David French
David French is a senior writer for National Review, a senior fellow at the National Review Institute, an attorney (concentrating his practice in constitutional law and the law of armed conflict), and a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He is the author or co-author of several books including, most recently, the No. 1 New York Times bestselling Rise of ISIS: A Threat We Can’t Ignore. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School, the past president of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), and a former lecturer at Cornell Law School. He has served as a senior counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice and the Alliance Defending Freedom. David is a former major in the United States Army Reserve (IRR). In 2007, he deployed to Iraq, serving in Diyala Province as Squadron Judge Advocate for the 2nd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, where he was awarded the Bronze Star. He lives and works in Columbia, Tennessee, with his wife, Nancy (who is also a New York Times bestselling author), and three children.
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Earlier today Robert Mueller’s office announced the indictment of a Russian “Internet Research Agency” and a number of Russian nationals for various crimes related to their efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election. For those who haven’t had time ... -
No, It’s Not Cowardly to Be Conservative on Gun Rights
Every single time America is rocked by a mass shooting, the insults come raining down: Conservatives and Republican politicians who oppose new gun-control laws aren’t just wrong, they’re cowards. The insult is echoed in Congress, on television, and ... -
How Progressive Radicals Move the Country Left, and Right
Let me share with you three quick stories. First, the campus radicals are at it again. Yesterday a coalition of students at Brown University published an open letter objecting to the university’s decision to host Townhall’s Guy Benson ... -
This Is How Religious Liberty Really Dies
So, this is what passes for national news: First-grade teacher Jocelyn Morffi lost her job at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic School a day after she returned from her Florida Keys wedding. https://t.co/4YIDMRaeIb via @NBCOUT — NBC News (@... -
Understanding the Media’s Ugly Weekend
When it comes to whitewashing North Korea, one mainstream-media article is a problem. Two is a travesty. But what about three, then four, then five? What if some of them adopt a seemingly celebratory tone as they recount alleged diplomatic ... -
The Democratic Lead Is Shrinking
A funny thing is happening to Democrats: Their lead in the generic congressional ballot is shrinking, down from healthy double digits last year to slightly more than six points now. To be sure, the Democrats are still favored to take ... -
On Military Parades, It's Maddow Versus Maddow
Before I dive into the latest example of our strange political discourse, let me put my cards on the table. I’m moderately pro-parade. In other words, all things considered, I’d like to see the first American military parade ... -
American Voters Put the FBI in a Bind
In the midst of the endless battles over the memo, FISA applications, Huma, Hillary, Trump, and Russia — battles that include accusations of partisanship against the FBI from partisans from both sides — we can’t forget the chief culprits in our ... -
The Memo Doesn’t Make Its Case
It’s a fact of human nature that our experience colors our perception. In this instance, my experience dealing with classified information and my experience making and evaluating highly contested arguments tells me to hold the outrage in response to ... -
The Big Flaw in the Memo
From the moment that the so-called Steele dossier burst onto the public scene, thoughtful observers have wondered what role its “salacious and unverified” accusations played in the opening of the so-called Russia investigation, the counterintelligence inquiry into whether Trump officials “... -
The Obstruction Case against Trump Still Has a Way to Go
Yesterday the New York Times dropped its latest scoop on the Mueller investigation: “Mueller Zeros In on Story Put Together about Trump Tower Meeting.” Allegedly, investigators are focusing on the misleading statement that “Trump and his advisers” drafted in response ... -
Donald Trump’s Powerful Pro-Life Moment
At one level it’s hardly worth analyzing a State of the Union speech. They’re highly scripted, the policy proposals are typically known well in advance, and few presidents truly botch the delivery. With Trump, we also — for good ... -
The Question That Reveals the Heart of the Culture Wars
As a diehard NBA fan, I try to make a point of watching every single competitive Oklahoma City Thunder basketball game. Russell Westbrook is a force of nature, the team is a fascinating experiment in melding together three very different ... -
The Enduring Awfulness of Hillary Clinton
Yesterday the New York Times reported that Hillary Clinton allegedly “chose to shield” a “top adviser” from sexual harassment allegations. The story itself is rather simple. A woman accused her faith adviser, a man by the name of Burns Strider, ... -
California’s Soft Secession Accelerates
Earlier this week Twitter briefly lit up with news of yet another California progressive excess. The state’s Democratic house majority leader has submitted a bill that imposes criminal penalties on waiters who offer their customers plastic straws. Yes, you ... -
Democratic Immigration Extremism and Warnings of Extremism to Come
Who’s the racist who once said this: “All Americans . . . are rightly disturbed by the large numbers of illegal aliens entering our country. The jobs they hold might otherwise be held by citizens or legal immigrants. The public services they ... -
Release the Memo and Release the Evidence
We’re reaching a dangerous point of partisan polarization in our nation. Millions of Americans are now firmly convinced that the entire Russia investigation is a scam cooked up by “deep state” bureaucrats who are seeking to topple a duly ... -
Does the Left Lose because It’s Too Civil?
