The RAISE Act Could Boost U.S. Fortunes. Here’s Why…
President Trump this week provoked yet another media meltdown by endorsing the RAISE Act, an immigration reform bill sponsored by Senators Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and […]
Trump White House
How to Right the Ship
Ever since Donald Trump declared his candidacy for the presidency, the media assault on him, his family, and his supporters has been blistering and relentless. […]
Jeff Flake’s Flaky ‘Conservatism’
U.S. Senator Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) has written a terrible screed against Donald Trump posing as a conservative, arguing that Trump must be toppled or the […]
Who’s Really Lying About Climate Change?
Arnold Schwarzenegger really should be careful about calling people liars. Especially when he’s trying to pass off faith as scientific fact. Maybe you saw the […]
Why is Everyone Suddenly Quoting Thucydides?
Currently, the historian Thucydides is the object of debate among those within the Trump Administration and its critics, who, like scholars of the last three […]
Great Again
Everyone who follows American affairs should understand that the country is now in what amounts to a second, but non-violent civil war. There are still […]
About That ‘Private’ Meeting With Putin…
Ian Bremmer, the bookish president of the Eurasia Group, the world’s largest geopolitical risk firm, broke a story that MSNBC has turned into the next […]
What Happened to America’s Elite? Part II
In a previous article at American Greatness, I addressed the history of American higher education from the Founding until our time. This history, I suggested, […]
Mueller’s Investigation Must Be Limited and Accountable
How much goalpost moving should be tolerable in the Trump-Russia collusion investigation? Remember, we started with an allegation that the Trump campaign may have been […]
Memo to DeVos: Roll Back the Title IX Madness
Imagine for a moment you’re the male student at Amherst College, who, after a night out drinking with friends, accompanied a fellow student back to […]
Understanding Trump’s Geopolitics
Like many, I was pleased by Donald Trump’s recent speech to the Polish people. Many commentators have lauded (or lamented) the fact that it was […]
Russia Still Has Nukes, Let’s Not Forget
Russia has become elevated in the minds of our foreign policy and military decisionmakers as the Number One Enemy. While President Obama mocked Mitt Romney […]
The Russia House: Pope or Kafka?
Not the Pope, Francis the anti-American environmentalist Jesuit. No, I mean Alex, the 18th-century English poet. Here’s my question: Is the whole Russia-meddled-in-U.S.-election/Donald-Trump-colluded-with-Putin-to-snatch-the-presidency-from-its-rightful-owner,-H.-Clinton narrative an […]
A Swing and a Miss with the Qatar Crisis
In baseball, a “cutter” is a fastball that darts away from the pitcher’s throwing hand as it nears home. The goal being to convince the […]
Qatar Needs to be Brought to Heel
Since June, a Saudi Arabian-led coalition of Arab states that includes Egypt and Jordan have initiated a blockade against the small Arab state of Qatar. […]
James Mattis the Teacher
I guess that in this day and age, we shouldn’t be surprised that a high school student was able to obtain Secretary of Defense Jim […]
Comey’s Flynn Spin, Part II: The Dog that Didn’t Bark
If in the Oval Office President Trump was looking for some of the “honesty” Jim Comey promised him, he sure didn’t get it. (Read Part […]
Adam “Pathfinder” Schiff: Stalking the Kremlin or the Chupacabra?
My radio colleague John Batchelor has pegged U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-NY) as “the Pathfinder.” The reason being that, as ranking Democrat on the House […]
The Curious Case of Ben Sasse
Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska has become something of a lightning rod on the Right. Many movement conservatives are drawn to his erudite and scholarly […]
Comey’s Flynn Spin, Part I: “Something Big is About to Happen”
To grasp the distortion James Comey makes of his February 14 meeting with President Trump, first review the meeting of January 27. In a previous […]