The Manipulative Nature of Trump’s Critics
From the moment he was elected, President Trump’s opponents made a concerted effort to discredit him by portraying him as illegitimate. If he’s illegitimate, he […]
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As #TheResistance Burns, America Yawns
Thanks to a largely self-inflicted wound, President Trump just had the worst week of his presidency—or so we are told by our political and media […]
A Look at Helsinki from a Friendly Critic
President Trump took a risk by meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki on Monday. My friend and sometimes colleague, Angelo Codevilla, with whom […]
Why Trump’s Detractors Cry ‘Treason’
President Trump is, as ever, fortunate in his enemies. Whatever one thinks of what he said in Helsinki, the overreaction is helping him plow through […]
A Ghastly and Tasteless Escalation of Tensions…With Ourselves
The response to the Helsinki meeting has been so extreme on all sides that questions about the maturity, stability, and intelligence of the entire American […]
Trumping Experts and Russia
Watching the political class melt down on Twitter and in the media in the wake of President Trump’s Monday press conference with Vladimir Putin, I […]
Trump Must Navigate in a Wilderness of Mirrors
So the Straight Arrow has now gone and indicted a dozen members of the Russian military intelligence service, the GRU, on charges relating to—stop me […]
Intelligence Community Has Made the U.S. a Blind Giant
Nations require intelligence to see their way through the dark alleys of international relations. For that reason, and above all in the modern era, they […]
Transparency Would Wipe the Smirk Off Strzok’s Face
Normally, a congressional hearing is not the place to look for revelations of undiscovered truths. Typically, not much “hearing” happens at a hearing, anyway. It’s […]
Trump Will Win This Round With the Deep State
When the cant and emotionalism subside, the Helsinki summit will go down in history as a turning point in this American president’s struggle to disembowel […]
What Critics Missed About the Trump-Putin Summit
When Presidents Trump and Vladimir Putin ended their joint press conference in Helsinki, the punditocracy predictably swarmed all over it like ants around a pile […]
Peter Strzok’s Affair is a National Security Crisis
FBI agent Peter Strzok held one of the most important national security positions in the entire bloated federal government. Strzok was the chief of the […]
Brett Kavanaugh Isn’t Defined by the Swamp that Spawned Him
Americans are asking themselves: Who is Brett Kavanaugh, and what kind of Supreme Court justice will he make? The answers are myriad and mostly speculative. […]
Ms. Page Regrets She’s Unable to Testify Today
Subpoenas do not come with the option of regrets. At least, that’s how it’s supposed to work. For Lisa Page, however, one half of the […]
Fusion GPS Targets Jim Jordan
Congress is slowly closing in on exposing the media’s shameful role in perpetuating the Trump-Russia collusion myth on the American people. Prominent news organizations are […]
Julian Assange, CrowdStrike, and the Russian Hack That Wasn’t
Robert Mueller’s investigation into the 2016 presidential election is predicated on Russian intelligence having hacked the Democratic National Committee’s computers. Russia’s guilt is such an […]
What the Health of the Body Politic Needs Now
Our body politic operates much like our own bodies, alternating between different levels of awareness and activity as it experiences and responds to stimuli. The […]
Nunes Targets the Real Collusion: The Media and DOJ
Congress is finally closing in on the biggest perpetrator of the Trump-Russia election collusion hoax: the American news media. After taking an eight-year break from […]
Questions Linger in the House IT Scandal
There’s stench rising from the House side of the Capitol this week, and no, it’s not just the usual smell of D.C. in the oppressive […]