Apollo 11 ( Neon) There is a line in William Manchester’s biography of Winston Churchill, The Last Lion, in which he describes the immense crowds gathered for Churchill’s funeral in London in 1965. “When his…
Democrats are zeroing in on Treasury’s Mnuchin
Democrats have a new investigative target: Treasury Secretary Steven MnuchinSteven Terner MnuchinTrump says no discussion of extending deadline in Chinese trade talks Hillicon Valley: Mueller alleges Russians used case files to discredit his probe |…
Booker announces White House bid
Sen. Cory BookerCory Anthony BookerWarren teases ‘big announcement’ for 2020 plans Booker tells lawmakers he is running for president and seeks their support The Hill's Morning Report - Lawmakers `cautiously optimistic’ about a border deal…
The Future Is Fake
Republican Roy Moore Democratic discourse in a labyrinth of lies Just when general-purpose kook Alex Jones had almost — almost — single-handedly turned the phrase “false-flag operation” into an unmistakable banner of kookery, along comes…
Manifest Injustice
Pro-abortion demonstrators in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., in 2016. (Gary Cameron/Reuters) Explicit support for abortion “all the way up to 40 weeks” is increasingly becoming a mainstream Democratic position. The quote…
DeSantis Promises to ‘Eliminate’ Common Core
Ron DeSantis at CPAC 2016 (Gage Skidmore) Florida governor Ron DeSantis said Thursday that he plans to issue an executive order setting new curriculum standards and eliminating “the vestiges of Common Core” from the state’s…
We’re All Fundamentalists Now
Signs at a “#MeToo” demonstration during the second annual Women’s March in Cambridge, Mass., January 20, 2018. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) The social-justice warrior and the conservative Christian may be far apart in theology and politics, but…
Kamala Harris and the Implausibility of ‘Medicare-for-All’
Sen. Kamala Harris speaks to the media after announcing her presidential run at Howard University in Washington, D.C, January 21, 2019. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) Citing insurance company paperwork and delays, Harris waved her hand: “Let’s eliminate…
The Fight for Venezuela’s Soul
Opposition supporters take part in a rally against President Nicolas Maduro’s government in Caracas, Venezuela, January 23, 2019. (Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters) The people — the victims of this twisted socialist dream — just want their…
Miss Bala Makes Sense of Border Nonsense
Gina Rodriguez in Miss Bala (Sony Pictures) A subgenre’s B-movie tricks and politics The new action movie Miss Bala is steeped in three kinds of sentiment that all generate contemporary political interest: Mexican-immigrant controversy, feminist…
Abortion Maximalists Claim the Moral Low Ground
Protesters demonstrate in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in 2016. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) The fight over a Virginia bill that would have legalized abortion past the point of fetal viability exposed the procedure’s most zealous…
British mum, 22, stripped, stabbed and scalped by…
A mum has told how she was stripped and scalped by a gang of gypsies in a 'shaming ritual' after being wrongly accused of having an affair with a married man. Leighanne Rumney also had…
ICE confirms force-feeding of detainees on hunger strike
Eleven detainees at an ICE detention facility in El Paso, Texas, have been refusing food, some for more than 30 days, and six of the detainees are being force-fed per orders by a federal judge,…
Roger Stone responds to voluminous and complex evidence…
Roger Stone, President Trump's longtime ally, responded to what federal prosecutors described as "voluminous and complex" evidence in the special counsel case against him -- yet called last week's blockbuster indictment "flawed." Interested in Russia…
Border protection agents make largest fentanyl bust in…
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced Thursday that they made the largest fentanyl bust in U.S. history over the weekend, seizing hundreds of pounds of the drug along the U.S.-Mexico border. Officers at the Port…
Christianity & Culture War
Upscale Sheridan School in DC moved this week to quarantine its students from cultural-cootie-having Evangelical children ( Igor Stevanovic/Shutterstock David French, who has litigated religious liberty cases, makes a strong, necessary point about anti-Christian bigotry.…
Trump is Right: The Intelligence Community Needs to…
Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and other members of the Intelligence Community testify before the Senate Intelligence Committee Jan. 29, 2019. (CSPAN/Screenshot) Earlier this week, the collective leadership of the United States intelligence community…
America’s Withdrawal From Syria Must Be Total
The al-Tanf garrison in southern Syria. Credit: Public Domain Despite President Donald Trump’s December withdrawal order, the United States government announced Friday that it’s considering a plan to keep a remote base in southeastern Syria.…
Pelosi suggests Normandy fence for the border, but…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday she could support a border security deal that adds new Normandy fencing along about 30 miles of open border. But she won’t bring a bill to the floor that…
Trump administration proposes big changes in how prescription…
Amy Goldstein Reporter covering health-care policy and other social policy issues Christopher Rowland Business reporter focused on the health-care economy's effects on patient health, costs, and privacy January 31 at 5:29 PM The Trump administration…
Super Bowl scouting report: Bill Belichick vs. Sean…
SportsPulse: Trysta Krick sits downs with Action Network's Chad Millman for advice on which Super Bowl team to bet and which prop bet is a must. USA TODAY ATLANTA – Let Todd Gurley, the multi-dimensional…
Mavs get Porzingis, send Smith, two 1s to…
The Dallas Mavericks have acquired All-Star forward Kristaps Porzingis and three other players from the New York Knicks in exchange for a package that includes point guard Dennis Smith Jr. and two future first-round picks.…
Nuggets Nikola Jokic highlights first-time All-Stars
The NBA announced the 14 reserves for the 2019 All-Star Game on Thursday, with Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets, Ben Simmons of the Philadelphia 76ers, Nikola Vucevic of the Orlando Magic and Khris Middleton…