It's Getting Worse Every Day

Jim Geraghty

Making the click-through worthwhile: Today’s just a cavalcade of creeps. Matt Lauer, Garrison Keillor, John Conyers, Al Franken. . .

Bonfire of the Grotesqueries

I hope this newsletter isn’t getting boring or redundant, dear readers, and that the coverage and discussion of sexual harassment scandals isn’t getting monotonous. It’s just that nearly every day, there’s some “whoa, did you see this? Can you believe this?” revelation about some previously-respected figure in politics or media or entertainment, one more figure that our society put up on a fairly high pedestal who turns out to be an abominable creep.

The revelations in the articles in Variety and the New York Times about former Today host Matt Lauer are stomach-turning. Many people are focusing on this bizarre detail about Lauer’s office, suggesting he had a Bond-villain-like setup to ensure female subordinates ...

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Khatallah’s Aquittals on Benhazi Murders Show, Again, Need for New System

Andrew C. McCarthy

There was never going to be justice for the American war dead of the Benghazi attack. The jihadist strike on the eleventh anniversary of the 9/11 atrocities was too bound up in the politics of...

Remembering Henry Hyde: Hero of the Pro-Life Movement

Chuck Donovan

Remembering Henry Hyde: Hero of the Pro-Life Movement

Four Misleading Arguments against the Tax-Reform Bills

Brian Riedl

The House and Senate tax-reform bills are open to legitimate criticism. The goal of deficit-neutrality is shattered by the $2 trillion price tag over a decade (adjusted for gimmicks). The goal...

What Would Reagan Think of the GOP’s Tax Bills?

Ben T. Elliott

It’s a simple question, and perhaps the easiest and best way to gauge whether the tax-cut bill Republicans are racing through Congress lives up to its billing: What would Reagan do? Would...

London’s Mayor Cracks Down on Fish and Chips

Julie Kelly

London mayor Sadiq Khan unveiled his “London Plan” on Wednesday, and, as expected, it took a tough stance against a dangerous threat jeopardizing the health and future of the city’s children....

The Federal Courts Are Overworked and Need to Be Expanded

Steven G. Calabresi, Shams Hirji

Josh Blackman, an associate professor of law at South Texas College of Law, recently published an op-ed in National Review Online taking issue with our proposal urging congressional Republicans...

Citizen Newt: The Making of a Reagan Conservative

Craig Shirley

'An honest and highly talented biographer who is also a man of conviction...In this deeply researched biography, while never glossing over missteps and mistakes, Craig Shirley has given us that honest accounting.'
- John R. Coyne Jr., author, Strictly Right: William F. Buckley Jr. and the American Conservative Movement

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