John R. Coyne Jr.

Author Archive

  • November 1, 2019
  • September 25, 2019
    “When Thomas Paine appealed to ‘common sense’ to make the case for American independence, it probably never crossed his mind that there would ever be a need to make...
  • August 29, 2019
    Earlier this month, in proceedings reportedly leaked from an internal meeting of The New York Times top staffers with Executive Editor Dean Baquet (they leak there, too), Mr. Baquet...
  • August 21, 2019
    Kevin D. Williamson, longtime columnist and roving correspondent for National Review before and after a much-publicized brief interlude at The Atlantic, has worked as deputy managing...
  • August 9, 2019
    On a weekend some four decades ago, my then-4-year-old daughter, Charity, one of four perfect children, answered the phone at our home in Maryland. “This is the...
  • July 23, 2019
    “Justice on Trial” is a strongly written, impeccably researched account of the appointment of Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, solid in its...
  • April 24, 2019
    Douglas E. Schoen, who makes frequent appearances on Fox News and contributes regularly to a variety of publications, among them The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post, is a...
  • March 22, 2019
    “This book is about two mysteries,” writes Ben Shapiro, editor in chief of the Daily Wire. “The first mystery: Why are things so good? The second mystery: Why...
  • March 20, 2019
    Arthur C. Brooks is the president of the American Enterprise Institute, where great Americans and others of note at one time or another come to think things through. The common...
  • March 8, 2019
    Timothy Carney is the commentary editor of the Washington Examiner, a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the author of two well-received books, the most recent...