When my friend David French — New York Times columnist, pro-life evangelical, and lifelong conservative — announced that he would be voting for Kamala Harris, it was like dropping a Porterhouse steak amid a pride of lions. The Dispatch’s Jonah Goldberg wrote a rebuttal, asserting, among ...

It’s no surprise that one party is staking a claim on the White House based on freedom, foreign affairs, family and football. The surprise in 2024’s topsy-turvy campaign is that it’s the Democrats, not the Republicans, who are embracing those four pillars. 1. Freedom Running on their ...

I recently read the manuscript of a soon-to-be-published scholarly book looking at one of Kansas’ major cities. It was filled with sharp observations and smart ideas; when it’s published, I’ll buy copies of it for all my local representatives, in hopes that they’ll read it and learn ...

Hawaii charges tourists a variety of taxes and fees. It may soon add a $25 climate tax visitors would pay when they check into a hotel or short-term rental. It’s meant to address the environmental impact of mass tourism and help in the rebuilding of Lahaina, the Maui town devastated last ...

The single most abused, misused and misunderstood word in American politics is “unity.” All presidential candidates vow to unite Americans. Nearly every pundit and public intellectual laments the lack of unity. “When America is united, America is totally unstoppable,” Donald Trump ...

Never mind. If you thought cracking down on price gouging was a key element of the Kamala Harris economic program — because she said as much in her economic speech a couple of weeks ago — it turns out you were mistaken. Harris merely wanted people to know how seriously she takes ...