Ratcliffe Falls to Intelligence Agency Imperialism
President Trump’s withdrawal of the nomination of U.S. Representative John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) to be director of national intelligence on Friday is the latest of his […]
Administrative State
Food Labeling Follies
California’s Office of Administrative Law (OAL) recently made it official: Your morning cup of coffee won’t give you cancer. Next week’s newsflash probably will be, […]
Fiscal Conservatism, R.I.P.
The drama over congressional testimony from Special Counsel Robert Mueller this week obscured other important legislation before Congress—like the mammoth $2 trillion, two-year budget deal […]
The ‘Marlene Effect’: Why Our Reasonable Neighbors Are Blind to the Deep State
In an essay that I published recently at The American Mind, I argue that we need a conservative revolution to reclaim our constitutional republic. Exposing […]
20th-Century Progressive Politics Continues to Unfold
The West took a turn for the worse about 100 years ago. Three versions of a new political vision—fascism, communism, and progressivism—came to power at […]
After AOC’s Toilet Hysteria, Real Abuse at the Border Is Ignored
The immigration problem today demands a serious debate about how to remedy the situation for the good of the country and its citizens. What we […]
If We Could Put a Man on the Moon . . .
It’s been 50 years since we first landed on the moon. It’s been 46 years, seven months, and four days since we last departed from […]
Trump and the Founders: Just What Jefferson Wanted?
How did the Constitution’s framers envision the presidency? Would Donald Trump be their worst nightmare, or just what they had in mind? We know something […]
Shakespeare at the Pentagon
Scene: A conference room on the 5th floor. Mark Antony rises and moves to the front where a PowerPoint slide displayed on the video wall […]
From Bake Sales to Boardrooms, ‘Woke’ Is Good For Business
Historically, Republicans have been known as the “party of the rich” making them the “oligarchs” and “fat cats” of American politics in the eyes of […]
Swampy Washington Should Not Compound the F-35’s Failure
Mae West famously said that too much of a good thing can be wonderful. Well, Washington lawmakers seem determined to turn that logic on its […]
Boris and the Crybullies
There is little more gorgeous than the enunciated subtle rage of the middle-class English blonde. Such spectacle is well worth the very occasional stoke. After […]
Lessons from Bill: Call the S.O.B.
In January 2016, Bill Clinton’s presidential library made public transcripts of telephone calls between the president and British Prime Minister Tony Blair. The calls, placed […]
I’ve Got a Plan for That!
History is littered with the calamities created by those in possession of little knowledge but tremendous certainty. As the political season heats up it seems […]
Russian Hack or CrowdStrike Ruse?
Robert Mueller may live to regret indicting Roger Stone. Stone is the long-time Republican political operative who made headlines in January when he was hauled […]
Hell No! We Won’t Go (to Kansas City)!
On Thursday, a gaggle of civil servants protested the proposed relocation of a couple of Agriculture Department bureaus from Washington, D.C. to Kansas City, Missouri […]
When Normality Became Abnormal
Donald Trump is many things. But one thing he is not is a defender of the 2009-2016 status quo and accepted progressive convention. Since 2017, […]
Kentucky Fried Bureaucrats: ‘Take Them to Kansas City!’
Once more, life imitates art. And when politics is involved, the genre is usually comedy. This week’s aped art was legendary producer Samuel L. Bronkowitz’s […]
A Conservative Resistance?
Leftists in America treat conservative voters, elected officials, and policies as illegitimate. Should conservative Americans return the favor? Could they? Few outside the corporate leftist […]
John Dean: Still a Crook
There is something retrogressively fetid in the odor wafting from House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerold Nadler’s (D-N.Y.) show trial on Monday. In it, he called […]