Perpetual skeptics would do well to consider how far the right has come in the last five years, even as they count the battles left to fight.
How Bob Woodward Could Have Saved the ‘Washington Post’ from Russiagate Humiliation
Woodward identified the lack of curiosity at the Post that allowed the paper, and all of legacy media, to take the Russiagate bait that is now choking them.
The Real January 6 Wasn’t at the Capitol – It Was at Trump Tower
The scandalous meeting on January 6, 2017 between the incoming president and James Comey was the beginning of an attempted coup.
Israel’s Right to Exist Does Not Negate Palestinian Territorial Claims
Chronicles Editor-in-Chief Paul Gottfried responds to a critic who misrepresents and distorts his position on the Jewish state and what ought to be America’s posture toward it.
The Obama Dossier
Recalling the back story to the Russia hoax that fundamentally transformed America.
Trump’s Trade Lesson for Economists (and the World)
Trump and America are winning this trade war and demonstrating the shortcomings of the economists in the Ivory Tower.
A Young Filmmaker’s Take on the Tales of Youth
Paul Roland’s inspiration in the legendary filmmaker, John Hughes, offers some hope that Hollywood can once again tell the poignant stories of American teenagers.
House of Edification or House of Horrors?
If art reflects the society that produces it, postmodern art is a reflection of an age without boundaries, meaning, or hope.
The Murdoch Media’s New York Mayoral Coverage Is All About Israel
Rather than viewing the New York mayoral race as a battle between leftist factions, Fox News and the New York Post have jumped into the fray on behalf of the pro-Israel left.
Tax Remittances to Stop the Border Cash Leak
Enforcing immigration law with ICE raids is an important, but difficult, way to secure the border. Taxing remittances is much easier and would also be very effective.
In Defeat, Leftists Attempt to Repair Families and Friendships Broken by Politics
After a decade of politicizing everything, leftists now feel compelled to make nice with friends and family members they snubbed.
Grading the Second Trump Presidency, Six Months In
Trump’s second administration is off to a strong, and fast, start because Trump has learned to seize the day.
When the Bill for Bad Comedy Comes Due
Stephen Colbert chased applause instead of laughter. He catered to his audience’s prejudices instead of challenging them. It was boring, and thankfully he’s out of a job.
Love Gov Threatens Florida Move
The irony of Andrew Cuomo’s threatened move to Florida, should he lose the New York mayoral race this fall, is not lost on Florida Republicans.
Dems Rail Against Colbert’s Cancellation—Here’s Why
Democrats rush to Stephen Colbert’s defense because they know that Colbert, and all of the dying late-night television phenomenon, run cover for and serve the interests of Democrats.
MAGA’s Epstein Crisis
Trump's abrupt dismissal of the Jeffrey Epstein case shocked supporters, who had backed him because they thought he would hold powerful people accountable.
Defining Anti-Semitism
Simplistic definitions and easy assumptions about anti-Semitism shut down the conversations that would help to overcome it.
The Left’s Concert of Violence
When America rejected the left, they viewed it not as a rejection of their policies, but as a rejection of them as people. Many leftists feel justified in lashing out.
Brett Cooper and Conservatism’s Creative Bankruptcy
Will the right ever break free from its parasitic relationship with Hollywood, and create real art instead of complaining about it?
Mamdani, Man From Nowhere
A rootless, third-world would-be cosmopolitan wants to impart his special blend of regressive, anti-Western grievance on America. We should stop inviting it.
Whose Politics Canceled Stephen Colbert?
Donald Trump didn’t get Stephen Colbert canceled; everything Democrats like about him did.
Keep Maverick in the Cockpit
As warfare is increasingly driven by advancements in drone technology and artificial intelligence, the loss of the human element will be catastrophic for civilian populations.
ADL’s Thought Police Helped Create the Current Climate of Anti-Semitism
How the Anti-Defamation League now embraces the ideology that they were originally established to combat.
Muhammad Ali and a Half-Century of Fooling Ourselves
The full legacy of Muhammad Ali, including his period of venomous anti-white bigotry, needs to be remembered and understood.
