Political Commentary & Opinion

As an Eagle Scout, I feel a debt to the Boy Scouts of America, but I also think the BSA abandoned its defining values by embracing transgender ideology. Both the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of the USA have embraced far-left social agendas that alienate many of the young families who form their natural constituencies….

Virginia mom Merianne Jensen became a voice for parental rights and common sense when she asked a simple question during a local school board meeting in 2022.  “If masks work, why don’t they?” Jensen asked the school board in Prince William County, Virginia. A video of the incident went viral, launching Jensen into the position…

If there is one overriding theme of the Biden years, it is the systematic degradation of American freedom, pushing the lives and freedom of private citizens aside as government expands and takes over. This is done under the rubric of the Left that “government knows best.” Day by day, we are becoming what the late…

With the start of fiscal year 2024 just days away on Oct. 1, and with no federal budget approval in sight, a continuing resolution again will regrettably be necessary. But any such continuing resolution cannot just perpetuate the status quo ante. To get my vote, it needs to include four things: funding to secure the…

The Times of London and Britain’s Channel 4 issued a scathing expose about actor and comedian-turned-podcaster Russell Brand. Brand began his career as a comedian and MTV host. In 2004, he joined “Big Brother’s Big Mouth” on Channel 4, and then transitioned into acting and voice-overs. In 2013, he went political; by 2020, he had…

If a teacher were grading President Joseph Biden’s third speech to the United Nations, he would earn a mediocre “meeting expectations.” He delivered the speech somewhat competently by his standards, clearing that exceedingly low bar. However, Biden seems to think, mistakenly, that his speech was the rallying call of a statesman: I spoke before the…

Who is responsible for the illegal immigration crisis at America’s southern border? That’s a question currently being investigated by the House Homeland Security Committee, and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is atop the list. “I think very clearly, Secretary Mayorkas has chosen to totally disregard the laws passed by Congress,” says Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn.,…

The opening of this year’s Supreme Court term on the first Monday of October will mark the release of a new Forever stamp featuring the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. While it may not be surprising that the United States Postal Service will be serving up a bouquet to the Left, it’s still regrettable that while it’s been three years since Ginsburg’s death, it’s been nearly eight since…

My former college professor Victor Davis Hanson often refers to the Left’s “un-Midas touch,” a magical curse by which everything it touches turns to dross. Growing up in the 1990s and 2000s, I didn’t realize how good I had it until Disney decided to ruin my childhood. I grew up watching three amazing mega-franchises: the…

Chalk it up as another victory for the mob. Earlier this month, Princeton University professor Robert P. George was slated to give a talk at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland, including “a discussion of the importance of free and open discourse during college of the great questions of human life.” That’s according to an email…

In the fight between Elon Musk and the Anti-Defamation League, Americans are the biggest losers. Antisemitism and woke politics are both cancers eating away at our civil society. We should be intolerant of both—and of those who ask us to pick a side. For starters, America has seen a saddening trend of civil rights organizations…