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Jew-hate wins again, the filibuster must remain and other commentary
The annual New York State Writers Institute literary festival was “disrupted,” marvels The Free Press’ Joe Nocera.
Stop risky research, Congress dodges hard decisions and other commentary
The Risky Research Review Act, now before the Senate, “could finally require independent oversight” around risks like gain-of-function research, note Bryce Nickels & Jay Bhattacharya at RealClearPolitics.
Sorry, crime’s not falling, fighting private-sector antisemitism and other commentary
The left claims crime’s declining, yet “the nation’s largest crime survey says otherwise,” corrects Jeffrey H. Anderson in The Wall Street Journal.
How to prevent some scandals, elite schools defying Supremes? and other commentary
Emerging “details” of the investigations into City Hall and top agencies “hint at how to prevent such scandals,” observes City Journal’s Nicole Gelinas.
Wikipedia’s un-‘reliable’ sources, Trump got crime trend correct and other commentary
Wikipedia users “who accessed the ‘List of executive branch czars’ article on July 24” would’ve seen Kamala Harris listed, reports Ashley Rindsberg. But after that date, the list had “no...
The left vs. disabled workers, wishing for Trump to ‘go away’ and other commentary
“Tens of thousands of people with severe disabilities enjoy productive jobs,” but now Kamala Harris “has pledged to outlaw them,” notes Timothy P. Carney at the Washington Examiner.
Media's shrug at assassins, race grifters exposed and other commentary
“It’s difficult to overstate how extraordinary it is to have two assassination attempts against a former president and presidential candidate coming within weeks of each other,” remarks Ashley Rindsberg at...
Harris’ fracking howler, energy board’s illegal secrecy and other commentary
The Wall Street Journal’s editors wonder why Donald Trump didn’t “call out” more of Kamala Harris’ debate “howlers.”
Price-gouging isn’t driving inflation, rewriting Oct. 7 history and other commentary
“Lots of Americans are upset about their grocery bills, which rose dramatically during the inflation that followed the pandemic and have never come back down,” notes The Free Press’ Madeline...
Progs have become monsters, repudiate Joe, Kamala and other commentary
“My progressive fever started breaking on Oct. 7, 2023,” recalls Brianna Wu at The Boston Globe.
Biden’s provocative weakness, people flee high-tax states and other commentary
In response to the murder of American Hersh Goldberg-Polin by Hamas, President Biden sent “a letter of condolence” to his parents, scoffs HR McMaster at The Free Press.
Experts against ‘critical thinking,’ DOJ’s ’24 elex meddling and other commentary
Early COVID-era documents by various “academics” and “professional fact-checkers” uncovered via FOIA widely denounce “the practice of doing one’s own research,” notes Matt Taibbi at Racket.
Untie Ukraine’s hands, lessons of the TikTok ban and other commentary
President Biden fails “to comprehend” that Ukraine “will never prevail if it cannot fight back,” warn Jonathan Sweet & Mark Toth at The Hill.
Kamala’s mystery Israel shift, Harris vs. charters and other commentary
“If you are the second-in-command to the leader of the free world, and the odds-on favorite to take over as commander-in-chief in a matter of months, you should put yourself...
Hamas’ intricate web of finances, Kamala will censor and other commentary
“Hamas’s global financial footprint and use of the regulated international financial system means that its facilitators likely have access to the US financial system,” thunders National Review’s Jim Geraghty.
Harris’ plan to destroy suburbia, NY job recovery still lags and other commentary
Kamala Harris’ ideas on housing “reflect an increasing desire among the populist left and right to federalize policy despite increasing public distrust in federal institutions,” laments Robert Showah at The...
Two-faced on Israel war, 1199 SEIU rules Albany roost and other commentary
Rep. Susan Wild (D-Pa.) just got caught pandering to opposite sides on the Gaza war, reports the Free Beacon’s Chuck Ross.
Crickets from Harris, Biden, Kamala’s tax cuts are really hikes and other commentary
On the third anniversary of Abbey Gate, “several family members of [the] fallen soldiers said that all they’ve gotten in the past three years is radio silence” from the Biden-Harris...
Trump can win on character, no green tears over spilled oil and other commentary
Friendly advice that Donald Trump should focus on the economy or “concentrate more on the issues in this campaign” is “ insufficient to making the case against Kamala Harris,” argues...
Dems’ phony Kamala ‘joy,’ why no Iran attack? and other commentary
Democrats masterfully convinced us “that Americans were reacting to the prospect of a Kamala Harris presidency with ‘joy,’” snarks Reason’s Matt Welch.