John M. Grondelski

The U.S. Senate took up S.6, the “Born-Alive Survivors Protection Act.” The vote was 52-47, a majority but not the 60 votes needed to end a filibuster. So, the bill failed.The Born-Alive Survivors Protection Act required that if a baby is…

New York City launched its “congestion pricing” scheme January 5. It’s a charge for entering midtown Manhattan, ostensibly designed to reduce “congestion” in the Big Apple while channeling money to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority,…

If we don’t want to see the annual 1500-page Christmas “continuing resolutions,” Republicans might take a lesson from the Polish Left about making a statement about what you stand for. In 2016, they occupied Parliament for 26 days over…

The New York Times reported December 4 that math and science test scores for U.S. fourth and eighth graders have been essentially stagnant since 1995. Nor have they have been stagnant near the top -- lots of countries outrank us -- but…

What do Hamas and illegal immigration activists have in common? Both hide behind human shields.On October 7, 2023, Hamas attacked innocent civilians. Not soldiers, not the Israeli Defense Force. They went…

In the wake of the Democratic wipeout November 5 and the tapping of Tom Homan as President Trump’s “border czar,” Democratic governors are busy trying to build a new “blue wall” to shield illegal aliens from promised immigration law…

Both supporters and critics of lax immigration on the U.S.-Mexico border speak about how it serves to funnel in a “replacement population.” Its critics say that it is Democrat politicians’ efforts to design a new (and indebted)…

Abortion is a civil rights issue, though not in the way pro-abortionists want to spin it. We should not forget that, after Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973, there were liberal Democrats who opposed the ruling as a civil rights violation.…

There’s a rearguard motion afoot in some conservative quarters grousing about the Republican National Convention underway in Milwaukee. The objection: the 2024 Republican Party is failing conservatism.What? National Review…

Last week, National Review ran an article saluting the Supreme Court’s abandonment of the “Chevron doctrine,” a principle of legal procedure dating from 1984 that said that when it is unclear what federal law requires, the courts should…