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The ignored importance of Trump’s VP pick. As the curtain rises in Cleveland tonight, America will finally be properly introduced to Indiana governor Mike Pence, who, until now, is likely a mystery to non-Hoosiers who don’t follow politics closely. Yet for all of his previous semi-obscurity, Governor Pence’s nomination for vice president may be one of surprising historical importance. While…

Heather Mac Donald will be discussing her book The War on Cops at the Horowitz Freedom Center’s Wednesday Morning Club luncheon at the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills next Wednesday, July 20th. For more information, click here. There is no more important book to read right now than Heather Mac Donald’s clear-eyed, riveting new work The War on Cops: How…

Three officers are dead and three others are wounded after a shooting in Baton Rouge. Police-community relations in the city have been tense since the killing earlier this month of 37-year-old Alton Sterling, a black man shot by white officers after a scuffle at a convenience store. The killing was captured on cellphone video.  Here is what we know so far: The shooting…

After delaying his initial announcement out of respect for the terror attack in Nice, France, Donald Trump confirmed reports Friday and tweeted that he is, indeed, selecting Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate for the presidential election. The Indianapolis Star and other sources initially reported the Pence pick Thursday ahead of a Trump press conference scheduled for 11…

This is what a real ‘national conversation’ looks like. It seems almost ghoulish to look for a silver lining in the dark cloud that blanketed the nation last week. But I think there was one. The killings by police in Minnesota and Louisiana, quickly followed by the killings of police in Dallas, knocked the lazy certainty out of almost everybody….

Republican front-runner Donald Trump‘s warning against the “false song of globalism” strikes a sharply different note than President Obama did in his recent performance in London. Obama has provided further evidence that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) more closely resembles a scheme for international governance like the European Union rather than a traditional trade agreement. When Obama penned an editorial telling…

Last week, in a development which is a loss for freedom, pluralism, and tolerance in America, the Supreme Court declined to take up the case of Stormans v. Wiesman. This should not be a difficult case. It involves pharmacy owners (members of the Stormans family) who do not want to dispense certain drugs that can kill human life in its…

If we don’t all take a deep breath, our unrest will only get worse. Last night, as the shots rang out across Dallas – as protesters scattered, and we watched the horrible, endlessly replayed video of a police officer’s cold-blooded murder on cable news – I felt that we were witnessing an unraveling. Our unrest hasn’t yet reached the levels…

Load up on popcorn: The Republican ticket may be poised to go to 11. According to numerous reports, Donald Trump is considering Newt Gingrich as his running mate. And as traffic-baiters like to say on the Internet: You won’t believe what happens next! But first I should come clean. I like Gingrich. My wife worked for him for several years….

When will politicians finally recognize that they can’t protect all the possible shooting targets? Possibly the largest mass public shooting in US history occurred early on Sunday morning, leaving 50 dead. On Friday, also in Orlando, singer Christina Grimmie was murdered after a concert. Both of these shootings had something in common: They both occurred in places where private citizens…

It’s not just the corruption that shocks — it’s the flagrant, shameless display of it. It wasn’t shocking news that Barack Obama’s FBI refused on Tuesday to recommend indictment for felonious former secretary of state Hillary Clinton. The utterly transparent corruption, however — that was shocking. Let’s take a look at the timeline. Last Wednesday, a local CBS reporter spotted…