David Harsanyi is a senior writer at the Washington Examiner and a nationally syndicated columnist. He is cohost of the “You’re Wrong” podcast and author of multiple books. Subscribe his Substack.
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President Joe Biden is set to “transform” and “remake” the entire auto industry—“first with carrots, now with sticks”—notes The Washington Post, as if dictating the… Read More
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Lock Donald Trump up, or don’t lock him up, but don’t tell me that “no one is above the law.” It’s one of the most… Read More
SocietyCommentary
While checking out the “banned and challenged” display at my local Barnes & Noble recently, I was reminded that the entire kerfuffle is a giant… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The United States recently suffered the second-largest bank failure in the country’s history. The consensus view is that Silicon Valley Bank made a huge mistake… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
When Disney began lobbying against a parental rights bill in Florida that would prohibit public school teachers from discussing sex, sexual orientation, or so-called gender… Read More
SecurityCommentary
In an interview with The Washington Post’s “fact-checker,” former National Intelligence Director James Clapper contends that the news outlet Politico misled the public about a… Read More
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Like Nero bragging about rebuilding Circus Maximus after burning it down, President Joe Biden took to the podium Tuesday night to take credit for solving… Read More
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Poor Rep. Ilhan Omar has been denied a seat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee. “I certainly did not or was not aware that the… Read More
SocietyCommentary
The first question any reasonable person asks after a horrible crime is, “What could have been done to stop it?” Yet after every mass shooting,… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Ivan Provorov refused to take a pregame skate Tuesday night in the team’s LGBTQ+ warmup jersey, citing his preference “to stay true… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Every president probably stashes away classified documents. The chances of any president being successfully prosecuted for pilfering them are infinitesimal. Nevertheless, Joe Biden has engaged… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Earth is headed for a sixth extinction, warned biologist Paul Ehrlich on “60 Minutes” this past Sunday. And since Ehrlich has predicted about 20 extinctions… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Samuel Johnson’s “Dictionary of the English Language,” first published in 1755, defines the word “woman” as “the female of the human race.” And until Oct…. Read More
SocietyCommentary
Saying anything you like—or refraining from saying whatever you want—is one of the most fundamental rights in a free nation. Without it, the First Amendment… Read More
SocietyCommentary
If Elon Musk truly believes that Twitter is a front in the “battle for the future of civilization,” he has a chance to prove it…. Read More
PoliticsCommentary
As a tactical concern, the House GOP’s decision to open an investigation into Biden family corruption is questionable. It promises limited political return. It would… Read More
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By any measure, Democrats exceeded expectations this midterm. Though listening to the triumphalism today, you’d think Joe Biden was Hannibal at Cannae. A fractured Republican… Read More
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At this point, it would save everyone time if Democrats could simply point to a policy agenda item that isn’t going to save democracy—if such… Read More
Health CareCommentary
This week, ABC News reporter Jonathan Karl asked Dr. Anthony Fauci, the soon-departing head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, if it… Read More
EnergyCommentary
If the average price of a gallon of gas falls by a penny, White House chief of staff Ron Klain will take to Twitter and… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Be prepared for Democrats to exploit the devastation of Hurricane Ian to peddle demodernization. And because there is no conclusive way for anyone to prove… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Conventional D.C. wisdom says Republicans are about to pay a heavy political price for supporting the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision that overturned… Read More
EnergyCommentary
If California, our most populous state, were its own nation, it would rank as the world’s fifth-largest economy and boast the highest average household income… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The other day, President Joe Biden accused voters of the opposition party of turning to “semi-fascism.” This is probably the first time in American history… Read More
EconomyCommentary
“No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.” That’s what it says right there in the Constitution…. Read More
SecurityCommentary
Last week, a man stormed the stage at the Chautauqua Institution and stabbed British author Salman Rushdie in the neck as he was being introduced…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Democrats’ new reconciliation bill isn’t just going to be the largest-ever expansion of a government agency. It’s going to be the largest expansion of… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
While peddling the ludicrously named Inflation Reduction Act on CNN this past week, Sen. Joe Manchin claimed that Democrats were merely trying to “close the… Read More
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The first thing to remember about the reconciliation bill Sens. Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer agreed to Wednesday is that, despite its utterly preposterous name,… Read More
EnergyCommentary
The Washington Post reported Monday night that President Joe Biden is “considering whether to declare a national climate emergency” to “salvage his stalled environmental agenda… Read More
