No one gets out of this life alive. Still, Americans have been living longer each year, on average. We’ve been able to take that largely for granted. This is no thanks to all these post-Valentines candy sales. It is thanks to advances in medical care, medicines, attention to healthier eating and personal fitness. However, there’s

In recent weeks, Oakland’s Chinatown district has experienced what some locals have described as an epidemic of crime. A significant number of assaults and violent, armed robberies have taken place in and around the shops in the area on an almost nightly basis. On Monday night, the owner of a liquor store had apparently had

Earlier this month Evan Rachel Wood came forward and named Marilyn Manson aka Brian Warner as the person who had physically and sexually abused her a decade ago. Four other women also came forward at the same time and accused him of similar abuse. In a podcast episode released yesterday, Manson’s former assistant Dan Cleary

Mercer Island is a suburb located directly east of Seattle. This week the Island’s City Council voted to make camping on public property a misdemeanor in an attempt to prevent their region from becoming overrun with homeless tent camps the way that downtown Seattle has in the past few years. The ordinance, which was approved

Was this just a “verbal stumble,” or an outright lie to boost his own standing on COVID-19 vaccinations? Last night in CNN’s town hall meeting, Joe Biden told CNN’s Anderson Cooper that vaccines can only impact the pandemic if we have enough “vaccinators,” which is true enough. However, Biden then told Cooper that not only

I saw this floating around on Twitter and my first thought was that it must be fake. But then I came across a NY Post story about it and, incredibly, this may be real. A city public school principal is asking parents to “reflect” on their “whiteness” — passing out literature that extols “white traitors’’

Via the Daily Caller, almost as interesting to me as Kudlow’s moment of candor is the fact that Axios posted the clip of its new interview with Harris yesterday and then quietly took it down at some point during the day. Is that because her “starting from scratch” quote was beginning to draw scrutiny from

The fallout from the impeachment trial is still going on. Some of the seven Republicans who voted with the Democrats to convict Donald Trump are facing a backlash from their state parties. Senator Bill Cassidy was censured by the Louisiana state GOP over the weekend and last night North Carolina Senator Richard Burr joined the

The San Francisco School Board has been in the news a lot recently. First it was controversy over the decision to rename 44 schools in the district. Then it was the decision to get rid of selective admissions at their best performing high school on the grounds that meritocracy is racist. Over the weekend, the

Last week the Lincoln Project published private messages between a former member named Jennifer Horn and a reporter for a site called The 19th on Twitter. Those private messages were quickly pulled down after another former member of the group, George Conway, suggested their publication looked to him like a crime. Today, the story that

Defund in haste, repent at leisure. The Minneapolis city council reversed months of its own rhetoric on Friday by authorizing its police department to spend $6.4 million in an effort to add desperately needed new officers to its depleted ranks.  It’s a clear retreat from the council’s “abolish the police” position of last summer, fueled

A political flashpoint erupted last week when it became apparent the Dallas Mavericks skipped playing the Star-Spangled Banner before their first 13 preseason and home games. Let’s ignore the fact fans were present for just one game and no one noticed until The Athletic noticed and reported it. The Internet and political horde immediately grabbed

The Sheriff’s Office of Nash County, North Carolina is marking Valentine’s Day with a very special offer – turn in your ex-boyfriend if he has an outstanding warrant. The sheriff will provide special holiday perks, free of charge. The Facebook page of the Nash County Sheriff’s Office posted a light-hearted notice for anyone interested in

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell was scheduled to be among the invited guests to participate in a White House meeting with President Biden and Vice President Harris on Friday. The topic of discussion was the Biden administration’s push to get the American Rescue Plan pushed through Congress. Unfortunately for Mayor Cantrell, she was denied entry

Is there anyone that didn’t see this coming? It turns out the WHO trip to China to investigate the origin of the coronavirus pandemic was a big waste of time, though of course China got something out of it. Today even the White House is expressing frustration about the findings and how they were communicated.

