Political Commentary & Opinion

Governments around the West are currently scrambling toward adopting more and more renewable, environmentally healthy energy sources—with the notable and regrettable exception of nuclear energy—and to set a path for a world of zero emissions in the coming decades. There is no doubt that the goal of reaching a greener and cleaner future is laudable…

Massive uncertainty hangs over the human race as artificial intelligence advances daily. No, this isn’t the message of a contemporary speculative piece, but from British writer D.F. Jones’ science fiction novel “Colossus.” Jones’ bestselling thriller, published in 1966, became a hit movie in 1970 with the title “Colossus: The Forbin Project.” “Collosus” is one of…

Will Hild, executive director of Consumers’ Research, has a message for everyday Americans. “Here’s the only definition of ESG you really need to remember,” Hild says, talking about environmental, social, and governance standards. “ESG is when the financial services industry uses their market power to push through environmental and social policy that they could not…

The Southern Poverty Law Center just released a report claiming there are 1,225 hate and anti-government groups in America. These groups cause “fear and pain [in] black, brown, and LGBTQ communities.” The SPLC lists such groups on its “hate map.” I once believed the center. Well-meaning people still do. Apple once gave them $1 million….

“I like Hitler,” New York Times columnist David French said in a recent podcast while explaining that there are “countless reasons” to read the German dictator’s book “Mein Kampf.” Anyone who isn’t politically demented or arguing in bad faith might pause before concluding from that snippet that French is actually a closeted Nazi sympathizer. After…

The Left has panicked since America’s top tribunal decided last month, 6-to-3, that racial preferences in college admissions are unconstitutional. “The Supreme Court ruling has put a giant roadblock in our country’s march toward racial justice,” complained Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. Former first lady Michelle Obama moaned: “Today, my heart breaks for any young person out there who’s wondering what their…

Irving Berlin’s last musical was a largely forgotten show called “Mr. President” (1962). One of the silly songs below his usual high standards included the lyric “The Secret  Service makes me nervous.” That’s how I felt after the agency, charged with protecting the president, delivered a report that said it could not find the person…

Bucking film critics and the Left, a film showcasing the reality of child sex trafficking holds second place at the box office—after finishing No. 1 over Independence Day weekend—as it continues to outperform the summer blockbusters. Box Office Mojo, a website that calculates box office revenues, reported that “Sound of Freedom” beat out other expected…

The end of affirmative action was inevitable. The only surprise in the Supreme Court’s recent decision was that such intentions gone terribly wrong lasted so long. First, supporters of racial preferences always pushed back the goal posts for the program’s success. Was institutionalized reverse bias to last 20 years, 60 years, or ad infinitum? Parity…

There is a pandemic in the Western world—especially, but not only, in America—that few are talking about, let alone addressing. This pandemic doesn’t actually kill people. But it does destroy people, ruin lives, crush families, and cause permanent, debilitating pain—far more than have the vast majority of cases of COVID-19. This pandemic consists of adult…

Since the 2020 election, President Joe Biden has made clear his intention to drive America’s gasoline- and diesel-powered cars and trucks right off our roads. In May, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed a new rule that would impose such strict emissions limits that carmakers would only be able to comply with them by switching the…