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Charles Lehman

Washington, D.C., United States

Senior Editor at City Journal

Contributing Writer at The Dispatch

Fellow @ManhattanInst • Senior Editor @CityJournal • Contributing Writer @thedispatch • fiscally Milton Friedman, socially James Q. Wilson • Opinions my own

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  • 1 day ago | manhattan.institute | Charles Lehman

    How campus protests turned into assassinations and firebombing. Last Sunday, Mohamed Soliman, a 45-year-old illegal alien from Egypt, lobbed Molotov cocktails into a group of people in Boulder, Colorado. He did so, he later told police, because of his hatred for these “Zionists,” who were peacefully marching to demand the release of Hamas’ hostages in Gaza.

  • 1 day ago | thedispatch.com | Jonah Goldberg |Sarah Isgur |Charles Lehman

    From Issus to Kursk. Published June 5, 2025 Bret Devereaux, a Remnant fan favorite, returns to Jonah Goldberg’s Flavian Amphitheater to discuss the world’s oldest counterfactual, the holy grail of source material for classicists, and the top three generals of Western antiquity. Plus: coverage of Ukraine’s recent drone strikes and the contemporary applications of ancient military history.

  • 1 day ago | thedispatch.com | Sarah Isgur |Jonah Goldberg |Charles Lehman

    ‘Democrats have become the party of the groups.’ By and Published June 5, 2025 Sarah Isgur and David French discuss the hottest case on everyone’s lips—Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County—and how buzz around Abundance Democrats may have influenced the outcome. The Agenda:—Some regulatory papers are longer than the railroads entities were requesting to build—Subbing in recused SCOTUS judges, what could go wrong?

  • 1 day ago | thedispatch.com | Charles Lehman

    Last Sunday, Mohamed Soliman, a 45-year-old illegal alien from Egypt, lobbed Molotov cocktails into a group of people in Boulder, Colorado. He did so, he later told police, because of his hatred for these “Zionists,” who were peacefully marching to demand the release of Hamas’ hostages in Gaza. Soliman’s attack follows the murder of Israeli embassy aides Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim two weeks ago, and the April firebombing of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s home by an antisemitic madman.

  • 2 days ago | thefp.com | Charles Lehman

    The Murder Rate Is Plummeting. You’ll Never Guess Why. America’s big cities are returning to law and order—but have they learned their lesson? Some good news you may have missed: The murder rate is plummeting. After a bloody three-year surge, there were fewer than five murders for every 100,000 Americans last year, crime analyst Jeff Asher has estimated, a 14 percent decrease from 2023.

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30 May 25

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I’d like people to really think through how a dog is supposed to be hurt by licking peanut butter off of erogenous zones, but not hurt licking if off a hand. All it is is a mental defect, which should be overcome.

Charles Fain Lehman
Charles Fain Lehman @CharlesFLehman
29 May 25

RT @arpitrage: Interestingly the "abundance" framing plays much better among Republican voters than Democrats, who instead prefer populist.

Charles Fain Lehman
Charles Fain Lehman @CharlesFLehman
29 May 25

RT @ManhattanInst: On today’s @CityJournal podcast: What does the Trump administration’s pause on student visa appointments mean for Americ…