Josh Hammer
The Archive
How to lock up those nasty pro-Hamas and Gaza protestors
A lawyer explains how to out those Gaza protestors behind bars.
Democrats' about-face on COVID insanity won't be enough to save them at midterms
Put simply, voters can’t stand Biden, hate Harris even more and emphatically think the country is headed in the wrong direction.
Youngkin's Virginia victory proves Republicans can win running on the culture war
The GOP's electoral romp in Virginia, headlined by Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin's victory over Terry McAuliffe, ought to be a watershed moment for the future of American conservative politics.
Milley's perfidy is more proof the ruling class couldn't care less about democracy
This week’s unsettling revelation of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley’s alleged late Trump administration-era perfidy is but one glaring fusillade in a years-long crusade by...
Blinken's evasive Afghanistan testimony proves he must resign
Secretary of State Antony Blinken tried his best to defend the Biden administration’s chaotic, mismanaged debacle of an Afghanistan withdrawal.
When is a hostage not a hostage? When Biden's in charge
President Joe Biden's approval ratings have been cratering of late, sitting at 4.2% underwater in the RealClearPolitics polling average as of this writing.
Biden's Afghanistan disaster — and his lies —are strong grounds for impeachment
Biden is, quite simply, a man unsuited to meet the challenges of the present moment. He is out of his league and, one hopes sooner rather than later, will find...
Afghanistan’s big lesson: No more nation-building ever again
It's worth stepping back from the immediate Biden-orchestrated debacle to focus on the broader lessons from Afghanistan: America must put aside the project of nation-building once and for all.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken needs to resign
Secretary of State Antony Blinken ought to resign following the US's ill-executed Afghanistan withdrawal and allowing thousands of Americans and allies to be stranded by the Taliban, Josh Hammer writes.
China outflanking US in the wake of Biden's Afghan debacle
China wasted little time seizing on the debacle to make geopolitical inroads and assert a growing hegemony in the Asia-Pacific.
Biden's Kremlin kowtow on Nord Stream 2 is all about boosting left's European project
On Wednesday, the United States and Germany issued a joint statement signing off on the completion of Nord Stream 2 — and Team Biden’s approval marks the culmination of a...
The REAL Cuba is an utter nightmare — but don't expect Democratic Socialists to admit it
The Castro (and now post-Castro) regime in Cuba is a deeply repressive communist dictatorship whose ultimate place in the ash heap of history cannot arrive soon enough. A relic of...
Why America needs to ban critical race theory in schools
As we mark the 245th anniversary of American independence, critical race theory has been dividing the nation and offering racist portrayals of history to our children, Josh Hammer writes.
The Supreme Court won’t save conservatism
For decades, conservatives have sought to regain lost culture-war ground through judicial nominations, with GOP voters consistently rating the Supreme Court a higher priority than do Democrats. As the latest...
Big Tech's outrages have moved Republicans to find new love for antitrust laws
There are few, if any, political issues that now generate the breadth and intensity of bipartisan backlash as does the rise of Big Tech. During Donald Trump’s presidency, the major...
COVID marked the twilight of America’s arrogant ‘expert’ class
Experts came out of the woodwork during the pandemic, and showed an ugly side of the country.
Poland and its Eastern European neighbors are setting a fine example for America
I’m writing from Warsaw, Poland, my first time behind the old Iron Curtain and first trip back to Europe since the onset of COVID-19. Despite the overcast weather endemic to...
There's no stopping the GOP's divorce from big business
American conservatism was for too long under the spell of what might be called “market fundamentalism”: It mindlessly treated all private-sector action as good and all government action as bad....
Where John Kerry’s truth lies
So which is it: Should we trust Iran or not? John Kerry is the biggest proponent of the nuclear deal with Iran. We can believe that country to abide by...
John Kerry is skirting the line of treason with Iran
The rather curious defining feature of Democratic Party foreign policy, going back at least four decades, is that our friends must be bullied and our enemies must be appeased. The...