![While the whole world is talking about Israel, let’s take a moment to talk about China. Why? Well for starters, one of the reasons the whole world is talking about Israel, is that’s the way China wants it. In the wake of Hamas’ barbaric anti-Jewish pogrom on October 7, anti-Jewish hate has exploded exponentially on the Chinese owned social media platform TikTok. This has reignited calls for banning the platform in the U.S. Opponents note — correctly — that anti-Semitism has exploded on other social media platforms, and TikTok itself insists that they are working hard to combat the spike in bigotry and death threats. They’re going to have […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/goldberg-tiktok-20231107.jpg?w=132 "While the whole world is talking about Israel, let’s take a moment to talk about China. Why? Well for starters, one of the reasons the whole world is talking about Israel, is that’s the way China wants it. In the wake of Hamas’ barbaric anti-Jewish pogrom on October 7, anti-Jewish hate has exploded exponentially on the Chinese owned social media platform TikTok. This has reignited calls for banning the platform in the U.S. Opponents note — correctly — that anti-Semitism has exploded on other social media platforms, and TikTok itself insists that they are working hard to combat the spike in bigotry and death threats. They’re going to have […]")
Jonah Goldberg: China has a role in making the whole world talk about Israel
While the whole world is talking about Israel, let’s take a moment to talk about China. Why? Well for starters, one of the reasons the whole world is talking about...
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![If you ask most people, including most journalists, what the job of the press is, they will reasonably respond with a number of high-minded cliches: “report the news,” “hold the powerful accountable,” “inform the public,” etc. That’s all well and good. But you almost never hear anyone say the job of the media is to edit the […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/goldberg-gaza-20231031.jpg?w=132 "If you ask most people, including most journalists, what the job of the press is, they will reasonably respond with a number of high-minded cliches: “report the news,” “hold the powerful accountable,” “inform the public,” etc. That’s all well and good. But you almost never hear anyone say the job of the media is to edit the […]")
Jonah Goldberg: Will the media get coverage of the crisis in Israel and Gaza right? It all depends on the editors
If you ask most people, including most journalists, what the job of the press is, they will reasonably respond with a number of high-minded cliches: “report the news,” “hold the...
![Israeli diplomat Abba Eban famously said that the Palestinians “never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.” Watching events in the Middle East over the last two weeks, that quote might seem newly relevant. But it seems even more fitting for the House GOP. At a time of international and domestic turmoil, with an unpopular […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/goldberg-emmer-20231024.jpg?w=132 "Israeli diplomat Abba Eban famously said that the Palestinians “never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.” Watching events in the Middle East over the last two weeks, that quote might seem newly relevant. But it seems even more fitting for the House GOP. At a time of international and domestic turmoil, with an unpopular […]")
Jonah Goldberg: House Republicans need a sudden onset of political maturity. What are the chances?
Israeli diplomat Abba Eban famously said that the Palestinians “never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.” Watching events in the Middle East over the last two weeks, that quote...
![In normal times domestic political fights over foreign policy breakdown more or less along a conventional left-right divide. These are not normal times. The right is largely united around the need to support Israel in its war with Hamas, but increasingly divided about backing Ukraine in its war with Russia. The left is largely united […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/goldberg-ukraine-20231017.jpg?w=132 "In normal times domestic political fights over foreign policy breakdown more or less along a conventional left-right divide. These are not normal times. The right is largely united around the need to support Israel in its war with Hamas, but increasingly divided about backing Ukraine in its war with Russia. The left is largely united […]")
Jonah Goldberg: Israel and Ukraine? Americans should remember it’s the same war on two fronts
In normal times domestic political fights over foreign policy breakdown more or less along a conventional left-right divide. These are not normal times. The right is largely united around the...
