Blinken Announces U.S. Will Seek U.N. Human Rights Council Membership
Countering China’s growing influence at U.N. bodies should be a top foreign-policy goal under any administration, but today’s announcement makes that harder.
Biden Administration
Becerra Fails to Name Single Abortion Restriction He’d Support
President Biden's nominee for Secretary of Health and Human Services did not identify any restrictions during a Senate confirmation hearing.
Eric Swalwell’s White Male Privilege
He should be asked why he, and not a young woman of South Asian descent, is representing ‘one of the largest Indian-American districts in U.S.’
The Biden Administration’s Stubborn Partisanship Angers GOP Dealmakers
Everything from Biden's appointments to his approach to legislation suggests his White House will be as compromise-averse as Barack Obama's.
Why the Equality Act Is More Extreme Than the Bostock Decision
Among other issues, the bill guts the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and includes an apparent abortion mandate.
Power-Hungry Culture Warrior Xavier Becerra Should Be Nowhere near HHS
He’d use the agency as a weapon in the culture war — like he’s done against me in California.
Sister Carol Keehan Gets the Xavier Beccera Catholic Problem Backwards
The Sermon on the Mount is what Catholicism is about, not insisting on Xavier Beccera’s confirmation.
Federal Judge Indefinitely Blocks Biden Administration’s 100-Day Deportation Moratorium
U.S. district judge Drew Tipton issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday.
The ‘Trump Tweets’ Defense Won’t Save Neera Tanden’s Nomination
There is a big difference between the online invective of the former president and that of Biden's budget-office nominee.
Inflation, You Say?
On the menu today: Inflation jitters, the Reddit/Tesla connection, taxes and their consequences, Mars rewards, and The Dictatorship of Woke Capital.