Trump calls his brand of persuasion “dealmaking” and 10 years since his transformation into a political force, his critics still fail to understand it.
Raising Children in a Society That Dislikes Them
We have created a society that views children as an inconvenience to adults and scorns parents trying to raise them in their midst.
Tariffs Are a Reason to Cut Taxes and Red Tape
Orthodox free marketers and national conservatives should agree that rolling back taxes and regulations is essential to making American business great again.
Jonathan Capehart’s WaPo Hissy Fit
The former editorial board member’s memoir is a perfect example of everything that is wrong with journalism today.
Harvard: Made in America or Made in China?
It is well past time for the U.S. to put an end to the unfettered foreign financing of American universities.
The Smithsonian Is Even Worse Than You Think
The parade of outrageous and divisive racialist fantasies at America’s museum is ongoing despite an executive order that it should end.
Pets of the English Department Activated to Stem the Deep Decline in English Majors
Dogs and cats step in where professors fear to tread.
The Dismal Science and the Trumpian Tariff Hullabaloo
Americans don’t elect economists to pursue the most “efficient” policies but leaders to pursue the common good.
Union With Canada Is No More Appealing Today Than It Was Yesterday
The song and dance of American union with Canada is an old story, but also one that always arrives at the same answer: No thanks!
Let It Burn: CIA Revelations Unclassified
Former CIA Chief James Angleton was right: The best prescription for the agency is to let it burn, “let it all come out and let people take the consequences.”
The Party of Hate
Democrats lead with a message of hate because their policies do not resonate or inspire.
Europe’s Ruling Class Strikes Again
The lawfare deployed against France’s Marine Le Pen is a shot across the bow of Europe’s populist right and all who oppose Europe’s ruling class.
Columbia’s Clown Show Continues
The high-stakes drama and academic charade at this supposedly venerated institution of higher education continues apace—threatening funding, public respect, and sanity.
The Democrats Will Try to Pivot on Immigration
The Democratic Party is likely to try to adopt a more restrictive position on immigration to steal some of the GOP’s recent momentum, Patrick Casey writes. Chronicles Editor Paul Gottfried responds.
America Needs an Immigration Moratorium
It is not enough to merely undo the damage of the Biden administration by deporting all illegal immigrants. There must be a moratorium on all immigration into the United States from culturally incompatible Third World countries.
Exposing the NGO Immigration Grift
NGOs and other charitable organizations both fund and profit greatly from the immigration racket, to the detriment of many Americans.
Remembering Westbrook Pegler
The conservative columnist Westbrook Pegler attacked the New Deal, big labor, and the civil rights movement. Though largely forgotten today, he set the standard for American right-wing commentary and still exerts influence over unwitting imitators.
What We Are Reading: April 2025
Short reviews of 'The American Cinema' by Andrew Sarris, and 'Ressentiment' by Max Scheler.
The Slaves of Steve Jobs’ Revolution
'The Extinction of Experience' indicts the wizards behind the technological curtain for bringing out the worst in human nature.
Citing Scripture for a Progressive Purpose
'The Progressives’ Bible' shows how leftists over the ages—from abolitionists to abortionists—have distorted scripture to build a rhetorical foundation for their political causes and movements.
The Devil in the Murderous Details
'The Devil and Communist China,' outlines the truth about the Chinese regime and deserves great attention not merely from a historical point of view but also from a religious one.
Books in Brief: April 2025
Short reviews of 'The War Against the Past' by Frank Furedi and 'The Total State' by Auron MacIntyre.
A Quarter Century After ‘The Abolition of Britain’
The problems that Peter Hitchens discussed 25 years ago in 'The Abolition of Britain' have only worsened. The book brilliantly sets the stage for Britain's current malaise.
Shrinks Psychoanalyze Trump From Afar, in an Attempt to get MAGA Committed
When leftists couldn't beat Trump, they turned to psychiatrists. Cancellation by diagnosis is an old, and effective, left-wing tactic—and cleaner than firing squads!
