The Real Rising Extremism in America
As the adage goes, “Accuse your opponents of that which you are guilty.” Avoid the blame, or embarrassment, for your own vices by first declaring […]
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When Christianity Trumped the Constitution
Guess who spoke these words: I believe no one can read the history of our country without realizing that the Good Book and the spirit […]
Amnesty By Consensus
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) called a two-hour family meeting of Republicans on Thursday in a last-ditch attempt to head off amnesty votes on the […]
State of Resistance: What John Cox’s Top-Two Win Means
Now it’s a proper race. Republican John Cox finished second in Tuesday’s top-two gubernatorial primary. He’ll face Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom in November’s general election […]
The Republican Establishment is Playing Us
Mitch McConnell announced Wednesday that he would terminate the Senate’s summer recess. And, that, ladies and gentlemen, is how you know we are entering a precarious […]
Separating the Diamonds from the Ashes in the California Primary
Understandably, many write off California as a lost cause. Others, possessed of eternal optimism, claim that California can still be saved. The June 5 primaries […]
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 […]
How to Resurrect California’s Republican Party
Anyone taking a look at California’s June 2018 state primary ballot would have plenty of evidence to suggest the Republican Party in that state is […]
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 […]
Why Trump May Be America’s Last Republican President
Competence doesn’t win elections: bribery does. This is the central lesson in The Dictator’s Handbook, a book which studies politics in terms of interpersonal relationships […]
#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 […]
House Republican Leaders Dally and Delay on Immigration
Democrats in the House of Representatives are currently two GOP signatures away from forcing a series of votes designed to pass amnesty for upwards of […]
Trump’s Lesson to California Republicans
California’s top-two primary might finally produce an interesting statewide race for governor. And President Donald Trump might be a pivotal reason why. A half-dozen prominent […]
Feeling Berned in Budapest
During a recent trip to Budapest, I met an American liberal who took just 47 minutes to tell me to go and screw myself. Well, […]
The Respect Deficit
He was duly and legally elected. It was a surprise to many and a great disappointment to a large number of voters. Many were enraged […]
America 2.0
The government so carefully and brilliantly designed by the Framers and embodied in the Constitution is no more. Don’t believe me? Here is James Madison’s […]
GOP Tunnel Vision in Skirmish Over McCain Funeral Wishes
At first glance, John McCain’s reported desire to have Barack Obama but not Donald Trump at his funeral seems to highlight the dumbest division yet […]
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 […]