Theodore Kupfer
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Government Failures and Public Opinion
The government’s failure to see the problem and to call attention to it vitiates the argument that public opinion would have thwarted the faster imposition of lockdowns. → Read More
Trump Is Flip-Flopping on the Reopening Question
Taking both sides of the reopening issue could be consistent with Trump's ruthless pursuit of his political self-interest. → Read More
Bernie’s ‘Revolution’ Changed Less Than His Supporters Would Like to Think
As he bows out of what will presumably be his final White House run, the Democratic Party appears to be passing Bernie Sanders by. → Read More
The Jury Is Still Out in Sweden
Some have argued that Sweden's lax approach to the coronavirus has been successful. That's premature. → Read More
‘No Evidence for Temperature-Dependence of the COVID-19 Epidemic’
Researchers from Saudi Arabia find "no evidence that spread rates decline with temperatures above 20 [degrees Celsius], suggesting that the COVID-19 disease is unlikely to behave as a seasonal respiratory virus." That would be very bad news. → Read More
When Will It End?
A reliable test-and-trace regime may be the road to normalcy. → Read More
Re: The New York Times Downplays Promising COVID-19 Development
It is hardly disparaging to hold the president to a high standard of responsibility during a crisis of this magnitude. → Read More
‘The Greatest City in America’
The president should never trash a city filled with Americans for his own political benefit. → Read More
The Source of New York’s Red Tide
Leftist candidate Tiffany Cabán won the Queens district-attorney election. Her support appears to be concentrated in gentrifying neighborhoods. → Read More
A Mass Murder for the Age of Sh**posting
The Christchurch mosque shootings were a distinctly modern massacre, and they require a distinctly modern response. → Read More
Rise of the Pink Hats
While the influence of the meme class may be disproportionate, one truth Yang’s candidacy will cement is that their ability to affect 2016 was overstated. → Read More
Evoking Legacy of Soviet Communism, Pompeo Slams Contemporary ‘Russian Aggression’
For Pompeo, who served as a U.S. army officer in West Germany between 1986 and 1989, the choice between looking West and looking East is clear. → Read More
Pompeo Seeks to Counteract Russian, Chinese Influence in Central Europe
“The Russians and the Chinese . . . do not remotely share the American ideals that we care so deeply about.” → Read More
Mitt Romney Is No Jeff Flake
Like Flake, Romney doesn’t represent the future of the GOP. Unlike Flake, he could play a constructive role in shaping it. → Read More
Jay Powell Has a Dilemma
If the Fed chairman hikes rates, he’ll face Trump’s wrath. If he doesn’t, he risks losing credibility. → Read More
As the Left Wavers on Civil Liberties, the Right Steps In
The Kochs were doling out six-figure grants to public defenders, funding scholars who studied the excesses of federal drug laws, and advocating bail reform. → Read More
Help Support Our Rising Stars
Theodore Kupfer, the recipient of a National Review Institute fellowship, tells why everyone who appreciates rigorous conservative thought should support NRI. → Read More
Social Media Doesn’t Make the World
In today’s Morning Jolt, a look at the folly of monocausal explanations for complex political phenomena. → Read More
Trump's Border Wall Funding Still An Unanswered Question
In today’s edition of the Morning Jolt, a look at the impending government-shutdown fight. → Read More
French Rioters and American Liberals
White liberals increasingly think that whites possess too much political power, social capital, and economic resources. → Read More