The shutdown is over, and the consensus is emerging. The Democrats lost. They capitulated after getting little more than carefully worded promises from Mitch McConnell. The progressive blame game is under way, complete with accusations of cowardice that read very ... -
Progressive Critics of Trump’s HHS Are Sliming Christians for Enforcing the Law
This morning, Politico made me laugh, opening an article about the Trump administration’s department of Health and Human Services with this incredibly misleading paragraph: A small cadre of politically prominent evangelicals inside the Department of Health and Human Services ... -
Understanding Conservative Christian Silence on Donald Trump’s Porngate
I agree wholeheartedly with my colleague Jonah Goldberg. Social conservatives (especially Christian conservatives) should unequivocally condemn Donald Trump’s now almost-certain affair with a porn star. They should speak with the exact same level of conviction and apply the same ... -
Cory Booker’s Rant Exposed the Left’s Gender Hypocrisy
This summer, I learned a new term. I’d heard of “mansplaining” and “manspreading.” But “manterrupting” was new to me. I’m sure you’ll be shocked to learn that in two different hearings, male senators interrupted California Democrat Kamala ... -
If a Missile Alert Sounds, Prepare to Live
You get an alert on your phone that a missile is inbound. You flip on the television to confirm, and it’s repeating the same message. What do you do? Do you prepare to die, or do you prepare to ... -
Trump’s ‘Sh**hole’ Comments Double Down on Identity Politics
The president of the United States should not, by word or deed, communicate that he is hostile to or disdainful of entire classes of the American population. It doesn’t matter if such divisive rhetoric helps him win elections, nor ... -
James Damore’s Lawsuit Exposes Google’s Culture of Ignorant Intolerance
Let’s ponder a disturbing question: What if the crisis of free speech on college campuses, with their often extreme intolerance for conservative points of view, represents the high point for free expression in a student’s life? In other ... -
There Is a Profound Difference Between Justice and Identity Politics
If you live long enough, you learn a simple, sad fact. Individual adversity does not necessarily build individual character. In other words, spend enough time in the real world and you’ll see people experience enormous challenges — like the loss ... -
GOP Senators Refer Author of ‘Trump Dossier’ for Criminal Investigation; Ignorant Critics Leap to Conclusions
It’s not Friday afternoon without breaking news. Republican Senators Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, and Lindsey Graham, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism, wrote a letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI director ... -
Trump’s Decision to Cut Ties with Steve Bannon Is One of the Best Moves of His Presidency
Early this morning, the Guardian reported on the contents of a new book by journalist Michael Wolff. According to the paper’s story, Steve Bannon spoke to Wolff on the record about his experiences in the Trump campaign and the ... -
What Trump's North Korea Tweets Mean and Don't Mean
Last night Donald Trump continued his presidential tradition of responding to North Korean taunts and provocations with taunts of his own. Responding to Kim Jong Un’s Monday boast that “the entire United States is within range of our nuclear ... -
It’s Not Just ‘Tone’ and ‘Style’
Is it time for conservative skeptics and opponents of Trump to stop worrying and embrace the president? Hasn’t the last year proven that our worst fears were unfounded? And, really, aren’t our remaining concerns merely trivial and possibly ... -
Let’s Have a Talk About ‘Norms’ and ‘Institutions’
If you spend much time on political Twitter, you can be forgiven for thinking that liberals have changed ideological sides. Gone are the progressives who set about systematically altering American politics and culture for the sake of social justice, replaced ... -
It’s Important to Distinguish Between Never Trump and Never Trump/Never Hillary Conservatives
I’m really hoping this will be one of my last posts on this whole Never Trump business. I’m with Jonah, the whole debate about the nature of Never Trump after his election is getting really tedious. I wrote ... -
Breitbart’s Disgrace
When news cycles are crowded with outrage — some of it justified, much of it hysterical — it’s easy to lose track of the significant stories. There was one last week that conservatives can’t let slide down the memory hole. ... -
At Year’s End, Conservatives Are Winning the GOP Civil War
In the days after Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton to become the 45th president of the United States, a number of friends asked me what concerned me the most about a Trump presidency. The answer was comprehensive. I had concerns ... -
Let the Mockers Mock, $1,000 Can Make a Difference for American Families
Earlier this week, my family received a disturbing piece of junk mail. I’m used to getting simulated checks in the mail, advertisements for personal loans or potential home-equity loans with eye-popping numbers on the front. They’ll say, “This ... -
It Might Be Time to Retire the Term 'Evangelical'
I don’t think I know what the word ‘evangelical” means anymore, and when we can no longer effectively define a word, it may be time to retire that word. Writing in the New Yorker, Tim Keller describes the word’... -
It Could Have Been Great: My Spoiler-Heavy Critique of Last Jedi
Warning! Major spoilers follow. Read at your own risk. I saw Last Jedi last night, and I must confess. I’m troubled. And not because it’s a bad movie. It’s not. If you came in without expectations it’... -
Freedom Isn’t Free
Editor’s Note: As part of National Review Institute’s End-of-Year Appeal, NRI fellows are sharing words of wisdom and inspiration. Today, David French explains NRI’s mission as a conservative institution in our shared culture. In that spirit, we ... -
What if America Won a War and No One Cared?
