Brian Anderson
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Editor of City Journal, publication of the Manhattan Institute. Opinions my own.
As the Pentagon purges some minorities and women from high-ranking positions, the message being sent to lower-ranking officers is that “they will be assessed on the basis of their gender, race, or politics, rather than their abilities,” @AdamSerwer writes: theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/…
Justice Alito has officially had enough of Justice Jackson.
Crime in New York City continues to fall to historic levels: ➡️ Fewest murders ever recorded through the first four months of the year — and for the month of April ➡️ Major crime down 9.5% ➡️ Shooting incidents and victims down double digits compared to last April ➡️ Retail theft in April plunged nearly 18% citywide This progress is driven by our precision policing strategy: targeting illegal guns, concentrating officers in the places driving violence, and building cases against the crews responsible. The men and women of the NYPD are executing that work remarkably, and the results are clear across the city. nypost.com/2026/05/04/us-…
“But if you get rid of property taxes on primary residences, you’ll have to raise sales taxes!” So what? A consumption tax is always preferable to the state de facto owning your home.
“The now-pessimistic West is beset by the same inherent challenges of success that have recurrently plagued its long 2,500-year history.” Read “The timeless specter of Western decline,” by Victor Davis Hanson. @VDHanson newcriterion.com/article/the-ti…
BREAKING: in recent weeks, some DNC members have privately discussed trying to force Chair Martin out of the job, according to three people familiar with these conversations. The idea was put on hold after members failed to identify an alternative candidate willing to step into the role. scoop from @Lauren_V_Egan thebulwark.com/p/new-drama-in…
Scoop: Nat Sec Action—the foreign policy hub for the left co-founded by Jake Sullivan and Ben Rhodes—is rebooting ahead of the 2028 Dem primary with a new director, and more. Nat Sec Action became a key source for staffing the Biden admin. axios.com/2026/05/03/dem…
Ex-NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani hospitalized in critical condition: spokesperson trib.al/CjDakdM
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Brad Stevens got Exec of the Year for drafting Hugo Gonzalez (solid rookie), signing Luka Garza (ok backup) and trading for Vucevic (unplayable)
Finally caught up with this brilliant piece @nplusonemag This should be required reading for anyone writing on China! nplusonemag.com/issue-52/the-i…
Ok. This is an interesting clip. This is one of the first times I’ve seen a politician running explicitly against the progressive NGO kleptocracy. He’s wrong that these people are ‘socialists’ (they’re kleptocrats who use leftist rhetoric to legitimize themselves) but that’s fine. It’s still very effective rhetorically. The right needs to bring this attack up to scale: the purpose of the DSA is not ‘socialism,’ it’s to maximize public revenue extraction so that upper middle class jobs doing fake work can be doled out to political allies (surplus elites, failed creatives, etc.). It’s important for the public to understand what’s going on here and where their money is going and not only can this be an effective cudgel against the left, but smashing these rice bowls can have all sorts of other positive externalities for our politics.
