DOGE to the Rescue?

The Department of Government Efficiency has started making moves. The D.C. media are furious about his attempts to cut government agencies. But I take Elon Musk's side. More efficient government has been promised often. It's never happened. Instead, government just grew. Sen. Rand Paul showcases stupid government "investments" like the $118,000 study of finger snapping, which the National Science Foundation said was "inspired by the infamous finger snap of the (comic book) villain 'Thanos.'" The government concluded that "varying degrees of friction between the fingers alters ... ...

German Weasels

Last week it was annual Holocaust Memorial Day—ironically, I personally failed to remember this fact, otherwise I would have written this present column to fit in with ...

600,000 Men Dies for Anchor Babies

This Kushner-less Trump presidency is fantastic! Instead of the president's son-in-law releasing criminals, Rep. Paul Ryan prioritizing tax cuts over the wall, and Kushner pal ...

A Bad Year for The Wall Street Journal

Who was Monday worse for? MSNBC, The Wall Street Journal or people on the streets of D.C. selling M.L.K. merch? I say the Journal. MSNBC hates Donald Trump and opposes him no ...

Justine Bateman, 1987

L.A. Boned and Brimstoned

I never did get to do my New Year’s “wrap-up” column (I got distracted by the H-1B visa thing, then the fires started). I feel bad not only because it broke a long-standing ...

Hegseth Grilled by Feminist Fantastists

Wouldn't you know it? Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth's grilling by the Senate Armed Services Committee about his opposition to women in combat would have to come the very ...

The Rape of Britain

Growing up as I did, in post–UDI Rhodesia, I was exposed early to the deceptive habits of wily British politicians. My adolescent naivete notwithstanding, I was puzzled and ...

The Military That Cried ‘White Supremacy’

In retrospect, maybe the military should have spent a little less time worrying about "white supremacists" and paid more attention to black Muslims. As you've no doubt heard by ...

Why America Is in So Much Trouble

Shortly before Milton Friedman's death in 2006, I had the privilege of interviewing him over dinner in San Francisco. The last question I asked him was: What are the three things ...

Elon Musk

Reap On, Elon

In the 1964 movie Lady in a Cage, Olivia de Havilland stars as a fancy lady with a broken hip who finds herself trapped in her staircase elevator during a power outage. Her cries ...

Trump and Musk Are Right: Legal Immigrants a Boon to US Economy

The media have been playing up the "civil war" inside the GOP between what Politico calls the "MAGA Republicans and Big Tech." The restrictionists in the party want fewer visas, ...

New Year’s Resolutions for Indian Immigrants

1. I will try to be a more humble -- or even a little bit humble -- and will encourage my fellow Indians to cease producing reams of articles with headlines like these: -- ...

Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.

10 New Ideas to Make America’s Economy Great Again in 2025

Here's my wish list for the incoming Trump administration to make America healthy and prosperous and great again in 2025. 1. Slash Job-Killing Regulations The regulatory state is ...

Yale University

Are Law Schools Above the Law?

A fascinating test case of the rule of law in America is whether or not law schools are obeying the Supreme Court’s Students for Fair Admissions decision in the summer of 2023 ...


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