The announcement came on Saturday. Just three days before the Alabama special election that transfixed the nation, and on the same day that President Trump fact-checked the Washington Post’s Dave Weigel, Iraq’s prime minister declared victory in the ... -
Alabama Conservatives Made Their Stand
Let’s plainly state the reason why Roy Moore lost tonight. Alabama conservatives took a stand. By the tens of thousands they either stayed home, voted for other candidates, or — in some instances — voted for Doug Jones. To say that ... -
The Comprehensive Case against Roy Moore
Partisan politics does strange things to human minds. I continue to see Twitter, Facebook, and my email inbox light up with the most bizarre comparisons. Roy Moore is like Martin Luther King Jr. Moore is like General George S. Patton. ... -
Public Servants, Your Responsibilities Trump Your Right to Partisan Participation
Earlier this week, my friend and esteemed colleague Andrew McCarthy wrote a thought-provoking essay urging Americans to withhold judgment on Peter Strzok, the FBI agent dismissed from Robert Mueller’s team after he allegedly exchanged anti-Trump text messages with his ... -
Donald Trump Strikes a Blow against International Anti-Semitism
President Trump’s decision to formally recognize that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and to announce plans to move America’s embassy to the seat of Israel’s government is one of the best, most moral, and important decisions ... -
The Incredible Tale of a Reckless, Partisan FBI Agent and Our Partisan Bureaucracy
If the story hadn’t been verified by virtually every mainstream-media outlet in the country, you’d think it came straight from conspiratorial fever dreams of the alt-right. Yesterday, news broke that Robert Mueller had months ago asked a senior ... -
Donald Trump Is Not Constitutionally Immune from an Obstruction of Justice Charge
Earlier today one of Donald Trump’s lawyers, John Dowd, made a rather remarkable assertion. He declared that the “President cannot obstruct justice because he is the chief law enforcement officer under [the Constitution's Article II] and has every right ... -
ABC 'Clarifies' Its Story Claiming Trump Instructed Flynn to Contact the Russians During the Campaign
ABC News released a statement tonight — long after news had raced the length and breadth of the nation and spawned in some quarters speculation that the end was near for Donald Trump — that significantly “clarified” reporting that Trump had ordered ... -
The Michael Flynn Charge: Monstrous Injustice or Prelude to Bigger Things?
There’s not much middle ground here. In reading the single-count criminal information against Michael Flynn, I was struck by an immediate thought. If this is all there is, then Flynn is the victim of a monstrous injustice. If not, ... -
Stop Misrepresenting Masterpiece Cakeshop
Forgive me for starting a piece with the oldest cliché in the practice of law. As the saying goes, “If the law is on your side, pound on the law. If the facts are on your side, pound on the ... -
Nancy Pelosi Is Profoundly Confused about Due Process
Last month Nancy Pelosi took her star turn as House Democratic Leader at an event unveiling the so-called Title IX Protection Act, an effort to codify in federal statutes Obama-era guidance on adjudicating sexual-assault cases in higher education. This Obama ... -
Ten Years Ago Today
I don’t just remember where I was ten years ago today. I can feel it. I can close my eyes and be there again, instantly. It was my first day in Iraq. The first real day of my deployment. ... -
What the Heck Is Wrong With People?
