Liberals
January 5, 2026 — John Hinderaker
Liberals don’t think they need to follow American laws or respect American traditions, and they don’t recognize the Trump administration as our legitimate government. Devoted, therefore, to insurrection, they think they can operate with impunity as a kind of shadow government. We see this in the business world as well as the private sector. This incident occurred in a Twin Cities suburb just one town away from my own. A
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December 26, 2025 — John Hinderaker
Our extremely sensitive British cousins have struck a blow for humanity. Or, rather, for lobsterdom: “Boiling live lobsters to be banned under animal rights reforms.” In its animal welfare strategy, published on Monday, the government said that “live boiling is not an acceptable killing method”, while also setting out new farming standards and banning trail hunting. The strategy, which sets out a series of protections for pets, farmed animals and
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December 13, 2025 — John Hinderaker
Has 2025 been a disastrous year for nonprofits? Allegedly so: For nonprofit organizations and charities — which the administration and Congress have scrutinized, criticized and stripped of federal money — it’s been a repeat of the terrible difficulties of 2008, when the rapid onset of recession led donors to cut back on contributions. At least one out of three nonprofit organizations experienced a disruption of services in the first half
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December 12, 2025 — John Hinderaker
The word “capitalism” was invented by leftists to disparage Europe’s predominant economic system in the 19th century. While he didn’t invent the word, Karl Marx was its main popularizer. So the term was originally intended, and has always been used by the Left, as a term of disparagement. Nevertheless, conservatives have generally adopted the word “capitalism” and have sought to defend it. Meanwhile, throughout the 20th century, “socialism” was a
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December 10, 2025 — John Hinderaker
One’s first impulse is to say: of course! Everything that Americans like is racist. More specifically, defrocked MSNBC host Joy Reid is alleging that the song “Jingle Bells” is racist: In the video she shared to her 1.3 million Instagram followers, a man in a Christmas sweater and Santa hat stands on the streets of Medford, Massachusetts near a plaque [that] marks the site where James Lord Pierpont is believed
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November 30, 2025 — John Hinderaker
As I have written before, I don’t know whether Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington, D.C., killing at least one, is 1) a raving lunatic, 2) a devout Muslim–witnesses said that he shouted “Allahu Akbar” as he murdered Americans–or 3) a sucker who fell for Democratic Party talking points. The fact that it is hard to distinguish among these alternatives is revealing. In all likelihood, at least
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November 28, 2025 — John Hinderaker
I have been feeling pessimistic about our country’s future lately. Consider this, for example: “51% of Likely U.S. Voters ages 18 to 39 would like to see a democratic socialist candidate win the 2028 presidential election.” Sometimes I think the most optimistic scenario would be to part company with the liberals. Is there any common set of goals or values, such that it makes sense for us to share a
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November 26, 2025 — John Hinderaker
A gunman ambushed and shot two National Guardsmen this afternoon, within a few blocks of the White House. News reports indicate that both are in critical condition. There are conflicting reports as to whether either or both have died, but I don’t believe that has been confirmed as of this writing. This is the “suspect”: Alleged photo of the suspect involved in today’s shooting possibly targeting two members of the
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November 20, 2025 — John Hinderaker
Among Donald Trump’s contributions to our public life is the revelation that a politician can, after all, pursue a defamation case successfully. Of course, it can happen only in extreme circumstances, but Trump Derangement Syndrome frequently gives rise to extreme circumstances. And Trump’s haters can’t seem to learn from experience. Thus we have the latest outrage from The View, a television program on which a group of harridans shriek DNC
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November 13, 2025 — John Hinderaker
Lost in the shuffle of this month’s elections was the one for Mayor of Seattle. It was won narrowly by Katie Wilson, a proud socialist who, according to the New York Post, is “still financially supported by her New York parents at 43 years old.” Now Wilson has outlined her program for the economic revitalization of Seattle: Seattle’s new mayor Katie Wilson: "We will not allow grocery chains to close
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November 7, 2025 — John Hinderaker
On the off chance that there is anyone who has not seen it, here is the portion of an interview of Sydney Sweeney by Katherine Stoeffel from Gentlemen’s Quarterly (apparently still a magazine) where Stoeffel tries to engage Sweeney on the American Eagle jeans ads. Stoeffel tries to get Sweeney to apologize for the ads, criticize President Trump, express regret for being a symbol of white supremacy…or something. She fails,
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October 31, 2025 — John Hinderaker
The “land acknowledgment” has become a tiresome feature of American life. Many government agencies, arts organizations and others begin proceedings by reciting a homage to the Indians who lived on the land before they stole it. To which, many conservatives have said, if you really believe that you are on stolen land, why don’t you give it back? That, of course, never happens. It is just a meaningless liberal ritual.
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October 25, 2025 — John Hinderaker
That is a click-bait headline. We hadn’t taken off yet, so we weren’t actually in the sky. And it didn’t turn into a racial incident, although I suspect it was intended to be such. My wife and I have just spent a couple of days in Washington, mainly to attend the Encounter Books annual gala, which was a terrific event. This afternoon, we were scheduled to fly back to Minnesota
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October 23, 2025 — John Hinderaker
Liberal Matthew Yglesias delivers a tough message to his fellow Democrats: our party is too pure! His theme is that, by rigorously excluding bigots, the Democrats have condemned themselves to minority status. His lack of self-knowledge is remarkable. It never occurs to Yglesias that the Democratic Party is already teeming with bigotry–hatred of Jews, Christians, free enterprise and conservatives, among others, that is so intense that people are being shot
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October 22, 2025 — John Hinderaker
Perhaps the most characteristic quality of our historical moment is the sheer nastiness of the Left. And by Left, I don’t mean the socialist extreme, I mean the entire Democratic Party. We see it all the time, literally every day. This is one of thousands of instances: Jen Psaki, former White House Press Secretary, now a professional representative of the Democratic Party, insulted Usha Vance, wife of the vice president:
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October 21, 2025 — John Hinderaker
When they aren’t being demonic, our liberal friends are busy making fools of themselves. Thus, many of them wore costumes to Saturday’s “No Kings” protests. You might wonder, why? Because organizers of the events encouraged them to do so, apparently in an effort to soften the Democrats’ image as the party that shoots its political adversaries. They were told to wave American flags, too. The results were unintentionally comic: We
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October 21, 2025 — John Hinderaker
Liberals tell us 1) that Charlie Kirk had it coming, but 2) hardly any liberals approved of his murder. Both of those assertions are false. At City Journal, the Manhattan Institute’s Christina Buttons reminds us of some basic facts. Copious links are omitted: When the 31-year-old founder of Turning Point USA was assassinated last month, leaders in both parties condemned the attack, and many mourned the husband and father of
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