What Didn’t Trump Know? When Didn’t He Know It?
How can a president obstruct justice when he did not know there was any justice to obstruct? For more than a year, Donald Trump’s foes […]
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McCain and Able: In the Arena Till the End
John McCain’s favorite novel is For Whom the Bell Tolls, which is also the title of the new HBO documentary about this man for whom […]
Politically Correct Pedophilia
It’s practically a cliché when an old guy or a conservative complains about declining moral standards. But with the news of a professed pedophile now openly […]
The Scandal on the Other Foot
Consider the following alternate reality. Imagine that it is now summer 2024. A 78-year-old lame-duck President Trump is winding down his second term, basking in […]
Roseanne Got the Shaft
The worst thing about the whole Roseanne Barr Twitter fiasco? It has provided the perennially pouting crew at CNN with fresh material over which to […]
President Trump’s September Surprise
Imagine if, on the evening of Tuesday, September 4, President Trump delivered the following speech from the White House . . . My fellow Americans, […]
The Carnivores of Civil Liberties
After a landslide loss in the 1972 presidential election, the Democratic Party was resuscitated the following year by the Watergate scandal. The destruction of the […]
#Spygate: The Coming Storm
Flash back to September 2016, and let’s revisit a rumor that circulated widely in certain circles. It has been recounted so many times that it […]
Gaslighting Themselves: Why Trump Critics Miss the Obvious
Unlike many American Greatness readers, I both know and respect Bill Kristol. But a tweet of his on Monday crystallized for me why Trump opponents […]
Trump’s Irresistible ‘Trollitics’
What a time to be alive! To witness a president of the United States dismissively tell a brutal communist dictator, “thanks for the hostages,” is […]
On Fightin’ Words, Conflicting Narratives, and Culture Wars
Perhaps because his recent death was on my mind already, the verbal fireworks that erupted like Mt. Kilauea lava bombs last week between deep state […]
Why Democrats Depend Upon Antisemitic Votes
The Anti-Defamation League’s map of antisemitic incidents is almost the same as the map of blue states. Liberal Massachusetts, Florida, Pennsylvania, and California are the […]
‘Madman Theory’ Drives Media Mad
During the 2016 election, candidate Donald Trump reportedly asked a foreign policy advisor why the United States couldn’t use nuclear weapons. His alleged question: “if […]
From Blue Wave to Blue Trickle to Blue Gurgle
Something funny is happening with the much-hyped “blue wave” on the way to the fall midterms. That wave of Democratic candidates that is supposed to […]
Why the ‘Racist America’ Meme is Collapsing
Trump lashed out at undocumented immigrants [sic] during a White House meeting, calling those trying to breach the country’s borders ‘animals,’” tweeted the New York […]
Make America Not Small Again
On the eve of the release of the IG report, President Trump can be seen in relief against the backdrop of a year and a […]
Countdown to Triviality!
One of the great banes of 21st-century American culture is TV’s “countdown clock,” which ominously winds down to the start of a media hyped event. […]
Mueller Year One: The Real Heroes in Journalism
The American media are broken. align=”right” Part one of a two-part series.After eight years of feeding the Obama cult of personality—swooning over his suave personal […]
Prospect of World Peace Threatens Media’s Porn Star Narrative
In the wee hours of the morning, a miracle occurred. The Stormy Daniels coverage dissipated, at least for a few moments, as President Trump welcomed […]
Truman May Have Been the Proto-Trump
When President Harry S. Truman left office in January 1953, most Americans were glad to see him go. Since the introduction of presidential approval ratings, […]