Random stuff I find interesting and you may not.
They reduced Jews to ashes. In 2023, a fascist army burnt Jews to death. The Jews’ names were Ram Itamari, 56, a transportation manager, and his wife, Lili Itamari, 63, a schoolteacher. They were in their home in Kibbutz Kfar Aza in southern Israel on 7 October 2023 when the unit of anti-Semites showed up. … Read more
Republicans should make universities with big endowments and multibillion-dollar foundations pay more. Republicans looking for new sources of revenue to help finance further tax cuts or reduce the deficit are appropriately looking at university endowments. In so doing, they should raise their sights to include large, grantmaking nonprofit foundations. Large university endowments remain one of … Read more
When the United States was attacked by al-Qaeda on September 11, 2001, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) did something it had never done before and has not done since: It invoked Article 5, the collective-defense provision at the core of the alliance. With Manhattan burning and the Pentagon in ruins, thousands of Americans dead, … Read more
After Oct 7, Robert Spencer, the eminent scholar of religions and expert on Islamic terrorism, witnessed the irrational return of antisemitism, not just on the left, but also on the right. “Fervent and articulate opponents of globalism and socialism began sending me articles in which globalists and socialists rehearsed all the alleged evils and misdeeds … Read more
No sooner had Israel lowered the bodies of the two murdered Bibas children into their graves, than radical leftists began accusing Jews of “white supremacy” for mourning them. The Empire State Building and a number of other national landmarks had changed their colors to orange to honor the two redheaded children, 9-month-old Kfir and 4-year-old … Read more
…America’s most unsuccessful politician. He took over as governor of a state that had always been low-crime, and now, for the first time ever, Minnesota’s serious crime rate is higher than the national average. He became governor of a state that had long been prosperous, and after six years, again for the first time ever, … Read more
Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) has introduced a bill offering the first legislative step toward administrative law court (ALC) reform. Known as the Seventh Amendment Restoration Act, the legislation would provide a critical avenue for people to bring their cases against federal agencies directly to federal courts. Specifically, Hageman’s proposed Seventh Amendment Restoration Act would allow … Read more
In the immediate aftermath of the horrific Hamas attack on Israel of October 7, 2023, reasonably informed opinion in most of the world, excluding Muslim or Arab nations, expressed shock and sympathy. Who could not be horrified by a preplanned act of mass violence in which over 1,200 Israelis (men, women, children, and babies) were … Read more
Those in the social mainstream have always justified themselves by contrast with the kinds of sins their milieu deems most shameful. The arrogant, self-righteous, and repressed within respectable society either deny their own sins outright, or cover them over as less egregious than the sins of the socially unacceptable. Christ overturned this when he told … Read more
“Here I am, then. I have come home.” So said Pope John Paul II after landing in Warsaw in 1983, bending to kiss the soil of his native country. The mood was patriotic and defiant. “Poland for the Poles!” came the shouts from the crowd—union men, priests, fathers and their sons. “We are the real … Read more
State laws banning caged eggs are cutting off millions from cheaper options. America’s current spike in egg prices has quickly become one of the central public policy issues of early 2025. But while the emphasis in much of the media and amongst policymakers has focused on the epidemiology patterns of the avian flu, the government … Read more
When controversial “manosphere” influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate flew into Florida on Thursday after having been detained in Romania, Governor Ron DeSantis was clear: “Florida is not a place where you’re welcome.” In Romania, both men are charged with exploiting women for financial gain and forming an organized crime group; in the U.K., Andrew faces … Read more
Actress, mother of two, and school activist Sophie Winkleman began her recent address on children at the 2025 Alliance for Responsible Citizenship Conference in London by describing a recent scene from a packed London bus. Standing over a young man and a young woman, both intent on their smartphones, Winkleman noticed that each was on … Read more
Hindu leaders use WhatsApp to call for violence toward Christians on March 1. During President Trump’s recent meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the conversation centered on trade and economic issues, leaving little room for a far more urgent crisis. In the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh, Hindu leaders have urged men to gather … Read more
States offer steep subsidies to the film industry. But special interest groups extract these concentrated benefits at the cost of jobs in every other field. . . . According to the New York Times, a total of 38 states offered film subsidies in 2024, five of whom started doing so after 2022. While fewer than … Read more
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On Thursday, disgraced “manosphere” influencer Andrew Tate and his brother, Tristan, boarded a private jet from Romania, where they have lived for years, to Florida. That these moral monsters have been welcomed to our shores with open arms is appalling and shameful. The saga also exposes an unfortunate fault line on the American Right — … Read more
Over the years, I’ve shared a thought experiment with friends from the left and right: If you give a random member of Hamas or Hezbollah a button that can instantly kill every Jew in Israel, would they press it? No one has said no; almost everyone says yes. Even among the left, independent of any … Read more
At the time of this writing, Pope Francis is in critical condition at Gemelli University Hospital in Rome with a complex case of pneumonia in both lungs and early-stage kidney failure. Before all else, we pray for his well-being and peace. But death is in the air. The Swiss Guard have held funeral rehearsals. The … Read more
One of the irritating things about DOGE—something that ought to bother conservative DOGE apologists more than it should—is the comprehensive lack of honesty in the thing. The so-called Department of Government Efficiency is not a department, it is really only quasi-government at most, and its aim is not efficiency. It is the right-wing mirror image … Read more
If you need another reason to hope for success from the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)—you probably don’t, but there are plenty to go around—it turns out that efforts by the waste-hunting, government-shrinking (we hope) body may not just save money; it may help make people more honest. That’s because, after decades of increasing flows … Read more
When marijuana legalization began in the U.S. over a decade ago, advocates promised sweeping benefits: an end to punitive treatment of users, especially minorities—thus striking a blow for social justice—and the creation of profitable, regulated markets driving economic growth. Legalization, they argued, would provide safer products and generate significant tax revenue, with minimal downsides, since … Read more
Aspiring officeholders increasingly disguise their obvious lust for power with a transparent sheen of public-spiritedness. If it seems like I’ve been criticizing Pete Buttigieg a lot lately, it’s because his political conduct annoys me. A McKinsey alumnus and the former mayor of Indiana’s fourth-largest city, Buttigieg has improbably vaulted himself to national prominence through the … Read more
If you expected a second Trump term to usher in some sort of new era of free speech, you might by now be feeling some rueful secondthoughts. In the latest development, Trump’s pick for federal prosecutor in Washington, DC, Edward R. Martin Jr., has sent a threat/investigation letter to Rep. Robert Garcia (D‑CA) over comments … Read more
Democrats claim castrating children is in the Constitution. A racist, former Survivor contestant and tobacco progressive sued the president claiming that unless we castrate the kids, they’ll die. And a judge ruled in front of a courtroom full of transgender activists cheering for child mutilation that banning castration wasn’t constitutional. Where is child castration mentioned … Read more