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Is Climate Change Making Hurricanes Worse?
Climate alarmists like President Joe Biden assure us that all we need do to avert the destruction of hurricanes—or at least to lessen it—is to sacrifice offerings to the climate gods by giving up our gas-guzzling internal combustion engines and paying indulgences to Al Gore or something. You see, humans as a species have sinned,…Tyler O’Neil -
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NYC Subway Incident, Neely’s Death Didn’t Have to Happen. But Family, Laws Failed Him.
Jordan Neely could have been my brother. Both were diagnosed with severe schizophrenia, both with violent criminal histories, and both forcibly, temporarily hospitalized at Bellevue Hospital—New York City’s flagship hospital for the mentally ill. The stark difference: My mother and I proactively fought the legal battle for guardianship of my brother to keep him off…Carrie Sheffield -
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Defenders of Trans Athletes’ Invasion of Women’s Sports Need to See This New Documentary
What do Charlie Baker, president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, and Washington Post sports columnist Sally Jenkins have in common? They’re both in deep denial about the inherent unfairness of transgender faux females competing in collegiate (and, by extension, high school) athletics against real girls and women. Apparently, like Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown…Peter Parisi -
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Be Not Afraid of the Climate
President Joe Biden reiterated before Christmas that climate change is an existential threat even as climate alarmism reaches new levels of urgency. But the premise that the world is becoming less livable because of climate change is simply incorrect. Government data show that the world is getting better for human life in nearly every measurable…Diana Furchtgott-Roth -
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Tonight, We’re Gonna Party Like It’s 2019!
Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, and the new Department of Government Efficiency should help President reelect Donald J. Trump implement a straightforward reform: Return federal spending to 2019 levels. Americans lived large just before COVID-19. On New Year’s Eve 2019—nearly five years ago—the U.S. economy boomed. Real annual gross domestic product grew by 2.5%. Unemployment was just 3.5% and at or near record depths for blacks, Hispanics,…Deroy Murdock -
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Unpardonable: Biden Grants Mass Clemency to Death Row Inmates in Last Gasp of Failed Presidency
In the waning days of a crumbling presidency that never really was, President Joe Biden—or whatever Biden-like facsimile is signing official documents these days—decided to finish out his term with one final blast of outrageous, yet cynical, wokery. Biden wasn’t content just to pardon his deadbeat son, Hunter, or hand out executive clemencies to more…Jarrett Stepman -
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Immigration Moratorium Now!
For the past few days, certain highly visible elements of the MAGA coalition have been sparring with one another. Specifically, X users have been privy to an extensive immigration policy flame war between two competing MAGA coalition camps: the pro-immigration “tech bros” on the one hand, and the nationalist-populist immigration restrictionists on the other hand….Josh Hammer -
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Defunding Planned Parenthood Is a Matter of Life and Death for Black America
The prospect that American taxpayers, who morally object to abortion, may no longer be forced to fund Planned Parenthood when President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House, feels promising this time around. And according to Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk, the newly slated Department of Government Efficiency advisory committee just might lead the charge to…John Amanchukwu Sr. -
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Which Biden Could Be Pardoned Next? Here’s What Victor Davis Hanson Thinks
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Victor Davis Hanson, historian, commentator, and Hoover Institution senior fellow, said Thursday on his podcast that he believes all of President Joe Biden’s family members will be next in line to receive pardons. Since the president’s announcement Dec. 1 that he would pardon his son Hunter Biden of criminal charges, he has faced pushback…Hailey Gomez -
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The Obama Doctrine Is Dead
The Obama Doctrine is as dead as Yahya Sinwar. And the world is better off in both cases. While the massacre of Oct. 7, 2023, was one of the most traumatic events in modern Jewish history, it’s obvious now that it was a massive, perhaps existential, blunder by the Islamic State as well as a…David Harsanyi -
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A Light in the Darkness
The week before Christmas in 2006, on the same day I lost my job, doctors gave my wife six months to live. I had to be the one to break the news to her. I sat in her recovery room following a lung biopsy surgery, waited for her to be awake and aware, and told…Erick Erickson -
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Biden, the Invisible President, Lies Without Consequence
Joe Biden may still hold the office of president of the United States, but the media are treating him like he’s anything but a newsmaker. For much of Biden’s presidency, reporters were much more energized to cover the apparent menace of Donald Trump than agitate the officials that were always hiding Biden. Now he seems…Tim Graham -
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Pornhub to Block Access in 13 States as Age-Verification Laws Spread
THE CENTER SQUARE—The pornography website Pornhub soon will be inaccessible in 13 states after lawmakers passed a flurry of restrictions for social media and other internet sites. The bills require certain age-verification measures for websites hosting adult content. A total of 16 states—Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina,…Nolan McKendry -
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Biden Oblivious About Leaving Trump an Economy on the Precipice of Disaster
Apparently believing that the more you repeat a lie the truer it becomes, President Joe Biden recently quoted a Time magazine article claiming that “President [Donald] Trump is receiving the strongest economy in modern history.” The Time article was little more than a setup designed to position Democrats to take credit for the inevitable Trump economic boom—as…Andy Puzder -
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Defensive Gun Use Debunks Gun Control Ignorance
It’s increasingly clear that gun control activism thrives on ignorance about the nature of crime and the importance of the Second Amendment. Unfortunately, far too many Americans continue to buy hook, line, and sinker into activists’ mischaracterizations of reality. Take, for example, one recent survey that discovered a shocking number of American voters erroneously…Amy Swearer -
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Time for Trump to Drop Lawsuits and for the Press to Apologize
Maybe the lesson this Christmas season is that even if turnabout is fair play, at some point, enough is enough. Start with the specious lawsuits brought against Donald Trump, to the great glee of many of his “Never Trump” and Democrat detractors. Some of them had an immediate turnabout effect, especially Manhattan District Attorney Alvin…Michael Barone -
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How the Left Will Defend Its Censorship Regime Against Trump
The reelection of President Donald Trump could serve as a historic turning point for free speech in America. President Trump has said he will investigate censorship practices by the federal government, end the rampant disrespect for First Amendment rights on our college campuses, and take on Big Tech’s Orwellian policing of speech on the internet. If successful,…Bradley Smith -
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Who Can Trust White House Reporters Who Hid Biden’s Infirmity?
Even after The Wall Street Journal published a four-byline bombshell detailing how President Joe Biden’s staff energetically hid his ongoing cognitive decline from the public, there wasn’t a single question at the White House briefing. No reporters demanded answers about how they were misled, or complained they were pressured into silence. They mustered that umbrage…Tim Graham -
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Biden Administration Renews ‘Inexcusable’ China-US Deal
China and the U.S. signed a science cooperation agreement this month, an agreement that has been renewed every five years since 1979—yet one expert urges that this time, it’s “inexcusable.” Many conservatives argue that this decision should have been left to the incoming Trump administration, as the inauguration is now only weeks away. However, that…Audrey Streb -
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The Vindication of Daniel Penny
It didn’t take long for Daniel Penny, the subway savior who was persecuted by the New York City justice system for having the temerity to help fellow passengers, to be completely vindicated. By trying—and, fortunately, failing—to convict Penny in the death of Jordan Neely, a homeless drug addict with a long rap sheet who yelled…Jarrett Stepman