Solicitor General Elena Kagan’s “Judicial Hero”, Aharon Barak, is a problem for her confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court.
In 2006, Elena Kagan, the President’s nominee to the Supreme Court, called Aharon Barak “my judicial hero. He is the judge…

Progressivism is all-the-rage nowadays, with liberals having jettisoned the “liberal” label for the less maligned tag of “progressive.” This is tactical as much as philosophical. It’s fascinating that Hillary Clinton, for instance, recently proclaimed herself a “progressive.” I wrote an…

When news comes of Muslims engaging in violence, the triad of politicians, law enforcement, and media invariably presumes that the perpetrator suffers from some mental or emotional incapacity. (For a quick listing of examples, see my collection at “Sudden Jihad…

Catholic League president Bill Donohue is supporting an effort led by New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind opposing bills that would allow the government to harvest human organs unless the prospective donor explicitly says no. Assemblyman Richard Brodsky’s bill is…