President Trump’s proposed “public charge” regulations don’t reflect a change in our immigration system, but a change in how we think about the welfare state. My latest at The Federalist.
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Before Ocasio-Cortez, there was Marcantonio
StandardAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez isn’t the first radical socialist member of Congress from New York. Today at National Review, I wrote about what we can learn from the last one, Vito Marcantonio.
Wealth Taxes and the Constitution
StandardI wrote two articles for The Federalist about Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax plan. In Part 1, published today, I discuss why the tax would be unconstitutional.
Wheels on the Bus
StandardWhat kind of busing did Joe Biden oppose? What kind does Kamala Harris favor? I discussed the past (and possible future) of school busing today at The Federalist.
Justice on Trial
StandardI reviewed Mollie Ziegler Hemingway and Carrie Severino’s new book, Justice on Trial, today at National Review.
Settle it for good, democratically
StandardWhether Roe v. Wade is overturned or not, a constitutional amendment is needed to settle the issue for good. My latest at The Federalist.
China’s Bloody Anniversary
StandardToday is the thirtieth anniversary of the Tiananmen Square. The anti-communist revolutions we celebrate in the West have their evil twin in the East, where mass demonstrations did not lead to a freer China, but only to decades more of repression.
China made peace with capitalism since then, but their war on liberty continues unabated. We saw that in the arrests of Christian ministers late last year. In a greater enormity this year, we have seen the morally backward socialist government recreate the worst crimes of the twentieth century as they locked up more than a million Uighurs in concentration camps.
There should be a greater outcry against concentration camps! But maybe because the people there are Muslims from an ethnic group that is relatively unknown in the West, or maybe because our governments care more about the business we do with Red China than the human rights of their citizens, we hear little.
- Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a fairly blistering statement against the Chinese government. It’s a good start.
- Helen Raleigh writes for National Review about how China has tried to censor everything about the 1989 uprising.
- She also writes for The Federalist about why the still-anonymous Tank Man was a hero.
- Meanwhile, Silicon Valley shows where its loyalties lie: as Anthony Ha writes for TechCrunch, Twitter engaged in mass suppression of Chinese accounts in the days leading up to the anniversary.
Nobody Needs Postal Banking
StandardPostal banking is a century-old answer to a question that no one is asking. My latest at The Federalist.
Jocks v. Nerds
StandardMy latest at The Federalist: like it or not, the American electorate almost always prefers jocks to nerds.
The Great Compromisers
StandardToday in National Review, I reviewed H.W. Brands’s latest book, Heirs of the Founders.