May 30, 2026 — John Hinderaker
There was plenty of news this week, but meme creators were mostly focused on lesser stories, like Jill Biden’s recollection of her husband’s disastrous debate performance, which came as a surprise to everyone who hadn’t been paying attention for the previous four years. Good times! But what inspired memesters more than anything else was the candidacy of James Talarico, Democratic candidate for the Senate in Texas. Can a non-binary vegan
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May 29, 2026 — John Hinderaker
Around the country, many people think of Minnesota as a blue state. But that is misguided: the Minnesota House is split 67-67, and the Senate is 34-33 for the DFL. We have eight Congressmen, four Republicans and four Democrats. And in 2024, 50% of votes for Congressional candidates were cast for Democrats, and 48% for Republicans. It doesn’t get any closer than that. This year’s election promises to be excruciatingly
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May 29, 2026 — John Hinderaker
Jaxson Dart is the second-year starting quarterback for the New York Giants. The Giants have been a terrible team, but Dart, from the University of Mississippi, excelled as a rookie and has brought hope to the franchise. Last week he had the opportunity to introduce President Trump at a rally in New York. His introduction was brief and anodyne: Nevertheless, it sparked a storm of controversy. One of Dart’s teammates
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May 28, 2026 — John Hinderaker
I think most people had already figured out that climate hysteria is a money-motivated scam by the time the U.N. threw in the towel on its most extreme forecasts. Lacking support at the federal level, climate fanatics are in retreat in the U.S., and around most of the world. This is largely due to the fact that observation–the ultimate criterion–consistently fails to verify the theories that are embodied in climate
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May 28, 2026 — John Hinderaker
CNN reports that the Department of Justice is investigating Jean Carroll, who famously sued President Trump for sexual assault and defamation: The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, the former magazine columnist who accused President Donald Trump of sexual assault, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. The investigation is focused on whether Carroll committed perjury in testimony tied to her two civil lawsuits
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May 27, 2026 — John Hinderaker
The British Museum, in recognition of Jewish Culture Month, scheduled a lunchtime lecture event titled “Ancient Israel and Judah in the British Museum.” The lecture was to be given by Dr Paul Collins, Keeper of the Department of the Middle East. The description sounds interesting if you like ancient Near Eastern history: The histories of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah can be illuminated by the archaeology and art of
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May 27, 2026 — John Hinderaker
Today President Trump expressed confidence about the situation in Iran, and unconcern about the midterm elections: President Trump has said he does not care about the midterm elections and is willing to “outwait” Iran after the White House rejected the latest ceasefire deal proposed by Tehran. At a cabinet meeting in the White House, Trump said that his government was “not satisfied” with the Iranian proposals and reiterated his threat
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May 27, 2026 — John Hinderaker
It was a wide-ranging conversation on the Rita Panahi Show last night, covering the latest on welfare fraud and on Iran. We talked about the Senate race in Texas, where Kan Paxton won the runoff decisively, and Rita wondered whether a candidate like James Talarico could really get elected. We also discussed my Power Line post on the growing supremacy of red states, and wrapped up with RFK Jr’s remarkable
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May 27, 2026 — John Hinderaker
This is justifiable, but perhaps the most radical idea the Trump administration has floated so far: 🚨 HUGE DEVELOPMENT: Sec. Markwayne Mullin announces DHS is drawing up plans to BLOCK ALL international flights into sanctuary cities by ending Customs screening there This would DEVASTATE those cities. Mullin is doing it as a direct result of sanctuaries refusing to cooperate… pic.twitter.com/GRHOWtdipv — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) May 27, 2026 As I understand
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May 26, 2026 — John Hinderaker
For many years the Soviet Union, and then Russia, financed the environmental movement in the United States. Their purpose was to suppress American production of oil and gas, and they succeeded to a considerable degree, to their own great benefit. Today, we are in the midst of another kind of race with Communist China–the race to develop superior systems of artificial intelligence. The Chinese Communist Party knows that if it
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May 26, 2026 — John Hinderaker
The sorting of America into red and blue zones is one of the most important developments of our time, about which we have often written. People are leaving blue states for red states, in part in search of lower taxes. But that is actually half, or less, of the story. Richard Vedder and Nicholas Jadwisienczak of the Committee to Unleash Prosperity have analyzed growth in personal income from 2000 to
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May 25, 2026 — John Hinderaker
France’s Minister of Justice, expected to be a candidate to succeed Emmanuel Macron, is coming out against immigration: French Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin has called for a three-year pause on immigration, arguing that the country has reached its “limit” due to the mass influx of foreigners over the past few decades. *** Speaking to Le Journal du Dimanche, the Justice Minister said he rejects the notion that race prevents some
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May 25, 2026 — John Hinderaker
In honor of Memorial Day, I am re-posting this video which I recorded in 2007. I did a second post with the same video in 2014. It is from a choir concert in which my youngest child participated when she was 11. I will repeat what I wrote in 2014, then add an additional comment after the video. ********************************* Mark Steyn wrote yesterday (actually, it’s an excerpt from his book
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May 24, 2026 — John Hinderaker
So goes, we hope to God, no other state. Currently there are two big election campaigns going on in the formerly prosperous state of California. The first is for Governor, where Democrats are aghast at the reality that Republican Steve Hilton may very well win. The Democrats’ problem is that, as so often is the case, notwithstanding their claims to overwhelming intellectual superiority, their candidates suck. One of those bad
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May 24, 2026 — John Hinderaker
Two weeks ago I gave a talk at a symposium on anti-Semitism on the right in New York. One of those who attended the symposium was Dr. Randall Bock. Dr. Bock has a podcast and a Substack. After the symposium, he asked me to be a guest on his podcast, to which I was happy to agree. We talked about a number of things, including Dr. Bock’s work on the
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May 24, 2026 — John Hinderaker
Price fixing is a terrible idea, pretty much always and everywhere. That goes for fixing the price of labor as much as anything else. This old lesson is now being re-learned in Britain: Rishi Sunak: What I got wrong on the minimum wage. What the former Prime Minister got wrong is, he was in favor of it: As Labour prepares for this leadership debate, it should heed figures out this
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May 23, 2026 — John Hinderaker
Who is on the left these days, and who is on the right? Who can tell? Hunter Biden appeared as a guest on the Candace Show, illustrating the new political alignment–not so much left vs right, as crazy vs sane. I haven’t listened to the show–I only have so many brain cells left–so I rely on the New York Post for a report on the interview: Former first son Hunter
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