Today is the day we ostensibly remember the American Presidents, and as it comes around this year we all know that to say “America First” is racist, anti-Semitic, and evil in all kinds of other ways, and that the best U.S. Presidents have been those who were most respected around the world, in places such

President Trump in Washington, D.C., February 6, 2020 (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) In response to No, Pro-Lifers Shouldn’t Vote for the Democratic Nominee The Washington Post recently ran a column by Michael Gerson entitled “It is Difficult for Pro-Lifers to Vote Democrat. But it is Better than Trump.” Like many pundits, Gerson argues that the president exerts

The Power of the Incumbency Compels You President Trump is certainly enjoying all of the inherent advantages of incumbency as he campaigns for re-election. While the Democrats are flailing and trying to figure out how to count votes or not nominate a communist, the president is using that nice big plane of his, flying all

From left: activist Tom Steyer, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, former Vice President Joe Biden, and Sen. Bernie Sanders during the Democratic primary debate at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, January 14, 2020. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters) A survey of the candidates’ views on criminal justice ‘We need to rethink our approach to public safety,” proclaims Elizabeth Warren,

For proof that Republicans can be just as lazy, self-serving, and cowardly as Democrats, look no farther than the South Dakota Senate. As reported by my colleague Tobias Hoonhout, this week Republican senators Duhamel, Rusch, Steinhauer, and Soholt of the Health and Human Services Committee all joined the … Read More

There is no justice in America when Roger Stone is going to prison for making idle threats and telling tales about irrelevant instant messages while the entire coup conspiracy group of bad actors in our Justice Department and other federal agencies get completely off without even being investigated. Listen to me rant about it on

The Obama administration’s Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) rule was arguably its most radical attempt to “fundamentally transform” the United States. As I wrote at the time, Obama’s AFFH gives the federal government “a lever to re-engineer nearly every American neighborhood — imposing a preferred racial and ethnic composition, densifying housing, transportation, and business development

Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during a campaign rally in Las Vegas, Nev., February 15, 2020. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters) ‘Socialism!’ the Democrats cry. ‘But don’t take us too seriously!’ For once, conservatives were ahead of the curve. American conservatism functioned as a political mass movement in the postwar era not because of the rhetorical gifts of its

Andrew McCabe, while acting director of the FBI, testifies before a Senate committee on Capitol Hill, June 7, 2017. (Kevin Lamarque/ Reuters) The proof that he willfully deceived investigators appears strong, but the Justice Department likely felt there were too many obstacles to convicting him. The Justice Department announced Friday that it is closing its