an imaginary impeachment standoff between House speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate leader

Some of the Democratic candidates for president support studying reparations to blacks to compensate for slavery. But in many ways, America has made reparations to blacks. What are race-based preferences if not a form of compensation for historical wrongs? Many cities have “set-aside” programs that award government contracts to minority contractors. President Lyndon Johnson pushed

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., May 7, 2019. (Aaron P. Bernstein/Reuters) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) seemed to confirm that the Republican majority was ready to advance with impeachment, saying Wednesday that “there will be no haggling with the House over Senate procedure.” “We

Congressional hearings were created to educate lawmakers so they have knowledge before they pass bills or impeach a president. Not today. Today, hardly any education happens. During the President Trump impeachment “testimony,” legislators tried to score points. At least five times, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., shut down criticism by shouting, “Gentleman is not recognized!” I

Sen. Mike Lee (R., Utah) (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) A classified briefing on the intelligence behind Qasem Soleimani’s killing caused Senate Republicans Mike Lee and Ron Paul to excoriate the assessment, while Lindsey Graham and Marco Rubio praised the intel. Lee called the meeting “probably the worst briefing I’ve seen, at least on a military issues, in

Are We There Yet?!? At war, I mean. Not yet, but keep your calendars open. Things, as the kids say, escalated quickly last night, as the Iranians who have been attacking American troops via proxy for years decided to finally get their hands dirty: Iran state TV reports that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)