June 15, 2026 — John Hinderaker

UFC Freedom 250

Featured image Last night President Trump hosted the Ultimate Fighting Championship on the White House lawn for a series of seven mixed martial arts bouts. The event was spectacular and went off without a hitch, after a delay for a possible rain shower. I watched the first six fights, then went to bed, probably missing the best match. Here are some thoughts: * I am a boxing fan, but not an MMA »
June 15, 2026 — Scott Johnson

Waiting for memo

Featured imagePresident Trump has announced the completion of an interim deal with Iran. The deal is reflected in a memorandum of understanding that has yet to be made public by the White House. Perhaps that is because the deal will not be signed until Friday (in Switzerland). Perhaps that is because a wrinkle or two remain to be “ironed out,” as the Wall Street Journal puts it in paragraph six of »
June 14, 2026 — John Hinderaker

Anti-Americanism: It’s the Law!

Featured imageThat’s what one federal judge says, anyway. In May 2025, implementing an Executive Order by President Trump, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum directed the National Parks to do several things. First, to “identify any public monuments, memorials, statues, markers, or similar properties…on lands within its jurisdiction that have been removed or changed from January 1, 2020, through the date of this Order…” and determine whether such “alteration or removal of each »
June 14, 2026 — John Hinderaker

Freddy Comes to America

Featured imageWe are late to the party on this one, so you probably have already heard about Freddy, the German soccer fan who came to America to cheer for his country’s World Cup team. Freddy and two companions flew into Atlanta and embarked on a journey across the American South, driving through Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana, and on to Texas. Freddy documented his trip on his Twitter feed. »
June 14, 2026 — Bill Glahn

Buc-ee’s is America

Featured imageI have not watched a single minute of World Cup 2026 game action. But I am thoroughly delighted by the reports of foreign fans visiting America and discovering the wonders of American cultural institutions…like Buc-ee’s. From Fox 4 (Dallas-Ft. Worth), The Hill newspaper reports that the miracle that is Buc-ee’s is spreading throughout this fair land, Buc-ee’s to open westernmost location soon, with more new stores on the way. The »
June 14, 2026 — John Hinderaker

Greed Unleashed

Featured imageGovernments are the greediest institutions in our society. So it was no surprise when the news that Elon Musk had become the world’s first trillionaire caused liberals to salivate at the thought of getting their hands on his money. Elizabeth Warren was perhaps the worst, but she had plenty of company. Democrats visualize Musk as a sort of Scrooge McDuck, skiing down mountains of gold: In fact, of course, the »
June 14, 2026 — Scott Johnson

Another critic heard from

Featured imageI wrote about the response to my Imprimis essay “Learning From Minnesota’s Somali Fraud Scandal” in “The Imprimis experience.” Given Imprimis‘s circulation of some 7,500,000, the Imprimis experience has been something new for me. I rate it up there with the Jimi Hendrix Experience. It’s not over yet. Last week I received an old-fashioned letter from Barry Ferst, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Philosphy at Carroll College in Helena Montana. Professor »
June 13, 2026 — Bill Glahn

Adios!

Featured imageFrom the New York Post, More Democrats support mass deportations, removal of criminal migrants, new poll shows. Details, According to the poll, 71% of Democrats now support deporting criminal migrants, compared to 63% in April — an 8-point increase in just one month. The Post reports, Republican support held steady but still inched up from 89% in April to 90% in May, and the proportion of independents in favor jumped »
June 13, 2026 — Scott Johnson

For what it’s worth: Coda

Featured imageYesterday in “For what it’s worth” I took the case of the eight indicted “pro-Palestinian” defendants associated with the University of Michigan as illustrative. A reader kindly wrote to remind me: Those are (some of) the students that Professor Derek Peterson praised at the University of Michigan’s commencement this year. “Sing for the pro-Palestinian student activists, who have over these past two years opened our hearts to the injustice and »
June 12, 2026 — Bill Glahn

The politics of envy

Featured imageJohn notes below the launching of the SpaceX IPO (ticker symbol: SPCX), which makes Elon Musk (on paper) the world’s first trillionaire (with a “t,” quatro commas in Silicon Valley speak.) And he made a lot of other people, rank-and-file workers, first-time millionaires (dos commas). I am weak in the face of many of the cardinal sins, but envy is not among them. Not so America’s leading Democrats. Elizabeth Warren: »
June 12, 2026 — John Hinderaker

Spencer Pratt: I’m Not Going Away

Featured imageSpencer Pratt released a fiery new video today. He says he will continue his campaign to expose the corruption that has driven Los Angeles into the ground. And he says he has evidence against one of the two socialists who will participate in the runoff election, that may force that person to resign. Buckle your seat belts: Saving LA – Phase III pic.twitter.com/9n9wv1tonZ — Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) June 12, 2026 »
June 14, 2026 — Scott Johnson

The deal this time

Featured imageLee Smith has written three books supporting President Trump against his attackers: The Plot Against the President (2019), The Permanent Coup (2020), and Disappearing the President (2024). His most recent book is The China Matrix: The Epic Story of How Donald Trump Shattered a Deadly Pact (2025). Trump himself has praised Smith’s work: “Lee Smith is a great American patriot who has understood, from the very beginning, that the radical »
June 13, 2026 — Scott Johnson

Peace for our time

Featured imageWe interrupt this program to report that President Trump has more or less announced peace for our time on Truth Social: “The deal is scheduled to get signed tomorrow.” Below is a screeshot of Trump’s text posted to Truth Social. President Trump is fluent in hyperbole. We will want to take a close like at the terms — the commitments and the mechanisms of enforcement — when they are made »
June 13, 2026 — John Hinderaker

Belfast Is Burning

Featured imageI wrote here about the attempted decapitation of a random citizen on a Belfast street by a Sudanese immigrant. The result has been predictable: riots, accompanied by indefensible violence. Josh Hammer writes: This week’s coverage has been instructive. The framing in outlet after establishment outlet has been nothing if not predictable: “anti-immigrant violence,” “far-right protesters,” “racist riots.” Northern Ireland’s first minister called the rioters “thugs” but had very little to »
June 13, 2026 — John Hinderaker

The Week In Pictures: California Nightmare Edition

Featured imageIt was another busy week in the news, highlighted by the election for Mayor of Los Angeles, in which Democrats snatched victory from the ballot box of defeat with the now-familiar flood of post-election votes. As in the past, many were suspicious. Graham Platner was in the news again. In any past era, his escapades would have led to a hasty substitution of a more plausible candidate. But the Democrats, »
June 12, 2026 — John Hinderaker

SpaceX Goes Public

Featured imageSpaceX’s initial public offering hit the market today, with shares priced at $135. The stock closed at $160.95, up 19% on the day’s trading. So as of this evening, the company’s market capitalization is $2.1 trillion, making it the sixth-most valuable company in the U.S. Elon Musk, who owns 46%, is, on paper, the world’s first trillionaire. But a lot of other SpaceX employees became wealthy overnight. For example, a »
June 12, 2026 — Scott Johnson

For what it’s worth

Featured image“Paranoia strikes deep,” goes the classic Buffalo Springfield song. How about the hatred of Jews? It doesn’t have quite the same ring, but a federal indictment emanating from a cast of characters associated with the University of Michigan provides a glaring example of how deeply it strikes. The indictment handed up by a grand jury in the Eastern District of Michigan runs to 63 pages and variously alleges ten counts »