Jonathan F. Mack, Author at The Western Journal

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Jonathan F. Mack is an attorney and writer from New Hampshire. In recent years, his commentary has appeared frequently in the New Hampshire Union-Leader, the Minnesota Star-Tribune and the American Thinker. His handle is @jonathanfmack on X.

Fences and sand dunes lay in ruin along Ocean City Beach on Sept. 28, 2026, in Ocean City, Maryland.

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Op-Ed

Oh Dear: Nor'easter Wrecks Liberals' Destination Weddings on Nantucket

Here’s one to tickle your schadenfreude funny bone: It has been reported that at least 34 weddings were scheduled on the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts, when the severe nor’easter storm […]

By Jonathan F. Mack September 29, 2026

A sculpture of Roger Conant stands in the center of Salem, Massachusetts, the city he founded.

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Op-Ed

The Left Loves 'Land Acknowledgements': Here's One That Honors Our Forefathers and Actually Tells the Truth About Native Tribes

The land acknowledgements imply that Native Americans once “owned” land which was expropriated or taken by conquest by European settlers. The truth, of course, is more nuanced and complicated.

By Jonathan F. Mack September 13, 2026

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani salutes with Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez during an election rally at Forest Hills Stadium on Oct. 26, 2025, in the Queens borough of New York City.

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Op-Ed

When Liberals Started Defending 'Female Circumcision,' I Knew the Country Had Crossed a Line

With the shift in the Overton Window, Democrats who favor “Medicare for all,” court packing, “abolish ICE” and even boys in girls’ sports qualify as “moderates” simply because they have not topped it off by proposing eliminating the U.S. Senate.

By Jonathan F. Mack September 5, 2026

A U.S. Border Patrol officer searches an illegal immigrant near the U.S.-Mexico border on Dec. 7, 2015 in Rio Grande City, Texas.

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Op-Ed

The Psychology Behind Republicans Who Support Amnesty for Illegals

Several establishment Republicans support amnesty for illegal aliens in spite of the GOP base's feelings on the issue.

By Jonathan F. Mack August 28, 2026

Sen. John Fetterman, a Pennsylvania Democrat, has opposed invocations of the War Powers Act against President Donald Trump and has supported Israel, but how conservative has he really been?

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Op-Ed

Enough Feting of Fetterman

The plaudits and praises of Fetterman have come showering down, but has the purportedly conservative media gotten carried away?

By Jonathan F. Mack August 12, 2026

It's tough to admit, but maybe the establishmentarians are correct for once. Maybe it's not the right time to green-light the filibuster.

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Op-Ed

It's True Even if It Makes You Wince: The GOP Establishment Is Right About the Filibuster

A cost-benefit/risk-reward analysis supports their position, even the repeated schoolyard refrain of “If we don’t do it, the Democrats will.”

By Jonathan F. Mack August 6, 2026

Anti-Israel demonstrators hold signs as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 78th UN General Assembly in New York on Sept. 22, 2023.

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Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Don't Follow the Left into Fratricide Over Israel

Nowadays, attitudes toward Israel have become single-issue deal breakers and drivers of fratricide on the political left.

By Jonathan F. Mack July 28, 2026

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner speaks to voters at a town hall at the Elks Lodge 188 on June 7, 2026, in Portland, Maine.

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Op-Ed

Enter the Downwardly Mobile Anti-Hero Politicians

Graham Platner, Katie Wilson, John Fetterman, and Jack Schlossberg are liberal loudmouths who live off their parents.

By Jonathan Mack July 2, 2026

Oh Dear: Nor'easter Wrecks Liberals' Destination Weddings on Nantucket

The Left Loves 'Land Acknowledgements': Here's One That Honors Our Forefathers and Actually Tells the Truth About Native Tribes

When Liberals Started Defending 'Female Circumcision,' I Knew the Country Had Crossed a Line

The Psychology Behind Republicans Who Support Amnesty for Illegals

Enough Feting of Fetterman

It's True Even if It Makes You Wince: The GOP Establishment Is Right About the Filibuster

Op-Ed: Don't Follow the Left into Fratricide Over Israel

Enter the Downwardly Mobile Anti-Hero Politicians

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