[ad_1] Walgreens pharmacy in Austin, Texas, in 2018. (Mohammad Khursheed/Reuters) He can still do the right thing and set a great example. Opioid addiction and abuse has devastated thousands of communities across America since at least 2010 and probably earlier. West Virginia is one of the states most terribly affected. Those persons or entities who

[ad_1] Wick Allison (via @wickallison/Twitter) Goodbye to a visionary political fighter and longtime NR friend. Lodowick Brodie Cobb Allison, better known as “Wick,” once referred to in these parts as “The Publisher” — a position he held and wielded for roughly three years following the retirement of Bill Rusher — has passed away. He fought

[ad_1] House Speaker Nancy Pelosi holds a weekly news conference with Capitol Hill reporters, July 26, 2019. (Erin Scott/Reuters) I keep getting reassured that House speaker Nancy Pelosi is a master strategist who earns all of that glowing press coverage. Today Pelosi insisted she had been “set up” by the hair salon where she had

[ad_1] Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi walks through the Capitol in Washington, D.C., August 22, 2020. (Erin Scott/Reuters) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is demanding an apology from a San Francisco hair salon owner for what she is calling a “set up” against her, after the California Democrat was caught inside the salon without a

[ad_1] ( zimmytws/Getty Images) George Leef’s advice about the “Chivas Regal effect” in colleges should be heeded, especially when you consider that, for many students, the actual out-of-pocket expense of attending a very good university (as opposed to the on-paper tuition) often compares very favorably with the cost of attending a relatively middling institution. Young

[ad_1] Robert Redfield, director of the CDC, speaks during a House Select Subcommittee hearing in Washington, D.C., July 31, 2020. (Erin Scott/Reuters) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has asked states to be ready to distribute a potential coronavirus vaccine by November 1, according to new reports. In a letter to state governors and

[ad_1] ( smolaw11/Getty Images) The University of California system can no longer consider ACT and SAT tests in admissions or scholarship decisions, a judge ruled Monday, saying the testing disadvantages applicants with disabilities.  Alameda County Superior Court Judge Brad Seligman issued the preliminary injunction on Monday, acknowledging arguments that students with disabilities would have difficulty

[ad_1] The National Academies of Sciences has published a Draft Framework for Equitable Allocation of a COVID-19 Vaccine — since there will not be enough vaccine to inoculate everyone when it first is approved — so that the public can comment. I have checked it out, and it seems good. Here is the gist of

[ad_1] Supporters wearing face masks look on as President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally in Londonderry, New Hampshire,August 28, 2020. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) I visited a New Hampshire hangar full of jubilant fans, grooving to nostalgic hits, cheering their president. On August 28, loyal Trump supporters patiently waited in line for a seat in the

[ad_1] In a ruling last Friday (in Smith v. Regents of the University of California), state trial judge Brad Seligman issued a preliminary injunction barring the various University of California schools from considering the results of SAT or ACT tests in admissions and scholarship decisions. When I first learned of this ruling, I wondered how

[ad_1] In July, Tennessee governor Bill Lee signed a “heartbeat bill” that prohibits abortion after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, which can occur as early as six weeks into pregnancy. Less than an hour after that law took effect, a federal judge blocked it, siding with the plaintiffs in a lawsuit from the ACLU,

[ad_1] House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer depart together after a news conference about their coronavirus relief negotiations with the Trump administration on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., August 7, 2020. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) On the menu today: Nancy Pelosi goes to a shut-down hair salon, mask-free, demonstrating that we never had

[ad_1] Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) speaks during a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, August 6, 2020. (Alex Wong/Pool via Reuters) The case of Officer Isaac Espinoza reveals what animates Ms. Harris — and it is not faithful adherence to the law. You might have forgotten the first

[ad_1] The headquarters of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in Silver Spring, Md. (Jason Reed/Reuters) This afternoon, a group of 20 Republican senators, led by Texas senator Ted Cruz, sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration, calling on Commissioner Stephen Hahn to “classify the abortion pill as an ‘imminent hazard to the

[ad_1] Former national security adviser Michael Flynn departs after his sentencing was delayed at U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., December 18, 2018. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) There are many words one might use to describe Judge Emmett Sullivan. Chastened is not one of them. Yesterday, in an en banc (full court) ruling that went 8–2 in

