The Senate’s Supreme Court Subpoena Games
Illinois Democrat Dick Durbin has reached the age and tenure at which he might fancy himself a Lion of the Senate, but what a joke after his grubby power play Thursday in the Judiciary Committee. In a rush of rule-breaking at the end of a meeting, Mr. Durbin moved to bluster through subpoenas for two […]
Henry Kissinger’s Strategic Mind – WSJ
Henry Kissinger died Wednesday at 100. These are excerpts from his contributions to the Journal editorial pages over the years “Vietnam: View of a New Nixon Aide,” Dec. 19, 1968: Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Source link
AI Is the Y2K Crisis, Only This Time It’s Real
Peggy Noonan is an opinion columnist at the Wall Street Journal where her column, “Declarations,” has run since 2000. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 2017. A political analyst for NBC News, she is the author of nine books on American politics, history and culture, from her most recent, “The Time of […]
New York's Near Zombie Apocalypse
The city came close to an electric grid shutdown last winter. Source link
Whistling Past the Green Graveyard
Green-energy proponents like to claim that the “transition” will be cost-free, and woe to anyone who dares to disagree. That’s why the heat is on a New Jersey agency that analyzes state policies on residents’ behalf. State Sen. Bob Smith wants to make it harder for the Division of the Rate Counsel to tell consumers […]
TikTok Gets Montana Reprieve After Federal Judge Blocks Ban
TikTok won a reprieve in Montana after a judge ruled a state law banning the app can’t go into effect in January. A federal judge on Thursday granted a preliminary injunction blocking the law, which was passed by the Montana legislature earlier this year, pending the outcome of a lawsuit filed by the social-media company. […]
Osama bin Laden, Big Man on Campus
College students haven’t always been persuaded by Osama bin Laden’s prose. Yet when his 2002 “Letter to America” went viral among young Americans earlier this month, I wasn’t surprised. I had assigned the document for a course on religion and politics when it first appeared. Students found it compelling as a clear and concise statement […]
Liverpool 4-0 LASK: Reds win comfortably to top Europa League group
Luis Diaz (number seven) scored at Anfield for the first time since August to put Liverpool in front Liverpool have reached the last 16 of the Europa League as group winners with victory over LASK at Anfield. Luis Diaz and Cody Gakpo both struck in the space of three first-half minutes before Mohamed Salah’s penalty […]
Lockdown Turned to Boycott in Our House
One casualty of the pandemic has been my daughter’s church attendance. We had a good routine in place before the lockdown. Now she won’t go under any circumstances. Magdalena, 17, has Down syndrome. The “little angel” stereotype doesn’t apply to her. She is smart and stubborn. She doesn’t do anything she doesn’t want to do […]
The Next Congress Might Look a Little More Republican
Retiring Democrats are putting competitive districts in play. Source link