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Douglas Murray: How the West Lost Its Will to Reverse Mass Migration
Some Republicans are turning against this policy, but there’s no other way to undo the harms of unchecked migration and reassert the law. Can a country allow mass lawbreaking and retain its integrity? For almost any crime you can think of, the answer is no. No country would allow people to walk into another person’s house or let them drive on the wrong side of the road. Yet many politicians behave as if they have no choice when it comes to mass illegal immigration.
Douglas Murray: Who’s Afraid of the ‘Far Right’?
German leaders enabled the rise of a populist party. Now those leaders cling to power by branding their challengers as extreme. Nothing thrills journalists more than throwing around the term far right.
Douglas Murray: The Death Penalty Is Cruel. Hamas Terrorists Deserve It.
Israel’s security minister is degrading the debate over whether to execute terrorist captives. But there are urgent reasons not to spare the October 7 perpetrators. The death penalty is an issue that should be discussed with awe. More than perhaps any other subject it demands to be treated so, because it is an issue which even its advocates recognize to be solemn and severe. It is one reason why the provocations and trollings by Itamar Ben-Gvir on the matter provoke such revulsion.
I See Dangers of AI Firsthand — as People Make Doppelgangers of Me!
Every new technology brings fears. No sooner were the printing presses invented than people were smashing them up. Industrialization brought its own opponents. And in our own time everything from smartphones to cryptocurrencies have had their naysayers. But there is a growing backlash to one particular technology that is going to define our era: AI. Just this week Eric Schmidt — the former CEO of Google — was booed by students during a commencement speech at the University of Arizona.
Taxing NYC’s Rich Is a Poor Idea — and Could Bring the Big Apple into Financial Turmoil
‘Tax the rich!” That used to be the sort of sentiment you might expect from a student who’d just discovered a bit of Marxism and had yet to pay their first tax bill. But now New Yorkers are lucky enough to have a mayor who thinks this dumb slogan should be turned into policy. Why is it dumb? For several reasons. Not the least of which is that it is so misleading. Saying “tax the rich” suggests that the rich aren’t already taxed.
A clash between the pope and Trump was inevitable — but let us not choose between the heart and the head Original
Who ever could have guessed that the election of the first American pope would cause political problems at home? From the moment that Robert Francis Prevost became Pope Leo XIV last year, a clash between Rome and Washington was inevitable. Not least because, for years now, consecutive leaders of the Catholic Church have had policies that fly against the policies not just of the US government but any sensible government.
A Clash Between the Pope and Trump Was Inevitable — but Let Us Not Choose Between the Heart and the Head
Who ever could have guessed that the election of the first American Pope would cause political problems at home? From the moment that Robert Francis Prevost became Pope Leo XIV last year, a clash between Rome and Washington was inevitable. Not least because, for years now, consecutive leaders of the Catholic church have had policies which fly against the policies not just of the US government but any sensible government.
Unlike past presidents, Trump delivered on his promise to eliminate our enemies
Original Article Posted By: Moritz55, 3/6/2026 3:19:00 PM Perhaps we forgot what it's like when politicians act on their promises. Perhaps our enemies forgot as well. For decades, American presidents - Democratic and Republican - have said the theocratic dictatorship in Iran cannot have nuclear weapons. For decades, those same administrations were strung along by the ayatollahs. American negotiators - like their European counterparts - sat through years of negotiations.
Bondi Beach Terror Attack: A Terrible Close to 2025
Correcting the Core: University General Education Requirements Need State Oversight By Neetu Arnold | Manhattan Institute American colleges and universities have drifted away from their core academic purpose and toward ideological activism—particularly in general education requirements. General education classes are designed to provide all students with a common, interdisciplinary foundation in their education.
Zohran Mamdani Appointing Radical Transition Team Has NYC In for a Rude Awakening
Well, New York — we’re going to be in for quite a ride. But then, I suppose many voters knew that when they voted in Zohran Mamdani as mayor last month. Even so, the number of radicals he has already appointed should still make New Yorkers gulp. The Post this week revealed the inept, badly spelled list of appointees to Zo’s transition team. But personally, I wouldn’t be surprised if Mamdani headquarters deliberately got the names of their appointees wrong.
How Much Does California Spend on Healthcare for Unlawful Immigrants?
Good morning: One week into the federal government shutdown, Democrats continue to argue that any funding bill passed by Congress must include an extension of expanded Affordable Care Act subsidies due to expire at the end of 2025. These subsidies were originally sold during the Covid pandemic as an emergency measure to help people struggling to afford their health insurance.
How to Ruin a City
Why would you choose to make a city crappy? Plenty of cities don’t have much going for them. But when they do, it takes a certain amount of skill to actively wreck them. Take London, for instance. Anyone in charge of our capital needed only to maintain it, if not improve it. Yet in almost a decade as mayor, Sadiq Khan has overseen a decline which is obvious to any resident or visitor. That first sign of rot – the tolerance of minor crime – is everywhere. It might be graffiti on the Tube.
Liberals turn killers, racists, and haters into martyrs
Original Article Posted By: 4250Luis, 6/6/2025 5:46:28 AM Why do parts of the left and the media keep asking for sympathy in all the wrong places? In recent months we have had to put up with crazed activists like Taylor Lorenz claiming that Luigi Mangione is a "revolutionary" and a "morally good man" because she finds him "handsome." Unfortunately he is also on trial for gunning down a father of two in cold blood on Sixth Avenue. In the eyes of many people that still counts against a man.
Liberals Turn Killers, Racists, and Haters into Martyrs
Why do parts of the left and the media keep asking for sympathy in all the wrong places? In recent months we have had to put up with crazed activists like Taylor Lorenz claiming that Luigi Mangione is a “revolutionary” and a “morally good man” because she finds him “handsome.” Unfortunately he is also on trial for gunning down a father of two in cold blood on Sixth Avenue. In the eyes of many people that still counts against a man.
