Category Archives: Commentary

Eleven Votes for a Story. One Vote for Three Kids.

Lindsay Clancy strangled her children in the basement in January 2023. Cora was five. Dawson [...]

He Lost the Primary. So He Held a Press Conference About Estrogen.

Al Green is leaving. Redistricting ate his old seat. He jumped into another Houston district, [...]

They Built a Midterm Convention Because the Midterm Wouldn’t Build Itself.

Dallas was not a nominating convention. Nobody left with a running mate. They left with [...]

Five Grand If You Keep the Building. The Fine Print Is the Building.

Wednesday night in Dallas he made it simple. If Republicans keep the House and the [...]

Canadians Feel Real Pain in Stage Four of Trade War

I’d like to offer an update on the Canadian-American trade spat. Editor’s note: This is a [...]

He Needed the Sentence. The Record Did Not Need the Sentence.

Six days after nineteen men turned airliners into weapons, the president stood at a mosque [...]

They Lost the Voters. So Now They Want the Court.

Germany did not hold a national election last Sunday. It held a state election in [...]

Bessent Warns of ‘Socialist Hellscape’ If Democrats Take Power

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent touted President Donald Trump’s economic record Wednesday night at the Republican National Committee’s [...]

Civilization Versus Suicidal Empathy

Civilization is not the natural state of man. It is a fragile achievement, painstakingly constructed [...]

25 Years After 9/11—Has America Forgotten?

Sami Winc:  It’s the 25th anniversary of 9/11, and I know that we’ve been watching New [...]