The Left is pushing a narrative that violent crime is not increasing. Of course, this contradicts what we see happening on the nightly news with our own eyes. So, who are we to believe? In the words of Chico Marx,…
As we look back on the events of the early 21st century, we can recall with amusement the oft-expressed concerns about “polarization.” That is, the then-popular worry that the deep divisions within the United States were harmful to the American…
American Refugees: The Untold Story of the Mass Exodus from Blue States to Red States By Roger L. Simon (Encounter Books, 224 pages, $30) Among the holdings in the collection of New York’s Museum of Modern Art are two paintings…
Beleaguered mayors of blue cities might get some relief from the homelessness problems that nettle their cities. If they do, it will come from conservatives. Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review a court decision from Oregon that…
Of all the low-hanging senatorial fruit in 2024 — see red states with blue senators in West Virginia, Montana, and Ohio, to name three — if not the ripest for conservative pickup, then at least the juiciest might be the…
Joe Biden’s presidency and the narrow Democratic majorities in Congress have done great damage to the American economy. Republicans have been unable to stop the tax-and-spend tsunami because the Democrats can use the reconciliation process to govern alone with their…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — As the nation endured a grueling winter storm over the Christmas holidays, my family and I headed 90 miles west to San Francisco. The weather was in the upper 50s, the sun was shining, and the views…
It’s official: Michigan is a blue state now. It happened faster than anyone thought possible. This time four years ago, Michigan Republicans held the governorship and both houses of the state legislature. In the Senate, Republicans held a supermajority. On…
A good many years ago after Robert Bork’s opponents had turned his last name into a term for character assassination, I was sitting in an auditorium with Judge Bork at the lectern delivering his classic book-title Slouching Towards Gomorrah speech. Obviously, it…
I lived in Vermont for four years some 35 years ago, and now I’m a Vermont watcher. The place in the 1980s was certainly liberal, center-left with a small radical fringe. There were conservative Republicans, multi-generational New Englanders who exuded…