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Charles C. W. Cooke

Against Misery: Moonshot Edition

As a child, I was obsessed with the American space program, which, along with its unparalleled collection of rollercoasters, was one of the many...

01.04.2026 6

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Britain’s Decision to Remove Churchill from Its Banknotes Suggests That It’s All but Given Up

The Bank of England has confirmed Sir Winston Churchill will be scrapped from banknotes and replaced with images of wildlife. The central bank will...

11.03.2026 10

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Anti-Billionaire Sentiment Is Dumb

Go on, get it out of the way and call me the silly names before we begin: bootlicker, stan, fangirl. Tell me I’ll never be one (true), that none of...

06.03.2026 10

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James Talarico’s Creepy ‘White Skin’ Tweets Disqualify Him from Public Office

Six years ago, James Talarico, the Democrats’ latest great white hope in the perpetually recalcitrant state of Texas, wrote and published the...

05.03.2026 30

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The Freakout over the USA Men’s Hockey Team Is, in Part, an Attack on Pluralism

I have one more quick thought on the absurd hockey panic that I wrote about yesterday: It’s that, in their most essential form, most of the...

25.02.2026 10

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The New York Times Tries Impotently to Fix AOC’s Munich Disaster

The New York Times’ Kellen Browning would very much like us all to know that the key problem with Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s...

17.02.2026 10

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Unfortunately, Peggy Noonan’s Idealized Journalism Doesn’t Exist

10.02.2026 30

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Why the Outrage Over the Cuts at the Washington Post Is So Annoying

06.02.2026 20

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‘Access and Influence’

31.01.2026 9

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Mayor Jacob Frey: A Tale of Two Tweets

29.01.2026 40

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A Modest Suggestion for Chuck Schumer

29.01.2026 50

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Greenland: A Modest Proposal

21.01.2026 10

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If We Weren’t Broke, Buying Greenland for $700bn Would Be a Great Idea

16.01.2026 10

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On Football and Pain

13.01.2026 10

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How Not to Think About the ICE Shooting in Minnesota

09.01.2026 60

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Another Red Herring

09.01.2026 10

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Re: Why Did Minneapolis Close the Public Schools Today and Friday?

09.01.2026 10

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Okay, I’ll Bite

05.01.2026 10

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‘Is Everything Awful?’

18.12.2025 20

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Australia’s ‘Swift’ National Cabinet Is Bad, Actually

17.12.2025 20

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‘Cardboard Juice’

09.12.2025 10

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Britain’s Plan to Abolish Most Jury Trials Should Make Us Grateful for the Constitution

27.11.2025 10

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Trump’s ‘$2,000 Check’ Is a Disastrous Idea

19.11.2025 10

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American Politics Update

07.11.2025 10

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Sydney Sweeney Highlights the Wokesters’ Fatal Flaw

07.11.2025 10

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How Not to Be Caught Saying Hideous Things: A Primer

17.10.2025 10

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Chuck Schumer Is Incoherent on the Shutdown

14.10.2025 10

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In Chiles v. Salazar, Colorado’s Lawyer Destroyed Her Own Argument

09.10.2025 10

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Jay Jones’s Text Messages Reveal a Disqualifying Worldview

05.10.2025 10

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‘The Iron Lady at Sunset’

03.10.2025 10

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Pam Bondi’s Ridiculous 24 Hours

17.09.2025 10

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What Is ‘Cancel Culture’ and What Is Not?

16.09.2025 10

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Against ‘Aha!’ing the Dead

14.09.2025 10

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Governor Spencer Cox Got It Exactly Right

13.09.2025 80

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No, Charlie Kirk’s Murder Is Not an Argument for Gun Control

12.09.2025 10

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What the Hell Is Charlotte’s Mayor, Vi Lyles, Talking About?

09.09.2025 10

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. . . and Another Thing

09.09.2025 10

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Gerrymandering? Meh

07.08.2025 10

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‘Sedition!’

30.07.2025 10

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Judge Talwani Wants to Abolish Congress

23.07.2025 10

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PBS and NPR Were Unfit for Purpose

18.07.2025 10

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Lunch Isn’t Guaranteed

10.07.2025 10

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Obviously, Israel Cares More About Protecting Itself Than About World Opinion

07.07.2025 10

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‘They’d Rather Have the Poor Poorer’

03.07.2025 20

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Great News for New York Times Readers: The Imperial Presidency Is All Republicans’ Fault

01.07.2025 10

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Congress and the Supreme Court Must Fill the Hole Left by Trump v. Casa

28.06.2025 10

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On War Powers, Eric Swalwell Is a Ridiculous Hack

25.06.2025 20

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On War Powers, Nancy Pelosi Is a Ridiculous Hack

22.06.2025 10

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The Federal Gun Free School Zones Act Is Still Unconstitutional

19.06.2025 10

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