Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan addresses the audience at the metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington on June 24, 2015. (Carlos Barria/REUTERS) Nation of Islam founder and notorious anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan defended Representative Ilhan Omar’s glib description of the September 11 attacks Monday by dismissing the attacks as nothing more than a false-flag

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D, Calif.) during the introduction of the Climate Action Now Act on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., March 27, 2019. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday that she rejects the socialist ideology recently embraced by the left wing of her caucus and claimed that it does not represent

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D, Calif.) addresses the North America’s Building Trades Unions in Washington, D.C., April 9, 2019. (Jeenah Moon/Reuters) House speaker Nancy Pelosi dismissed the progressive faction of her caucus led by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as “like five people.” In a 60 Minutes interview that aired Sunday, Pelosi was asked whether she could unify the

Former FBI director James Comey speaks about his book during an onstage interview with Axios Executive Editor Mike Allen at George Washington University, April 30, 2018. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Former FBI director James Comey took issue Thursday with Attorney General William Barr’s recent claim that U.S. intelligence agencies “spied” on the Trump campaign. Comey, addressing a

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir delivers a speech inside Parliament in Khartoum, Sudan, April 1, 2019. (Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters) One of the world’s most brutal dictators has just fallen. What comes next is key. Sudan’s long-time president, Omar al Bashir — among the world’s most ruthless rulers — was arrested yesterday in a military coup that

(Carlos Jasso/Reuters) Several of President Trump’s nominees to the federal courts and the Justice Department have declined to say whether they believe Brown v. Board of Education was correctly decided. One theory to explain their silence, which I’ve advanced before, is that the nominees do not want to open the door to a discussion of

Jussie Smollett leaves court after charges against him were dropped by state prosecutors in Chicago, Ill., March 26, 2019. (Kamil Krzaczynski/Reuters) Covington, Smollett, Mueller, Avenatti, and other adventures in unreality. I  used to laugh every time I heard someone like Elon Musk say that we are living in a Matrix-like simulation. These days, not so much.

Omar Barghouti, co-founder of the BDS Movement for Palestinians, poses in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, January 20, 2019. (Mohamad Torokman/Reuters) Don’t be fooled by talk of ‘social justice’ and ‘human rights.’ The movement is anti-Semitic to its core. Outrage ensued on social media and university campuses across America this past week when it

President Donald Trump at the State of the Union shakes hands with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in Washington, D.C., February 5, 2019. (Doug Mills/The New York Times/Pool via REUTERS) One of the reasons our politics is so contentious and angry is that we can’t agree on what the rules are. EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is

Actor Jussie Smollett makes a court appearance at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago, Illinois, March 14, 2019. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune/Pool via Reuters) Outgoing mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration filed suit Thursday against Empire actor Jussie Smollett to recoup the cost of the police overtime dedicated to solving the hoax hate crime that Smollett allegedly staged

Most Democrats had mixed feelings about Julian Assange back in 2010 when he was exposing American diplomatic secrets, although some insisted upon glamorizing him as some sort of principled whistleblower or truth-teller. Many Democrats hated him with a passion once WikiLeaks became the conduit for the DNC and Podesta e-mails. But at least one Democratic

Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at a news conference to introduce the “Medicare for All Act of 2019” on Capitol Hill, April 10, 2019. (Aaron P. Bernstein/Reuters) Government programs often become more expensive over time. Medicare for All is growing without even having gotten into law. The version of the plan Senator Bernie Sanders (Socialist, Vt.)

Senator Mazie Hirono on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., September 27, 2018 (Erin Schaff/Reuters) Senator Mazie Hirono said Tuesday that supporters of a ban on abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy — the point at which an unborn child can feel pain — should instead focus on those kids “very much here already.” “The word

Dr. Pepper soda cans are for sale at a grocery store in Pasadena, Calif., February 14, 2018. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters) Californians who love “Big Gulp”-style sodas can rest easy for the moment — the state legislature will not outlaw the oversize drinks just yet. On Wednesday, Assemblyman David Chiu, a Democrat from San Francisco who sponsored a provision

Several Virginia Democratic lawmakers feel like they rushed to judgment against governor Ralph Northam and state attorney general Mark Herring. “There were a lot of life lessons” learned from the wreckage in Richmond, said state Sen. Janet Howell (D-32nd). Chief among them? “Don’t rush to judgment.” “I’m sorry we did,” said Howell, who also pilloried

