Opinion
For a faster vote count in California, look to the Supreme Court
Voting is not just another consumer convenience. Asking California voters to return a ballot by Election Day is not voter suppression. It is a basic expectation in a self-governing republic.
The pro-Gaza brigade whose suffering you never heard of — and why
The moral fervor’s not really about anything Israel does, but purely about what Israel is: the Jewish state.
Andrew Left faces 20 years in prison — but having a correct opinion about a stock shouldn’t be a crime
This past Tuesday afternoon, I rang up Andrew Left, the high-profile short seller long known for meticulously documenting allegations of alleged corporate malfeasance and placing bets against companies like Valeant Pharmaceuticals, Shopify and Chinese real estate giant Evergrande.
Don’t laugh off Bernie Sanders’ communist AI-heist attempt — young voters are falling for it
Bernie Sanders is pushing a bill to confiscate 50% of the nation’s largest AI developers — a concept straight out of Vladimir Lenin’s or Fidel Castro’s playbook. And Gen Z is falling for it.
The Democrats want another long, hot summer of violence
ICE protests at Delaney Hall in New Jersey are just the latest in a growing trend of political chaos encouraged by the Democrats, writes “Blood and Violence” author Noah Rothman.
Don’t let Big Brother control AI, Times’ Delaney Hall delusions and other commentary
Reason’s Elizabeth Nolan Brown contrasts the White House’s “restrained” AI vision with Sen. Bernie Sanders’ “frighteningly authoritarian vision in which the federal government gains significant control over private AI companies and the future of output.”
Declining pride in America is a mistake the left wants us all to make
The United States saved the world twice last century, first from the Nazis and then from the Soviet Communists. This century, we’re freedom’s best hope against the global tyranny sought by the Chinese Communist Party.
Prospects have dimmed for Spencer Pratt, Los Angeles
If a common-sense, solutions-oriented candidate like Spencer Pratt cannot even make the runoff, some Angelenos may decide the city is not ready to change — and start calling U-Haul.
Spencer Pratt and Zohran Mamdani should both follow this NY city’s housing lead
A small city in Westchester County has already figured out how to jump-start housing construction — and has managed to lower rents in the process.
Judy Chu doesn’t know much about Woodrow Wilson — but here’s why you should
Judy Chu, a Democrat who has been in Congress for 17 years, faced a straightforward question in the House Ways and Means Committee hearing this week: Who was the U.S. president during World War I?