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In his 2018 book The Revolt of the Public, Martin Gurri warned that political history may increasingly be driven “by negation rather than contradiction” — not by a contest of…
Daniel Turner writes for the Federalist about one of the worst pieces of the late Pope Francis’ collection of dubious policy ideas. In his final act as pontiff of the…
John Daniel Davidson of the Federalist assesses the importance of the upcoming process for replacing the late Pope Francis. The papal conclave to elect a successor to Pope Francis will…
Jim Geraghty offers National Review Online readers a list of things they probably didn’t know about former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. 1. Bloomberg got his start on the…
Michael Goodwin of the New York Post takes a rival publication to task for its willful ignorance of ongoing crises. Test your knowledge of current events by answering this question:…
Kevin Williamson of National Review Online reacts to the latest evidence of likely Islamist terrorism. One of the great problems we face in our ongoing confrontation with Islamic fundamentalism is…
Ever notice that the dire predictions emanating from global warming alarmists never come true? Michael Bastasch of The Daily Caller has. For decades now, those concerned about global warming have…
View in your browser. Last week, complications from ulcer surgery claimed the life of Nobel Prize-winning economist Gary Becker. It is a great loss. Becker had expanded the scope of…
National Review’s defense, which Mitch posted earlier, of Paul Ryan for daring to seek new ways to fight poverty, is excellent. This part particularly resounded: This is a familiar situation…
John Goodman’s post today, “Do You Care More Than Paul Krugman Cares?“, opens with words from Gary Becker that happily explain also why I believe in free-market capitalism. Goodman’s opening:…
Yesterday’s WSJ featured an excellent piece by Father Robert Sirico (a Catholic priest who has learned more about economics on his own than most econ professors know) on a recent…
Time magazine is reporting that Pope Benedict has been silent on Ted Kennedy’s death. Time quotes a Vatican official as saying, “Here in Rome Ted Kennedy is nobody. He’s…