Signs of Life
'His Three Daughters' explores the tension between three sisters, who have little in common aside from family, reunited by the pending death of their father.
Captain Anti-America
In 'Captain America: Brave New World' anti-Trump conspiracy theory meets superhero mythology. The leftists finally came for Captain America!
Gone with the Wind
Generations of Hollywood history and local memories went up in flames during the recent Palisades fire.
The Signal Story Distracted the Media While Trump Gutted Federal Unions
The left-wing legacy media’s obsession with the Signal leak story distracted them from real events that will weaken the Democrats’ power base.
Trump Tackles Toponymy
President Trump's renaming of The Gulf of America, and reinstatement of Mount McKinley, remind us how toponymy can carry political voltage.
The Ukraine Crisis and Political Kayfabe
The Trump-Zelensky showdown in the Oval Office resembles the theatrics of professional wrestling. The schtick is known as "kayfabe" to those in the biz.
The New Social Revolution
MAGA supporters insist the managers are on their way out the door, but a new technocratic elite could be rising.
America’s Reliance on Foreign Doctors Puts Countless Lives at Risk
Inconsistent and unequal standards in medical training abroad raise questions about our priorities in addressing America’s physician shortage.
Beware The Times Bearing Lies
The ancient Greek bards may have fudged a bit while honoring their own, but today's experts shamelessly change historical facts to cast doubt about their own country—far more dishonorable.
Lawfare Isn’t Beaten—In France or America
Trump is right to pressure law firms to avoid falling into the trap of lawfare.
Edna O’Brien’s Real Feminine Mystique
A new film about the famous Irish writer captures her feminine energy and brilliance and, perhaps unintentionally, shows how such qualities are missed by modern feminism.
Trump Is Right to Ignore ‘Signalgate’
There is nothing to be gained in capitulating to critics who feign outrage over counterfactuals. Trump is right to fight on.
Waiting for the Golden Age
The AI revolution may not lay the golden egg we’ve been led to believe is coming.
Master of the Locked-Room Mystery
The novelist John Dickson Carr was a master mystery writer and a product of a now-lost age in which reading was an unsurpassed pleasure.
Occam’s Razor in an Era of Declining Public Trust
The simplest explanation in “Signalgate” is that a staffer messed up—badly.
Out-of-Control Judge Tries to Silence Trump on Russiagate
A judge who ordered the president not to discuss a law firm involved in the Russiagate hoax is getting very little pushback from the Justice Department.
Religious Freedom Does Not Trump Immigration Law
Groups seeking to shield illegal immigrants from deportation by suggesting that churches can serve as a refuge are playing a game with the law.
Gavin Newsom Gaslights on His Podcast
On subjects such as the use of the ‘Latinx,’ California’s budget, and his minimum wage hike, Newsom retreats but his record speaks for itself.
Trump Puts the System on Trial
Judges will rule on procedure and technicalities, but the people will evaluate the legitimacy of our institutions and credibility of our leaders.
Columbia and Other Universities Need Their Feet Held to the Fire
Reforms are only going to be as lasting as the threat of real punishment.
Spring Cleaning at Harvard
A year after Claudine Gay’s resignation as president of Harvard, wokeness is still entrenched in university faculties and administrations. It needs to go.
Stop the Litigation-Industrial Complex’s War Against Trump
Democracy is at stake, but the threat is from the courts.
South African Ambassador Gets Expelled After Trying to Take America to School
Ebrahim Rasool found out that the Trump administration does not welcome fanatics who lecture Americans about the supposed moral superiority of third-world nations.
The Deep State Protects Their Bureaucracy Over American Security
David Sullivan’s experience exposing the treachery of a KGB spy inside the CIA, John Arthur Paisley, shows how the deep state is more interested in protecting itself than in national security.
Will Trump Turn Nationalism Against America?
The more America acts like an imperial power, the more nationalist movements in other countries will treat us like one.