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Insect-ifying Humanity: The Paul Ehrlich Legacy
1+ hour, 38+ min ago (1083+ words) Apart from his wife and lifelong coauthor Anne Ehrlich (with whom he published nearly a dozen books or pamphlets and many hundreds of articles), perhaps no other voice or personality is so closely associated with the postwar moral panic over…...
No Surprise: America Needs Our Allies More Than Ever
1+ hour, 39+ min ago (445+ words) The world's attention is fixed on the Strait of Hormuz, Iran's determination to cripple the global economy, and Donald Trump's attempts to break the energy blockade. But, as Japanese prime minister Sanae Takaichi's White House visit this week demonstrates, the…...
On Looking Like Jake Tapper
3+ hour, 55+ min ago (642+ words) Some years ago my wife and I attended a fundraiser for a charity that helps sick children. CNN's Jake Tapper was the celebrity keynote speaker. He talked for five minutes, then mingled with the crowd. The missus and I were…...
How Mystical Japanese Sci-Fi Captured American Millennials
3+ hour, 55+ min ago (317+ words) Then an angel arrives. It is monstrous; as tall as a skyscraper, humanoid but with a head hunched underneath its shoulders. The Japanese military is the first point of contact, and the angel shreds all of the conventional weaponry it…...
Environmentalists Make Great Villains | Ruminant
3+ hour, 40+ min ago (253+ words) Fact-based reporting and analysis on politics, policy, and culture'informed by conservative principles. Environmentalists Make Great Villains | Ruminant Coming at you from Baton Rouge, Jonah Goldberg is ornery and looking to settle some scores. After covering his bases on Iran, the…...
Open Thread
3+ hour, 40+ min ago (63+ words) Eugene Volokh | 3.21.2026 3:00 AM NEXT: Elon Musk Wins Defamation Lawsuit Brought by Someone Musk Allegedly Misidentified in X Post Meagan O'Rourke | 3.20.2026 5:17 PM Autumn Billings | 3.20.2026 5:13 PM Jacob Sullum | 3.20.2026 4:45 PM Jack Nicastro | 3.20.2026 4:27 PM Nick Gillespie | 3.20.2026 4:15 PM...
The Blogs: Why Ukraine’s air-defense lessons still haven’t reached the Gulf
13+ hour, 55+ min ago (813+ words) Ukrainian military advisers sent to the Middle East at CENTCOM's request came away stunned by what they saw in the Persian Gulf. According to The Times, Ukrainian officers were struck by how freely some Gulf states use Patriot interceptors, sometimes…...
Stop the Slide: A Call to Save Minnesota From Socialism
6+ hour, 39+ min ago (633+ words) Every day, I talk about the need to stop Minnesota's massive fraud, cut our sky-high taxes, and reduce out-of-control regulations so we encourage people to invest, create jobs and ignite prosperity for all Minnesotans. But this election is about much…...
Removing Parents Has Dangerous Consequences
6+ hour, 39+ min ago (495+ words) In 2021, at just 14-years-old, a young girl named Sage Blair began a so-called "social transition" where she identified as male at school and used the male restroom. This decision was facilitated by and hidden from her parents by her school…...
Planned Parenthood Now Offers Botox. Its Abysmal Safety Record Should Make You Think Twice.
6+ hour, 39+ min ago (743+ words) Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, the largest affiliate in the nation, is blaming the Trump Administration for its $100 million annual deficit. Despite California having appropriated more than $230 million since the One Big Beautiful Bill's defunding provisions were signed into law last…...