Jonah Goldberg
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Voters, not NRA money, drive the resistance to gun control
In spite of what the liberal media says, you won’t find the National Rifle Association from the “gun lobby” among the top contributors to Republican leaders.
How outrage took all the joy out of Twitter
I still use Twitter. But it no longer brings much joy. Having a sane conversation there is a bit like trying to play chess in the middle of a mosh...
Vladimir Putin's war proves it: Evil thrives — unless we fight it
One of the silver linings of Vladimir Putin’s destructive invasion of Ukraine is that it clearly defines who are the good guys and the bad guys.
The climate-change chicanery of Netflix's 'Don't Look Up'
Adam McKay’s dark comedy "Don’t Look Up,” points at all the wrong facts surrounding the media and government hysteria over climate change, Jonah Goldberg writes.
Manchin did Biden a favor in defeating Build Back Better
You know that old tale about the guy stranded on a rooftop during a flood who beseeches God to rescue him? A neighbor in a rowboat comes and offers to...
Biden & Co. aren't serious about fighting climate change — unless they take nuclear power seriously
World leaders are heading to Glasgow to come up with yet another plan to tackle climate change. Joe Biden had hoped to have a stack of climate-related legislative accomplishments to...
Sure, Americans like stuff in Dems' spending bill — but paying for it? Not so much
Sen. Bernie Sanders is lying when he claims that the majority of Americans support President Joe Biden’s $3.5 trillion social spending bill -- because most Americans don’t want to pay...
Biden's biggest problem: He can't read a room
Throughout his career, President Joe Biden has stumbled on recognizing dilemmas in politics -- which could now cost his landmark infrastructure deal and Democrat majority in Congress, Jonah Goldberg writes.
Joe, playing vaccine politics won’t lead to solution
President Joe Biden clearly has no exit strategy to a formal end to the pandemic -- instead, he's used the COVID-19 vaccine to violate the constitution and further divide Americans,...
Joe Biden has already broken his oath of office — like most of his recent predecessors
President Biden has already violated his oath of office. The good news for him: He’s in fine company.
In one-party states like California, recalls are the only way to keep pols accountable
California Governor Gavin Newsom is set to face a recall vote in September. But are recall efforts worth it? Jonah Goldberg examines the topic for The Post.
How Biden can save the Democratic Party — and his presidency
The path is there for Joe Biden to become a transitional president — not to some new socialist nirvana, but to a more moderate Democratic Party that actually speaks to...
The old Cold War models can't help us meet today's Russian threat
President Joe Biden and Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin are scheduled to meet Wednesday for the first time since Biden was elected president. For many in the foreign-policy establishment, this is...
An illegal and fake hit job on wealthy US taxpayers
ProPublica obtained the tax returns of the richest Americans and discovered what every informed person already knew: They don’t pay as much in income taxes as some people would like...
Overturning Roe v. Wade could make the nation politically healthier
The Supreme Court recently announced it will take up Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a challenge to a Mississippi law that all but bans abortions after 15 weeks. It’s...
Sorry, but the Biden era will never be a New Deal 2.0
We don’t know what the Biden years will ultimately look like, but one thing is pretty obvious, at least to me: It won’t be a new New Deal, nor will...
Dems claim filibuster is a racist tool — but only when GOP uses it
I get the idea of curses or bad karma. The house where a triple murder took place is going to sell for less than the one next door no matter...
In hyperpartisan Washington, truth is out the window, spending has no limit
After the Senate passed the $1.9 trillion “American Rescue Plan,” President Biden came out to take a bow. This measure came “not a moment too soon,” he said. “For over...
Biden isn't 'following the science' so much as leading it
In our increasingly secular age, being on the side of science is similar to being on the side of God — a way to settle an argument by not actually...
'Normalcy' is the last thing Biden's hard-left base wants
Joe Biden ran for president on a “return to normalcy.” His challenge is that there are three competing definitions of normalcy for him to contend with. Biden didn’t actually use...