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Don't turn Epstein files into MeToo

National Columnists

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 system. In an ideal world, a truly just justice system is built upon a platform of absolute objectivity and absolute equality. But, since we clearly live in a world that is far from ideal, justice is routinely doled out by a Lady Justice whose blindfold has been replaced with blinkers, adjusted as needed by ...

You have run your race, Jesse

National Columnists

The passing of Jesse Jackson marks the end of a turbulent and transformative era in American politics. For more than five decades, he stood at the intersection of protest and power, unapologetic in his focus on race, relentless in his pursuit of equity, and unafraid to confront America's deepest contradictions. The era that shaped him defined him. Jackson came of age in the segregated South, forged in the crucible of the civil rights movement under the moral thunder of Martin Luther King Jr. That generation did not believe in incremental whispers; it believed in confrontation. ...

Why are anti-ICE activists building borders?

National Columnists

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 Matter seized control over a portion of Seattle six years ago and christened their conquest the "Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone" (CHAZ) or "Capitol Hill Occupation Protest" (CHOP). A black teenager, Antonio Mays Jr., was shot and killed by what the Seattle-area ABC affiliate KOMO News calls ...

Is constitutional ice age approaching

National Columnists

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 Customs Enforcement, ICE. I asked what ICE has to do with the U.N., and he told me that soon ICE will be everywhere. When I asked if ICE has become a paramilitary force, answerable to the White House, he just smiled, as if to say, "Don't quote me." When I asked him why he was carrying two handguns and ...

Champion skier makes terrible choice

National Columnists

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 if she had chosen to represent her native USA at the games, rather than a hostile totalitarian state. Gu skis for China, a choice that is a little like deciding to represent a fascist country during the 1930s. China is bent on undermining U.S. power and supplanting Western values. It runs a ...

Immigration is shaking up political parties

National Columnists

As British Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces calls to resign for his appointment of Epstein-tied Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the United States, one is struck by the sudden instability of British governments. In the 28 years between 1979 and 2007, Britain had only three prime ...