![Within hours of the slaughter in Israel, the question of Israel’s “massive intelligence failure” — as many have called it — came to dominate a lot of the media coverage and conversation. On one level, this is entirely defensible. Israeli officials acknowledge the obvious fact that it was, with the arguable exception of the surprise invasion that launched the Yom Kippur War, the worst intelligence breakdown in Israeli history. Israeli citizens are talking about it openly, including those I’ve spoken with. But there is something about the way some people talk about Israel’s inability to detect or prevent these attacks […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/TNH-L-GOLDBERG-1012-01.jpg?w=132 "Within hours of the slaughter in Israel, the question of Israel’s “massive intelligence failure” — as many have called it — came to dominate a lot of the media coverage and conversation. On one level, this is entirely defensible. Israeli officials acknowledge the obvious fact that it was, with the arguable exception of the surprise invasion that launched the Yom Kippur War, the worst intelligence breakdown in Israeli history. Israeli citizens are talking about it openly, including those I’ve spoken with. But there is something about the way some people talk about Israel’s inability to detect or prevent these attacks […]")
Jonah Goldberg: Who’s to blame for the Hamas attack on Israel? That debate is already going off the rails
Within hours of the slaughter in Israel, the question of Israel’s “massive intelligence failure” — as many have called it — came to dominate a lot of the media coverage...
![This week, yet another government shutdown appears inevitable because a sizable chunk of the House Freedom Caucus believes, in the words of Otter in “Animal House,” that “this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody’s part.” What situation? Before we get to that, it’s important to understand that any situation will do when you’re determined to deliver a stupid and futile gesture. In America, the term “counterculture” is so associated with hippies, beatniks, bohemians and the like, it might seem odd to think of self-described conservatives as counterculture types. But the evidence is all […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/TNH-L-goldberg-republicans-01.jpg?w=129 "This week, yet another government shutdown appears inevitable because a sizable chunk of the House Freedom Caucus believes, in the words of Otter in “Animal House,” that “this situation absolutely requires a really futile and stupid gesture be done on somebody’s part.” What situation? Before we get to that, it’s important to understand that any situation will do when you’re determined to deliver a stupid and futile gesture. In America, the term “counterculture” is so associated with hippies, beatniks, bohemians and the like, it might seem odd to think of self-described conservatives as counterculture types. But the evidence is all […]")
Jonah Goldberg: What Republicans forcing government shutdown have in common with 1960s radicals
This week, yet another government shutdown appears inevitable because a sizable chunk of the House Freedom Caucus believes, in the words of Otter in “Animal House,” that “this situation absolutely...
![Last week Mike Pence gave a speech at Saint Anselm College that, depending on your view of the man, was either courageous or desperate — or both. Titled “Populism vs. Conservatism: Republicans’ Time for Choosing,” the speech was an homage to his hero, Ronald Reagan, who in 1964 gave a nationally televised address, “A Time for Choosing,” on behalf of Republican presidential candidate Sen. Barry Goldwater. That hopeful and optimistic primer on modern conservatism marked the beginning of the Gipper’s rise as the political leader of the American conservative movement. Pence earned a lot of “amens” from me as someone who’s been railing for years against the […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/TNH-L-goldberg-pence-01.jpg?w=132 "Last week Mike Pence gave a speech at Saint Anselm College that, depending on your view of the man, was either courageous or desperate — or both. Titled “Populism vs. Conservatism: Republicans’ Time for Choosing,” the speech was an homage to his hero, Ronald Reagan, who in 1964 gave a nationally televised address, “A Time for Choosing,” on behalf of Republican presidential candidate Sen. Barry Goldwater. That hopeful and optimistic primer on modern conservatism marked the beginning of the Gipper’s rise as the political leader of the American conservative movement. Pence earned a lot of “amens” from me as someone who’s been railing for years against the […]")
Jonah Goldberg: Mike Pence is railing against populism among Republicans. But he’s late to the game
Last week Mike Pence gave a speech at Saint Anselm College that, depending on your view of the man, was either courageous or desperate — or both. Titled “Populism vs. Conservatism: Republicans’...
