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National Columnists

Don’t turn Epstein files into MeToo

In recent years, public trust in American institutions has collapsed, and understandably so, given the overt politicization of supposedly objective fields such as medicine and education -- you know, The Science. Meanwhile, this distrust has also spread throughout our justice ...

Why are anti-ICE activists building borders?

Anti-ICE activists in Minneapolis are setting up blockades. They're demanding ID from drivers. In short, they're setting up their own borders — against America's laws and law enforcement. It's not the first time "protesters" have done this. Activists inspired by Black Lives ...

Champion skier makes terrible choice

It isn't easy being Eileen Gu. The champion freestyle skier said the other day, after she had to settle for a silver medal in an event at the Olympics, that "sometimes it feels like I'm carrying the weight of two countries on my shoulders." Gu would be carrying the weight of only one country ...

Is constitutional ice age approaching

Last fall during the opening of the United Nations in New York City, I recognized the face of a federal officer from his days working in law enforcement in New Jersey and mine as a trial judge. We chatted and I asked him what he was doing. He told me he worked for Immigration and ...

It’s up to us to farm our own lives

There's a 36-year-old song that talks about the value of hard work. "I gotta get out of bed and get a hammer and a nail," the chorus goes, "Learn how to use my hands, not just my head. I think myself into jail. Now, I know a refuge never grows from a chin in a hand in a thoughtful ...

Is America truly experiencing Christian revival?

In one of my group texts with friends from church recently, an interesting commentary from The Hill's John Mac Ghlionn was shared. He asserts that "America is merely witnessing a Christian reboot, not a Christian revival." Mac Ghlionn's analysis stems from his examination of ...