Judge Jed Rakoff put his thumb on the scale for the New York Times, and there’s little the former Alaska governor can do about it. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE W hether the New York Times was reckless in Sarah Palin’s libel
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Treasuring the Morozov Collection
Part 2 on a Paris exhibition: The color and harmony of Gauguin, Cézanne, Bonnard, and other giants of French art NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE T he Morozov Collection: Icons of Modern Art is the new and spectacular exhibition on view at
How Moscow’s Man in Vienna Fooled Team Biden on Ukraine
Russia used the Biden administration’s obsession with a new Iran deal to distract from the Ukrainian invasion. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE A s Vladimir Putin’s tanks rolled into eastern Ukraine, the Biden administration was once again caught flat-footed. Its first year
Tulsi Gabbard Slams Fellow Dems for Promoting Freedom Abroad While Undermining It at Home: ‘Hypocrites’
Former Democratic Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (in Orlando, Fla., February 25, 2022. (Octavio Jones/Reuters) Addressing the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Fla., Friday evening, former Democratic congresswoman and presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard accused
Russian Invasion of Ukraine Draws Outrage from Kremlin-Sympathetic European Leaders
Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban speaks to the media as he visits the Ukraine-Hungary border in Beregsurany, Hungary, February 2022. (Bernadett Szabo/Reuters) Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has triggered the outrage of Kremlin-sympathetic politicians leading the former Soviet satellite states Hungary
Ukrainians Take Up Arms against Russian Forces in Fight for Kyiv: ‘Our Weapons Are Our Truth’
Members of the Territorial Defence Forces of Ukraine receive weapons to defend the city of Kyiv, Ukraine, February 2022. (Mikhail Palinchak/Pool via REUTERS) After a brutal night of Russian air assault, Ukrainians defended the capital city of Kyiv from attack,
What the Ottawa Trucker Convoy Achieved
For a short-lived movement that was panned as an extremist fringe by the Trudeau government and the mainstream press, it left quite a legacy. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE T he Canadian trucker convoy that arrived in Ottawa to protest the nation’s
Russia says it is restricting access to Facebook in the country
The Russian government announced Friday that it will begin to “partially restrict” access to Facebook, according to an announcement from its internet regulatory agency Roskomnadzor. “Ordinary Russians are using @Meta’s apps to express themselves and organize for action,” Clegg wrote. As Russia
Americans with Loved Ones in Ukraine Remain Terrified: ‘He’s a Sitting Duck’
Robert Viau’s plan this week was to load his fiancée’s car and to drive west with her and her son to the Poland border, to get out of southeast Ukraine before the Russian army invaded. Instead, the 53-year-old Wisconsin man
Parent Coalition Wins Asian-Discrimination Lawsuit against Fairfax County Public Schools
Fairfax County school buses sit in a in Lorton, Va., July 22, 2020. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) After an onerous legal battle, a grassroots parents’ group has won its lawsuit against Fairfax County Public Schools that challenged the Virginia district’s equity admissions
Biden’s Nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Is a Political Opportunity for Republicans
President Biden has nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. A hard-core progressive, Judge Jackson is not the best pick Biden could have made. She is also not the best pick for progressives. That helps progressives dodge some cases they
Biden to Sanction Putin Directly as Ukraine Invasion Escalates
Left: President Joe Biden delivers remarks on Russia’s attack on Ukraine in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., February 24, 2022. Right: Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, September
New CDC Guidance Ends Mask Recommendation for Most U.S. Counties
CDC director Rochelle Walensky on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., May 11, 2021 (Greg Nash/Reuters) The CDC released updated guidance Friday that says that most U.S. counties do not qualify as “at-risk” areas for Covid-19 transmission and therefore can drop
How Republicans Should Respond to Ketanji Brown Jackson
Republicans should be realistic about what they can do to oppose Biden’s Supreme Court pick. NRPLUS MEMBER ARTICLE J oe Biden has made it official: He will announce this afternoon that he is nominating Ketanji Brown Jackson, a federal judge
Defiant Russian Border Guards Refuse to Surrender to Russian Warship: ‘Go F*** Yourself’
Russian warship on a voyage to the Black Sea ( Iryna Kushniarova/Getty Images) According to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, the first full day of fighting between his country and Russia after the latter’s invasion of the former claimed the lives