When a politician says “don’t politicize” a significant event like the fires that have swept Los Angeles County, it’s a good bet they are attempting to divert attention and shield themselves from the consequences of their inaction.

By: Charles C. W. Cooke – nationalreview.com – January 13, 2025 Even in a state as beautiful as this one, residents can only bear destructive misgovernance for so long. I love California. I’m not just saying that because I’m about to be rude about its government; I really, truly love California. A few years ago, when Scotland was considering leaving...

By: Allysia Finley – wsj.com – January 12, 2025 Gavin Newsom promised to ‘Trump-proof’ the Golden State. If only he’d fireproofed it instead. Start with its environmental obsessions. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power in 2019 sought to widen a fire-access road and replace old wooden utility poles in the Topanga Canyon abutting the Palisades with steel ones...

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – Jan 10, 2025 Sacramento tilts at reducing temperatures while its cities burn from failure to adapt to a variable climate. Democrats blame the L.A. blazes on the changing climate, which is a convenient excuse as citizens rage against the failures of state and local government. The evidence doesn’t support the climate explanation since...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced his resignation as leader of the ruling Liberal Party. He said he will remain prime minister until a new leader is chosen.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced a series of major changes to the company’s moderation policies and practices, saying the election felt like a “cultural tipping point.”

By: James Lynch – nationalrview.com – January 7, 2024 Forty-eight Democrats joined Republicans in voting for the bill, which is the first to pass the newly elected House. House lawmakers passed legislation Tuesday afternoon requiring federal agents to detain illegal immigrants suspected of committing non-violent crimes, the chamber’s first action of the 119th Congress.The House voted 264-159 to pass the...

Over the decade of Donald Trump’s political career, the left—as exemplified by Democratic politicos, the media, academics, the Washington military hierarchy, and the permeant bureaucratic state…

Trudeau has been the cheerful face of modern censorship.

By: Allysia Finley – wsj.com – January 5, 205 As with his other work, the surgeon general’s report is light on facts, heavy on expanding government. The report warns that, for some cancers, “evidence shows that this risk may start to increase around one or fewer drinks per day.” Note the operative word, may. The link between heavy drinking and...