Ramesh Ponnuru
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The Media Won’t Stop Lying about Abortion
National Review is a strongly pro-life publication in a media environment where that stance is all too rare. We’re also a strongly pro-truth publication — and on this issue, that means presenting facts that you won’t find anywhere else. → Read More
Senator Hawley: Raise the Legal Age for Social-Media Use to 16
The Missouri Republican’s proposal tracks with Christine Rosen’s argument in NR’s June 27, 2022, cover story. → Read More
Ramesh Ponnuru: Family-friendly federal policy should be a priority
Why have U.S. birth rates been dropping? → Read More
Trump Blames Extreme Pro-Lifers for Republican Midterm Defeats
Voters punished Republicans more for their close ties to Trump than for their opposition to abortion. → Read More
How Musk Is Beating Trump
A good point from Joshua Green on how Elon Musk has taken away Donald Trump's 'media mojo.' → Read More
How Republicans Plan to Take on ESG
Rep. Andy Barr, a Kentucky Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, has plenty of ideas. → Read More
Ramesh Ponnuru: Strengthen the child tax credit before expanding it
The credit is shrinking in value. Protecting it ought to be the top priority. → Read More
Strengthen the Child Tax Credit Before Expanding It
Supporters of the benefit need to focus on ways to ensure that it retains its value in a period of high inflation. → Read More
All the Single Democratic Ladies
Some context for the voting proclivities of unmarried women. → Read More
The Democrats Now Have a Structural Advantage in the House
Surely progressive complaints that the electoral system is biased against them will get a little quieter, right? → Read More
Trump Is on the Defensive for the First Time in Years
The former president still hasn’t come up with a plausible way to explain why he isn’t responsible for last week’s Republican defeats. → Read More
Ramesh Ponnuru: Republicans have plenty to celebrate
That starts with the record of the Biden administration. → Read More
An Old Myth about Justice Thomas and Affirmative Action
It turns out he never said affirmative action was of ‘paramount importance to me.’ → Read More
Ramesh Ponnuru: The email that every campaign is sending right now
Friend, we haven’t heard from you in a while. → Read More
The Email That Every Campaign Is Sending Right Now
As Election Day draws closer, candidates are getting increasingly desperate to raise money. → Read More
Ramesh Ponnuru: Democrats are focusing on the wrong issues
If Democrats have a catastrophic election, there’s a reason. → Read More
Ramesh Ponnuru: The moral case for higher interest rates
Pay now or pay a higher price later. → Read More
Sorry Slate, the ERA Revival Is a ‘Brazenly Unconstitutional Joke’
Perhaps Susan Matthews and Mark Joseph Stern hope that some gratuitous conservative-bashing will distract their political allies from what they are saying. → Read More
What FDR’s Example Really Shows about the Courts
Jeff Shesol writes that President Biden should follow FDR’s example in fighting the conservative majority on the Supreme Court. → Read More
The Moral Case for Higher Interest Rates
The human toll of unemployment, while severe, must be balanced against the more diffuse costs of ever higher inflation. → Read More