The Kitchen Sink and John McCain
Accurately, the Washington Post summed up the climax of the extravaganza that the ruling class staged on the occasion of Senator John McCain’s death: “the […]
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The Rise and Fall of the Alt Right
With Russiagate increasingly looking like a deep state and Clinton campaign-manufactured bugaboo, a new brand of leftist McCarthyism has reared its head—namely, trying to seek […]
McCain’s Friends and Family Did Him No Honor
De mortuis nil nisi bonum. No one could fail to be moved by the sight at his funeral Saturday of Senator McCain‘s centenarian mother and […]
Do-Nothing Republican Senate Goes Home
The Senate adjourned this week amid self-administered backslaps for “working hard during August” (they worked a grand total of 6.5 days) and donning self-congratulatory laurels […]
Can Republicans Hold the House?
Some sophisticated polling analysts say an electoral “blue wave” is going to sweep Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) back into the speakership of the House of Representatives […]
Replacing McCain: Sorting Out the Options
The passing of Senator John McCain represents an opportunity for Arizona and for Governor Doug Ducey. McCain was in his sixth term in the senate, […]
NeverTrump Turns to Porn to Make Ends Meet
As Julie Kelly established in these pages last week, when stripped of its Oz-like bluster, Conservative, Inc. is just Bill Kristol behind a curtain pulling […]
McConnell Lauds a Do-Little Congress
After earning plaudits for canceling their August recess to work, the Senate came back into session this week for the first time since August 1. […]
The Untouchables vs. The Deplorables
One reason Donald Trump won the presidency is that Americans are tired of being ignored by the ruling political class. A poll taken several months […]
The Weekly Standard’s Ties to Fusion GPS
In his online appeal for money after being fired this week, disgraced former FBI agent Peter Strzok credited an unlikely source to vouch for his […]
Trump Is Slowly But Surely Reining in the Administrative State
Partisans of an “objective, non-partisan” civil service should be very nervous; rule of law supporters should be ecstatic. Why? Because the administrative state is now […]
Trump Is Not the Reason the GOP Sputtered in Ohio
Last week, Republican Troy Balderson struggled to beat Democrat Danny O’Connor in a House special election in suburban Columbus — an Ohio district the GOP […]
Wisconsin Race Shows the Weakness of Old-Style GOP Politics
Kevin Nicholson is the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate who neither the Wisconsin GOP chieftains nor the Democratic incumbent wants to win. But the political […]
Farewell to the ‘Conservative Movement’
The #NeverTrumpumpkins define themselves by their visceral distaste for the president. He offends their fastidious sensibilities, outrages them with his unfiltered Twitter musings, and violates […]
Will Jim Jordan Bring Trump-Style Attitude to Speakership?
During a campaign rally in suburban Columbus last Saturday, President Trump invited Rep. Jim Jordan to the stage. “How great is he?” Trump asked the […]
A Winning President is Better Than a Presidential President
Donald Trump never studied political philosophy; and for that those of us who have might say, “Thank God.” For one thing he would have been […]
Wisconsin Republican Senate Candidates Try to Woo Trump Voters
For a brief time not long ago, Wisconsin’s political leadership was the power center of the national Republican Party: In 2016, Governor Scott Walker ran […]
GOP Wants to Punt Immigration Until After the Midterms
Though Republicans in Congress are trying desperately to pretend otherwise, immigration policy has never been more in the spotlight. As I wrote last week, a […]
NeoCons’ Newfound Obsession with ‘Don’t Own the Libs’
Nikki Haley’s self-righteous declaration that young conservatives should not try to “own the libs” boils down to the foolish notion that we should not actively […]
Bill Kristol, Hedgehog King
Remember when Bill Kristol said the Iraq War would last two months? It (officially) lasted nine years and cost Americans more than $2 trillion—and we’re […]