Post-Weinstein America has outed its latest predator. None other than Charlie Rose: Eight women have told The Washington Post that longtime television host Charlie Rose made unwanted sexual advances toward them, including lewd phone calls, walking around naked in their ...
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A Gun-Control Measure Conservatives Should Consider
To understand the American gun-control debate, you have to understand the fundamentally different starting positions of the two sides. Among conservatives, there is the broad belief that the right to own a weapon for self-defense is every bit as inherent ... -
New Gun Policies Won’t Stop Mass Shootings, but People Can
The United States is facing a puzzling paradox. Even as gun crime has plunged precipitously from the terrible highs of the early 1990s, mass shootings have increased. Consider this: 15 of the 20 worst mass shootings in U.S. history have occurred ... -
College Football Ratings and Attendance Declined; NBA Ratings Are Up — Does Politics Matter?
The relationship between sports ratings and politics is perhaps more complicated — or less relevant — than we might think. For the last two seasons, political eyes have been fixed mainly on the NFL, and the conventional wisdom (at least on the ... -
I Read the Grassley Memo, and I'm Still Not Outraged at the FBI
I’ve read every memo I can read. I’ve read thousands of words of commentary about every memo that I can read. I’ve read the best writers and the worst writers. I’ve read along as my peerless ... -
Trump’s Loyalty Tests Are Uniquely Corrupting
Here’s how the Washington Post began a report last night about Trump’s wife-beating aide, Rob Porter: White House Counsel Donald McGahn knew one year ago that staff secretary Rob Porter’s ex-wives were prepared to make damaging accusations ... -
Falcon Heavy Is Making America Great Again
Not long ago I, toured the National Air and Space Museum’s immense Steven F. Udvar Center, located near Dulles airport. It’s an amazing complex, but about halfway through I found myself getting strangely depressed. Most museums are fascinating ... -
Release the Memo That Really Matters
In an outrage and scandal-driven news cycle, it’s easy to lose sight of the truly significant stories. Let’s talk memos, for example. The past five days have been dominated by discussion of two memoranda — one Republican and one ... -
Yes, God Cares about Football
On Sunday night, the Super Bowl ended and — for about 20 minutes — a late-night church service began. From coaches to players, the Philadelphia Eagles thanked Jesus, professed their love for Jesus, and expressed how Christ had provided strength through adversity. In ... -
Trump Honored an Adoptive Family. Why Did Some Feminists Object?
America’s two great political worlds — left and right, liberal and conservative — are truly big places, each filled with millions of people. Many of these people are sensible, some are malicious, and a few are truly nutty. So as a ... -
Against Overclassification
I’ll be posting an analysis of the key takeaways from Nunes memo shortly, but I’d also like to note a side issue — an issue that should get far more attention than it does. Quite simply, America classifies far ... -
What the New York Times Gets Wrong about Conscience
Civic ignorance is the enemy of liberty. In the midst of American debates over religion, speech, and conscience, we’re constantly treated to arguments that fundamentally misunderstand the relationship between the Constitution, statutes, and individual decisions. Censors elevate lesser values, ... -
Trump’s Waiver of Russia Sanctions Is Proper and Prudent, for Now
Yesterday Twitter erupted briefly with news that the Trump administration was allegedly defying the will of the people by refusing to impose sanctions that both houses of Congress passed overwhelmingly last July. The reason? The administration informed Congress Monday that ... -
The Left Just Can’t Quit Hillary Clinton
It never fails. Every single time I write about Hillary Clinton, I get some version of the same response. “Move on, Republicans. Stop distracting from Donald Trump.” But wait. Didn’t she write a book that she wanted people to ... -
Reporters, Politicians, and Activists Are Relying on Environmental Research Conducted by a 9-Year-Old
Reason Assistant Editor Christian Britschgi has been hot on the trail of one of my favorite stories of the new year. Yesterday he reported on an absurd California bill that would criminalize offering plastic straws to restaurant patrons. If the ... -
Jerry Falwell Jr. Beclowns Himself, Again
There is nothing wrong with a Christian being pleased that Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton. There is nothing wrong with being pleased at many of Trump’s policies and many of his decisions. Though I was a Never Trumper from ... -
Stop the Dumb, Binary Thinking About the Russia Investigation
As I wrote in a piece on the homepage, if you follow the online battles over the Russia investigation, the debate is devolving into two competing, absolutist narratives. Either a GOP president stole an election in part by cooperating with ... -
The Donald Trump GOP Generation Gap Is Very Real
Since the rise of Trump, the existence of a GOP generation gap has been painfully clear to anyone who spends any time around Republican voters. In my experience, the mid-forties are the cutoff. Republicans I meet who are younger than ... -
The Las Vegas Shooter’s Motive — Is the Simplest Explanation the Best Explanation?
