The Very Heart of It: New York Diaries, 1983–1994, by Thomas Mallon, Knopf, 592 pages, $40 Writing in 1985, arguably the worst year of the AIDS crisis, the leftist columnist Christopher Hitchens attacked closeted gays who preached right-wing politics. Once “out” (or in many cases “outed”), Hitchens argued, these onetime conservatives would “evolve politically” and […]
In deciding whether to vote for the tax and spending package now sitting before the Senate, Sen. Rand Paul (R–Ky.) says he’s been asking himself a simple question: Does the bill increase the federal deficit next year? “The answer, without question, is that this bill will grow the deficit,” Paul told his fellow senators on Sunday […]
My new article, The Supreme Court, Education, and the KKK in the 1920s, is about to be published in Western Legal History. The abstract is below, you can download the article here. Meyer v. Nebraska and Pierce v. Society of Sisters present historians with a puzzle. The Court had refused previous opportunities to initiate a […]
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Considering recent news, you may have missed that the 2025 trustees reports for Social Security and Medicare are out. Once again, they confirm what we’ve known for decades: Both programs are barreling straight toward insolvency. The Social Security retirement trust fund and Medicare Hospital Insurance trust fund are each on pace to run dry by […]
In the recently concluded Democratic primary for New York City mayor, state Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani emerged victorious, beating out former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, among others, for the nomination. One proposal that galvanized both supporters and opponents was Mamdani’s plan to open five city-owned grocery stores—one in each borough. In a campaign video, he called the […]
Please enjoy the latest edition of Short Circuit, a weekly feature written by a bunch of people at the Institute for Justice. This week, a federal judge granted IJ clients a temporary restraining order in our third case challenging new federal rules for money-services businesses along the Mexican border—rules that will drown honest people in paperwork […]
The Justice Department is proceeding with plans to revive a moribund relief process for people who have lost their Second Amendment rights as a result of criminal convictions. The department’s FY 2026 budget proposal, published earlier this month, includes funds for a Firearm Rights Restoration Initiative within the Office of the Pardon Attorney. That is […]
Is Eric Adams actually a good orator? “This is a city not of socialism,” said New York City Mayor Eric Adams in a speech yesterday, referring to his challenger Zohran Mamdani’s recent win in the Democratic primary. “I’ve been to socialist countries. This is a city where you can come as a dishwasher and you […]
On October 8, 2023, the day after Hamas launched a barbaric attack on southern Israel that murdered more Jews than had been killed in a single day since the Holocaust, New York State Assembly Member Zohran Mamdani (D–Queens) took stock of the situation and zeroed in on what he saw as the central issue. “The […]
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