The resignation of Harvard president Claudine Gay after “facing national backlash for her administration’s response to Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack and allegations of plagiarism in her scholarly work” does not solve the problem at America’s oldest college and other elite schools.

As a new year dawns, it’s customary to reflect on the past and set resolutions for the future. This year, let’s resolve to greet three widespread claims with healthy doses of skepticism.

Wall Street Journal reporter Molly Ball recently published a story explaining how pro-abortion rights Democrats have “changed their message.” They are reaching into the conservative playbook and commandeering terms that have long been associated with the center-right movement.

Biden and Trump really are the candidates we’ve wanted all along.  

The first of the more than 150 names of people allegedly associated with the late sexual abuser Jeffrey Epstein were released by a court on Wednesday.

Politicians are often takers. They take our money (and freedom) in the name of achieving goals they rarely achieve. Elon Musk and Sen. Elizabeth Warren may be the best examples of maker and taker.

A triumvirate of government, corporate, and academic institutions are involved in efforts to control free speech by cutting off the funding for its exercise. NRA v. Vullo deals with efforts by government agencies to target the advertisers of conservative websites to kill funding for opposing views.  

By: Dan McLaughlin – nationalreview.com – January 2, 2023 Joe Biden’s approval ratings on the economy have been dreadful for quite some time now and show no sign of improving. Last month, the Wall Street Journal found that “only 23% of voters say Biden’s policies have helped them personally, while 53% say they have been hurt by the president’s agenda. By contrast, about half of voters...

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – January 1, 2024 After reports that some service members participated in the Jan. 6 riot, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered an independent study to get “greater fidelity” on extremism in the ranks. The think tank tasked with the report, the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA), “found no evidence that the number of violent...

By: Abigail Anthony – nationalreview.com – January 2, 2024 Harvard president Claudine Gay announced her resignation on Tuesday, culminating weeks of mounting pressure that began after Gay’s widely criticized appearance before Congress and escalated due to high-profile reports of plagiarism in the embattled academic’s published work. Gay served as the Harvard president for six months and two days, and her...