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How ‘Islamophobia’ panic gives the media a license to lie

Journalism’s core mission is to tell people the truth in clear language — but legacy media smothers the truth to avoid “Islamophobia.”

thursday 5

New York Post

David Harsanyi

AR-15 bans are unconstitutional

AR-15 bans are unconstitutional

The Virginia General Assembly recently sent a bill for Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s (D-VA) signature that would ban new sales of “assault firearms”...

11.03.2026 5

Washington Examiner

David Harsanyi

The ‘Israel dragged us into war’ canard

Democrats, isolationists, and other Israel obsessives like to blame Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for all the wars of the Middle East....

03.03.2026 4

Washington Examiner

David Harsanyi

It’s pure madness to wait for Iran to get nukes before we act

President Donald Trump needs to remind the public that the murderous Islamic cultists in Iran are our enemy — and that matters.

28.02.2026 20

New York Post

David Harsanyi

Yes, Democrats are crazy

Anyone with a functioning moral compass is horrified by the thought of the government seizing confused children from parents and allowing strangers to...

25.02.2026 10

Washington Examiner

David Harsanyi

How dare Obama lecture the rest of us about ‘divisiveness’?

This is a jaw-dropping criticized anyone who refused to embrace his brand of progressive politics.

21.02.2026 250

New York Post

David Harsanyi

The canonization of Jesse Jackson

It’s generally poor form to speak ill of the recently deceased, but the problem with holding your tongue is that it often allows revisionism to...

19.02.2026 200

Washington Examiner

David Harsanyi

How the media suckered Olympian skier Hunter Hess into bashing America

Skier Hunter Hess took the bait in Milan, or more likely, couldn't wait to preen for the foreign press, noting that he had "mixed emotions"...

15.02.2026 20

New York Post

David Harsanyi

Shut up and ski

11.02.2026 6

Washington Examiner

David Harsanyi

Don’t Cry for The Washington Post, It Helped Destroy Media

In December of 2016, The Washington Post reported that Russian hackers had penetrated the U.S. electricity grid through a Vermont utility company,...

08.02.2026 20

The Daily Signal

David Harsanyi

Axed Washington Post reporters dug their own graves

Over the past decade, The Washington Post has been one of the leading culprits in the collapse of public trust in journalism.

06.02.2026 50

New York Post

David Harsanyi

Magical thinking is no way for Mamdani OR Trump to boost the economy

As affordability remains a leading issue among voters, President Donald Trump has regularly used rhetoric and ideas that mirror those of progressive...

31.01.2026 10

New York Post

David Harsanyi

Protest Culture Is Annoying and Un-American

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., likes to argue that the “whole point” of protesting is to make people “uncomfortable.” Debate. Dissent....

27.01.2026 10

The Daily Signal

David Harsanyi

Sorry, AOC — protest culture is un-American

Taking to the streets to disrupt the lives of average citizens is antithetical to the highest virtue of republicanism, namely minding your own...

26.01.2026 50

New York Post

David Harsanyi

Abigail Spanberger’s Virginia bait and switch

23.01.2026 20

Washington Examiner

David Harsanyi

The Left’s Silence on Iran Isn’t Hypocrisy. It’s Consistency.

There are no flotillas on the way to save Iran. No Soros-funded “democracy” groups pressuring Western governments to intervene on behalf of...

18.01.2026 20

The Daily Signal

David Harsanyi

As Iran protests to end Khameni’s authoritarian reign, where are the encampments from lefty college students?

There are no flotillas on the way to save Iran.

17.01.2026 80

New York Post

David Harsanyi

Trump retreats on abortion

15.01.2026 10

Washington Examiner

David Harsanyi

Somali scams expose a toxic brew of wokeness, welfare and immigration

Self-reliance is one of the vital conditions of a prosperous citizenry, but woke politicians' coddling leaves immigrants dependent on the state.

11.01.2026 10

New York Post

David Harsanyi

Newsom’s unpaid bills are costing California jobs

23.12.2025 6

Washington Examiner

David Harsanyi

Will Trump’s Gaza coalition repeat Bush’s Afghanistan and Lebanon mistakes?