![In December 1998, Rep. Bob Livingston, Republican of Louisiana, was set to succeed Rep. Newt Gingrich as speaker of the House. Gingrich had announced his resignation from Congress and the speakership in the wake of a disastrous midterm election for Republicans as well as revelations that he’d been having an affair with a House staffer who was more than two decades younger. This was a problem for the Republicans given the impeachment of then-President Clinton over matters stemming from his own infidelity. But before Livingston could get the gavel, it was revealed that he, too, had cheated on his wife. […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/goldberg-biden-20230905.jpg?w=140 "In December 1998, Rep. Bob Livingston, Republican of Louisiana, was set to succeed Rep. Newt Gingrich as speaker of the House. Gingrich had announced his resignation from Congress and the speakership in the wake of a disastrous midterm election for Republicans as well as revelations that he’d been having an affair with a House staffer who was more than two decades younger. This was a problem for the Republicans given the impeachment of then-President Clinton over matters stemming from his own infidelity. But before Livingston could get the gavel, it was revealed that he, too, had cheated on his wife. […]")
Jonah Goldberg: Joe Biden’s age poses a big issue he can’t get around
In December 1998, Rep. Bob Livingston, Republican of Louisiana, was set to succeed Rep. Newt Gingrich as speaker of the House. Gingrich had announced his resignation from Congress and the...
![“China is going to eat our lunch? Come on, man,” scoffed then-presidential candidate Joe Biden in 2019. Two years later, now president Biden declared: “The Chinese are eating our lunch. They’re eating our lunch, economically. They’re investing hundreds of billions of dollars in research and development. … We got to compete.” Mario Cuomo famously said politicians, “campaign in poetry, but govern in prose.” But in this case, the poet was closer to the mark. The Chinese economic rocket looks to be running out of fuel. Chinese economic statistics have never been entirely reliable, but the last reported number for urban youth […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/TNH-L-goldbergchina-01.jpg?w=132 "“China is going to eat our lunch? Come on, man,” scoffed then-presidential candidate Joe Biden in 2019. Two years later, now president Biden declared: “The Chinese are eating our lunch. They’re eating our lunch, economically. They’re investing hundreds of billions of dollars in research and development. … We got to compete.” Mario Cuomo famously said politicians, “campaign in poetry, but govern in prose.” But in this case, the poet was closer to the mark. The Chinese economic rocket looks to be running out of fuel. Chinese economic statistics have never been entirely reliable, but the last reported number for urban youth […]")
Jonah Goldberg: China’s faltering economy is result of state-directed planning. Now comes fallout
“China is going to eat our lunch? Come on, man,” scoffed then-presidential candidate Joe Biden in 2019. Two years later, now president Biden declared: “The Chinese are eating our lunch. They’re...
![So, Ron DeSantis gets it after all. “A movement can’t be about the personality of one individual,” DeSantis told the Florida Standard. “If all we are is listless vessels that’s just supposed to follow, you know, whatever happens to come down the pike on Truth Social every morning, that’s not going to be a durable movement.” He prefaced his “listless vessel” line, by noting that the case for Trump has been “totally detached from any type of substance.” Conservatism and the Republican Party have got to be about the question, “What are you trying to achieve on behalf of the American people? And […]](https://www.morningjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/TNH-L-GOLDBERG-824-01.jpg?w=112 "So, Ron DeSantis gets it after all. “A movement can’t be about the personality of one individual,” DeSantis told the Florida Standard. “If all we are is listless vessels that’s just supposed to follow, you know, whatever happens to come down the pike on Truth Social every morning, that’s not going to be a durable movement.” He prefaced his “listless vessel” line, by noting that the case for Trump has been “totally detached from any type of substance.” Conservatism and the Republican Party have got to be about the question, “What are you trying to achieve on behalf of the American people? And […]")
Jonah Goldberg: It’s too late, GOP also-rans. Nothing will stop Trump, except maybe the law
So, Ron DeSantis gets it after all. “A movement can’t be about the personality of one individual,” DeSantis told the Florida Standard. “If all we are is listless vessels that’s just...