On the day after the Las Vegas massacre, I wrote a post calling the shooting “one of the most chilling and mysterious events I’ve ever seen.” A man expended an immense amount of time and money to kill dozens ... -
The Trump Administration’s Dangerous Free-Speech Brief
Let me begin with an unequivocal declaration. The Trump administration is a vast improvement over the Obama administration in protecting the right to life, rights of conscience, and religious liberty. This week’s announcement that the Department of Health and ... -
Anatomy of a Smear
In the hours after the false missile alert in Hawaii, lots of folks online and in real life were asking themselves the same questions. “If an alert was real, what would I do? What should I do?” It was a ... -
The Dangerous Supreme Court Case Nobody Is Talking About
Late yesterday afternoon, I filed an amicus brief in one of the most dangerous free-speech cases in a generation. For the second time this term, the Supreme Court is considering whether the government can compel Americans to express or support ... -
The Claims Against Aziz Ansari Reveal the Defects of Modern Sexual Morality
It was inevitable. The #MeToo movement was going to collide directly with all the ambiguity and pain of the college sexual-assault tribunals. We were going to read not about sexual assault but instead about a date gone wrong — where two ... -
What If American Life Expectancy Declined Again and the Elite Cared More About Trump’s Tweets?
The news came and went so fast that you might have missed it. American life expectancy has declined. Again. In 2015 and 2016, in fact, the average American life span declined for two years in a row for the first time in ... -
Cliven Bundy Wins: Judge Cites ‘Flagrant’ Federal Misconduct
In April 2014, America was transfixed by an armed standoff in the Nevada desert. On one side was a collection of dangerous, out-of-control armed men who were deliberately provocative, prone to saying unhinged things in a single-minded quest to destroy their ... -
Trump’s Impeachment Prospects Have Little to Do with the Law
On Thursday, the New York Times published yet another of its almost-weekly scoops about the Trump administration. This time, reporter Michael Schmidt detailed claims that Trump tried to use his White House counsel to lobby Jeff Sessions not to recuse ... -
It’s Time to Decriminalize Marijuana
This morning, Twitter sparked to life with the news that Attorney General Jeff Sessions intends to rescind multiple memoranda which effectively made it Justice Department policy not to enforce federal bans on the sale and distribution of marijuana in states ... -
Temper Your Optimism about Iran
So far the stateside response to the recent Iranian protests has been as meaningless as possible: a debate about the American debate about the protests. Whose tweets have been strong and robust? Whose tweets have been weak and spineless? Are ... -
Senator Mitt Romney Will Disappoint All the Right People
Here we go. Orrin Hatch announced his retirement, Mitt Romney is the favorite to take his seat, and already we’re seeing comments like this: The prospect of Senator Mitt Romney is a big blow to Trump. It’ll be ... -
Withhold Judgment on the New York Times’ Latest Russia Scoop
At this point, it’s safe to say the publicly available reports muddle the Mueller investigation so much that the only thing we “know” is all sides have more than enough circumstantial evidence to justify their pre-existing hopes and dreams. ... -
Since When Is It Wrong to Be Alan Dershowitz?
Anyone who’s followed the career of Alan Dershowitz knows three things about him. First, he’s a civil libertarian. Second, he’s a defense lawyer to his very core. Third, he’s fearless — the higher profile and more unpopular ... -
Can America Survive as a Post-Christian Nation?