The Lincoln Project is imploding before our eyes and I’m here for it. It is one thing to be a Never Trump Republican or Independent voter voicing an opinion against Donald Trump. It is another thing to make a career move worth tens of millions of dollars with the help of Democrats and other Never

Back in December, Deputy DA Jon Hatami was one of the first to publicly criticize his new boss, DA George Gascon. Now Hatami is filing a lawsuit against Gascon for defamation and racial discrimination: Deputy District Attorney Jon Hatami, a Santa Clarita resident, alleged both Gascón and his spokesman, Max Szabo, published defamatory language about

The rats are leaving the sinking ship. This afternoon Axios reports that Lincoln Project co-founder Steve Schmidt has resigned from the group he co-founded. Lincoln Project spokesman Kurt Bardella also resigned today. Why now? Well, take your pick of the many possible answers to that question: The backlash against the Lincoln Project began with the

It was darkly funny when Lisa Murkowski said this on the record on Wednesday night and it’s even funnier that Republican senators are saying it off the record today. Does one typically need to speak anonymously to pronounce someone’s political death? Corpses don’t retaliate, do they? I’ll give Murkowski and her anonymous allies this much:

I never thought I would wind up saying this, and particularly not this soon after Joe Biden took office, but I’m almost starting to feel sorry for Jen Psaki. The Press Secretary is faithfully showing up for press briefings on a daily basis, but she’s not being provided with very good answers to hand out

Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana is the latest Republican to feel the wrath of the Republican Party in his own state. The Republican Party of East Baton Rouge Parish voted to censure the senator Wednesday. The censure was unanimously adopted. Just in case word of the censure didn’t circulate among Louisiana politicians and the media,

Today on The Ed Morrissey Show (4 pm ET), we have another great lineup for the news of the day! The show will be streamed on Hot Air’s Facebook page and embedded here and on the show page for those who are not on Facebook. Join us as we welcome: The Ed Morrissey Show and its

Oh, is that right? What action can I get in Vegas that this depraved country will in fact elect him again if he decides to run in 2024? Even if Murkowski’s right that Trump couldn’t hope to win a general election now given how many people have been alienated by “stop the steal” and January

Members of the entertainment industry are expressing the kind of hot takes you expect of them. Our betters in Hollywood want private citizen Donald Trump to be denied the opportunity to run for president again in 2024. That is, if we are honest, what the second impeachment trial of Trump is all about. House Impeachment

How could the NFL flop with its best product with an essentially captive audience? The league spent the last two weeks congratulating itself for having missed no games during the season, but viewers took a pass on the finale, according to Nielsen’s TV ratings. The Super Bowl drew the smallest audience since 2006 in terms

Look, when the guy’s right, he’s right. You want to know how badly it went today? So badly that even Ted Cruz was more complimentary of the Democrats than of Trump’s lawyers. “I don’t think the lawyers did the most effective job,” he said of Trump’s team, calling lead Democratic impeachment manager Jamie Raskin “impressive”

The U.S. ambassador to Vietnam released a rap video to wish the people of that country a happy Lunar New Year. The reactions have been mixed so far. Consider this story a palate cleanser after another long day in today’s politics. Ambassador Daniel Kritenbrink, a Trump appointee, is receiving both praise and criticism for his

The word yesterday was that the prosecution’s case would be heavy on video, which was disappointing — what about witnesses? — but understandable. The jury has been rigged by partisan politics and isn’t persuadable and Democrats don’t want to spend weeks of Senate time prosecuting an unwinnable case. Under those circumstances, the smart play is

A new analysis from the Congressional Budget Office could prove critical in Senate Democrats’ COVID-19 relief/stimulus strategy. One might even call it a “big f*****g deal,” if it gives them an opening to shove a minimum-wage hike down Republicans’ throats. Despite a gloomy prediction from Joe Biden about prospects for keeping the “fight for $15”

There are no Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans this year, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic. Now the mayor is closing down bars because people are not following the restrictions in place to mitigate the spread of the virus in the city. For the first time since 1979, there are no parades rolling through the