Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies during her Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on her nomination to the Supreme Court, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., March 22, 2022. (Michael A. McCoy/Reuters) I’m very surprised that Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson answered Senator Lindsey Graham’s question about whether we are still at war — yes, she said

Jon Hartley of the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity writes about the Fed’s over-reliance on inflation forecasts: When originally Powell came into the Fed in 2017, he described his approach to monetary policy as “risk management.” While that may sound nice, there’s something deeper to it. It assumes you actually know the risks and

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson delivers an opening statement at the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on her nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., March 21, 2022. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters) Senator Josh Hawley could not have been more civil and engaging in his opening statement at Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s

(Anthony Bolante/Reuters) The medical-marijuana movement touts cannabis as almost a cure-all. It supposedly relieves pain, depression, and anxiety, improves appetites for people in chemotherapy, etc. Well, not so fast. It turns out that there isn’t all that much science behind some of these claims. To the contrary, a just-published study in JAMA Open Network concluded

A Canadian Pacific Railway crew works the CP Rail yards in Calgary, Alberta, in 2014. (Todd Korol/Reuters) Over the weekend, Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) began to shut down its operations because of a labor dispute. Headquartered in Calgary, CP is one of the largest freight railroads in North America, with over 12,000 miles of track.

(Liderina/iStock/Getty Images) The school district and the city are ducking responsibility for failing to inform parents about a serious breach of high-school safety. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE T he City of Alexandria has released a statement in response to the article published here at National Review last Friday, chronicling a cover-up of an alleged campus sexual

A student walks on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Conn., November 12, 2015. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters) If Yale Law School doesn’t stand up for free expression, it will teach students that the way to win is through belligerence and mobs rather than persuasion, critical thinking, and civility. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE F inding a

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in his chambers in 2016. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Justice Clarence Thomas was admitted to the hospital on Friday evening with “flu-like symptoms” but he expects to be discharged in a “day or two.” “He underwent tests, was diagnosed with an infection, and is being treated with intravenous antibiotics. His symptoms are

Abraham Lincoln in 1865 (Alexander Gardner via Library of Congress) This day in 1854, what became the Republican Party was founded in Ripon, Wisconsin. The process that led from the collapse of the Whig Party between 1850-54 and the rise of the Republicans as their replacement between 1854-60 was a complicated one, and there were

Sen. Josh Hawley (left) and Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson (Tom Williams/Pool, Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters) He distorts her record on ‘sex offenders.’ NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE I would oppose Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson because of her judicial philosophy, for the reasons outlined by Ed Whelan last week. I address that in a separate post. For

Ketanji Brown Jackson is seated to testify before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on pending judicial nominations on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., April 28, 2021. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool via Reuters) As I’ve separately contended, some of the arguments being made against President Biden’s nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson are unworthy. Nevertheless, though it seems

Then-German Chancellor Angela Merkel reacts at the final election rally in Munich, Germany, September 22, 2017. (Michaela Rehle/Reuters) Even as his country remains dangerously dependent on Russian oil and, even more so, natural gas (a vulnerability that is not going away any time soon), Germany’s new chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has signaled his intention to take

Detail of Jezebel and Ahab by Frederic Leighton, c. 1863. (Public Domain/Wikimedia) Jezebel’s deeds of oppression and of breaking God’s law make her far from unique in the Bible. The point is to condemn unjust tyrants — of both sexes. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE C ancel culture has come for the Bible. In a recent article

A branch of HSBC bank is seen in central London, August 3, 2009 (Stefan Wermuth/Reuters) Bloomberg: HSBC Holdings Plc promised to “phase down” its financing of the fossil fuel industry, sending a warning to oil and gas clients as the bank works toward its target of net-zero emissions. The step is in line with “what is

1957—President Eisenhower’s nomination of William J. Brennan, Jr. to serve on the Supreme Court is confirmed by the Senate. Brennan, a former New Jersey supreme court justice, is already serving on the Court by virtue of Eisenhower’s October 1956 recess appointment of him. Eisenhower’s selection of Brennan—which Eisenhower later identifies as one of his two

Representative Don Young (R., Alaska) takes a Zoom call at his desk, June 2020. (Wikimedia Commons) Representative Don Young (R., Alaska), the longest serving member of the current Congress, died on Friday at the age of 88, his office said in a statement. “It’s with heavy hearts and deep sadness that we announce Congressman Don

