The Conservative Renaissance Has Begun
As President Trump continues to remake the Republican Party in his image, calls for last rites to be given to American conservatism are not just […]
What Message Did We Send in Syria?
Friday’s cruise missile strike on Syria by the United States, Great Britain, and France has received widespread praise for its relative restraint and alleged effectiveness. […]
Voices of the Resistance
My op-ed in The New York Times today on Paul Ryan’s planned departure certainly struck a chord. There were quite a few thoughtful responses to […]
Remember When Feminists Marched Against Pornography?
The Women’s March has gone around the bend. You might be thinking, “You just noticed?” but they’ve staked out a position that makes the hats […]
Good Riddance, Mr. Speaker
In 2016, Wisconsin turned red for Donald Trump but Paul Ryan’s Janesville remained stubbornly blue—so perhaps it is no surprise that the speaker of the […]
What’s At Stake In Syria?
It’s just about a year ago that Syria was last in the news in a big way. Less than 90 days into the Trump Administration […]
Men Like This Are Why America Still Works
There is a great deal of good sense in this short video. https://youtu.be/sQNUp9rgjNs
Is the Free Press Under Attack?
I participated in a symposium yesterday at the National Press Club in D.C. called Truth, Trust, and the First Amendment in the Digital Age. It […]
This Monstrosity of a Spending Bill Will Hurt Republicans
The omnibus spending bill passed in the dead of night and signed into law Friday, on the eighth anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, is […]
The Ruling Class Hates You
I thought love trumps hate. That’s what I’ve been led to believe by an effusion of t-shirts, bumper stickers, and social media postings from the […]
Democrats Fold on Immigration, America Wins
U.S. Senate leaders were all smiles Wednesday as they announced an agreement on a two-year spending plan. The House of Representatives passed a similar continuing […]
Worse Than Watergate
The FISA Abuse Memo is out and now we know why the Democrats were desperate to keep its contents hidden from the public: it confirms the […]
Trump’s First Year: Promises Kept Amid Critical Firestorm
President Trump promised in his first inaugural address that his administration would be guided by one “crucial conviction: that a nation exists to serve its […]
Mr. President, Don’t Betray Your Base With a DACA-Only Deal
President Trump faces a defining moment as he considers what to do about the DACA mess and the wall along the southern border that was […]
Michael Wolff Did Trump a Big Favor
You wouldn’t know it from the media coverage, but President Trump is emerging from the furor over Michael Wolff’s “Fire and Fury” as the winner. […]
Inside the Billionaire’s Blue-Collar Campaign
I thought throughout the 2016 presidential race that if it were a 1980s coming-of-age comedy, the Trump campaign would be the scrappy underdogs from the […]
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day
I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day” has become a holiday standard. It’s been sung by Bing Crosby, Harry Belafonte, Johnny Cash, and Burl Ives […]
How Trump Can Win the GOP’s Great War of Ideas
American conservatives are engaged in a generational struggle for the future. In the political press, with its preference for trivialization over ideas, this fight is […]
What’s At Stake in Alabama
Are we “really capable or not of establishing good government from reflection and choice” or are we “forever destined to depend for [our] political constitutions […]