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Christopher JacobsThe Federalist |
With its vapid and superficial approach, the show reveals celebrities as trite, even boring.
Once Democrats realized the electoral implications of the border invasion, even their half-hearted half-measures helped to reverse the prior trends.
The now-withdrawn proposal reinforces November’s election results and why Democrats face significant problems with working-class voters.
Biden is just the latest Democrat to insult voters by claiming they just didn’t understand all the wonderful things government did for them.
For football fans, 'The New York Sack Exchange' provides a look back at one of the most dominating defenses in the game’s history.
A border security measure should include a logical complement: enhanced citizenship verification procedures for federal health care programs.
Ending the subsidies for Obamacare’s 'zombie enrollees' would be an excellent place to start cutting government waste and requires three simple...
Lawmakers can help to lower long-term interest rates by getting the country’s fiscal house in order and lowering our structural deficit.
Trump, Musk, and Ramaswamy shouldn’t be afraid to cut out federal government waste, even in programs like Medicare.
If the incoming Trump administration is serious about controlling federal spending — and it should be — there’s an easy place to start: Within...
Among sports fans, certain voices carry with them an air of authority. From Vin Scully to Howard Cosell to Keith Jackson, just hearing these...
Since Donald Trump’s reelection victory, some conservatives have discussed the possibility of using recess appointments, temporary appointments...
Following this month’s elections, most observers have focused on the political comeback that saw Donald Trump win re-election and Republicans...
As I have noted at The Federalist, history can provide useful and illuminating analogies for the present, and the results of the 2024 presidential...
Did you hear about the great national event last week that was rigged? No, I don’t mean the presidential election. I mean the NASCAR championship....
Lawmakers return to Washington this week, contemplating a changed landscape following last week’s election results. In the Senate, victorious...
For months, Donald Trump’s opponents — first Joe Biden and now Kamala Harris — have claimed his policies in a potential second term would...
The corporate media’s corruption is so predictable. Several weeks ago, when the controversy first emerged over New York Magazine correspondent...
Three score years ago this Sunday, one of the seminal moments in modern American politics occurred in the service of a presidential campaign that...
In her campaign’s “New Way Forward” policy document, Kamala Harris claimed she “will not let [Donald] Trump and his allies take away the...
A new documentary on the vice presidency gives a fresh perspective on the complications of American governance.
The cliché holds that a picture is worth a thousand words. But a recent chart from the Congressional Budget Office is worth nearly 2,000,000,000,000...
If the past several years have taught entertainment observers anything, it’s that Hollywood loves reusing existing franchises. From myriad “Fast...
Members of Congress may have decamped Washington to campaign for reelection, but in nondescript buildings near Capitol Hill, federal budget gnomes...
'Paris 1874: The Impressionist Moment' compares and contrasts two exhibitions held in the French capital a century and a half ago.
In an episode of “The Simpsons” that first aired in the fall of 1994, Grandpa Simpson exclaimed that his favorite television show was...
How can a health insurance plan offer increased benefits from one year to the next while simultaneously lowering premiums? Simple: Taxpayers pay...
What does abortion have to do with the future of fracking in the United States? Much more than one might expect. Kamala Harris’ announcement that...
Over this past weekend, the front page of New York Magazine’s website advertised: “Yes, the system is rigged.” They should know — their...
How bad was the scale of fraud — and the governmental incompetence that permitted it — during Covid? Unfortunately, prosecutors and federal...
One of the seminal moments of presidential debates came in a 1980 tussle between the Republican challenger and the Democrat incumbent. Challenging...
“Wheel of Fortune” began its 42nd season in syndication last week, with only the second host in the syndicated show’s history. Ryan Seacrest,...
The governor of the nation’s largest state recently reminded us there’s an election coming (as if anyone could forget). In a matter of a few...
Kamala Harris’ vapid interview with CNN’s Dana Bash revealed much about the presidential candidate (not to mention the sycophantic media). Perhaps...
A quarter-century ago, a new show revolutionized the television landscape in the United States. “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?,” which debuted...
Lest anyone think the gusher of federal spending ended with the Covid pandemic, a new analysis from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)...
Over much of his time as Senate Republican leader, grassroots citizens have realized that Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., often stands as the...
A recent article in The Wall Street Journal cited new survey data to document a dramatic turnaround in the financial outlook of the millennial...
Recently, Kamala Harris made a speech in Arizona in which she tried to talk tough on border security. The speech was intended to respond to the...
Anyone who thinks Ronald Reagan remains irrelevant four decades after his last election victory hasn’t read Kamala Harris’ economic proposals....
It has largely skipped the national press’s attention — perhaps because of the presidential debate that evening — but a June 27 court ruling...
Whither supply-side economics? Given debates since 2016 about the meaning of conservatism, those on the right might wish to assess whether and to...
Earlier this month, Kamala Harris’ campaign announced it raised more than $200 million in the first week of her candidacy, following Joe...
Nearly 18 months ago, I noted in these pages the “likelihood of a legal challenge” to a Biden administration proposal to make eligible for...
Even though the calendar still reads 2024, many observers in Washington have begun planning for 2025. Regardless of who wins control of Congress in...
A recent trek to southern California brought not only a trip down memory lane for this writer but also a case of sticker shock. Consider just some...
It sounds like a joke: When coming up with its newest game show offering, ABC turned to Shaquille O’Neal and Donald Rumsfeld for inspiration. Yet...
A government agency — the Post Office, no less — is responsive to customers. Who knew? Three and a half years ago, I sent a letter to the...
Four presidential elections ago, Barack Obama won the White House in part by promising that under his health care plan, “If you like your plan,...