23.12.2025 6

Washington Examiner

David Harsanyi

Trump’s most important achievement

23.12.2025 8

Washington Examiner

David Harsanyi

The Leonine pivot

23.12.2025 10

Washington Examiner

David Harsanyi

For JD Vance, free speech only means his friends can’t be criticized

23.12.2025 8

Washington Examiner

David Harsanyi

Gun-control wackos are actually blaming TRUMP after the shooting at Brown

Even while law-enforcement officers hunted for the gunman who murdered two students and wounded nine others at Brown University in Rhode Island last...

20.12.2025 30

New York Post

David Harsanyi

Legacy media ignored the border crisis. Will they wake up on public safety?

18.12.2025 6

Washington Examiner

David Harsanyi

A farewell to Rob Reiner

18.12.2025 5

Washington Examiner

David Harsanyi

Marty Makary must go

18.12.2025 5

Washington Examiner

David Harsanyi

Will Democrats film a video about Biden DOJ illegal orders?

18.12.2025 10

Washington Examiner

David Harsanyi

Hollywood butchers Animal Farm

18.12.2025 5

Washington Examiner

David Harsanyi

The left flaunts its hypocrisy as Supreme Court curbs bureaucrats’ power

There is no conception of the founding that included a sprawling autonomous administrative state empowered to create its own rules, investigate...

14.12.2025 10

New York Post

David Harsanyi

The Left Doesn’t Believe in the Constitutional Order

During oral arguments in Trump v. Slaughter, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor threatened America with a good time, warning that the...

13.12.2025 10

The Daily Signal

David Harsanyi

Democrats’ Venezuela hypocrisy ignores reality — ‘war powers’ rules are dead

Partisans on both sides only pretend to care about war powers when it’s convenient.

05.12.2025 10

New York Post

David Harsanyi

Sorry, imbecilic conspiracy theorists like Marjorie Taylor Greene don’t reflect ‘normal’ Americans

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene finally did something patriotic by announcing her retirement.

29.11.2025 10

New York Post

David Harsanyi

After a big, beautiful start, Congress must end this billion-dollar boondoggle

22.11.2025 8

Washington Examiner

David Harsanyi

Scott Jennings’s ‘A Revolution of Common Sense’ lives up to its title

22.11.2025 7

Washington Examiner

David Harsanyi

Tim Walz’s Minnesota is ridden with fraud

22.11.2025 7

Washington Examiner

David Harsanyi

What is Trump up to in Venezuela?

22.11.2025 8

Washington Examiner

David Harsanyi

Israel should phase out US aid for its own good

22.11.2025 8

Washington Examiner

David Harsanyi

Epstein vote is a stain on cowardly Congress — who won’t stand up for the rule of law

Long-standing norms regarding privacy and the presumption of innocence shouldn’t be trashed by cowardly politicians every time the mob howls.

21.11.2025 20

New York Post

David Harsanyi

National conservatism isn’t the future of the GOP

19.11.2025 9

Washington Examiner

David Harsanyi

If your city’s too pricey, move — it’s the American way

Migration is an American institution: Most of our ancestors fled from elsewhere, and when they got here, they continued to move. Every generation...

16.11.2025 8

New York Post

David Harsanyi

Gaslighting Americans on Inflation Is a Bad Idea

Fox News host Laura Ingraham asked President Donald Trump this week if the affordability issue was a factor in the elections in Virginia, New...

16.11.2025 7

The Daily Signal

David Harsanyi

Gaslighting Americans on Inflation Is a Bad Idea

Fox News host Laura Ingraham asked President Donald Trump this week if the affordability issue was a factor in the elections in Virginia, New...

15.11.2025 5

The Daily Signal

David Harsanyi

Why China remains incandescent over Japan’s comments on Taiwan

14.11.2025 6

Washington Examiner

David Harsanyi

Failing cities turn to failed socialism

14.11.2025 8

Washington Examiner

David Harsanyi

Montgomery County is still keeping parents in the dark

14.11.2025 7

Washington Examiner

David Harsanyi

The EU should follow the FDA’s harm-reduction strategy

14.11.2025 5

Washington Examiner

David Harsanyi

Don’t buy the nostalgia, Generation Z. Life is better than you think

14.11.2025 5

Washington Examiner

David Harsanyi

Trump’s Filibuster Nuke Would Hand Democrats the Keys to Remake America

There are no saviors or happy endings in politics—just a grueling, soul-sucking, forever war of attrition. Everyone in power seems to forget this...

12.11.2025 6

The Daily Signal

David Harsanyi