Deroy Murdock
Social Security is as big as government programs get. Naturally, even a glance at it with DOGE’s magnifying glass found plenty that seemed — charitably — not quite right. “According to the Social Security database, these are the numbers of…
Anyone with even one eye open is aware of President Donald J. Trump’s high-profile wins in his first month in office. Year-on-year illegal border crossings are down 94 percent. DOGE has identified at least $65 billion in often mind-blowing federal extravagance,…
As the Senate crawls toward a final showdown on confirming Kash Patel, 44, as President Donald J. Trump’s new FBI director, it would be wise to ignore Democrat handwringing and, instead, focus on Patel’s widespread support among those in blue uniforms….
I had the good fortune to catch Becoming Led Zeppelin the other night in Manhattan. Even better, I experienced this motion picture in IMAX. What a cornucopia for the eyes and ears! This top-drawer film is the first official, authorized documentary ever produced with the full cooperation of…
Pope Francis on Tuesday slammed President Donald J. Trump’s policy of arresting and deporting illegal aliens en masse, starting with criminals and terrorists who threaten domestic and national security. In just their first 18 days back in office, Trump, border czar Tom Homan, and…
Three-fifths is the most notorious fraction in American history. For purposes of apportionment, the U.S. Constitution’s Three-fifths Compromise counted “other persons” — namely black slaves — as equal to 60 percent of non-slaves, who were overwhelmingly white, along with free…
Oscar Murdock, my sainted father, does not wear his heart on his sleeve. At age 92, he is beyond such sentimentality. Instead, every day, he affixes a beer-coaster-sized button to his shirt. It reads: “Trump Was Right.” What I treasure most about that item is its subtlety….
As the Senate slouches toward a vote on Pete Hegseth’s nomination as President Donald J. Trump’s secretary of defense, it’s fair to ask: Can this man actually run the Defense Department? Even Hegseth’s critics concede that he is perfectly qualified to preach from the Pentagon’s bully pulpit. He is…
PACIFIC PALISADES, California — On Sunday afternoon, I ventured behind the LAPD, LAFD, and National Guard lines to visit this embattled town, including my alma mater Palisades Charter High School. Pali High, as we called it before charter schools became…
U.S. District Court Judge Drew Tipton ruled on Friday that the Biden administration must stop selling off steel components that Trump 45 purchased to build the southern border wall. Trump rushed to celebrate. “In a major, crucial WIN for America, and our…
