Fifty Years of Deep State Propaganda
Not only does Richard Nixon deserve a sober reevaluation, but some of his more vocal critics deserve a sober second look as well.
Joe Biden’s Misery Index Rises
Highlights in this week of continuing political disappointment.
Ranking the Presidents Once More
Though most historians remain partisan Democrats, the passage of time demonstrates how partisanship recedes in these assessments of America’s presidents.
China vs. America
The longer the West placates China and pretends that it is not being aggressively challenged by China and is currently losing that challenge, the more the future of the West will be in doubt.
China’s COVID Coup
China deserves credit for a remarkable feat of strategic improvisation in translating a public health crisis into a large economical and geopolitical advance at the expense of the West.
The Real Threats to Our Democracy
Electoral shenanigans and the abdication of judicial responsibility are the real threats to our democracy. Let the audits proceed.
China Is the Big Winner from Our COVID Hysteria
China has won this round so completely that the administration is visibly dazed, and is lashing out at the wrong opponents.
Guilt for January 6 Belongs With Those Most Eager to Condemn It
George Will, Peggy Noonan, and other estimable friends bear a heavy responsibility in the disaster that has now been riveted on the backs of the American people and the world.
The Franco and American Problem
France is calling for adherence to its vital center, ahead of the possibility of taking distastefully firm action. The United States has a simpler problem in resurrecting its vital center.
Rage of the NeverTrumpers
Their fury now is designed to assuage their guilt. It will not succeed, even in that.
Liz Cheney and the ‘Big Lie’
When the No. 3 House Republican gets the high jump this week, the real loser will be the attempt to suppress any real examination of what happened in the last election.
Biden Is Still No FDR
Comparisons are often odious but this one is simply an outrage.
Big Business Joins the Other Crumbling Pillars of Society
As with all the other pillars of traditional America, business has gone horribly wrong.
The GOP’s Trump Solution
At some point, the former Republican establishment will have to familiarize itself with the consequences of being defeated by Donald Trump within its own party.
Biden’s Chamber of Confected Hatreds
It was impossible to foretell that the reaction of the post-Reagan bipartisan and political class to its being rejected would be not only to confect defamatory hatred against Trump but of America.
A Self-Loathing Ruling Class Cannot Endure
The U.S. now has an official regime of lies, supported by an almost worthlessly dishonest media, and scores of millions of Americans brainwashed into the false view that they live in an evil country.
Will the West Be Lost?
No one could have imagined that we would so quickly squander the West’s mighty and bloodless strategic victory in the Cold War.
The Trump-Hate Coalition Is Crumbling
The wheels are coming off the rickety anti-Trump coalition in all four directions.
Biden Administration’s Flotsam and Jetsam Won’t Pass for Policy
There is no reason to believe that this drifting flotsam of a government has any other idea of what to do with the responsibility it must soon start to discharge.
H.R. 1 is Emblematic of the Crisis of American Democracy
There is no possibility that properly apprised of the contents of H.R. 1, the American people would approve of it.