Trump Derangement Syndrome for Fun and Profit
For the afflicted, Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) is plumbing new depths during their secular Roman holiday known as “Because Trump!” Through the hateful hysteria, a […]
Big Media
All Those Lies on the Border
Much of what has been said of the challenges the Trump Administration faces in its fight against illegal immigration—specifically when it comes to the treatment […]
The Jacket and the Jackasses
A lady wore a jacket, on a ramp onto a plane; Predictably, the media went instantly insane. There arose at once amongst them, quite an […]
What You Missed from Michael Horowitz’s Testimony
In the media’s rush to exploit the plight of migrant children this week, the public testimony of Michael Horowitz has been buried or, more likely, […]
Peter Strzok and Lisa Page: A Deep-State Love Story
Maybe I’m a hopeless romantic clinging to an old-fashioned idea that power really is “the ultimate aphrodisiac,” as Henry Kissinger once said. So while pundits […]
American Greatness and American Venality
One ought to be immune to what Roger Simon splendidly and succinctly called the “festival of hypocrisy” that is the current hysteria over separating family […]
Fake News Finally Scores on Trump
The media earlier this week reported breathlessly that President Trump was separating children from their parents at the border and placing them in cages. Trump […]
Scandals Sanitized with Linguistic Trickery
Throughout Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s massive report on the Hillary Clinton email investigation are lots of strange things. One of the weirdest is […]
The Press Will Stop at Nothing to Get Scott Pruitt
When reporters work too hard to earn a Pulitzer Prize for orchestrating the political assassination of one of the president’s most effective cabinet members, sometimes, […]
Tying Hillary’s Emails to the Russian ‘Collusion’ Probe
The 568-page report released Thursday by Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz may help explain why the investigation of Hillary Clinton’s emails and the […]
The FBI Hates Trump—and His Voters, Too
During his recent book tour, ex-FBI Director James Comey made it clear that he detests Donald Trump. Comey mocked Trump’s appearance—commenting on his “orange skin” […]
Vito Corleone Is a Snowflake
There has been much said about Robert De Niro’s recent mental breakdown at the Tony Awards. No need to completely rehash it here. But one […]
Our Imploding Press
If democracy in the United States is imperiled, as some say it is, then the pregnant question remains: Imperiled by whom? For the Left, Democrats, […]
Moms to Daughters: Don’t Be Ali Watkins
The case of Ali Watkins offers mothers an opening to have an uncomfortable yet necessary conversation with their daughters: Don’t sleep your way to the […]
How Twitter Diplomacy Works
President Trump this week will bust 68 years of diplomatic white paper inertia and meet the leader of a nation with which America has been […]
Without Honest Anger, We Condone Suicide
Friday morning, friends found Anthony Bourdain dead in his upscale hotel room. He had committed suicide. Like Kate Spade, who ended her life mere days […]
If There’s a Red Wave Election in 2018, This Will Be Why
As primaries roll by and the midterms approach, it’s worth remembering that for Republicans 2016 represented an opportunity more than a victory. It was a […]
The Creepy and Creeping Power of Social Media
With the recent revelations that “Google allowed “Nazism” to be associated with the California Republican Party in searches, to YouTube removing purely mechanical gun content, […]
Bullies in the White House Press Corps
Of all the post-2016 credibility casualties—the Clintons, the FBI, Hollywood, professional athletes, late-night comedians—the American news media is the most bloodied. After fluffing Barack Obama […]
These Speakers Go to 11
Pundits in the mainstream American media are driving themselves crazy. Their coverage of President Trump has been at a fever pitch for the past year […]