Jonah Goldberg

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GOLDBERG: Barrett's 'originalist' stance is the only one that makes sense

Amy Coney Barrett, President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, is an “originalist.” Given that originalism is a term coined by lawyers, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that there are many different flavours of originalism. But, as Barrett explained in her confirmation hearings, they all share the basic idea that the meaning of the Constitution can be found in the Constitution.

October 16, 2020 Columnists

Judge Amy Coney Barrett responds to a question from Democratic vice presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) during the third day of her Senate confirmation hearing to the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Oct. 14, 2020.

GOLDBERG: Trump still deserves credit for Israel deals

By any conventional or historical measure, the recent breakthrough between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain is a good thing, and the Trump administration deserves its share of praise for it. The refusal of much of the media to take this moment seriously only lends credibility to President Donald Trump’s complaints that the media is out to get him. Who does that serve?

September 21, 2020 Columnists

US President Donald Trump makes his way to board Air Force One before departing from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on September 21, 2020.

GOLDBERG: Despite author's claims, there's no defence for looting

Vicky Osterweil, the author of In Defense of Looting: A Riotous History of Uncivil Action , is getting her 15 minutes of fame thanks to a segment on NPR in which she said some really mind-bogglingly dumb, indefensibly evil and fascinatingly reactionary things.

September 5, 2020 Columnists

A window is shattered at an Timberland store along Michigan Avenue after it was looted on August 10, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois.

GOLDBERG: It's not always as easy as asking, 'Why not?'

In George Bernard Shaw’s Back to Methuselah , the serpent says to Eve in the Garden of Eden: “You see things; and you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say, ‘Why not?'”

August 21, 2020 Columnists

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden appears oh stage with his wife Dr. Jill Biden after delivering his acceptance speech on the fourth night of the Democratic National Convention from the Chase Center on Aug. 20, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware.

GOLDBERG: Americans are losing trust in media, and it’s easy to see why

A new, exhaustive study by Gallup and the Knight Foundation found that Americans across the board are losing trust in the media. Some people might be shocked by this finding, but I suspect more people will be shocked to learn that the media had any trust left to lose.

August 7, 2020 Columnists

A woman walks by a mural of George Floyd, in the aftermath of his death in Minneapolis police custody, on the lower east side of New York City, Aug. 7, 2020.

GOLDBERG: Trump’s delay-the-election tweet was just a distraction

On Thursday morning, the Bureau of Economic Analysis announced that the U.S. GDP had the biggest drop in a single quarter in U.S. history.

August 1, 2020 Columnists

President Donald Trump listens during a meeting with members of the National Association of Police Organizations Leadership in the Cabinet Room of the White House July 31, 2020 in Washington.

GOLDBERG: There's idiocy on all sides in the 'law and order' road show

As the Trump administration takes its “law and order” show on the road after a dress rehearsal at Lafayette Square in Washington, D.C., and a soft opening in Portland, Oregon, let me just say I’m disgusted with almost everybody involved.

July 24, 2020 Columnists

Federal officers deploy tear gas and less-lethal munitions while dispersing a crowd of about a thousand protesters in front of the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse on Thursday, July 24, 2020 in Portland, Oregon.

GOLDBERG: Republican Party now belongs to Roger Stone

Roger Stone is an infamously execrable force in American politics. Perhaps his only saving grace is that he’s not a hypocrite about it.

July 18, 2020 Columnists

Roger Stone, former campaign adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, arrives for his criminal trial on charges of lying to Congress, obstructing justice and witness tampering at U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., November 6, 2019.

GOLDBERG: History of U.S. policing gets unfairly twisted

“Policing itself started out as slave patrols. We know that,” Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) declared in an interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier. Clyburn, the House majority whip is the third highest ranking Democrat in Congress. He’s widely respected. And he’s wrong. Or, to be more generous, he’s being irresponsibly sloppy in making a point he’s right about.

June 21, 2020 Columnists

D.C. police officers rest during a protest against racial inequality in the aftermath of the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Washington, D.C., June 6, 2020.

GOLDBERG: Abolishing police departments would make things so much worse

In these trying times, it’s difficult to find something to smile about.

June 11, 2020 Columnists