From Tea Party Insurgent to Last Man Standing
There is an irony in the fact that Ron Johnson is the guy who will carry the mantle forward for the Republican Party in Wisconsin. […]
Congress
The Great Wall of America Will Break the Democrats
Democrats know The Wall is imminent. Is their pending dread of it more psychologically damaging to them than would be the actual erection of The […]
The Conservative Coward Caucus
It’s a truism that whenever Republicans are in the minority in Congress, they act like it but whenever the GOP has the majority, they still […]
Up the Populist!
I listened the other day to Tucker Carlson’s populist dirge on what’s ailing America. Then I perused some rejections, critiques, and commendations of it. Then […]
Mitch McConnell’s Complicity with Democrats
The partial government shutdown is well into its second week. And given the mix of Democrat enthusiasm and complete Republican apathy, it looks like it […]
Protecting Cop Killers, Ignoring Their Victims
Shots fired!” radioed Newman, California, police officer Ronil Singh after pulling over a suspected drunk driver the day after Christmas. Those were the last words […]
Shutdown Follies: Down with the Filibuster
There is a different story to be told about the Republicans’ midterm defeat in the U.S. House of Representatives. It has nothing to do with […]
Stuck in the Middle with Mitt
If there’s one thing about Donald Trump all right-thinking folks can wholeheartedly celebrate, it’s the way he’s made the masks slip on so many alleged […]
Actually, 2018 Was a Pretty Good Year
The year 2018 will be deplored by pundits as a bad year of more unpredictable Donald Trump, headlined by wild stock market gyrations, the melodramas […]
The Shutdown Proves How Redundant Government Is
The D.C. media complex is not happy with the partial shutdown of the federal government. The government shutdown drags into the New Year, they tell […]
Question the Ruling Class and Embrace Common Sense Again
At what point do the American people wake up and realize that many of their elected officials, both Democratic and Republican, aren’t actually serving their […]
The Senate Owns This Shutdown
How is the current partial government shutdown going to end? That’s the question echoing down the halls of empty congressional chambers, talk radio, and cable […]
Sweet Shutdown, Roll On
It never seems to occur to the Democrats, currently bellyaching about the largely phantom “government shutdown,” that the last people Donald Trump cares about offending […]
Obstructionist Republicans vs. Trump
Washington is staring into the abyss of its third shutdown in two years. Say what you want about the political utility of a shutdown (and, […]
A Stooge Leaves Congress: Paul Ryan’s Career in Perspective
On January 3, current House Speaker Paul Ryan gets to retire at the ripe old age of 48, but don’t worry, as an entrenched Washington […]
The Wall is Trump’s ‘Read My Lips’ Moment
A major reason that George H. W. Bush was elected in 1988 was his pledge, dramatically enunciated at the Republican National Convention in August of […]
James Wolfe: The Liar No One Is Talking About
In a recent court filing, the defendant’s attorneys begged for mercy. The offender—once a high-level government official assigned with protecting national security secrets—had pleaded guilty […]
Wolfe’s Jail Sentence Is a Rebuke to Senators Burr and Warner
The federal judge who sentenced James Wolfe to prison on Thursday delivered a needed rebuke not only to the Senate Intelligence Committee’s longtime chief of […]
The Eagle and the Dragonfly: How Google Threatens Freedom
Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s recent congressional testimony capped a deservedly rough year for the embattled search giant. While Pichai largely avoided any major missteps in […]
Two More Good Reasons to Shut Down Mueller’s Probe
Two events this week could provide acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker enough reason to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller: The egregious case against General Michael […]