A woman opposed to childhood vaccinations wears a “No Vax” sign on her backpack during a demonstration in West Nyack, N.Y., March 28, 2019. (Mike Segar/Reuters) The city of New York’s health commissioner on Monday ordered Orthodox Jewish schools in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn to stop admitting students who have not received a measles

The Justice Department building stands in Washington, D.C., February 1, 2018. (Jim Bourg/Reuters) The Justice Department announced charges on Tuesday against 24 individuals allegedly involved in a $1.2 billion Medicare scam. The scammers, who included doctors accused of writing fraudulent prescriptions, owners of call centers in the Philippines and Latin America, and medical-device companies, allegedly contacted

Attorney General William Barr testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., April 9, 2019 (Aaron P. Bernstein/Reuters) Attorney General William Barr testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee Tuesday and identified to lawmakers the parts of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s final report that he will redact before releasing it. The Justice Department will redact grand-jury information, information

Skyline of Seattle, Wash., in 2017. (Chris Helgren/Reuters) Last month, KOMO-TV broadcast reporter Eric Johnson ran an hour-long segment, Seattle Is Dying, and if you’ve heard tell that the Emerald City — along with San Francisco — seems to be deteriorating, you’ve heard tell right. I’ve had the increasing displeasure of visiting these places frequently

Soldiers attached to the 101st Resolute Support Sustainment Brigade, Iowa National Guard, and Tenth Mountain, 2-14 Infantry Battalion, load onto a Chinook helicopter to head out on a mission in Afghanistan, January 15, 2019. (First Lieutenant Verniccia Ford/US Army) Three U.S. troops and one U.S. contractor were killed in Afghanistan on Monday when an improvised explosive device

Iran’s Revolutionary guards commander Mohammad Ali Jafari in Tehran, September 6, 2011 (Morteza Nikoubaz/Reuters) In an unprecedented move, President Trump on Monday officially designated Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. “This unprecedented step, led by the Department of State, recognizes the reality that Iran is not only a State Sponsor of

Senator Bernie Sanders (I, Vt.) in Washington, D.C., April 1, 2019 (Carlos Barria/ Reuters file photo) Senator Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) said Friday that if he is elected president in 2020 he would sign legislation that would create a commission to explore the payment of reparations to African Americans. Following his remarks at Al Sharpton’s

(Wikimedia Commons) A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a Kentucky law requiring a woman seeking an abortion to view an ultrasound of her unborn child before the procedure is performed. In a 2–1 decision, a panel of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower-court ruling that the law placed an undue burden

(Pixabay) Most Americans would agree, I think, that America is exceptional, but nailing down exactly why can be a matter of contention. With his typical pellucid prose, George Will provides an exceptionally elegant explanation in his forthcoming book The Conservative Sensibility. Americans were born exceptionally free from a feudal past, and hence free from an established

Line workers smooth out the metal along the door frames on the flex line at Nissan Motor Co’s automobile manufacturing plant in Smyrna, Tenn., August 23, 2018. (William DeShazer/Reuters) The job market rebounded in March, adding 196,000 new jobs and allaying fears that the ten-year expansion of the U.S. economy was nearing its end. According

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke speaks during a campaign stop at Consuelo’s Taqueria in Manchester, N.H., March 21, 2019. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke compared President Trump’s rhetoric to that of Nazi Germany Thursday, citing in particular Trump’s controversial comments about illegal immigrants. At a campaign stop in Sioux City, Iowa, the former

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks at the National Action Network National Convention in New York City, April 5, 2019. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters) Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) called on fellow Democrats to pursue an “agenda of reparations” through a dramatic expansion of the welfare state during her remarks at Al Sharpton’s National Action Network Conference in New

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump appears at a campaign rally in Sioux City, Iowa, in 2016. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters) When the desired aims are decisively achieved, it breaks, and a new form of politics emerges. Last week our fearless editor Rich Lowry and departing colleague Jonah Goldberg tried to settle the question of nationalism for the

New York City Police officers stand guard in front of Trump Tower after a jury found officer Jeronimo Yanez not guilty of second-degree manslaughter in the death of Philando Castile in Manhattan, N.Y., June 17, 2017. (Bria Webb/REUTERS) As the tragic death of Willie McCoy showed, what cops do in the moments before drawing their

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra speaks at a media conference in Los Angeles, Calif., August 2, 2018. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters) California attorney general Xavier Becerra called Thursday for unauthorized immigration to be decriminalized, saying those crossing the southern border are “not criminals.” “They haven’t committed a crime against someone, and they are not acting violently or in