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Swiss Canton Liberates Suicide Tourism from Police Investigation

yesterday 5

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Wesley J. Smith

Kash Patel’s Triumph, as Told by an Alternative New York Times

yesterday 2

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Luther Ray Abel

Monetary Mailbag: How Tight Is Too Tight?

yesterday 1

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Ramesh Ponnuru

RSVPs Are Dead. Gen Z Killed Them

yesterday 1

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Kayla Bartsch

A Wild Ride: The New Issue of NR Is Out

yesterday 0

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Jessica Hornik

Voice of America Under Fire for Sanitizing Hamas’s Grotesque Coffin Parade

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Jimmy Quinn

It’s Time for Israel to Unleash Hell

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Philip Klein

College Closures Are Nothing to Worry About

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George Leef

Holocaust Victims Lose Long-Shot Supreme Court Case Against Hungary

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Dan Mclaughlin

Dave Yost Campaign Polling Memo Suggests Competitive 2026 Gov Matchup Against Vivek Ramaswamy

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Audrey Fahlberg

Thirty Things That Caught My Eye: The Evil of Hamas & More

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Kathryn Jean Lopez

Where Is Shiri Bibas?

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Haley Strack

Lost in the Wilderness

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Nr Staff

No Cops? No Problem. Private Security Is Having a Moment

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Kayla Bartsch

JAMA Article Promotes ‘Neurodiversity’ in Medical School

JAMA Article Promotes ‘Neurodiversity’ in Medical School

This is a delicate matter, but I think it must be confronted. The Journal of the American Medical Association has published an article that urges “...

thursday 10

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Wesley J. Smith

Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir Bibas, R.I.P.

Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir Bibas, R.I.P.

When Ariel Bibas met his baby brother, Kfir, for the first time, he hugged the little boy’s legs. There's a video of the first time they met after...

thursday 20

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Haley Strack

Monsters

Monsters

Take a long look at the celebratory spectacle Hamas militants put on in Gaza as they repatriated to Israel the bodies of the Bibas children, Kfir...

thursday 20

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Noah Rothman

The U.S. and Eastern Europe: Pondering a Withdrawal?

The U.S. and Eastern Europe: Pondering a Withdrawal?

There cannot be much doubt that the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Kabul sent out a dangerous signal of weakness, something that no great power can...

thursday 5

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Andrew Stuttaford

Pro-Life Issues Are Given Short Shrift at This Year’s CPAC

Yesterday, the organizers of the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) released the agenda for this weekend’s gathering....

thursday 2

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Michael J. New

IVF Doesn’t Actually Make More Babies

IVF Doesn’t Actually Make More Babies

Yesterday, Donald Trump signed an executive order "that aims to expand Americans’ access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) by directing the executive...

thursday 3

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Kayla Bartsch

Issues Big and Smaller

Issues Big and Smaller

My Impromptus today is offbeat — a Mexico City journal: “On the sights, sounds, and tastes of a mammoth capital, and a bit beyond.” Give it a try,...

thursday 0

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Jay Nordlinger

I’ve Rarely Been More Annoyed by Someone I Agree With

I’ve Rarely Been More Annoyed by Someone I Agree With

Did I mention that I hate everyone? Here's Kathy Hochul, the governor of New York, complaining about Donald Trump's attempt to nix the congestion-...

thursday 10

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Charles C. W. Cooke

There Are Rumors Trump Is Working Up to 7D Chess

There Are Rumors Trump Is Working Up to 7D Chess

Donald Trump has said some pretty grotesque things about Ukraine over the last 48 hours, but you don’t need to worry about it, because it’s all...

thursday 10

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Charles C. W. Cooke

Trump Backs House GOP Budget, Reconciliation Plan. Senate GOP Will Continue with Its Own Approach

Trump Backs House GOP Budget, Reconciliation Plan. Senate GOP Will Continue with Its Own Approach

President Donald Trump issued a fresh endorsement on Wednesday of House Republicans’ budget framework and “one big beautiful bill” on defense,...

thursday 10

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Audrey Fahlberg

State Department Reverses Biden-era Directive That Soft-Pedaled China Messaging

State Department Reverses Biden-era Directive That Soft-Pedaled China Messaging

The State Department quietly overhauled a Biden-era fact sheet containing language on China that partly reflected the previous administration’s...

19.02.2025 10

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Jimmy Quinn

Chavez-DeRemer Supports Biden’s Union Pension Bailouts

Chavez-DeRemer Supports Biden’s Union Pension Bailouts

Under questioning from Senator Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.), the ranking member of the Senate HELP committee, secretary of labor nominee Lori Chavez-...

19.02.2025 10

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Dominic Pino

A Ukrainian Perspective on Munich: America ‘Is Not Seeing the Whole Chess Board’

A Ukrainian Perspective on Munich: America ‘Is Not Seeing the Whole Chess Board’

Kyiv, Ukraine -- I spent much of Tuesday interviewing attendees of the Defense Tech Innovations Forum here in Kyiv, a conference that brought...

19.02.2025 20

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Jim Geraghty

Congestion Pricing Gets Quashed

Congestion Pricing Gets Quashed

Jon Levine and Chris Nesi at the New York Post report that Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy is revoking federal approval of New York’s hated...

19.02.2025 5

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Dan Mclaughlin

No More Student Loan Forgiveness

One of the sleaziest vote buying operations in American history was the Biden administration’s repeated efforts to cancel the debts of people who...

19.02.2025 2

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George Leef

Asteroid 2024 YR4: Chances of ‘Contact’ Increase

Asteroid 2024 YR4: Chances of ‘Contact’ Increase

My old pal Chicken Little (I’m happy to overlook Chicken’s madcap optimism) is looking both anxious and smug as I write. The chances of a close...

