There are, by my count, three remaining real profanities in American English, words that may be uttered in polite society only transgressively. Those three words are all personal slurs: one racial, one sexual, one relating to sexual orientation. In a sense, that speaks well of us. The words that are forbidden … Read More

Enemy of the People Update It isn’t safe out there these days if one is a Trump supporter exercising one’s right to participate in the American political process. You have to look out for lunatics in vans, lunatics with cane swords, and lunatics who wake up looking like mug shots and slap kids. If —

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks to reporters after the weekly policy lunch in Washington, D.C., May 14, 2019. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters) Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) has announced that the Senate will consider two pieces of pro-life legislation later this month. One is the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, which received a hearing

I am uniquely blessed to be Rush Limbaugh’s brother in ways too numerous to count, and I am blessed to be in the special position of witnessing firsthand the outpouring of love and prayers from his family, friends, and fans. His wife, Kathryn, has been amazing and a rock throughout. I could fill a book

Sen. Lindsey Graham attends an event celebrating the anniversary of the White House’s Women’s Global Development and Prosperity initiative at the State Department in Washington, D.C., February 12, 2020. (Leah Millis/Reuters) Senator Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) on Thursday expressed “complete confidence” in Attorney General William Barr following an interview in which Barr complained that President

The most basic rule of democracy is that everyone must accept the results of legitimate elections. Accepting election results is the sine qua non of democracy. It is accepting election results that makes peaceful transitions of office possible, and that avoids civil wars. There is no clearer example of the contempt that the Democrat Party

Roger Stone speaks after his appearance at Federal Court in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., January 25, 2019. (Joe Skipper/Reuters) President Trump on Thursday accused the lead juror in the case against his longtime associate Roger Stone of “significant bias,” just as Democrats are casting the president’s comments on the Stone case as an attempt to influence

They Can’t Really Be This Stupid, Can They? There was a time when I used to have nothing but praise for Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s political instincts and acumen, despite the fact that she represented the other side. In her first incarnation as Speaker of the House, Pelosi was extraordinarily shrewd and powerful. She managed to

A bill banning preferential treatment on the basis of race, ethnicity, and sex in public contracting, education, and employment — a.k.a. “affirmative action” — has advanced through the Idaho legislature’s relevant house committee. The heart of the bill is straightforward and should not be controversial: The state shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment

The “expert” predictions of economic disaster should Donald Trump win the 2016 election did not occur. Under Trump, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq composite have reached historic highs while unemployment for blacks and Hispanics have hit historic lows. In the wake of Trump’s undeniable economic success, what is the 2020 Democratic Party argument

(Pixabay) It’s important for schools to keep their students safe, but it’s also clear that these kinds of zero tolerance policies tend to do more harm than good. A school district in Pennsylvania called the police on a six-year-old with Down Syndrome because she made a finger-gun gesture at her teacher, the girl’s mother says.

The true north strong and free, as the Canadian national anthem has it, is no longer true, strong or free. It is still north, of course, but this is no cause for celebration. While retaining its position on the geographical compass, it has lost its place on the moral compass. Our “basic dictatorship”-loving Liberal Prime

Senator Elizabeth Warren speaks to the media as the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump continues in Washington, January 27, 2020. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren called on Wednesday for Attorney General William Barr to “resign or face impeachment” after the Justice Department pushed back on prosecutors’ “excessive” sentencing recommendation for President Trump’s

Smells Like Commie Spirit Grab your beverage of choice and please enjoy this New Hampshire post mortem briefing. The Democrats got through Round 2 of their 2020 primary-slog with far less drama than they dealt with in Round 1. All was wrapped up in a timely fashion, the only embarrassment this time being the fact

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir delivers a speech inside Parliament in Khartoum, Sudan, April 1, 2019. (Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters) Sudan will hand over its former president, Omar al-Bashir, to the International Criminal Court to be tried on genocide and war-crimes charges, Sudanese officials said Tuesday. Al-Bashir, 76, was toppled amid domestic protests in 2019 after 30

President Donald Trump “saved the United States,” says former Trump adviser Steve Bannon. He’s one of the “smartest, most clever, and successful” presidents, says Fox’s Jeanine Pirro. No, he’s “dumb and racist,” says comedian Seth Meyers, and guilty of “rampant corruption,” say commentators on MSNBC. The man divides opinion like no one else in America.

