By: Jim Geraghty – nationalreview.com – November 16, 2023 On the menu today: News that TikTok users are approvingly quoting a 2002 letter from al-Qaeda terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden, and insisting that bin Laden makes a lot of legitimate points, is the sort of thing that makes you wish gullible young people would go back to eating Tide Pods....

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – November 15, 2023 On Israel, hundreds of federal workers try to undermine his policy. News reports say that no fewer than 500 appointees and staff from 40 agencies, including the National Security Council and the Justice Department, have sent Mr. Biden a letter demanding that he call for a cease-fire and “de-escalation” between...

By: Dan McLaughlin – nationalreview.com – November 15, 2023 As the run of losses for pro-lifers in statewide referenda after Dobbs has extended to Ohio and other red states, there have been a lot of different explanations proffered. Our old friend David French offers a new one in the New York Times: It’s the fault of Republicans resisting Covid interventions...

The examples here — of which there will sadly and surely be more — are some of the more shocking instances of antisemitic violence since October 7.

Just when you think it’s all over and that America has gone over the edge, some good things are happening. Let’s start with the ascent of Rep. Mike Johnson to speaker of the House. This has stunned observers who thought that pro-life, pro-marriage, conservative Christians were forever barred from such offices thanks…

By: Alicia A. Caldwell – wsj.com – November 11, 2023 Record numbers of migrant families overwhelm nonprofits and camp downtown, prompting the city to spend $3.8 million for its first public shelter. Federal authorities arrested and processed people who entered the U.S. illegally, while local nonprofits have helped those who needed assistance before traveling to their final destination elsewhere in...

Alejandro Mayorkas has betrayed our nation’s immigration laws, leaving our borders unprotected and letting millions enter the U.S. illegally.

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – November 13, 2023 While Israel focuses on winning the war against Hamas, the U.S. has been pressing for commitments on what will come next. Speaking in Tokyo last week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken laid out five “Nos”: “No forcible displacement of Palestinians from Gaza. . . . No use of Gaza as...

Democrat West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin has announced he will not be seeking re-election to the Senate next year in what is expected to be a favorable pickup opportunity for the GOP.  

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) in July highlighted the “underutilization” of federal office space. The GAO “surveyed two dozen federal agencies and found they averaged a roughly 80% vacancy rate during the study period earlier this year. Not a single agency topped 50% use.