Saving Washington’s Birthday
It was only a matter of time before cancel culture scored a hit in its fight to eliminate the Founders from our collective memory. On Tuesday, the San Francisco board…
History’s Lesson for Biden: Stuff Happens
A president elected at a time of deep national crisis generally has an advantage over one elected when things are going fairly well. Franklin D. Roosevelt was sworn in shortly…
Hyper-Polarization, Executive Power, and the Constitution
Polarization, or a tendency toward the extremes, is a matter of degrees and frequently vexes free and democratic government. The hyper-polarization that disfigures American politics today — the determination to…
Tech Community Turns Against the New York Times
A new app offers the ability to block New York Times reporters on Twitter en masse, escalating the feud between the tech community and the Paper of Record. The BlockNYT project rolled out Monday…
Sen. Elizabeth Warren Plans to Tax Everything
Now that she’s a member of the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren plans to give the progressive agenda a boost by introducing a bill that would create…
Trump Quits Actor’s Union
The Hollywood left has been trying to cancel Donald J. Trump ever since he announced his bid for the presidency. Not content to let him retire from office in peace…
Biden’s Blue State Claw Back
No one can accuse President Biden of easing into office. His first days have been a blizzard of executive orders, presidential memorandums, and official proclamations. He says he wants to…
Frontiers of Freedom’s Statement on U.S. Senator Rand Paul’s Substitute Budget Amendment
Washington, DC – February 4, 2021 — George Landrith, president of Frontiers of Freedom, released the following statement on U.S. Senator Rand Paul’s Substitute Budget Amendment: Senator Rand Paul has…
Voters Say U.S. Is More Divided, Doubt Biden Can Unite Americans
In his inaugural address, President Joe Biden used the word “unity” 11 times to highlight his commitment to bringing the American people together. According to one new poll, it didn’t…
When Biden Said ‘Unity,’ What Did He Mean?
As inaugural speeches go, Joe Biden‘s will be remembered (if at all) for its forgettability. Its best line was borrowed. It lacked the soaring rhetoric of a Reagan, Roosevelt or Kennedy…
‘Free Speech for Me, but Not for Thee’
The American media — long stalwart defenders of the First Amendment — are now having second thoughts. For decades, it was a commonplace sentiment among journalists that freedom of the press…
The Left Wants Unconditional Surrender, Not Unity
About two years ago, one of my wife’s best friends began to turn down invitations to get together. Then, out of the blue, she unfriended my wife on Facebook. That’s…
The tech supremacy: Silicon Valley can no longer conceal its power
‘To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle,’ George Orwell famously observed. He was talking not about everyday life but about politics, where it is…
Biden Education Pick Is Leading Opponent of Return to Classrooms
President Joe Biden’s pick to be deputy secretary of education is still fighting to keep students out of the classroom in San Diego, where she’s school superintendent. Cindy Marten, the…
Biden LGBT Rights Order Charges Into Culture War
An executive order on LGBT rights signed by President Joe Biden on Wednesday signals the start of a bitter cultural clash that will loom large over his presidency. Biden’s directive broaches almost…