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Charles Fain Lehman
Charles Fain Lehman is a fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a senior editor of City Journal.
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The Real Problem with Trump’s National Guard Deployments
Crime should be treated like the serious social issue it is, not an exercise in political point scoring.
Charles Fain Lehman
Charles Fain Lehman: Don’t Tolerate Disorder
Shocking killings are the product of failure: to deter offenders, to sanction inciting speech, and to assert that the law is the law and should be…
Charles Fain 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?
Charles Fain Lehman
Fight Club: Execute Luigi Mangione?
Charles Fain Lehman says Mangione’s alleged crime is the very reason the death penalty exists. Nick Gillespie says the government has no business taking…
Charles Fain Lehman  and Nick Gillespie
Elon Musk, Ashley St. Clair, and the New Moral Majority
The billionaire has fathered as many as 13 children by four women. But who’s counting? Interestingly, not MAGA Republicans.
Charles Fain Lehman
The Folly of Freeing Ross Ulbricht
Trump’s pardon of the drug kingpin repudiates everything he ran on.
Charles Fain Lehman
Political Violence Happens Because We Let It
What the ’60s and ’70s tell us about Luigi Mangione and the UHC shooting.
Charles Fain Lehman
Is Election Betting Bad for Democracy?
To the contrary.
Charles Fain Lehman
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