Taking It to the General

N.Y. County Legislators Propose Bill to Ban Smoking in Private Homes

By Tobias Hoonhout

Suffolk County is proposing the most stringent anti-smoking law in New York — banning private citizens from smoking in their own apartments, condominiums, and multi-family homes. Legislator Sam Gonzalez, the sponsor of the bill, told a local CBS affiliate that he did not think the bill was ... Read More

Law & the Courts

N.Y. County Legislators Propose Bill to Ban Smoking in Private Homes

By Tobias Hoonhout

Suffolk County is proposing the most stringent anti-smoking law in New York — banning private citizens from smoking in their own apartments, condominiums, and multi-family homes. Legislator Sam Gonzalez, the sponsor of the bill, told a local CBS affiliate that he did not think the bill was ... Read More

Elections

Knives Out: A Glorious Wrestlemania of a Democratic Debate

By Jim Geraghty

Early on, political consultant Mike Murphy labeled the debate “a six way tornado of long-repressed rage, fear and desperation.” For Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, and maybe even Joe Biden, the end is near. A lot of these candidates, who would be allies under different circumstances, now can ... Read More

Elections

Knives Out: A Glorious Wrestlemania of a Democratic Debate

By Jim Geraghty

Early on, political consultant Mike Murphy labeled the debate “a six way tornado of long-repressed rage, fear and desperation.” For Elizabeth Warren, Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, and maybe even Joe Biden, the end is near. A lot of these candidates, who would be allies under different circumstances, now can ... Read More

Video

AOC’s District Poll Numbers Are Bad

According to a Quinnipiac poll, 36 percent of respondents had an unfavorable view of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Read More

Video

AOC’s District Poll Numbers Are Bad

According to a Quinnipiac poll, 36 percent of respondents had an unfavorable view of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Read More

World

China’s Government Is Like Something out of 1984

By Victor Davis Hanson

The Chinese Communist government increasingly poses an existential threat not just to its own 1.4 billion citizens but to the world at large. China is currently in a dangerously chaotic state. And why not, when a premodern authoritarian society leaps wildly into the brave new world of high-tech science in a ... Read More

World

China’s Government Is Like Something out of 1984

By Victor Davis Hanson

The Chinese Communist government increasingly poses an existential threat not just to its own 1.4 billion citizens but to the world at large. China is currently in a dangerously chaotic state. And why not, when a premodern authoritarian society leaps wildly into the brave new world of high-tech science in a ... Read More

NR PLUS PC Culture

South Park as Healing Mechanism

By Katherine Timpf

It didn’t take too long into 2020 for people on Twitter to start earnestly debating whether South Park, an extremely popular show that has been on air for decades, has been wreaking havoc on our society with its offensiveness. As far as I can tell, the conversation started with a series of tweets from She-Hulk ... Read More

NR PLUS PC Culture

South Park as Healing Mechanism

By Katherine Timpf

It didn’t take too long into 2020 for people on Twitter to start earnestly debating whether South Park, an extremely popular show that has been on air for decades, has been wreaking havoc on our society with its offensiveness. As far as I can tell, the conversation started with a series of tweets from She-Hulk ... Read More

Culture

Dwyane Wade On His Child: ‘She’s Known She Was Transgender Since She Was Three Years Old’

By Zachary Evans

Former Miami Heat basketball player Dwyane Wade said on Tuesday during an appearance on Good Morning America that his 12-year-old child, a biological male, has known they were transgender since the age of three. Wade's child, Zaya, has "known it for nine years, since she was three years old," Wade ... Read More

Culture

Dwyane Wade On His Child: ‘She’s Known She Was Transgender Since She Was Three Years Old’

By Zachary Evans

Former Miami Heat basketball player Dwyane Wade said on Tuesday during an appearance on Good Morning America that his 12-year-old child, a biological male, has known they were transgender since the age of three. Wade's child, Zaya, has "known it for nine years, since she was three years old," Wade ... Read More

