Charles C. W. Cooke

The expenses necessary to end the war had to be paid by the instigators.

What is happening in Los Angeles is nowhere near as complicated as California politicians and the press make it sound.

Spare us the guilt trip over the fate of the Boulder jihadist’s family.

Trump should not be judged differently than everyone who came before him.

Unwinding the bureaucracy’s grip on American life will take an effort that outlasts this president and the next. But last week’s executive order is a start.

ChatGPT helped me fix a grill in 30 minutes. The future is here.

From the beginning of his foray into politics, Trump has been profoundly fortunate in his opponents, and, evidently, his luck has not yet expired.

His Canadian ploy was not salutary or deliberate, and the justifications that were marshaled in its defense made no sense either for him or for the United States.

Everyone is unhinged, as is customary during a Trump presidency.

With Trump’s trade war, the siren’s call of revolution proved too seductive, once more.

There’s only one logical way to deal with pirates.

The public wants the economy humming, the border secure, and an end to woke lunacy — not tariffs and irrelevant indulgences.

Without an Obama or a Clinton or a JFK to attract attention, the mediocrities run rampant.

The trade fight with our neighbors is mostly costs and very little in the way of benefits.

Why stop at snipping knife tips? So many other household items could be danger-proofed, too.

And that’s what it is, by the way — a mandate.

They are the ones who endorse racial discrimination. That’s their thing.

Why write about unitary executive theory if you don’t know what it is?

And if so, what then?

Even in a state as beautiful as this one, residents can only bear destructive misgovernance for so long.

Could Biden unilaterally amend the Constitution? Could Trump serve a third term? Anything is possible for these folks, at this time of year.

Her revolting statement on the assassination of Brian Thompson is a reminder of why Democrats should abandon her, and look more to the example of John Fetterman.

Everyone has grievances, but no one is exempt from the rules of our constitutional order.

A response to David Frum.

Having lied incessantly about his desire to pardon his son, Biden issued the pardon anyway.

He should heed it, and align his goals with those of the voters who elected him.

But our only loyalty is to our readers.

Frankly, I have no idea what’s going to happen. But this is my best guess.

He is a genius and a lunatic, conspiratorial and visionary and childish — and all those things are probably related.

She’s wildly, catastrophically, incontestably out of her depth.