[ad_1] President Donald Trump speaks while viewing property damage in the aftermath of riots, Kenosha, Wis., September 1, 2020. (Leah Millis/Reuters) President Trump on Tuesday contrasted the swift restoration of order in Kenosha, Wis. with the ongoing riots in Portland, and suggested that elected officials in Oregon have allowed the disturbances to continue for political

[ad_1] From Coleman Hughes’s insightful critique of Ibram X. Kendi’s book How to Be an Antiracist and from other arguments in the public square, I gather that a central tenet of the ideology of so-called antiracism is that any racially disparate outcome that disfavors blacks is compelling evidence of white supremacy. I wonder, then, how

[ad_1] Protesters gather around after setting fire to the entrance of a police station as demonstrations continue after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minn., May 28, 2020. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) Once the hysteria devolved into violence, it caught up to Democrats in the polls. Now they’re just attempting to whitewash history. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE

[ad_1] The New York skyline and the One World Trade Center in the distance as a man makes his commute after a night of snow from New York City to Exchange Place in New Jersey, February 14, 2014. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters) Around two out of every five residents of New York would leave the city if

[ad_1] Former Vice President Joe Biden accepts the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination during a speech delivered for the Democratic National Convention from the Chase Center in Wilmington, Del., August 20, 2020. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) Do Democrats really seem focused on reassuring America’s cul-de-sacs? NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE H ow badly does Joe Biden want to win the

[ad_1] Voting booths at a voting center at the Placerville Town Hall in Placerville, Calif., March 3, 2020 (Gabriela Bhaskar/Reuters) The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has finalized plans to endorse 30 House Democrats, raising tensions among members of the right-leaning organization, according to a new report.  While the Chamber has spent over $100 million backing

[ad_1] A man walks by as riots turn into fires after a black man, identified as Jacob Blake, was shot by police, Kenosha, Wis., August 24, 2020. (Stephen Maturen/Reuters) For the first time, this summer’s riots have spread beyond far-left megacities to Anytown, USA — and the political risks to Democrats are clear. After a

[ad_1] President Donald Trump delivers his acceptance speech as the 2020 Republican presidential nominee during the Republican National Convention on the South Lawn of the White House, August 27, 2020. (Carlos Barria/Reuters) Some voters think Trump is trying to quell riots but Democrats insist on watching things burn. Observers on the left note wryly that

[ad_1] Cars in a used car lot were destroyed by rioters after the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis., August 31, 2020. (Kamil Krzaczynski/Reuters) Rioters have caused nearly $2 million in damage to city-owned property in Kenosha, Wis. after the police shooting of Jacob Blake on August 23 sparked unrest in the city,

[ad_1] Ibram X. Kendi on CBS This Morning in 2019. (CBS This Morning/via YouTube) The “anti-racist” evangelists are mounting a self-serving culture war. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE S tudents are heading back to school this fall (in-person or remotely) after the longest, strangest summer on record. It’s been the summer not just of COVID but also

[ad_1] Testing for COVID-19 in Houston, Tex., August 18, 2020 (Adrees Latif/Reuters) The U.S. coronavirus case count surpassed 6 million on Monday, less than eight months after the first American case of the virus was recorded, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The milestone comes a little over three weeks after the country topped

[ad_1] Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks about safety in America during a campaign event in Pittsburgh, Penn., August 31, 2020. (Alan Freed/Reuters) A tour of his campaign website leaves the voter wondering about the details of his agenda, particularly on foreign policy. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE J oe Biden’s campaign website could easily be mistaken

[ad_1] Republican National Committee Chairman Ronna McDaniel speaks at the RNC in Washington, D.C., August 24, 2020. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) As children around the country head back to school, whether online or in person, the school-choice debate has taken on a new sense of urgency. We’re witnessing how in many parts of the country, as public-school

[ad_1] President Trump visits nearby areas damaged by Hurricane Laura in Lake Charles, La., August 29, 2020. (Tom Brenner/Reuters) The Trafalgar Group got key races right when others were wrong in 2016 and 2018. Will the Republican pollster do it again in 2020? NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE I n 2016, every poll of the presidential race

[ad_1] Forty years ago, Monty Python’s Life of Brian used the elementary reality that men don’t have wombs, and therefore can’t gestate babies, to ridicule a revolutionary’s fight for his “right to have babies.” As a fellow revolutionary pointed out (and everyone at the time understood), his supposed “struggle against oppression” was in fact a