Building the 21st-Century American Athlete
American families need to reclaim the origins of athletics as way to impart and inspire excellence and virtue.
Mamdani Shows Democrats Can’t Quit Obamaism
Obamaism is sinking the Democratic Party but they can’t quit it.
MAGA Is Getting the Ukraine Aid It Voted For
Trump has always been more hawkish than his base on aid for Ukraine.
Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt Takes the Left to Court
In his new book, Senator Eric Schmitt shows that with determination and intelligent legal arguments, the right can mount an effective legal offense against the left.
The Judicial Tyranny of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
The Constitution can, and should, be interpreted to mean whatever Justice Kentanji Brown Jackson wants it to mean. Just ask her.
Bastille Day Should be a Reminder to Americans About the Dangers of Debt Crisis
Our administrative elite, echoing 1780s France, is placing its own self-interest above the country’s financial health. Will we face a similar terror?
Trump Upended the GOP’s Old Racial Calculus in the 2024 Election
After Pew’s review of the 2024 election, the GOP can never again claim that immigration restriction and winning minority voters are mutually exclusive.
A Progressive Bonfire of the Vanities, ‘Mad-Mani’ Style
In New York City, a new coalition of sanity needs to be built and built quickly.
Epstein Wide Shut
We are not equipped to understand the perverse depths of elite power. Morbid speculation on the unknowable will only lead to self-defeat.
The UK’s Free Speech Proxy War
The United Kingdom serves as a cautionary tale for the United States when it comes to free speech—the crackdown there could soon be copied here.
What Trump Knows About Superman
Donald Trump understands America and Superman better than the Hollywood director who tries to pull a fast one in this new adaptation.
DeMaurice Smith Fumbles in His Turf War
The former head of the NFL Players Association extrapolates personal grievance into an indictment of an entire industry and of America itself.
‘Toxic Masculinity’ Strikes Again in Texas Floods
In saving the lives of so many during the Texas floods, the name Scott Ruskan has inspired deserved accolades. Why didn’t Daniel Penny?
FBIntrigue
Evidence is accumulating about how the agency looked the other way when confronted with China’s 2020 election interference, and a whole lot more.
A Courageous and Painful Reckoning
Conservative economist and public intellectual Glenn Loury recounts his own struggle for political and personal responsibility in a new autobiography.
The Krakening of Bondi and Patel
The lesson to be learned from the Jeffrey Epstein files saga is that the attorney general and the director of the FBI should not be commenting on evidence they have not personally reviewed.
Surviving the Left’s Shame Storm
The feeling of intense shame is a difficult thing to navigate—which is precisely why the left has weaponized it.
Ex-Dem Rep: The N-Word Causes Cancer
The never-ending quest to describe blacks as helpless victims of oppression has discovered a new frontier.
A Model Neocon
While the broader conservative movement at least pretends to hear the people’s call for an end to forever wars, National Review’s Noah Rothman remains a stalwart defender of the neocon orthodoxy.
It’s Time for the Feds To Take Over Columbia University
If Columbia University’s acting president, Claire Shipman, fails to end the harassment of students and destruction of property from far-left and pro-Hamas activists on campus, the feds should step in.
CIAmerica
America’s real secret government was exposed by the work of the late Angelo Codevilla. His advice to prosecute the evildoers in the American intelligence community should be heeded.
Vulnerable Power
In this liminal shift between the old and the new, pop star Sabrina Carpenter seems to embrace something closer to the vulnerability that represents true feminine power.
A Big Beautiful Test of GOP Principles and Discipline
If there were serious divisions in the Republican Party, Trump would have lost this fight.
Exposing the Palo Alto-Deep State Cabal
When Congress grills former White House Chief of Staff Jeff Zients about who was running the government in the Biden years, they should have him explain his connections to the Kavanaugh hit, too.
The 1783 Project
Without the Treaty of Paris in 1783, declaring our independence would have been a hollow exercise. True freedom must be won.
Living in the Knowledge of Dying
Danny Boyle’s film ‘28 Years Later’ delivers exactly the subversive message a dying Western civilization needs to hear.