The Harvard University admissions process appears to be an ongoing microaggression against Asian-Americans. A group called Students for Fair Admissions is suing the school for alleged racial discrimination and has filed documents in federal court making a persuasive case, based on data provided by the school. Harvard denies it, but one of the imperatives of […]
Rich Lowry
EPA would be better off without Pruitt
It’s time to test the proposition whether it’s possible to roll back the Obama regulatory agenda without using government employees as glorified personal assistants. Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt long ago acquired the moniker “scandal plagued” in the press. None of his offenses are criminally corrupt — no one has found cash stuffed in […]
Beijing, not Ottawa, is America’s enemy
Justin Trudeau may be the annoying, youthful avatar of chic progressivism — but he’s not our adversary. After leaving the G-7 summit, President Donald Trump blasted the Canadian prime minister on Twitter as weak and dishonest, in the kind of invective once reserved for “Little Rocket Man.” The Trump presidency routinely produces unprecedented events, and […]
Trump’s popularity in upward trend
Right now, Donald Trump is in the strongest political position since the initial months of his presidency. He’s not in robust shape — he’s ticked up into the mid-40s — but the slow upward trend in polls has been evident since March. Too much shouldn’t be read into the numbers, except for the basic conclusion […]
Christian baker wins case against officious bureaucrats
In the closely watched Masterpiece Cakeshop case, the Supreme Court dealt a blow against the small-mindedness that so often characterizes the self-appointed minders of social justice in America. The case involved a Christian baker in Colorado named Jack Phillips, who refused to create a wedding cake for a same-sex couple in 2012. The couple, Charlie […]
Roseanne Barr was a kook long before Trump became president
Valerie Jarrett, the former Obama aide targeted by Roseanne Barr, says the comedienne’s train wreck should be a “teaching moment.” And so it should — about the poisonous kookery of Roseanne Barr. Given the political freight piled atop the hit revival of her TV program, it was inevitable that Barr’s spectacular Twitter flameout would be […]
Let's call the whole thing off
The Nobel committee will presumably be disappointed, but President Donald Trump’s summit with North Korea dictator Kim Jong Un should stay canceled. The meeting was much more likely to serve Kim’s interests rather than ours, and could well have begun the unraveling of the pressure campaign that is our most reliable point of leverage against […]
Let's call the whole thing off
The Nobel committee will presumably be disappointed, but President Donald Trump’s summit with North Korea dictator Kim Jong Un should stay canceled. The meeting was much more likely to serve Kim’s interests rather than ours, and could well have begun the unraveling of the pressure campaign that is our most reliable point of leverage against […]
Let's call the whole thing off
The Nobel committee will presumably be disappointed, but President Donald Trump’s summit with North Korea dictator Kim Jong Un should stay canceled. The meeting was much more likely to serve Kim’s interests rather than ours, and could well have begun the unraveling of the pressure campaign that is our most reliable point of leverage against […]
The Chinese threat isn't just trade
We are currently engaged in a high-profile negotiation that may or may not succeed in getting the Chinese to buy more of our stuff. This is a fine goal as far as it goes, although that isn’t very far. It doesn’t matter if China is a mercantilist, revisionist power that buys $14 billion of our […]