Politics

Trump’s Flag-Burning Order Is Smoke Without Fire | National Review
The president can’t get around the First Amendment and doesn’t try very hard to do so. Source link
Trump Enters Uncharted Ground with the Federal Reserve | National Review
The legal landscape in deciding when presidents can fire Fed governors is surprisingly unsettled. Source link
Why Reaganism Persists | National Review
The American right is stalked by the suspicion that Trumpism is a phase. Is it? Source link
Brandon Johnson Is a Moron | National Review
He’ll be a perfect foil for Trump. Source link
The New Medicine Tariffs Are a Prescription for Disaster | National Review
They’ll make Americans sicker, poorer, and less innovative. Source link
Social Security Is No Longer the Third Rail of American Politics | National Review
It’s proximate cause for a shotgun wedding. Source link
The NAACP Cracks Its Own Code | National Review
A soap opera skeleton key to black Democrat fealty. Source link
The Inherent Strangeness of Trump’s Executive Order on Flag-Burning | National Review
Typically, presidents who push the constitutional envelope like to insist that they are doing no such thing. Here, that instinct has been reversed. Source link
The Myth That Democrats ‘Go High’ Is in Desperate Need of Busting | National Review
Nate Silver seems somehow unfamiliar with the decade of remorseless political warfare waged by Democrats. Here’s a refresher. Source link
The Key Detail in Trump’s Attempt to Fire a Fed Governor | National Review
He is technically adhering to Congress’s rules for the Federal Reserve, regardless of whether his motives are pure. Source link
At Least You’re Not Ken Martin | National Review
The Democratic Party’s problems run even deeper than its operational headaches. Source link
Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, and the Mysterious Hand | National Review
The week of August 18, 2025: The economics of GLP-1s, Bolivia, the economy, tariffs, and much, much more. Source link