Posts by James Joyner

James Joyner
About James Joyner
James Joyner is a Professor of Security Studies. He's a former Army officer and Desert Storm veteran. Views expressed here are his own. Follow James on Twitter @DrJJoyner.

Biden Taking Fewer Refugees Than Trump!!!

Stenography is not journalism.

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Raising Taxes on Other People Very Popular

President Biden’s pollster has made an amazing discovery.

Monday’s Forum

Maryland Removes Police Protections over Hogan’s Veto

The Free State may have gotten just a little freer.

Woke Street Journal?

An internal review is calling for America’s business paper to diversify its appeal.

POW/MIA Flag Back Atop White House

Stoking a bizarre fantasy that will not die.

Sunday’s Forum

Trump Judges Will Hit Their Peak in 2040

A quirk in our system combined with shrewd gamesmanship will give them unprecedented power.

Vaccine Disconnect

Refuseniks are far more confident than those already vaccinated.

UN Ambassador’s Chief of Staff Loses Clearance

A bizarre case of bureaucratic ineptitude.

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Defense Department and ‘Extremists’

New screening procedures follow a Department-wide stand-down.

Ultra-Orthodox Schools Teaching Ultra-Orthodoxy

An odd complaint from parents who voluntarily send their kids to religious schools.

Did the Boomers Ruin America?

An interesting but uneven debate.

Philip Mountbatten, 1921-2021

Queen Elizabeth’s husband has died two months shy of his 100th birthday.

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Britain Nears Herd Immunity

More than 73 percent of Britons will be vaccinated or previously-infected by Monday.

Virginia Legalizes Marijuana

My home state has become the first in the South to join the trend.

Vaccine Mandates and Education

The politics and the science are in conflict.

Joe Manchin’s Weird Filibuster Defense

It doesn’t work like the movies, Senator.

Gorsuch and Alito Want to Revisit Religious Accomodations

Is a de minimus standard too small?

Democrats Have 9 Point Advantage

49 percent of Americans lean Democratic, compared to 40 for Republicans. Yet a plurality identify as Independent.

President Joe Biden signs two executive orders on healthcare Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, in the Oval Office of the White House. President Joe Biden signs two executive orders on healthcare Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021, in the Oval Office of the White House.

Biden’s Slow Appointment Process

Key posts across the government remain unfilled.

Tuesday’s Forum

Taking Moot to a Whole Moot Level

Overruling every case President Trump was involved in is getting silly.

The Consolidation of Journalism

The Internet killed the newspaper without really replacing it.

‘Justice’ Difficult in Chauvin Trial

A criminal trial is a poor venue for solving society’s problems.

Omar Says Minneapolis ‘On Edge’ Over Chauvin Trial

Elected officials should not comment on ongoing legal proceedings.

Major League False Equivalence

There’s no voting in baseball.

Vice Among Vice Cops

When the solution is worse than the problem.

Easter Forum

Florida Governor Bans Vaccine Passports

He probably lacks the legal authority. And business interests in is state will fight hard against him.

New York Times Style Change?

A subtle but odd change in house style for the Paper of Record

Americans Ignoring Conflicting CDC Advice

Vaccinations are not keeping up with recklessness.

Capitol Police Officer Killed in Attack

A loon wolf terrorist who followed Louis Farrakhan was responsible.

Ken Burns Blocking BIPOC Filmmakers?

Is he bogarting all the good documentaries?

Biden at Odds with Pelosi and Schumer and SALT Repeal

A Trump-era policy designed to screw over blue states may actually be a good one.

What is Infrastructure, Anyway?

We can all agree that it’s important but not what it is.

G. Gordon Liddy, 1930-2021

The Watergate conspirator, author, and talk show host was 90.

Equal Injustice for All

There’s a right way and a wrong way to improve the system.

Most January 6 Rioters Won’t Go to Jail

Judges are pressuring prosecutors to strike deals, most of which will be for misdemeanors.

Transphobia, Academic Freedom, and the First Amendment

The 6th Circuit is allowing a professor fired for misgendering a transwoman to sue his state university.

President Joe Biden signs executive orders on immigration Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, in the Oval Office of the White House. President Joe Biden signs executive orders on immigration Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, in the Oval Office of the White House.

Biden Pleads with Governors to Reinstate Mask Mandates

A shocking number of states no longer require them and the Leader of the Free World lacks the authority to change that.

COVID Passports Redux

Competing analogies and externalities.