(Darren415/iStock/Getty Images) Inflation is on almost everyone’s mind these days. Consumers are upset because it is gobbling up their budgets, while “progressives” are upset because they fear a backlash if people conclude that profligate federal spending has something to do with the rise in prices. Recently, Representative Lisa McClain of Michigan spoke with economists Dale

A guard tower is seen at the Lee Correctional Institution in Bishopville, Lee County, South Carolina, April 2018. (Randall Hill/Reuters) South Carolina’s Department of Corrections said Friday it is now ready to carry out executions by firing squad after the state passed legislation last year codifying the method of execution into law.  The state spent

Reid Wilson of The Hill reports that a “Mass leadership exit hits nation’s state legislatures”: Nearly a third of the top leaders in the nation’s 99 state legislative chambers will quit their posts this year, signaling a wave of turnover that will hand power to a new generation. At least 30 state House Speakers, Senate presidents

Pump jacks operate in front of a drilling rig in an oil field in Midland, Texas, 2018 (Nick Oxford/Reuters) In Moscow this week, Russian strongman Vladimir Putin rallied Russians to celebrate the seventh anniversary of his annexation of Crimea in an attempt to persuade his citizenry that his current invasion of Ukraine is the same

This morning, Slate published Dahlia Lithwick’s argument that Republicans who eschew personal attacks on Judge Jackson in favor of criticism of the shared judicial ideology of Democratic judges are “erasing” her, which is — guess what? — “ultimately just a different form of racism and sexism.” “McConnell is prepared to call her amply qualified,” Lithwick

I was just reading the Axios write-up (“Ignoring abortion access is getting harder for companies”) of a new Citigroup policy in Texas to pay for employee travel expenses for abortions, and this jumped out at me: The company plan already covers people with, say, a heart condition who need treatment at a far-off hospital. This

A day after U.S. forces completed its troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, refugees board a bus taking them to a processing center upon their arrival at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Va., September 1, 2021. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) On Wednesday, the New York Times published a piece whose opening paragraphs were highly misleading about Afghan refugees. In

Protesters gather in Brooklyn ahead of a march to city hall in New York City, October 25, 2021. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters) New York City’s private employer vaccine mandate and the school mask mandate imposed on children five-and-under will remain in place indefinitely, the city’s new health commissioner announced Friday. “I think it’s indefinite at this point,”

The Biden Justice Department is all lefty politics all the time. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE E arlier this month, Merrick Garland marked the first anniversary of taking over the United States Department of Justice. It would be an understatement to say that Garland has politicized the DOJ. Garland has turned the Justice Department into something indistinguishable

Job seekers at a job fair in Uniondale, N.Y., in 2014 (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters) Failures of curiosity and statistical reasoning lead some to overstate, by a lot, what percentage of Americans are black. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE A recent YouGov poll asked Americans to estimate the size of various groups. One finding stands out above the others.

A local resident fills up a portable gas container as demand for gasoline surges, in Durham, N.C., May 12, 2021. (Jonathan Drake/Reuters) Thieves stole nearly 400 gallons of fuel from a North Carolina gas station this week, as U.S. gas prices hit a record high, according to a new report. The owner of Bizzy Bee

Left: Sen. Ben Sasse at a Senate Finance Committee hearing in 2021. Right: Sen. Chris Murphy at a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing in 2021. (Greg Nash, Al Drago/Pool via Reuters) Senator Ben Sasse (R., Neb.) and Senator Chris Murphy (D., Conn.) tangled in an angry exchange on the floor of the upper chamber of Congress

University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas (center) prepares for the 500 free prelims at the NCAA Womens Swimming & Diving Championships at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Ga., March 16, 2022. (Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports) Concerned Women for America on Thursday filed a federal civil rights complaint against the University of Pennsylvania for allowing transgender swimmer

Yale student hold signs in protest of the event (Screenshot via Washington Free Beacon/YouTube) A D.C. appellate judge urged colleagues to consider whether Yale University students who shout down speakers on campus should be be barred from clerkships, in an email to fellow judges published by lawyer David Lat on his Substack. Judge Laurence Silberman