Spending mess shows Dems will try to stop Trump every step of the way
Original Article Posted By: Imright, 12/20/2024 6:58:06 PM The worst thing any government can do is to fail to act on its promises. Across the world, there are governments of all stripes suffering for doing just that. In Britain, the Labour government is already sinking in the opinion polls because it promised things it hasn't been able to do. And it has also done things it promised not to do - like raising taxes.
We should be thankful that the future is in Trump's hands
Original Article Posted By: Imright, 11/29/2024 1:10:00 AM This Thanksgiving we got a reminder of what might-have-been. And what we have been unburdened by. We should be truly grateful. For this was the week in which Kamala Harris broke her post-election silence. And I think anyone who saw it can agree: the vice president is not doing well.
'We Shall Win the Tomorrows Before Us'
Original Article Posted By: 4250Luis, 11/24/2024 6:29:44 PM We are fast approaching Thanksgiving, and many Americans, no doubt, are wondering what they have to be thankful for. There's the skyrocketing cost of pretty much everything. Rising crime. Endless wars.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali and the 'Strange Death' of Europe
Original Article Posted By: Mercedes44, 11/10/2024 11:31:47 PM Twenty years ago, as the world was focusing on an election in America, something happened in Amsterdam that, in many ways, was even more important. On November 2, 2004, the Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh was murdered in the city center, in the morning, while bicycling to work.
T.S. Eliot Put His World Back Together Again
Original Article Posted By: FlyRight, 10/27/2024 11:08:54 AM In the early days of this column, I confessed that T.S. Eliot is always with me. His words frequently rise to the surface of my mind. They are particularly powerful as a counter to despair-which is, in contemporary America, rife.
'Fact check' has become just another word for censorship
Original Article Posted By: Imright, 10/3/2024 8:41:25 PM "Fact-checking" is like "fake news": Something that is now entirely in the eye of the beholder. At the vice presidential debate this week, the CBS moderators once again tried to show that they were the fair and impartial people in the room Except that - as with the Trump-Harris debate - they only seemed interested in fact-checking in one direction. Against the Republican. On Tuesday night the subject of Springfield, Ohio, once again came up.
George Clooney Changing Tune On Biden Just Shows How
We support our Publishers and Content Creators. You can view this story on their website by CLICKING HERE. In the same way that Joe Biden thinks “What would Hunter suggest?” when he wonders about staying in office, whenever I enter a voting booth, I always think, “What would George Clooney do?” Those of us who rely on Hollywood actors for our political views don’t get them often enough.
All Eyes Should Be On Al Jazeera For Being Founded, Funded
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All eyes should be on Al Jazeera for being founded, funded
Original Article Posted By: 4250Luis, 6/21/2024 9:45:25 AM Considering how much attention the American media get, it's amazing that one piece of actual, unbelievable subversion keeps going on. That is the Al Jazeera network - founded, funded and directed by the terrorist-supporting state of Qatar. Last month, The Washington Post reported darkly that the Israeli government had shut down the Al Jazeera network's operations in Israel because of its coverage from Gaza.
Young voters are leaning Republican as Dems try to sell themselves as the 'cool' thing
Original Article Posted By: Mercedes44, 6/15/2024 6:35:16 AM Here's a thought. What if the kids are all right? New polling shows young voters in the US are shrugging off their habit of voting left and actually thinking of voting Republican in November. In almost equal numbers to their Democrat-voting contemporaries. All this despite the daily diet of Democrats trying to throw everything at young voters to woo them.
Up close and too personal with America's fentanyl epidemic
Original Article Posted By: Imright, 4/4/2024 9:34:10 PM It is very easy to find fentanyl in New York. The drug that in 2022 alone killed nearly 110,000 Americans is readily available right here on the streets of this city. Over the past the year I've been investigating the spread of this lethal drug across this country. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid which has a potency many hundreds of times that of morphine.
America, look at Sweden and beware the chaos of uncontrolled immigration
Original Article Posted By: 4250Luis, 3/22/2024 7:11:04 AM I don't think many Americans realize how difficult it is to come to America legally. Among my own friends, I know an academic who has spent the past year in legal limbo, not allowed to work between teaching positions and constantly waiting on whether he can stay in America or not.
Israel PM Netanyahu's urgent warning to Americans: Iran is targeting the US
Original Article Posted By: Imright, 1/29/2024 4:11:33 PM Benjamin Netanyahu's warning to America could not have been more timely. Over the weekend, I sat down with the Israeli prime minister at the country's security HQ in Tel Aviv for an exclusive interview. During it, he issued an urgent warning to the US. "I've told President Biden, I've told all the leaders who came here, this is your war as well because this is not merely a minor skirmish.
'Climate Czar' John Kerry can't answer a question about his own staff
Original Article Posted By: FlyRight, 7/14/2023 5:29:09 AM Why the long face, John Kerry? The former Secretary of State and current "Climate Czar" looked most unhappy yesterday as he appeared before a Congressional hearing.No wonder. It seems Kerry never expected to actually be questioned about his special role. Indeed he seems to have thought that the position given to him by the President not only entitled him to year-round perks, but to lifelong immunity from criticism.
The Mike Pompeo speech on China’s influence on US universities that MIT killed
Posted by Hazymac — Post Reply One of the strangest parts of the COVID-19 pandemic has been all of the public health “experts” who openly lied to the American people while expecting to be lauded as heroes in response. Certainly, most have witnessed Dr. Anthony Fauci’s grotesque level of arrogance over the years, with numerous examples of the good doctor admitting to lying in order to get the outcome he desired from the public. For his efforts, he’s got magazine covers and million-dollar awards.
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