This: Rep. Rashida Tlaib, the only Palestinian member of Congress, is calling on the International Criminal Court to issue a warrant for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after Israeli forces seized Rafah in the Gaza Strip. “There is nowhere safe in Gaza,” Ms. Tlaib, Michigan Democrat, said in a statement Tuesday. “I urge the ICC to swiftly issue arrest warrants for Netanyahu and senior Israeli officials to finally hold them accountable for this genocide, as is obviously warranted by these well-documented violations of th ..read more

Senator Tom Cotton joined me this AM to discuss the disastrous policies pursued by President Biden against Israel, inlcuding now the cut-off of precision munitions: Audio: 05-07hhs-cotton Transcript: The post Senator Tom Cotton on President Trump v. President Biden On Support For Israel appeared first on The Hugh Hewitt Show ..read more

So, the L.A. ADA charged with pursuing corrupt cops has been charged with corruption.  Her particular corruption is, “California Attorney General Rob Bonta charged ADA Teran with 11 felonies. She is accused of illegally accessing personnel records on 11 different police deputies.”  Essentially her crime is pursuing her aims beyond the bounds of reason and law.  She is/was overzealous.  We live in an age where some consider such single-minded, no-holds-barred pursuit of an aim as virtuous, which will most certainly be a major part of her defense.  But to me it indi ..read more

Among the eco-sensitive there is much discussion of plastic.  Occasionally, it bubbles to the surface using words like “microplastics” (otherwise known as initial breakdown products that just might further degrade over time) and much discussion of plastic on the ocean surface and now plastic on the ocean floor.  We’ve banned thin plastic bags in some states, restaurants have altered packaging and life generally is being made ever more expensive while people fret over changing the planet that is constantly changing anyway.  I find the plastics fascination particularly interesting ..read more

A young Hillsdale student writes: All of us young people need to give manual work a try, and summer is the perfect opportunity to do so. It needn’t be your full-time job: Build a fence for your parents, mow some elderly neighbors’ lawns, take care of a friend’s toddler for the day. Proverbs says:  Idle hands are the devil’s workshop; idle lips are his mouthpiece. The idleness the pandemic forced us into and the lethargy and idiocy that has come in its wake prove the wisdom of both writers.  This Sunday morning as I head to church (to celebrate graduates!) I pray for utility, prod ..read more

Big stories yesterday about H.R. 6090, “Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023.”  The title is certainly inoffensive, terribly appropriate actually, given what is happening on our campuses these days.  The host contends it was intended primarily to demonstrate the antisemitic streak in the Democrats, most evident anyway in the likes of Ilan Omar and Rashidi Tlaib – and it did with 70 Democrats (more than 30%) voting against the resolution.  However, there were also a scant few Republicans (<10%) that voted against it and that, the host rightly points out, is what the left-leaning ..read more

President Biden’s comments yesterday on the campus unrest seemed to want it both ways.  Something often referred to as “splitting the baby.”  Because we don’t get near the Bible in public education anymore, people may not know that reference.  It refers to a biblical story wherein two women come before King Solomon claiming motherhood over a baby and Solomon responds by offering to split the baby in half, half for each woman.  Of course, the real mother immediately reveals herself, repelled by the thought and offers to give the baby to the other woman rather than watch her ..read more

Our nation sits on a foundation built of decency and respect for the law.  Before there was a constitution, a Congress, a presidency or justices, there were those two things.  It is impossible to write laws to direct every human interaction, hence decency is mandatory. If no one respects the law there is no way to enforce it short of becoming a complete police state, and even then it does not really work.  If our nation is to work at all there must be decency and respect for the law.  And yet the two leading stories that confront us, for the last several days and for severa ..read more

Mary Kissel, among former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s most trusted advisors, is now executive vice president of Stepehns, Inc. She and I discussed the path the General Secretary Xi has placed the CCP. Heads up to trustees of endowments: You may want to study your exposure to Cina’s economy very closely: Audio: 05-01hhs-kissel The post Mary Kissel On Secretary Blinken’s “Strategy” For Visiting Xi, And On Investment In China appeared first on The Hugh Hewitt Show ..read more

Andrew C. McCarthy argues, quite technically, that the current criminal trial of Donald J. Trump in New York is illegal.  At Powerline John Hinderacker follows up more accessibly and says, “His legal arguments are well taken, but the reality is perhaps even more stark. This prosecution is entirely fraudulent.”  Hinderacker considers, briefly, if Trump should simply return to the campaign trail, refusing to cooperate with this extra-legal nonsense, pointing out that since the prosecution is purely political so should be the response.  Heck of a point, but it further undermines th ..read more