Politics

Trump’s CBS Settlement Win Is a Loss for America, Not Just the Media
This lawsuit was designed only to be used as a bludgeon, not to be won. Source link
Trump’s New Budget Law: Very Big, Sometimes Beautiful
It may have been worth it to avoid a massive tax hike, but the failure to get spending under control will come back to haunt Republicans. Source link
Celebrate Religious Freedom Victories at SCOTUS This Independence Day
We have the right to live our faith openly in public life — and the American way is to extend that right to everyone. Source link
Does Chess Need to Be ‘Trans-Inclusive’?
A controversy in Germany brings the maddening gender debate to a new setting. Source link
On JD Vance, Restraint, and Reflexive Anti-Interventionism
A conservative American foreign policy is not one based on illusions or reflexive hostility to the use of power. Source link
Investigate the International Criminal Court’s Prosecutor
Zohran Mamdani wants Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu arrested because of an ICC warrant. But the ICC’s chief prosecutor may himself be guilty of a crime. Source link
A Blow to Trans Insanity, a Victory for Common Sense
The University of Pennsylvania has announced it will comply with the Trump administration’s policies on Title IX and single-sex sports. Source link
Trump’s Win for the Gipper
In domestic and foreign policy, much of Trump’s second term is fulfilling Reaganism, not burying it.   Source link
Newsom Sees the Light on the Harms of Environmental Regulation
Sacramento just took a step that may finally help relieve the pressure on housing-deprived Californians. Source link
Next Time, Get Your Facts Straight
Sean Davis invented a false history of my writings in order to smear me. Source link
Trump’s Undiplomatic Diplomacy
He persuades by pressuring. He coaxes by threatening. He de-escalates by escalating. Source link
The Supreme Court Deals a Blow to Planned Parenthood’s Medicaid Lawfare
No longer can Planned Parenthood rely on legal activism to preserve its taxpayer revenue. The responsibility now shifts to Congress to do what the states have started. Source...