Elections

RIP Bloomberg 2020

By Kevin D. Williamson

I thought that Bloomberg’s confused half-defense of stop-and-frisk was going to be his low point. Well. His torturous response on his lawsuits and NDAs was truly awful -- beyond incompetent. I wouldn’t be surprised if this were the end of Bloomberg 2020. Read More

Elections

RIP Bloomberg 2020

By Kevin D. Williamson

I thought that Bloomberg’s confused half-defense of stop-and-frisk was going to be his low point. Well. His torturous response on his lawsuits and NDAs was truly awful -- beyond incompetent. I wouldn’t be surprised if this were the end of Bloomberg 2020. Read More

Elections

At the Debate, Only Losers

By Kevin D. Williamson

To be honest, I’d almost forgotten what they were like. Wednesday’s Democratic presidential primary debate was revealing: Mike Bloomberg was revealed to be unprepared, something for which a man with his resources has no possible excuse; Amy Klobuchar was revealed to be a stammering daisy, her big moment ... Read More

Elections

At the Debate, Only Losers

By Kevin D. Williamson

To be honest, I’d almost forgotten what they were like. Wednesday’s Democratic presidential primary debate was revealing: Mike Bloomberg was revealed to be unprepared, something for which a man with his resources has no possible excuse; Amy Klobuchar was revealed to be a stammering daisy, her big moment ... Read More

Politics & Policy

Democrats Still Haven’t Come to Terms with 2016

By David Harsanyi

In an otherwise excellent Politico article advising Democrats how to avoid the fate of 2012 presidential candidate Mitt Romney, former Obama staffer Dan Pfeiffer offers his team some self-soothing revisionism regarding the 2016 election: When all is said and done, the 2016 election might end up being a ... Read More

Politics & Policy

Democrats Still Haven’t Come to Terms with 2016

By David Harsanyi

In an otherwise excellent Politico article advising Democrats how to avoid the fate of 2012 presidential candidate Mitt Romney, former Obama staffer Dan Pfeiffer offers his team some self-soothing revisionism regarding the 2016 election: When all is said and done, the 2016 election might end up being a ... Read More

Film & TV

The Invisible Man Exposes the White-Male-Supremacy Monster

By Armond White

‘He is not the victim here!” screams Elisabeth Moss, heroine of The Invisible Man, the latest in the series that reboots Universal Studios’ classic 1930s scary movies for the gullible Millennial market. The film’s title now refers to the hidden threat of an unseen, yet lethal, patriarchy. But this movie ... Read More

Film & TV

The Invisible Man Exposes the White-Male-Supremacy Monster

By Armond White

‘He is not the victim here!” screams Elisabeth Moss, heroine of The Invisible Man, the latest in the series that reboots Universal Studios’ classic 1930s scary movies for the gullible Millennial market. The film’s title now refers to the hidden threat of an unseen, yet lethal, patriarchy. But this movie ... Read More

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N.Y. County Legislators Propose Bill to Ban Smoking in Private Homes

N.Y. County Legislators Propose Bill to Ban Smoking in Private Homes

Knives Out: A Glorious Wrestlemania of a Democratic Debate

Knives Out: A Glorious Wrestlemania of a Democratic Debate

AOC’s District Poll Numbers Are Bad

AOC’s District Poll Numbers Are Bad

China’s Government Is Like Something out of 1984

China’s Government Is Like Something out of 1984

South Park as Healing Mechanism

South Park as Healing Mechanism

Dwyane Wade On His Child: ‘She’s Known She Was Transgender Since She Was Three Years Old’

Dwyane Wade On His Child: ‘She’s Known She Was Transgender Since She Was Three Years Old’

RIP Bloomberg 2020

RIP Bloomberg 2020

At the Debate, Only Losers

At the Debate, Only Losers

Democrats Still Haven’t Come to Terms with 2016

Democrats Still Haven’t Come to Terms with 2016

The Invisible Man Exposes the White-Male-Supremacy Monster

The Invisible Man Exposes the White-Male-Supremacy Monster