Former President Joe Biden left a terrible legacy: the border catastrophe, chaos and disorder abroad, increased crime, oppressive wokeness. But for today’s purposes, consider the damage done by Biden’s economic policies.

By: Karl Rove – wsj.com – February 12, 2025 He faces a a series of hard legislative fights, and Congress needs his leadership. So far, the administration’s strategy of flooding the zone and dominating the news cycle is working. But there’s a warning in the CBS data. Only 31%—roughly the size of his MAGA hard-core base—said Mr. Trump is focusing...

By: David Zimmermann – nationalreview.com – February 12, 2025 The judge previously extended his pause on the ‘Fork in the Road’ initiative without issuing a formal ruling. A federal judge in Massachusetts on Wednesday lifted his days-long pause on the Trump administration’s deferred-resignation program that allows federal workers to continue working remotely with full pay and job benefits until September...

Trump isn’t the first president to sneer at the Constitution.

By: Dan McLaughlin – nationalreview.com – February 12, 2025 The DOGE case pushes the judicial power too far, and tempts a dangerous response. We are not, currently, in a state of constitutional crisis. But we may be approaching one — and overreaching federal district judges seem bent on enticing the Trump administration into one. It’s an invitation that the administration seems...

In “Mere Christianity,” C.S. Lewis spoke of progress, noting, “If you are on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; and in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive man.”

The problem with banning the penny in isolation is that it would increase demand for nickels, which cost 13.78 cents to produce. Source: Abolish the Nickel, Too | National Review

Few things symbolize our national dysfunction as much as this accursed coin, which we mint by the millions because it’s too worthless to spend.

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – February 10, 2025 Texas, Tennessee and other GOP-led states join the movement for more education freedom. The number of private school choice programs in the country grew to 81 from 65 from 2020-2024, according to the education nonprofit EdChoice. But only 33 states have choice programs, which means there are many more children...

For those keeping score, it’s Trump 1, Marcuse 0. The Right just experienced its best three weeks in the culture war in 50 years. A blitz of executive orders issued by President Donald Trump have taken dead aim at left-wing cultural priorities and pillars of the Left’s cultural influence.