Josh Hammer is Newsweek senior editor-at-large, host of “The Josh Hammer Show,” senior counsel for the Article III Project, and a research fellow with the Edmund Burke Foundation. His first book is Israel and Civilization: The Fate of the Jewish Nation and the Destiny of the West.
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For a brief window this coming week, Passover and Holy Week, the sacred observances of Jews and Christians, respectively, will overlap. Jews around the world… Read More
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If men’s basketball is the most popular and professional athlete-filled team sport at the quadrennial Summer Olympic Games, then men’s ice hockey is its Winter… Read More
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A few years ago, things looked pretty bleak for skeptics of transgenderism—those of us who have great compassion for those afflicted by what the “Diagnostic… Read More
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“What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun,”… Read More
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On Tuesday, the full, 17-judge U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit heard consolidated oral arguments in a crucial case that is all but… Read More
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One of the most embarrassing moments of the extremely embarrassing Barack Obama presidency came in the context of the Syrian civil war. In August 2012,… Read More
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In Springfield, Ill., in 1838, a young Abraham Lincoln delivered a powerful speech decrying the “ravages of mob law” throughout the land. Lincoln warned, in… Read More
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Of all the holidays on the Jewish calendar, Chanukah, which began last Sunday evening, has always been one of my favorites. Even when I was… Read More
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As the sun rises on a new Trump-era geopolitical chapter, Washington confronts a defining choice: Will America view the People’s Republic of China and its… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Is the American Left finally waking up from its decades-long climate catastrophism stupor? For years, climate alarmism has reigned as political catechism: The planet is… Read More
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The chaotic confrontation in Dearborn, Michigan, on Tuesday—when a demonstrator attempted to burn a Quran and Muslim counter-protesters surged—was more than a brief flash of… Read More
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In 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association. A fractured court, led by a conservative majority, held that the Professional… Read More
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In just a few days, a Karl Marx-quoting communist who has struggled to disavow Hamas is likely to be elected the next mayor of the… Read More
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I write from a quiet, mountainous part of Central Europe. The scenery is idyllic, and the fall air is crisp. But much as the case… Read More
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On Thursday, Senate Democrats voted for the 10th time to prolong the federal government shutdown. They also voted against funding the military, thereby necessitating that… Read More
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Four of America’s nominally closest allies—Britain, Australia, France, and Canada—disgraced themselves this week by recognizing a so-called Palestinian state. In so doing, these nations didn’t… Read More
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Is it really too much to ask that a murdered young man be given the dignity of a proper burial before bad-faith opportunists attempt to… Read More
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It is difficult enough to write about the most high-profile political assassination in this country since the Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy… Read More
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Donald Trump’s recent floated proposal to deploy the National Guard to crime-overrun blue cities like Chicago and Baltimore has been met with howls of outrage… Read More
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On Monday, President Donald Trump moved to fire Lisa Cook, a Joe Biden-nominated member of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors. He moved to fire… Read More
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Two months after the breathtaking Operation Midnight Hammer strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities and the ceasefire with Israel that soon followed, President Donald Trump has… Read More
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On Tuesday, New York City radio host Sid Rosenberg asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio about whether the State Department intends to designate the Muslim… Read More
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Every recreational golfer of my generation shares at least two things in common: We grew up revering Tiger Woods, and we know “Happy Gilmore,” the… Read More
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Over the course of four years’ banishment to America’s political wilderness while subjected to both a would-be assassin’s bullets and the humiliating and unprecedented spectacle… Read More
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It has been painfully obvious, ever since the presidential election last November, that the Democratic Party’s brand is in tatters. This week, a Quinnipiac University… Read More
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A lot of people online have been very, very upset over President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice’s twofold conclusion, announced last Sunday, that Jeffrey Epstein’s… Read More
International Commentary
My young family and I were in Israel when the Israel Defense Forces and Mossad began their offensive operations against Iran on June 13, commencing… Read More
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Last November, Donald Trump soundly defeated Kamala Harris among young men 18 to 29 years old, racking up about 56% of their votes according to… Read More
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On Wednesday evening, the world’s wealthiest man announced that his sojourn in the nation’s capital is almost over. “As my scheduled time as a Special… Read More
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On Thursday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Trump v. CASA, Inc. Though the case arises out of President Donald… Read More
