Richard Shinder
Earlier this month, over 1,400 “Hands Off!” mass-action rallies, organized by a nationwide coalition of left-leaning activist groups, were held around the country to protest President Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Prominent among the organizers’ list of demands was “an…
Americans were justifiably shocked when UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was murdered on a midtown Manhattan street last December. Perhaps more shocking was the reaction among those who rationalized the crime as a consequence of legitimate frustrations with skyrocketing healthcare costs,…
If the 2024 electoral outcome demonstrates anything enduring, it is this: So much for classical liberalism being on the “wrong side of history.” The American progressive movement has for decades averred that anyone opposed to their designs for remaking American…
Since the emergence of Donald Trump in electoral politics, there has been considerable handwringing among the pundit class about a “changed” or “captured” Republican Party. Election season in particular brings with it think pieces and other commentary about the party’s…
As the DNC meets in Chicago this week to formally anoint its selected presidential candidate, Kamala Harris, consider the unexpected pass that the “Never Trump” phenomenon — comprised of apostate Republicans and self-described conservatives — has come to. The Never…
Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida recently signed into law legislation which prohibits children under the age of 14 from having social media accounts, allows 14- and 15-year-olds to have such accounts only with parental consent, and requires age verification for…
Attendees of last week’s World Economic Forum in Davos experienced something not typically witnessed at the elitist conclave — full-throated critiques of the group and its aspirations. The recently elected president of Argentina, Javier Milei, in an electric speech condemning…
Modern market economies are marked by a relentless quest for efficiency. In every area of economic endeavor, along all segments of the value chain, and within each function of increasingly complex commercial organizations, greater efficiency equates to increased profits and…
On June 11, the Times of London published an investigative report that left little ambiguity that the COVID-19 pandemic was a direct consequence of the Wuhan Institute of Virology’s “gain of function” experiments, in which viral pathogens were modified in…
I was listening to a conservative talk radio broadcast recently — I believe it important to read, listen, and view news and information across formats, along the ideological spectrum — and found myself atypically drawn to the discussion. The show’s…
