What’s the Hurry to End the Shutdown? Government shutdowns are supposed to favor Democrats, according to conventional wisdom. All they need do, pundits pompously declare, is wait patiently until the Republican President caves into … [Read more...] about What’s the Hurry to End the Shutdown? — January 2019
Shutdown Blues Will Grip Democrats
Government shutdowns are supposed to favor Democrats, according to conventional wisdom. All they need do, pundits pompously declare, is wait patiently until the Republican President caves into their demands. That is the mindset that brought … [Read more...] about Shutdown Blues Will Grip Democrats
Trump’s Christmas Echoes the One in 1776
For the 22nd time since 1975, an impasse between Congress and the President has resulted in a partial shutdown of non-essential government offices. Like the 21-day shutdown in 1995-96, this one is occurring over the Christmas holidays when little … [Read more...] about Trump’s Christmas Echoes the One in 1776
Entrapment of Flynn Takes Another Dark Turn
Life in the Deep State took another dark turn on Tuesday, at the sentencing of Lt. General Michael T. Flynn that did not happen. Instead, he was asked if he had committed treason, which is something not even the partisan Mueller prosecutors ever … [Read more...] about Entrapment of Flynn Takes Another Dark Turn
Trump Derails the Marrakech Express
A new attempt to impose globalism unfolds in Marrakech, Morocco, under the guise of helping migrants. Most of the 193 countries in the United Nations convened there in order to create new international law to require every participating country to … [Read more...] about Trump Derails the Marrakech Express
Trump Train Pauses for One Who Missed It
Amid well-deserved praise for former President George H.W. Bush, unfortunately he did miss the Trump Train. Yet President Trump is showing his class by paying his respects anyway. It is difficult to imagine two Republicans who are more different … [Read more...] about Trump Train Pauses for One Who Missed It
Trump Was Right To Rebuke Chief Justice Roberts
President Trump rightly rebuked Chief Justice Roberts for criticizing his factual statements about “Obama judges” consistently ruling against the Trump Administration. Liberals are gaming the court system by running to activist judges in San … [Read more...] about Trump Was Right To Rebuke Chief Justice Roberts
Make Tijuana Great Again, and the White House Too
The two-thousand-mile trek of migrants from Honduras arrived to an angry reception in Tijuana, just south of the California border. It was not President Donald Trump who shouted down the illegal aliens camped there, but Tijuana’s own mayor, along … [Read more...] about Make Tijuana Great Again, and the White House Too
Trump Realigns the Political Map
After the Republican Party had been declining in strength in the executive and judicial branches, and in the U.S. Senate, Trump’s realignment has brought new life to all three. The Election Day results dismayed those who predicted a massive blue … [Read more...] about Trump Realigns the Political Map
The Mistake of Early Voting
More than 38 million ballots were cast before Election Day arrived this year, shattering the midterm election record for early voting. That was nearly double the level of early voting in the last midterm election, in 2014, when 21 million voted … [Read more...] about The Mistake of Early Voting