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Yesterday was primary election day in New York. I previewed it in my prior post, “Socialism: On The March, Or Not So Much?” There... Read More

Progressive analysts and politicians hope the New York primaries could be the start of something. They have some data to back that up. Read More

Primary wins by three DSA-aligned congressional candidates backed by New York’s mayor should jolt a complacent Democratic establishment. Read More

A democratic socialist who favors the eradication of Western civilization just won her New York City primary. Read More

We're not seeing a multi-racial working-class uprising. We're seeing privileged white gentrifiers organizing a politics of resentment driven... Read More

And has now ushered in Radical Islam. Read More

I'm not going to make too big a production out of this, because the headline does most of the work, but in the aftermath of Tuesday's primary... Read More

A stunning trio of congressional victories proved that the political earthquake the mayor and his allies ushered in was no fluke. Read More

The Democratic Party and the Democratic Socialists of America are becoming indistinguishable from one another. Read More

American politics, reordered and reimagined by a decade of President Trump's rise, fall and resurrection, is imploding in substantial ways. Read More

If it sometimes seems like the American cultural mainstream is ignorant of the role of Christianity in the founding of the United States, or... Read More

With a decision on birthright citizenship looming, SCOTUS could undermine the entire concept of the nation. Read More

More than 15 years since its publication and as America approaches its 250th anniversary celebration, it is worth revisiting John... Read More

On June 22, the America First Legal Foundation (AFL) filed a complaint on behalf of the state of Texas challenging the Biden... Read More

As president and CEO of D.A.R.E. America, I have spent my career working to keep our youth safe from dangerous substances that threaten their... Read More

The new housing law is a victory for Democratic agenda-setting, but real impact on housing costs remains elusive. Read More

Blame federal fuel economy standards for the rise in pedestrian deaths. Read More

Andrew Walworth, Tom Bevan, Carl Cannon, and Phil Wegmann discuss the political fallout from Trump’s 14-point MOU to end the war with... Read More

A new memorandum of understanding with Iran sparks debate over whether Tehran has truly been deterred. Victor Davis Hanson and co-host Sami... Read More

Join the conversation with Jerry Rogers as he discusses Bill Ferguson and Johnny Olszewski's comments on ICE arrests at a Baltimore school.... Read More

The Reason Roundtable discusses Elon Musk becoming the world's first trillionaire and whether it's a triumph of capitalism or a warning sign... Read More

A comprehensive resource that ranks the economic competitiveness of states using fifteen equally weighted policy variables Read More

Following Tax Day, Open the Books is releasing a set of deep dives into data released by the Internal Revenue Service, synthesized with... Read More

Unleash Prosperity is a non-profit, so this is an admission against our own interests, but non-profit tax status is one of the largest and... Read More

On Tax Day, Americans should consider not just how much they pay in federal income taxes, but where that money is going. Read More

Last summer, after George Floyd died under Derek Chauvin’s knee, protesters in Pensacola, Florida, held a week’s worth of rallies... Read More

In a statement issued last week, Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman once again called for an end to Governor Sisolak’s indefinite... Read More

While New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham ordered the closing of certain grocery stores over COVID-19 concerns, she spent $16,248 in... Read More

Officials from Petaluma, California have decided their city has enough places to fill up gas-powered cars. Last week, the local city council... Read More

George Washington told us we’d have days like these, when the worst among us gained political power. Read More

If America must observe its 250th anniversary, let it be by taking stock of Reconstruction’s unfinished mission. Read More

Zohran Mamdani and DSA had a great night in New York’s Democratic primary election. Read More

Israel is becoming a wedge issue on the right. Carlson says Trump is on the wrong side of it. Read More

Victor Davis Hanson takes a critical look at Tucker Carlson coming to the defense of Graham Platner, including over his Totenkopf tattoo. Read More

The GOP continues to shed the people who hate Zionists and think Jews have too much power—while the Democratic Party continues to elect... Read More

“Diversity is our strength.” Turns out the left is right about this. Read More

By ending racially discriminatory policies, the administration is providing the only justification for having civil rights policies at all. Read More

Antifa is a violent insurrectionist organization that can reasonably be seen as the militant arm of the Democratic Party, much as the Ku Klux... Read More

Since her confirmation in 2022, Justice Kentaji Brown Jackson has established a legacy that is fast becoming one of the most radical in the... Read More

Even under the Supreme Court's highly elastic understanding of that clause, Thomas says, such laws do not qualify as regulation of interstate... Read More

It is astonishing how many Americans have been misled by the progressive law school fable that the Supreme Court is somehow above politics... Read More

Lawmakers have embedded ideological “culturally responsive education” standards into teacher training and licensure rules. Read More

Zoning laws drive up housing costs and freeze cities in the past. New York City is a clear example. Read More

President Trump extends Iran ceasefire amid fractured regime and ongoing US blockade. Read More

Senior officials knew election systems had meaningful vulnerabilities... Read More

Donald Trump’s labor secretary, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, is leaving the administration under a cloud of misconduct allegations. These... Read More

Real medical freedom will require something greater than replacing the public health establishment: ending the FDA's monopoly. Read More

Revisiting Tax Changes in New York and Massachusetts. Read More

The SNAP program has suffered from a lack of national oversight for decades. Read More