American Federalist Journal
Tuesday - April 6, 2021


Anyone Using the 'Jim Crow' Charge as a Political Weapon Should Hang His Head in Shame
Rich Lowry  Tweet

The ridiculously over-the-top accusation is shameful and self-discrediting. ...



Derek Chauvin's Hobbled Defense
Andrew C. McCarthy  Tweet

Focusing on a critical element involving the manner in which George Floyd was ...



The Tax-Subsidy Waltz
Kevin D. Williamson  Tweet

Democrats love nothing more than railing against policies they themselves ...



Major League Baseball and the Voting-Rights Con
Andrew C. McCarthy  Tweet

How to lose the All-Star Game, and everything else, to the ...



Defiant Federal Judge Calls Out the Media-Democrat Complex
Andrew C. McCarthy  Tweet

One D.C. Circuit jurist pulled no punches as he sounded the alarm on 'one-party control of the press and ...



All One Thing or All the Other
Kevin D. Williamson  Tweet

Good Friday reminds us that the red-blue divide in our politics is a proxy for a larger confrontation over the religious character of the ...



Americans Must Never Throw in the Towel
David Limbaugh  Tweet

While we must guard against making politics and patriotism our idols, we don't have to accept the notion that worshiping God requires neglecting what is true, great and good in our earthly ...



A Profound, Unique Event
Erick Erickson  Tweet

When atheists and skeptics argue it would have been easy to pull the wool over people's eyes 2,000 years ago, they take a narrow and bigoted view of culture at the time. They believe something for which there is ample evidence to the ...



Powerful Evidence That George Floyd Resisted Arrest
Andrew C. McCarthy  Tweet

The Derek Chauvin case is more complicated than prosecutors would have ...



Biden's 'Infrastructure' Scam
Kevin D. Williamson  Tweet

The problem is not federal infrastructure spending per se, but 'infrastructure' bills that are in fact political ...



Fight Left-Wing Lies With ... Facts
Larry Elder  Tweet

A couple of years ago, I gave a speech before a conservative, predominantly white audience. I couldn't help but notice a tall, heavyset Black man, arms folded, standing in the back. From time to time, I would look at him, only to see him frown and ...



Floyd Murder Trial: Confrontation with Feisty Witness Brings Chauvin's Defense into Focus
Andrew C. McCarthy  Tweet

On balance, Genevieve Hansen's testimony in the Chauvin trial was helpful to the prosecution, but not as helpful as it should have ...



Prosecutor: Chauvin 'Wouldn't Let Up and Wouldn't Get Up' as George Floyd Slowly Died
Andrew C. McCarthy  Tweet

The state should prevail in this case, especially in light of the ruling that reinstated the 'depraved indifference' murder charge, but it is no sure ...



The Voter-Suppression Lie
Rich Lowry  Tweet

It's not 'Jim Crow' to require ID, to expand weekend voting, or to provide food and drink for the general public near polling ...



Cuomo's Brazen Stalling Strategy
Andrew C. McCarthy  Tweet

The latest scandal on special COVID testing for family members could, ironically, work to the embattled governor's ...



When the Party's Over
Kevin D. Williamson  Tweet

Unless we start getting our fiscal house in order now, we will soon be at the mercy of our ...



The Case for Prosecuting Hunter Biden
Andrew C. McCarthy  Tweet

The basis for a criminal investigation was already considerable before the sudden emergence of an apparent false statement on a firearms ...