According to Wikipedia, the notion of a “noble lie” originated with Plato in The Republic, and is defined as a myth or false statement “typically of religious nature, knowingly propagated by an elite to maintain social harmony.

There’s little evidence that partisans are really all that bothered by hypocrisy and double standards.

If the Republican Party can’t rally around a 15-week abortion ban, it’s in real trouble.

Martha’s Vineyard has been all over the news. The tony resort community so loves aiding and comforting the undocumented immigrants who were flown in from Florida that it hugged them—for barely 48…

Pentagon Threatens to Punish Navy SEALs for Refusing to Violate their Faith

The governor of Tennessee is calling for an investigation into Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Pediatric Transgender Clinic following viral tweets exposing alarming attitudes toward transgender surgeries and procedures for children.  

By: Jim Geraghty – nationalreview.com – September 12, 2022 Earlier this month, Vice President Kamala Harris made news for declaring that “we have a secure border” in an interview with NBC’s Chuck Todd. Of course, anyone who’s paying even the slightest attention to the situation at the southern border knows that it’s anything but secure. But Harris, despite having been...

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – September 21, 2022 The Federal Open Market Committee raised its target fed-funds rate another 75 basis points to between 3% and 3.25%. That’s the third 75-point hike in a row. More significant is the forward guidance in its median economic projections that rates could rise another 125 basis points this year and higher...

By: Dan McLaughlin – nationalreview.com – September 20, 2022 There is a hilariously large gulf between what progressive TV commentators think they know about history and what they actually know. On occasion, they make the mistake of engaging publicly with somebody who knows what she’s talking about. Don Lemon of CNN offered a textbook example. He decided to ask British...

“Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy.” —Winston Churchill