[ad_1] Protesters rally against racial inequality and the death of George Floyd near the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Va., June 13, 2020. (Jay Paul/Reuters) Fundamentally, so are the riots and arson and looting in Minneapolis and elsewhere. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE H ow should we think about those Confederate statues and

[ad_1] Demonstrators hold up signs during a protest against racial inequality in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd in Washington, D.C., June 6, 2020. (Jim Bourg/Reuters) Almost every argument I have seen against the idea that there is a systemic problem with policing and racial bias in this country cites statistics on police

[ad_1] (Schott AG/Handout/Reuters) In a co-authored New York Times opinion piece, Ezekiel Emanuel warns that the president may announce the successful development of a COVID vaccine as an “October surprise” to win the election in November. From, “Could Trump Turn a Vaccine into a Campaign Stunt:” An emergency authorization would allow Mr. Trump to hold

[ad_1] Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham attends a Senate Judiciary Committee meeting to consider authorization for subpoenas relating to the Crossfire Hurricane investigation on Capitol Hill, June 11, 2020. (Erin Schaff/Pool via Reuters) Someone wake me up when we hear something from John Durham. ‘Anybody who knew about the problems with the dossier and

[ad_1] Film producer Harvey Weinstein arrives at the New York Criminal Court in Manhattan during his sexual-assault trial, February 24, 2020. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters) Sexual assault and rape have figured in many literary tragedies over the years. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE J ust when we thought things couldn’t get much worse for Harvey Weinstein, the news came

[ad_1] Bryce Dallas Howard and William Hurt in The Village. (Touchstone Pictures/via IMDb) Shyamalan’s classic horror movie captures political mood NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE S ometimes filmmakers explain politics better than professors. For this political scientist, the fears leading some to want to lock down Americans and others to want to lock out foreigners are best

[ad_1] (TebNad/Getty Images) In a new book, Robert Bryce shows how necessary electricity is to modernity and how the growing demand for it can be met. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE S ome of the things we take most for granted, such as the air and the climate, rest on complex foundations that we often fail to

[ad_1] Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks as Attorney General William Barr listens during a joint briefing about an executive order from President Donald Trump on the International Criminal Court at the State Department in Washington, D.C., June 11, 2020. (Yuri Gripas/Pool via Reuters) A ruling that could lead to the prosecution of U.S. citizens

[ad_1] New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio deliver remarks at a news conference regarding the state’s first confirmed case of coronavirus in New York City, March 2, 2020. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters) Two Catholic priests and three Orthodox Jewish congregants have filed a lawsuit against New York governor Andrew Cuomo

[ad_1] Police officers stand guard during a protest against the death of George Floyd, New York City, June 3, 2020. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters) Lawmakers in Albany have started to target the apparatus that shields public employees from responsibility for their actions. There’s more still to be done. New York’s legislature has taken an important first step

[ad_1] A worker arrives at the Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. October 1, 2013. (James Lawler Duggan/Reuters) The new rule defines “sex” to mean biological sex for the purposes of Obamacare’s nondiscrimination policy. The Department of Health and Human Services has just announced a rule undoing an Obama-administration policy that had redefined

[ad_1] A Seattle police officer wears a “mourning band” for fallen officers over his badge, as Seattle police guard the department headquarters downtown during a rally calling for a defunding of police, Seattle, Wash., June 3, 2020. (Lindsey Wasson/Reuters) We must defend against the left’s anti-American, anti-police narrative. In the early hours of June 2,

[ad_1] (Pixabay) A New Hampshire state Democrat argued that only “well-educated” parents should be allowed to exercise choice over their children’s education, and that affording the same right to the less-educated would result in “a huge amount of trouble.” State Senator Jeanne Dietsch (D., Peterborough) told a House Education Committee hearing on Tuesday that “this

[ad_1] A nurse works at a drive-thru coronavirus testing site at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset, N.Y., May 6, 2020. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters) Two states are pausing their reopening processes as coronavirus cases spike within their borders, the governors of Oregon and Utah announced Thursday. New cases of the virus in Oregon hit their highest

[ad_1] Boston Mayor Marty Walsh during a news conference at City Hall in Boston, Massachusetts, May 31, 2017. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) Boston mayor Marty Walsh declared racism a “public health crisis” on Friday, and announced a proposal to transfer funds from the police department’s overtime budget to social services. Walsh said $3 million would be immediately

