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Still early but flu shots shouldn't be forgotten

Editorial

We know it's still early but we want to remind readers that experts say staying up to date on all vaccinations including the annual flu vaccine continues to be important. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the flu vaccination can keep you from getting sick with flu, a potentially serious disease that can lead to hospitalization and sometimes even death. Every flu season is different and flu can affect people differently, but during typical flu seasons, millions of people get flu, hundreds of thousands of people are hospitalized and thousands to tens of ...

What do you want from government?

Letters To The Editor

To the Journal editor: “Project 2020” was often criticized by progressives as a blueprint for expanding executive power and reshaping federal institutions. Yet there is a striking inconsistency in that criticism: many of the same voices which denounced the document’s existence seem unwilling to acknowledge the absence of a comparably comprehensive, publicly debated governing blueprint from the modern left. If one side is condemned for explaining what it would do with power, why is the other side not held to the same standard? At its core, Project 2020 presented ideas associated ...

The conservative case for Gloria Steinem (1934-2026)

Columns

PARIS — Gloria Steinem sent me a personal message not long ago thanking me for my "generous and encouraging" words that "make it worth getting older." Not worth it enough, apparently. Because one of the most visible faces of American second-wave feminism has just passed away peacefully at ...

America has not learned right lessons from Charlie Kirk's murder

Columns

It feels like just yesterday that America lost Charlie Kirk. I remember every detail vividly. Charlie and I were in daily contact that week, as he prepared for his next national campus speaking tour. I was part of an intimate Zoom meeting he had organized the night prior to its first ...

Are we getting dumber?

Columns

Is it the end of the Flynn effect? Decades ago, the researcher James Flynn recognized a secular increase in IQ scores around the world that amounted to humanity getting smarter all the time. Now, technology appears to be pushing the other way. The new results are in from a 2025 ...

Convoluted scheme to pay parents to stay at home

Columns

Vice President JD Vance wants to pay married parents to stay home with their children, and he wants to do it with money Congress appropriated to help low-income families afford day care. Whatever one thinks of the goal, which may prove popular, the proposal fails every test we should apply to ...