Michael Novak, Friend of Economic Freedom

The news of Michael Novak’s death Feb. 17 saddened close friends and colleagues in the community of think tank scholars who drew so much from his writings and lectures. Novak’s perspectives expanded our conceptual grasp of economic liberty beyond dry formulas to include a more complete picture of the creative, human, and virtuous nature of […]

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Turkey is More Oppressive than the USSR

by Daniel Pipes Feb 22, 2017 Cross-posted from National Review Online I participated yesterday in a conference about the eastern Mediterranean at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA) just outside Tel Aviv; and because Tel Aviv is the diplomatic center of Israel, its events attract a good number of diplomats. Yesterday was no exception, […]

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Trump Wants Justice Department to Investigate Leakers. How That Works.

Frustrated by a proliferation of leaks early in his administration, President Donald Trump last week said he directed the Department of Justice to open a criminal investigation. “I’ve actually called the Justice Department to look into the leaks,” Trump said during a 75-minute news conference at the White House. “Those are criminal leaks.” The spotlight […]

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Saudi Prince bin Talal: Palestinians must end their occupation of Jewish lands in Judea

Riyadh- According to the Saudi daily al-Watan, the Saudi Prince al-Waleed bin Talal has raised eyebrows once again among Saudi political circles as he announced his unwavering support for ‘Jewish nation’ and slammed Palestinians’ obstinate refusal to accept the ‘historical facts’. “Please do not mix things, I, myself an ardent Muslim Arab, thus I cannot […]

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Trump Just CHARGED Top Democratic Senator With a FEDERAL CRIME

Senator Richard Blumenthal told a SICK Lie about Trump yesterday, so Trump responded by EXPOSING Blumenthal’s deepest, darkest secret… Which also happens to be a FEDERAL CRIME! It all started when Blumenthal claimed that Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, criticized Trump to him in a private conversation. But yesterday evening, Judge Gorsuch adamantly denied making ANY comments about Trump […]

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Released Gitmo Detainee Becomes ISIS Suicide Bomber

An Islamic terrorist released and received a seven-figure payoff after he claimed he was tortured while being held at Guantanamo Bay blew himself up in a suicide bombing in Iraq, according to reports Tuesday. ISIS claimed responsibility and praised Abu-Zakariya al-Britani, a British-born suicide bomber, for the attack near Mosul, where Iraqi forces are battling […]

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Why the Assault on Campus Free Speech Threatens Our Republic

It’s no secret that free speech is increasingly under threat on U.S. college campuses. A number of University of Chicago activist groups, including U of C Resist and UChicago Socialists, demanded that the university rescind its offer for Corey Lewandowski to speak on campus. In a letter sent to campus officials, students felt that any dialogue […]

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Stop Belittling The Holocaust With Your Stupid Nazi Analogies

By David Harsanyi When the Associated Press dropped a breathless piece contending that the Trump administration was “considering” and “weighing” using 100,000 National Guard troops to help round up illegal immigrants, all the usual hysterics erupted. Soon, the White House denied it had ever considered the memo (and so far there is no reason to […]

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Trump is right: Sweden’s refugee policy has led to problems it never imagined

President Trump made a comment during his rally on Saturday about Sweden, and something he noted on Friday, the evening prior. President Trump was talking about the “refugee crisis” and his strict immigration proposals called “extreme vetting”. “We’ve got to keep our country safe,” he said. “You look at what’s happening in Germany. You look […]

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