[ad_1] Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell (Al Drago/Reuters) Overly expansive public communications reinforce the view that the Fed micromanages the economy, and lead to unnecessary market volatility. At the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) press conference on Wednesday, Federal Reserve chairman Jay Powell painted a dire portrait of the U.S. economy. Despite positive news, such

[ad_1] Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura speaks to the media in St. Paul on November 4, 2002. (Eric Miller / Reuters) My Impromptus today begins with a discussion of manliness, which is a question that keeps coming up, especially on the right: What is manliness, or manhood? What is a real man? Is there a difference

[ad_1] The head of a statue of Christopher Columbus was pulled off overnight amid protests against racial inequality in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd in Boston, Mass., June 10, 2020. (Brian Snyder/Reuters) On the menu today: a long look at how much America is wrapped up in fights about symbols . .

[ad_1] Defense Secretary Mark Esper (left) listens as Joint Chiefs Chairman Army General Mark Milley addresses a news conference at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., April 14, 2020. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) Public attacks on an elected president by retired officers and the threat of resignation by high-ranking officers undermine trust. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE T ensions between

[ad_1] People gather to protest for the removal of a statue of Confederate General John B. Gordon at the Capitol in Atlanta, Ga., June 9, 2020. (Dustin Chambers/Reuters) General David Petraeus wrote an impassioned article in the Atlantic this week about the need to change the names of military bases that for over a century

[ad_1] A protester holds a sign calling for the defunding of the police during a protest against police brutality in Florissant, Missouri, June 10, 2020. (Lawrence Bryant/Reuters) There’s legitimate debate to be had about many reform proposals. But increased funding has been key to the decades-long drop in our violent-crime rates. Bernie Sanders is right,

[ad_1] (Dado Ruvic/Reuters) Twitter has had the opportunity to show that it is not another woke corporation. It doesn’t appear to be taking it. When Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testified in front of Congress in 2018, he declared: “Twitter does not use political ideology to make any decisions. . . . We believe strongly in

[ad_1] 1. Baltimore Sun: Maryland significantly underreports total coronavirus cases and deaths at nursing homes 2. CNN: Nursing homes receive defective equipment 3. COVID-19 Nursing Home Data 4. Kansas City Star: Why didn’t she leave? No bed available for 84% of KC domestic violence hotline callers 5. Jeanne Mancini: Missouri Planned Parenthood Prioritizes Agenda Over

[ad_1] Chairman Lindsey Graham, R., S.C., during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled “Examining Best Practices for Incarceration and Detention During COVID-19,” in Washington, D.C., June 2, 2020. (Tom Williams/Reuters) The Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to give committee Chairman Senator Lindsey Graham the power to subpoena dozens of Obama and Trump administration officials as

[ad_1] People attend a Black Lives Matter rally in Odense, Denmark, June 10, 2020. (Ritzau Scanpix/Tim Kildeborg Jensen/Reuters) The Left seems increasingly incapable of living by neutral principles. The long march through the institutions ends in the university economics department. The digital mob, led by New York Times columnist Paul Krugman and Michigan professor Justin

[ad_1] New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks during a news conference at LaGuardia Airport in New York, June 10, 2020. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters) After statues of Christopher Columbus were defaced around the country this week, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said Thursday that he supports keeping Manhattan’s statue of the Italian explorer, saying it represents “the

[ad_1] U.S. House Armed Services Committee receives testimony from Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley on Pentagon’s fiscal year 2021 budget request in Washington, February 26, 2020. (Amanda Voisard/Reuters) Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Mark Milley said Thursday that he “should not have been” with President Trump when he visited historic St.

[ad_1] Statue of Matthias Baldwin. Philadelphia, Penn. June 11, 2020. (Screenshot via Twitter) Protesters defaced a statue of Philadelphia abolitionist Matthias Baldwin on Wednesday, dousing the statue with paint and spray-painting the word “colonizer” on the pedestal. It was not immediately clear if the protesters were part of an organized group such as Antifa. The

[ad_1] Robert Costa and Philip Rucker report for the Washington Post that Republican senators are alarmed about the president’s sinking popularity but fear breaking with him: “Haunting the senators and their advisers is the experience of former senators such as Kelly Ayotte, a Republican from New Hampshire who spoke out against Trump’s ‘Access Hollywood’ comments

[ad_1] Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event at Delaware State University in Dover, Del., June 5, 2020. (Jim Bourg/Reuters) Former vice president Joe Biden claimed in a Wednesday interview that President Trump “is going to try to steal this election” through unfounded allegations of voter fraud, adding