Washington — In the good old days, when the liberals flourished, they undertook many grand designs. Some actually worked, for instance, the interstate highway system that now girdles America. The Cold War was another liberal idea. It worked, at least…
We don’t need to launch into a recitation of examples to prove the reaction by the pro-abortion crowd to the publication of the Dobbs decision has been less than the traditional standard expected of a loser in the realm of…
I have always clashed head-on with the revolutionary Left because, unlike Che Guevara, I love hygiene. Whether in El Salvador, Caracas, or Madrid, the first victim of any revolution is soap, and that is something I cannot give up. These…
Washington — Do you remember the days when our liberal friends were forever claiming the moral high ground on almost any issue no matter how devoid of moral content the issue might be? They claimed it, of course, on issues…
The Columbia University Center for Justice titled the obituary of its cofounder “Kathy Boudin: A Great Life and a Great Loss.” Not until paragraph three does the reader, after first learning of “her lifelong work as an activist, organizer, teacher,…
The scandalous leak of a full draft of Justice Samuel Alito’s five-justice-strong majority opinion in this term’s marquee Supreme Court case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, is an event without precedent in the Court’s history. If Alito’s coalition holds,…
Sacramento — During a recent drive from Portland, Oregon, to Sacramento, I spotted a bizarre billboard along Interstate 5 that proclaimed, “A lot of humans wish they never were born.” That’s no doubt true and a fascinating concept to discuss with…
Once upon a time, basic city services like street lamps, paved sidewalks, proper disposal of sewage, and even policing were considered progress. But in today’s urban landscape, reformers of various kinds — especially criminal justice and public health experts —…
Joan Didion, who died on Thursday at the age of 87, was a California girl, born to an affluent family in Sacramento and educated at Berkeley. In her 20s, she spent seven years on the editorial staff of Vogue in…