If I had to pick one of the most under-appreciated and under-reported stories of 2017, it would be that a post-Christian America is a more vicious America, and that the triumph of secularists is rendering America more polarized, not less. Remove ... -
What a Revealing Video Shows Us About the Tax Reform Debate
I’d urge you to watch the video below. CBS talked to three different families in three very different financial circumstances — a single mom in North Carolina who makes less than $40,000 per year, a married couple in Rhode Island with ... -
Fact Check: It Was Anti-Semitic Business as Usual at the U.N. Today
Every day Twitter discovers a new way to reveal American hysteria and ignorance. Today is no exception. In a move that should shock exactly no one, the U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly (128 to 9 with 35 abstentions) to demand that the ... -
Dear Democrats, Ownership Isn’t Theft
I’m starting to think that all too many Democrats believe that private citizens and private corporations don’t actually own their private income or their private property. Otherwise, how can we explain the Democratic insistence, repeated endlessly over the ... -
Stop Exaggerating the Importance of Donald Trump
In one of the more amusing moments of the Cold War relationship between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, Reagan is reputed to have asked Gorbachev if the two superpowers could put aside their differences to defend Earth from an alien ... -
How Obama Appeased Iran by Turning a Blind Eye to Hezbollah’s Crimes
Over the weekend Politico’s Josh Meyer published a blockbuster report that can’t be allowed to disappear into the void of the holiday season. In painstaking detail, it documents claims that the Obama administration crippled Drug Enforcement Administration operations ... -
Constant Hysterics Damage Our Democracy
Late last night, while reading a stream of apocalyptic rhetoric about the repeal of net neutrality and the “end of the internet as we know it,” I reached the shattering conclusion that one of my favorite lines from one of ... -
Last Night, the New South Defeated the Old South
I was born in Opelika, Ala., in 1969. My parents were students at Auburn University, and after they graduated I spent my entire childhood in the South, moving from Alabama to Louisiana to Tennessee to Kentucky. I had the privilege of ... -
Our Progressive Press
Every now and then, you read a statement that makes you realize just how vast the gulf is between the Right and the Left in this country. Earlier this morning, I read two. Here’s the first, from Vox’s ... -
The Police Murder of Daniel Shaver
If you have the stomach for it, I want you to watch one of the most outrageous and infuriating videos I’ve ever seen. It shows the police shooting of Daniel Shaver in Mesa, Arizona. He was crawling on his ... -
Can We Be Honest About Men?
When will it end? Yesterday, Al Franken resigned. Trent Franks resigned. This week, John Conyers resigned. Nevada Democrat Ruben Kihuen and Texas Republican Blake Farenthold cling to their jobs. Roy Moore soldiers on, campaigning through multiple, credible claims of sexual ... -
Four Promising Takeaways from the Masterpiece Cakeshop Oral Argument
Before I write anything else, understand this — basing case predictions on oral argument is an uncertain business. I’ve seen lawyers and clients leave a courtroom with confidence only to be crushed when they read the opinion. Still, arguments can ... -
Trump Wins Another Travel Ban Victory at the Supreme Court
This afternoon, in a pair of short orders, the Supreme Court ruled that the latest version of the so-called “travel ban” can go into effect. Its ruling effectively lifted nationwide injunctions put in place in October by federal district court ... -
George Will Is Wrong about Masterpiece Cakeshop
It’s astounding how many defenses of the state’s position in Masterpiece Cakeshop depend on misrepresentation and misconceptions. Last week I wrote about the most common misrepresentation — that Jack Phillips discriminated on the basis of sexual orientation when he ... -
There Is No Evidence of 'Collusion' in Michael Flynn's Offense Statement
Moments ago, the special counsel released Michael Flynn’s “Statement of the Offense.” This document lays out Flynn’s crimes in far greater detail than the short “information” released earlier today. It’s important to state this clearly as possible — ... -
A Philosophy Professor Makes a Terrible Argument for Roy Moore
Earlier today The Federalist published a piece by a philosophy professor and self-proclaimed “superhero against the dark forces of political correctness” that purports to present the case for Roy Moore. Unlike many of Moore’s defenders, he’s trying to ... -
Elizabeth Warren, Progressive Fraud
My favorite Elizabeth Warren story involves a cookbook. Warren, who was at that time posing as a trailblazing Cherokee, actually contributed recipes to a recipe book with the name, I kid you not, “Pow Wow Chow.” But here’s the ... -
Charity in an Angry Time
Editor’s Note: The following piece appears in the November 27, 2017 issue of National Review. Our culture is in the grip of more than a few disturbing habits. Among them: defining people by their mistakes, hating our ideological enemies, and adopting ... -
The Supreme Court Is a Dangerous Conservative Obsession
Late last week Alabama governor Kay Ivey said out loud what I’ve been hearing from friends and acquaintances across the conservative movement. Even if Roy Moore’s accusers are telling the truth, they’ll vote for Moore. Why? The ... -
When Virtue Carries a Cost
Over the last few days, I’ve had a number of conversations with both right- and left-leaning friends about the political futures of Al Franken and Roy Moore. Without equating the severity of the alleged offenses (Moore’s are obviously ...