Jonah Goldberg

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GOLDBERG: Outrage over billionaires' tax returns ignores basic facts

ProPublica obtained the tax returns of the richest Americans and discovered what every informed person already knew: They don’t pay as much in income taxes as some people would like them to. This is being called a great scandal by many Democrats and liberal journalists.

June 12, 2021 Columnists

The U.S. Internal Revenue Service building is seen on the first work day for furloughed federal workers following a 35-day partial government shutdown in Washington, DC, January 28, 2019.

GOLDBERG: The people we owe in Afghanistan

I think Joe Biden’s decision to fully withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan is a mistake. It’s mistaken on strategic and moral grounds. I hope I’m wrong. But when even administration officials, and experts who favour the decision, concede that our pullout – of a very small contingent of troops – could result in a Taliban takeover it seems a safe bet that it will happen.

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June 5, 2021 Columnists

In this file photo taken May 28, 2021, Afghan former interpreters for the French forces gather during a demonstration at Shahr-e Naw Park in Kabul.

GOLDBERG: Anti-Trump sentiment fuelled dismissal of Wuhan lab theory

A remarkable consensus has emerged in the last few weeks: It’s no longer crazy to think that the COVID-19 pandemic was the result of a “lab leak” in Wuhan, China.

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May 28, 2021 Columnists

A resident wears a mask while walking in front of a closed of Huanan seafood market on February 9, 2021 in Wuhan, China.

GOLDBERG: Biden and other politicians use competition as a marketing tool

In his address to Congress last month, President Biden used some variant of “compete” a dozen times.

May 16, 2021 Columnists

U.S. President Joe Biden answers a question as he holds his first formal news conference as president in the East Room of the White House in Washington, March 25, 2021.

GOLDBERG: Biden's overreach doesn't match campaign rhetoric

Joe Biden didn’t just campaign as a moderate. He signaled again and again that he would be an affable placeholder president who’d clean up the messes created by his opponent, mend some fences with allies and get the pandemic under control.

April 30, 2021 Columnists

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about his $2 trillion infrastructure plan during an event to tout the plan at Carpenters Pittsburgh Training Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., March 31, 2021.

GOLDBERG: Biden citing the wrong reasons for Afghanistan withdrawal

President Biden has decided to end the war in Afghanistan. He feels it’s time, and so do a lot of Americans.

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April 18, 2021 Columnists

Security personnel arrive near the site of an attack near the Bagram Air Base In Parwan province of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019.

GOLDBERG: 'Jim Crow' criticism of Georgia voting law doesn't fit

The debate over Georgia’s new voting law has been deeply depressing to watch for a number of reasons. The first is that it hasn’t really been a debate so much as a lot of performative shouting from all directions.

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April 11, 2021 Columnists

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks at a news conference about the state's new Election Integrity Law that passed last week at AJ’s Famous Seafood and Poboys in Marietta, Saturday, April 10, 2021.

GOLDBERG: How long will Biden remain immune to satire?

There’s a difference between saying something can’t be done and recognizing that you can’t do it. For instance, I can’t run a marathon – at least not without some profound lifestyle changes. But that doesn’t mean marathons can’t be run. Happens all the time, just not by me.

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March 13, 2021 Columnists

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about foreign policy at the State Department in Washington, Feb. 4, 2021.

GOLDBERG: Bipartisan American dysfunction fuels reckless spending sprees

After the Senate passed the $1.9 trillion “American Rescue Plan,” President Joe Biden came out to take a bow. This measure came “not a moment too soon,” he said. “For over a year, the American people were told they were on their own.”

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March 11, 2021 Columnists

US President Joe Biden speaks before he signs the American Rescue Plan on March 11, 2021, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC.

GOLDBERG: Democratic Party is literally the party of government

The Democratic Party is often called the party of government ideologically. This is so obviously true it’s not worth belabouring. There’s nothing inherently wrong with that. We have a federal government for a reason, and there are things it should do. Reasonable people can debate what those things are.

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February 27, 2021 Columnists

Jonah Goldberg

LATEST STORIES BY JONAH GOLDBERG

GOLDBERG: Outrage over billionaires' tax returns ignores basic facts

GOLDBERG: The people we owe in Afghanistan

GOLDBERG: Anti-Trump sentiment fuelled dismissal of Wuhan lab theory

GOLDBERG: Biden and other politicians use competition as a marketing tool

GOLDBERG: Biden's overreach doesn't match campaign rhetoric

GOLDBERG: Biden citing the wrong reasons for Afghanistan withdrawal

GOLDBERG: 'Jim Crow' criticism of Georgia voting law doesn't fit

GOLDBERG: How long will Biden remain immune to satire?

GOLDBERG: Bipartisan American dysfunction fuels reckless spending sprees

GOLDBERG: Democratic Party is literally the party of government

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