Day of Infamy

Yes We Kanye

By Jim Geraghty

Kanye West is unpredictable and not terribly coherent and has generated his share of infamous and insufferably narcissistic behavior -- “Bush doesn’t care about black people” and “Imma let you finish” come to mind. Color me skeptical that it’s a consequential victory for the Right now that West is ... Read More

Law & the Courts

Gorsuch Was Wrong to Rescue a Felonious Alien

By Quin Hillyer

Some conservative analysts are unwisely praising Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch for joining the court’s four committed liberals to keep a felonious immigrant from deportation. These estimable analysts, including columnist George Will and the Wall Street Journal editorial board, give too much credit to ... Read More

Poll Finds Nevada Voters Support School-Choice Programs

By Philip H. DeVoe

According to an April poll, a large number of Nevada voters support school-choice programs. The poll, conducted by Nevada Independent/Mellman, found that 70 percent of voters support a proposal for a special-needs Education Savings Account and 59 percent support expanding the funding for the current tax-credit ... Read More

Economy & Business

Republicans, Democrats, and the Parties’ Changing Coalitions

By Reihan Salam

In the United States, the Republicans have long been thought of as the party of the elite and the Democrats as the party of the poorer and less educated. But that has become less and less true over time. The last presidential election, for example, saw many poorer and middle-class Americans opt for Donald Trump ... Read More

Politics & Policy

Rand Paul, ‘Political Libertarian’

By Michael Brendan Dougherty

Rand Paul’s vote was needed to confirm Mike Pompeo as secretary of state, and his refusal to give it was making some Republicans and conservatives upset. “What’s wrong with Pompeo?” they asked. “He’s well-within the party mainstream, he’s competent, and he has the president’s blessing.” For Paul ... Read More

U.S.

Juanita Broaddrick Tweets Timeline of Alleged Rape by Bill Clinton 40 Years Ago Today

By Jack Crowe

Juanita Broaddrick — a 73-year-old retired nurse whose allegations of rape against Bill Clinton were long ignored by the media — revisited her experience in devastating detail in a series of Wednesday morning tweets marking the 40th anniversary of the alleged attack. Broaddrick, who initially went public ... Read More

Education

Is Journalism School Worth It?

By George Leef

Clarence Darrow dropped out of law school after just a year, figuring that he would learn what he needed to know about legal practice faster if he were actually doing it than sitting in classrooms. (Today, that wouldn't be possible, thanks to licensing requirements.) The same thing is true in other fields -- ... Read More

Culture

Wednesday Links

By Debby Witt

Today is ANZAC Day, the anniversary of the Battle of Gallipoli: Here's some history, a documentary, and a Lego re-enactment. How DNA Can Lead to Wrongful Convictions: Labs today can identify people with DNA from just a handful of cells, but a handful of cells can easily migrate. The 19th-century art of ... Read More

World

Microscopic Dots. Let’s Look at Them.

By Jay Nordlinger

Stuart E. Eizenstat has written a big book on the Carter presidency. (Eizenstat was Carter’s chief domestic-policy adviser. He also had a substantial hand in foreign affairs.) I have reviewed the book for the forthcoming NR. Eizenstat tells the story of a meeting between President Carter and Andrei Gromyko, the ... Read More