Ross Kaminsky
President Donald Trump’s order to pause almost all federal grants and loans that do not go directly to (or, like student loans, directly for the benefit of) an individual, was likely illegal, at least for spending whose recipients are specifically…
We’ll hear a lot of calls, many of them well intended, to “take down the temperature” of political rhetoric. And the temperature will go down — briefly. (Except on @MSNBC where some guest or host will surely call Trump a…
The Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments (at least 11” x 14” in large and easy-to-read font) in every public school classroom will soon face a challenge in federal court; it wouldn’t surprise me if the lawsuit has already been…
The National Firearms Act of 1934 (“NFA”) defines a machine gun as “Any weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of…
Last week, Minouche Shafik, the president and ostensibly the leader of Columbia University but of late not famous for showing actual leadership, wrote an op-ed entitled “Universities must engage in serious soul searching on protests.” As if to remind us…
I’d gladly vote for Chris Christie for president. But he’s not going to be president. Unlike Ron DeSantis, whose supporters might split between Nikki Haley and Donald Trump if he (DeSantis) were to drop out, Christie’s current supporters would likely…
The decision this week by the Colorado state Supreme Court to disqualify former President Donald Trump from the state’s ballot(s) — a ruling that is likely to be overturned by the Supreme Court of the United States — has brought…
The problem with Joe Biden’s economic message of “look how good things are” is twofold: First, for most people, inflation/high prices is the most important issue, and while the inflation rate is down, it’s still positive, meaning that all the…
First, something of a mea culpa. In a recent note on these pages, I expressed my opinion that voters would focus on issues like the economy and crime rather than on “threats to democracy.” While it’s true that many more…
During the few moments of the day during which Democrats are not rending garments about abortion’s recent defederalization, they’re bemoaning existential “threats to democracy.” If we elect Republicans, we’re told, we’ll imminently follow Rome, Carthage, and the Mississippians onto the…
