Jonah Goldberg – Page 20

Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders and the rise of blue state populism

August 21, 2019 at 6:06 p.m.

Populism is typically born in places like Nebraska, Louisiana, Kansas and the other places given short shrift in that famous Saul Steinberg New Yorker cartoon showing the view of the...

Republican presidential candidates, from left, Marco Rubio, Ben Carson, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush, and Chris Christie, participate in the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Venetian Hotel & Casino on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015, in Las Vegas.

The perfect presidential candidate for an imperfect time

August 21, 2019 at 6:06 p.m.

I don't typically endorse candidates, but as 2015 draws to a close, I feel I must make an exception. I think it's a safe bet that for most of us,...

President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks during a news conference in the Brady Press briefing room at the White House, in Washington, Friday, Dec. 18, 2015.

What’s really eating America?

August 21, 2019 at 6:05 p.m.

"We have people across this country who are scared to death," New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie declared loudly at this week's Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas. Virtually the entire...

A sales associate at Bullseye Sport gun shop in Riverside, Calif., shows a customer a pistol.

Why the war on guns has failed

May 11, 2019 at 2:52 a.m.

In the wake of the San Bernardino attack, liberals are in a total panic over guns. The New York Times broke a 95-year precedent to editorialize about gun control on...

The site where Laquan McDonald, 17, was killed on the 4100 block of South Pulaski Road in Chicago. McDonald was shot 16 times by Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke in October 2014.

Chicago police scandal highlights problems with one-party rule

May 11, 2019 at 2:51 a.m.

For a moment at least, the biggest political beneficiary of the shootings in San Bernardino, Calif., wasn't a presidential candidate or a terrorist group. It was Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel....

More than a dozen ambulances were staged about two miles from a Planned Parenthood clinic that was the scene of a shooting in Colorado Springs, Colo., on Friday.

Blame for Planned Parenthood killings rests with shooter alone

May 11, 2019 at 2:49 a.m.

"No more baby parts." As of this writing, that statement by Robert Lewis Dear is the only evidence that the "Planned Parenthood shooter" in Colorado Springs, Colo., was motivated by...

Protestors and supporters of the Concerned Student 1950 camp on the quad at the University of Missouri-Columbia campus in Columbia, Mo., on Nov. 8, 2015.

Illogical spins on the logic of diversity

May 11, 2019 at 2:48 a.m.

"From whence shall we expect the approach of danger? Shall some trans-Atlantic military giant step the earth and crush us at a blow? Never. All the armies of Europe and...

Republican presidential candidate, Dr. Ben Carson speaks at a rally, Monday, Nov. 23, 2015, in Pahrump, Nev.

Too late for Ben Carson to catch up on homework

May 11, 2019 at 2:48 a.m.

A little over a year ago, when Ben Carson was gearing up to run for president, I questioned whether he was ready for what lay ahead. We now have our...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is surrounded by security as he arrives at the Capitol to meet with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015.

Netanyahu’s framing of Middle East situation is spot-on

May 11, 2019 at 2:46 a.m.

Americans could learn a thing or two from Benjamin Netanyahu. The Israeli prime minister was in Washington last Monday to receive the American Enterprise Institute's Irving Kristol Award. He made...

Yale University students and supporters participate in a march across campus Nov. 9, 2015, to demonstrate against what they see as racial insensitivity at the Ivy League school in New Haven, Conn.

Campus commotions show we’re raising fragile kids

August 21, 2019 at 5:59 p.m.

It seems like every week there's a new horror story of political correctness run amok at some college campus. A warning not to wear culturally insensitive Halloween costumes sparked an...

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