Reopening America’s Houses of Worship
After nearly nine weeks of self-imposed quarantine, the reopening of America is finally underway. The evidence, such as it is now, suggests the shutdown may have done little to stop…
Memorial Day – Moments to Remember
There are certain incidents, indelibly etched on the memory of the American people, that have done much to shape our national character. Some, like 9/11, are still fresh in our…
Trump’s Leadership Underrated
As the saying around Washington goes, “President Donald J. Trump frequently steps on his own message”. Nowhere is that observation more accurate than in the matter of his leadership during…
The Teflon Campaign
It was congresswoman Pat Schroeder, Democrat from Colorado, who labeled Ronald Reagan the “Teflon” president in a fit of exasperation in August 1983. What frustrated Schroeder was that nothing “stuck”…
THE PURSUIT OF MICHAEL FLYNN AND THE PURSUIT OF JUSTICE
It may just be that Donald Trump’s biggest sin—as it was with Newt Gingrich and Ronald Reagan and others who preceded him on the national stage—is that he has blocked…
COVID-19 is Real, but Some Bailout Demands are as Phony as a Three Dollar Bill
The COVID-19 virus, which was effectively shipped to the U.S. and around the world from China, and the political response to the virus seem to be the lead story every…
America Between Good And Evil
The United States of America is being tested acutely in the crucible of the COVID-19 emergency. This novel coronavirus outbreak has followed closely at the heels of perhaps the most grievous…
Judge Stops Illinois Governor From Extending State Lockdown
In one of the nation’s first successful legal challenges to mandatory quarantine directives, an Illinois state judge has thrown a wrench into Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s extension of his stay-at-home order…
Mail-In Ballots Are a Recipe for Confusion, Coercion, and Fraud
Enormous pressure is being mounted to use our current crisis as an excuse to transform how we vote in elections. “Coronavirus gives us an opportunity to revamp our electoral system,” Obama’s…
Emergencies Do Not Expand Constitutional Power
Fear is a powerful driver of public policy. Ordinarily, that is not greatly troubling. We have speed limits, food sanitation laws, and many other regulations based on rational fear of…
How America Arrived at the Cruel New Normal
Very soon, you and I will have to figure out how to navigate a semi-open America where coronavirus is a terrible fact of life. The lockdowns and stay-at-home orders that…
Media Attack Gov. Kristi Noem For Not Panicking And Destroying Her State
As the Coronavirus spread from Wuhan, China, to the United States, most governors quickly acquiesced to the media’s demand that they force a governmental shutdown of their states in order…
Sen. Rand Paul: Coronavirus reaction — Is your government embracing tyranny?
“Of all tyrannies,” C.S. Lewis once observed, “a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.” We’re seeing the truth of these words play out right now all across…
Notes on the President’s May 3rd “Town Hall”
Fox News presented a “virtual Town Hall” program last evening featuring President Donald Trump answering videotaped questions for two hours. For those who have been catching the President’s daily news…
Lessons from Crises Past
The unprecedented shutdown of much of the US economy that has been ordered by federal, state, and local governments is understandable given the need to slow the coronavirus’s spread. Too…