The Hollywood Blacklist Gets Whitewashed

An exhibit on loan from the Jewish Museum in Milwaukee is now at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., where it is getting new and important attention. “Blacklisted: An American Story” tells viewers it “explores the Hollywood blacklist and the federal government’s loyalty investigations. … Through powerful personal stories, rare artifacts, and film clips,

Scalia Ascendant

Antonin Scalia’s jurisprudential legacy has flourished far beyond what anyone might have reasonably imagined at the time of his death 10 years ago. By keeping his Supreme Court seat open through the 2016 presidential election, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell gave lots of conservatives who were leery of Donald Trump one strong reason to vote

Peerage Pressure

Every society has an aristocracy, even those that deny or disparage the very idea, such as our own. The word derives from a Greek term roughly meaning “rule of the best” which, it goes without saying, means different things to different people. In England this was usually defined as the families that accumulated vast swaths

Insect-ifying Humanity: The Paul Ehrlich Legacy

Dr. Paul Ralph Ehrlich (1932-2026), who passed away last week at the age of 93, was perhaps the world’s most famous opinionator on the population question since Reverend T.R. Malthus himself. An unabashed apostle of population control and prophet of impending worldwide demographic catastrophe, he preached a secular gospel of “overpopulation” and eco-apocalypse from his

No Surprise: America Needs Our Allies More Than Ever

The world’s attention is fixed on the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s determination to cripple the global economy, and Donald Trump’s attempts to break the energy blockade. But, as Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi’s White House visit this week demonstrates, the wheel of history continues its relentless turn in other strategically vital parts of the world

A Tale of Two Twenty-Somethings: Barron Trump vs. Rama Duwaji

Assessing the strengths and weaknesses of the youngest, most influential political advisers in the country Getty Images / Facebook You only turn 20 once. For Barron Trump, that day (March 20) is today. According to a Washington Free Beacon analysis, it is not unreasonable to assume that Donald and Melania Trump conceived their only child

Harvard Discriminated Against Jews, U.S. Government Says In New Lawsuit

The federal government is suing Harvard over what the Justice Department’s complaint calls the university’s “toothless non-response to the ongoing relentless antisemitic on-campus discrimination.” The suit was announced with a traditional press release that included quotes from Attorney General Pamela Bondi and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.  The assistant attorney general