Entrepreneur Andrew Yang walks through a crowd of media after the sixth 2020 Democratic presidential candidates campaign debate at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, Calif., December 19, 2019. (Kyle Grillot/Reuters) Entrepreneur Andrew Yang announced this evening that he’s suspending his presidential campaign, and I, for one, am sorry to see him go. Did I

Another rambling affair, but with enough salient nuggets to make it worth anyone’s time. Grandpa Stalin is atop the Democratic national polls now and I decided to try and wrap my head around what a Bernie candidacy might entail. I’ve been rather dismissive of him to this point, but I think we have to wonder

Roger Stone, former campaign adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, arrives for his criminal trial at U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., November 6, 2019. (Tom Brenner/Reuters) The Justice Department will revise its sentencing recommendation for Roger Stone after President Trump slammed the initial recommendation as a “miscarriage of justice,” according to a report from

Clean Up On Aisle Failure My various misgivings with the mainstream media and liberal bias are never-ending and well-chronicled. There are cyclical variations on a theme, with some themes cropping up more than others. A recent peeve of mine is the continued use in the political press of the phrase “Never Trump Republicans.” It’s been

Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at a news conference in Manchester, N.H., February 6, 2020. (Mike Segar/Reuters) We have two camps committed to protecting and expanding welfare benefits for those who need them least. President Donald Trump has submitted a budget blueprint to Congress, and Congress will ignore it, as tradition, the Constitution, and prudence all

MOUNTAIN CITY, Georgia — Just off U.S. Highway 23, along the spectacular views of the Blue Ridge Mountains, T.J. Smith spends his days continuing the tradition of the iconic Foxfire Fund: an enterprise driven by young people whose respect for the land and culture, and understanding of the importance of preserving that culture’s stories, has

Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event in Somersworth, N.H., February 5, 2020. (Rick Wilking/Reuters) Let us count the ways in which Joe Biden misunderstands gun rights. Struggling Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden unleashed another incoherent rant about gun rights in front of a group of New Hampshire residents this weekend. While

After President Donald Trump’s impeachment acquittal, Democrats and liberals have joined Trumper Steve Schmidt in claiming that the president is “above the law” and has become something more than a president, like, I don’t know, an “emperor,” mayhaps? Many have long suggested that America — a historic republic in some degree fashioned on the model of

Former FBI Director James Comey speaks to the media after giving a private deposition to the House Judiciary and House Government and Oversight committees, December 7, 2018. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) Get a grip: The president’s critics are not being rounded up and sent to death camps. They’re landing book deals and TV gigs. Lawfare’s Benjamin Wittes,

In 1971, direct-mail salesman Morris Dees got religion. He made his fortune teaming up with Millard Fuller — the man who would go on to found Habitat for Humanity — and Fuller had given away his fortune to become a missionary. Dees, who regretted not getting involved in the civil rights movement of the 1960s,

Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H., February 7, 2020. (Mike Segar/Reuters) The problem with ‘democratic socialism’ is that it is both. New Orleans Iain Murray grew up reading and writing by candlelight, not because he lived in premodern times but because he lived under democratic socialism. Senator Bernie Sanders of

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he departs for travel to North Carolina from Washington, D.C. February 7, 2020. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) If the election is a choice between ‘mean’ and ‘crazy,’ the odds favor ‘mean.’ This past week many Democrats began saying publicly what they have been agonizing about privately: It’s entirely possible Donald

In the second part of my interview with Fr. McTeigue, Jesuit priest, philosopher, radio host, and former professor, we talk about chastity and why it matters for health and happiness. McTeigue tears down common lies about sex and happiness that the oversexualized culture has foisted on us for too long.  Join us! Megan Fox is

President Jimmy Carter at the White House in 1977 (LIbrary of Congress) 2009—Three decades later, President Carter’s sorry judicial legacy lives on. A three-judge district court consisting of three Carter appointees—Ninth Circuit judge Stephen Reinhardt and senior district judges Lawrence K. Karlton and Thelton E. Henderson—issues a “tentative ruling” that finds that overcrowding in California’s