19.02.2025 3

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Andrew Stuttaford

‘Communist China Is Our Enemy’

‘Communist China Is Our Enemy’

On episode 82 of The Charles C. W. Cooke Podcast , I talked to Senator Tom Cotton about China — in particular, about his new book, Seven Things You...

19.02.2025 1

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Charles C. W. Cooke

We’re All Neocons Now

We’re All Neocons Now

I happen to believe that the character of the regimes the U.S. partners with abroad matters. It’s not a hard-and-fast rule when American national...

19.02.2025 1

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Noah Rothman

Finally Regulating the Regulators

Finally Regulating the Regulators

There is a lot of sound and fury emanating from the White House these days, and it can be hard to tell which executive actions are significant and...

19.02.2025 10

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Yuval Levin

At ARC, Pro-Family Accommodations, Not Just Rhetoric

At ARC, Pro-Family Accommodations, Not Just Rhetoric

London -- The Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) describes itself as “an international movement with a vision for a better world where...

19.02.2025 3

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Abigail Anthony 

Ukraine Is Not the Bad Guy

Ukraine Is Not the Bad Guy

Even before they’ve begun in earnest, the negotiations designed to secure a resolution to Russia’s war of conquest in Ukraine have already hit a...

18.02.2025 30

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Noah Rothman

AG Bondi’s ‘Weaponization’ Directive Peddles President Trump’s Political Narratives

AG Bondi’s ‘Weaponization’ Directive Peddles President Trump’s Political Narratives

This is the fourth of seven posts on Attorney General Pam Bondi’s “Weaponization Working Group.” (Here are the first, second, and third posts.) AG...

18.02.2025 10

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Andrew C. Mccarthy

Why DOGE Functions So Awkwardly

Why DOGE Functions So Awkwardly

One of my basic rules of politics, law, business, sports, entertainment, and many other walks of life is that when you can't admit the real reasons...

18.02.2025 7

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Dan Mclaughlin

You Pay Higher Interest Rates Than Banks Because You’re Not a Bank

You Pay Higher Interest Rates Than Banks Because You’re Not a Bank

In one of the strongest displays in recent memory of the bipartisan impulse to pretend economics doesn't exist, Senators Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.)...

18.02.2025 4

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Dominic Pino

The Bibas Family’s Slaughter and Israel’s Torment

The Bibas Family’s Slaughter and Israel’s Torment

In the aftermath of the October 7 massacre, the Bibas family quickly came to symbolize the inhuman barbarity of which Hamas was capable. Within...

18.02.2025 3

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Noah Rothman

New Econception Episode on What GDP Actually Means

New Econception Episode on What GDP Actually Means

There are a lot of misunderstandings about gross domestic product (GDP) and how it is calculated. I debunk some of the common ones, such as that...

18.02.2025 4

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Dominic Pino

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Is Forcing the Left to Abandon the Kennedy Legacy. Good

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Is Forcing the Left to Abandon the Kennedy Legacy. Good

On Sunday, I detailed some of the advantages and disadvantages of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s being in charge of the Department of Health and Human...

18.02.2025 4

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Jack Butler

Re: The Bibas Family’s Slaughter and Israel’s Torment

Re: The Bibas Family’s Slaughter and Israel’s Torment

Noah, it should be all of our torment, not just Israel’s. (While, of course, the intimacy and intensity and existential nature of the Israeli...

18.02.2025 6

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Kathryn Jean Lopez

Office for Civil Rights Opens Investigation into Arlington Public Schools

Office for Civil Rights Opens Investigation into Arlington Public Schools

The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has opened an investigation into a complaint by the Defending Freedom Institute against...

18.02.2025 4

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Haley Strack

The SNL Skit That Wasn’t an Attack on MAGA

The SNL Skit That Wasn’t an Attack on MAGA

In light of the grievance du jour, conservatives would be well-served to remember why the cultural tides turned against progressives in recent...

18.02.2025 3

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Giancarlo Sopo

October 7: 500 Days Later

October 7: 500 Days Later

Five hundred days ago, hundreds of Hamas terrorists infiltrated villages, homes, safe rooms, military bases, and a music festival in southern...

17.02.2025 40

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Haley Strack

‘A Bit of This and a Bit of That’

‘A Bit of This and a Bit of That’

Mitch McConnell is an unusual cat. He was the only Republican — the only one out of 53 — to vote against Tulsi Gabbard as director of national...

17.02.2025 7

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Jay Nordlinger

The Necessary Act of Cross-Checking Rude Canadians

The Necessary Act of Cross-Checking Rude Canadians

There were more fisticuffs in the first nine seconds of regulation for the U.S. Men’s hockey game against Canada than have been observed in the...

17.02.2025 5

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Luther Ray Abel

Answer: Their Unshakable Statist Ideology

In this AIER article, Jon Miltimore asks how 108 economists could have been so utterly wrong about the impact of Javier Milei’s laissez-faire...

17.02.2025 2

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George Leef

No Surprise: North Carolina Amazon Workers Vote Against Unionization

No Surprise: North Carolina Amazon Workers Vote Against Unionization

Another media-hyped unionization effort has gone down in flames. Amazon workers in Garner, N.C., voted against unionizing by a 3-to-1 margin,...

17.02.2025 5

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Dominic Pino

Curling South of Lambeau

My latest magazine piece is an exploration of curling: its culture, origins, and play. The article was a gen-u-wine oblectation to write, as I’d...

17.02.2025 2

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Luther Ray Abel