The Limits of American Patience
Not being willing any longer to be manipulated is not succumbing to isolationism. Wondering whether the United States can afford another liability is not mindless […]
Deep State
What Price Victory? What Cost ‘Infinite War’?
President Trump said something this week that flew largely under the radar of a media obsessed with Stormy Daniels and whether it can get the […]
Trump Is Right to Fear Amazon
President Trump’s feud with the shopping giant Amazon is both welcome and overdue. Welcome, because Amazon’s ambitions extend well beyond the monopoly power that Trump […]
New York Times Melts Down Over EPA’s Secret Science Ban
The New York Times is spittin’ mad at Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt. In just the past week, the paper has attacked Pruitt four […]
Trump Won the Schumer Shutdown, Time to Do It Again
Everyone wants President Donald Trump to “get tough.” Tough with special counsel Robert Mueller. Tough with North Korea. Tough with Russia, and Syria, and trading […]
When the EPA Was Really Corrupt
Who said this? “The EPA is one of the most toxic places in the federal government to work. If you don’t get rid of the […]
‘Chaos’ Theory: Turnover is Good for the Administration
The media spent a lot of time in recent weeks howling about the turnover in the Trump Administration. The Huffington Post, for example, published an […]
Why is the Media Suddenly So Interested in the EPA?
Funny what happens when a Republican wins the White House. The media mob suddenly develops an interest in transparency and fiscal responsibility. This week—in a […]
Have You Seen Your Leaker, Baby, Standing in the Shadow?
Well, I was just passin’ the time . . .” Though I prefer reading back issues of Creem magazine to current editions of “news” publications, […]
Washington’s Fantasies Are Not People’s Reality
The Beltway’s sober and judicious foreign-policy establishment laments Donald Trump’s purported dismantling of the postwar order. They apparently take the president’s words as deeds and […]
The Distortions of Our Unelected Officials
On March 17, ex-CIA Director John Brennan tweeted about the current president of the United States: “When the full extent of your venality, moral turpitude, […]
‘Never Again’? Omnibus Bill Is a Product of the Swamp
Thinking about the $1.3 trillion—that’s “trillion” with a “t” for “terrifying”—omnibus spending bill that President Trump signed on Friday, I wonder who is most unhappy […]
Will $1.3 Trillion Blobnibus Devour the GOP?
In 1958, The Blob appeared in theaters across America. The plot was standard science fiction fare: a meteor lands on the outskirts of a small […]
President Trump Betrayed—Again
Yet again, President Trump’s trust has been betrayed: a cretin from the White House’s inner circle has leaked that Trump was advised not to congratulate […]
Time to End Mueller’s Investigation About Nothing
Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s sprawling investigation into “Trump-Russia collusion” has devolved into a ludicrous media spectacle, a meandering situation comedy “about nothing” that is in […]
The Very Nonpolitical Firing of Andrew McCabe
As if on cue, the Democratic Party’s kept media launched into spinning last week’s firing of FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe as a craven political […]
Poof! Making Documents Vanish is the Democrats’ Way
Often, when I mention Hillary’s emails to people who work in the Defense Department or the Intelligence Community, they say something like, “If I did […]
Scandal Questions Never Asked, Much Less Answered
Sometimes the hysteria of crowds causes them to overlook the obvious. Here is a series of 12 questions that do not seem to trouble anyone, […]
A ‘Higher Loyalty’ to Their Inflated Sense of Virtue
Some portion of the reading public is eagerly awaiting A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership, the aptly titled exercise in self-serving historical revisionism by […]
Of Course Trump Should Defend Himself
House Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) on Sunday suggested President Trump should not publicly criticize Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into his 2016 campaign. […]