David Harsanyi is a senior writer at the Washington Examiner and a nationally syndicated columnist. He is cohost of the “You’re Wrong” podcast and author of multiple books. Subscribe his Substack.
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“No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.” That’s what it says right there in the Constitution…. Read More
SecurityCommentary
Last week, a man stormed the stage at the Chautauqua Institution and stabbed British author Salman Rushdie in the neck as he was being introduced…. Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Democrats’ new reconciliation bill isn’t just going to be the largest-ever expansion of a government agency. It’s going to be the largest expansion of… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
While peddling the ludicrously named Inflation Reduction Act on CNN this past week, Sen. Joe Manchin claimed that Democrats were merely trying to “close the… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The first thing to remember about the reconciliation bill Sens. Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer agreed to Wednesday is that, despite its utterly preposterous name,… Read More
EnergyCommentary
The Washington Post reported Monday night that President Joe Biden is “considering whether to declare a national climate emergency” to “salvage his stalled environmental agenda… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
President Joe Biden has a miserable 33% job approval rating, according to the New York Times/Siena College poll, making him one of the least popular… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
One of the more popular complaints of the contemporary left is that the Constitution subverts “democracy” for “minority rule.” If the United States is really… Read More
SocietyCommentary
One of the central justifications for the left’s proposed court-packing scheme is to claim that the reversal of Roe v. Wade is so radically out… Read More
LawCommentary
In the 2008 case of District of Columbia v. Heller, the Supreme Court recognized the individual right to gun ownership in the home. In the… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Democrats have spent decades warning that the United States must stop using the most efficient and affordable energy sources or it will be consumed by… Read More
SocietyCommentary
“I want to tell you, [Justice Neil] Gorsuch. I want to tell you, [Justice Brett] Kavanaugh. You have released the whirlwind, and you will pay… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
President Joe Biden has written an op-ed for The Wall Street Journal detailing his plan to fight inflation. Well, perhaps the word “detailing” is too… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Before we even knew how the killer of 19 children and two adults at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, had obtained his guns, Sen…. Read More
SocietyCommentary
With the leak of a Supreme Court draft opinion by Justice Samuel Alito overturning Roe v. Wade, the media has gone into hyperdrive trying to… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer will hold a vote on a bill codifying abortion’s legality so that voters, he contends, can “see where every senator… Read More
Commentary
A federal speech czar? Just as the Founders imagined it, no doubt. Earlier this week, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told Congress that his agency… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Candidate Joe Biden promised to solve our problems and restore faith in the American government. Today, he is one of the least popular presidents in… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
If we’re going to create transparently idiotic, partisan standards on the fly, they should be applied to everyone in government. If Supreme Court Justice Clarence… Read More
EducationCommentary
Accusations of left-wing free speech authoritarianism—whether through corporate restrictions, the state targeting “misinformation,” the shouting down of dissent in universities, or the canceling of dissenting… Read More
EnergyCommentary
“Well, you all imagined it,” Vice President Kamala Harris commented during a so-called clean-transit event, where she appeared with her fellow tautologist, Secretary of Transportation… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
“You do not have to wear those masks,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told a group of high school students participating in an event Wednesday at… Read More
InternationalCommentary
“One small thing to be thankful for is that [Donald Trump] is not in the White House as the Ukraine crisis unfolds. He’d side with… Read More
InternationalCommentary
In Canada, first the doxxing, then the struggle session. This week, one of the most popular small-donor fundraising sites for the Canadian truckers protesting the… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
While the Biden administration’s chaotic and inept withdrawal from Afghanistan was unfolding in August 2021, a suicide bomber murdered 13 American service members, and at… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Whoopi Goldberg, suspended for two weeks by ABC for her comments about the Holocaust, had an opinion. She, like many people these days, is unable… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
After being asked by MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski about the alleged misinformation spread by the popular “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast and Facebook users, U.S. Surgeon General… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
President Joe Biden joined Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and numerous other Democrats this week in a partisan attempt to preemptively delegitimize the 2022… Read More
LawCommentary
President Joe Biden finally delivered his “voting rights” speech in Atlanta, telling a crowd: “The next few days, when these bills come to a vote,… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
In a “Dear Colleague” letter this week, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer warns that if Republicans refuse to support Democrats’ unconstitutional efforts to nationalize elections,… Read More
