The logic of the J.D. Vance selection
The best way to understand Donald Trump’s choice of J.D. Vance for vice president is to ask how different choices…
Joe Biden, naked emperor
Sometimes, a fairytale provides the best description of a real-world crisis. That’s true of President Joe Biden’s cognitive decline. The…
The political impact of the Trump assassination attempt
The conventional wisdom is that the race for the presidency fundamentally changed with the assassination attempt on former president Donald…
The Democrats caught between the dog and the hydrant
The Democrats are not just caught between one dog and one hydrant. They are caught between three — and the water…
Joe Biden’s interview with George Stephanopoulos could have been worse
Joe Biden didn’t make any major mistakes in his Friday interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. That’s the best you can…
Slowly, then suddenly: the sad story of Joe Biden’s decline
“How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked. “Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.” Those were Hemingway’s words in…
If Joe stays in…
After Thursday’s fiasco in Atlanta, Joe Biden faces two hard choices. The hardest — and grimmest — is whether to…
Presidential debate: Joe Biden was painful to watch
These weren’t the Lincoln-Douglas debates. They weren’t Kennedy-Nixon. If those were graded ‘A’, then this was ‘C-minus’, at best. Both…
Turbulence after the Trump verdict
We live in tumultuous times. Donald Trump’s adversaries blame much of it on him — his hyperbole and personal attacks,…
Biden acts on the border… sort of… maybe
The contrast between the two parties on illegal immigration couldn’t be sharper. Donald Trump erected a wall. Joe Biden erected…
What will Americans make of Trump’s guilty verdict?
The indictment and trial on a thin charge, the gagging of a presidential candidate in the middle of a campaign,…
Biden’s pause of weapons shipments to Israel is another misstep
President Biden just made a strong move against Israel, ordering the US government to stop shipping weapons supplies to the…
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s strategery
Dumb is dumb. Among the dumbest is a political strategy that harms your own side and infuriates your normal allies,…
An explanation of the campus protests
A friend wrote me to ask, “Why is this mess happening on campus?” Here is my response. Let me offer…
The Biden White House’s Beltway elitism shows on Easter
Among the many political advantages of the presidency, surely one is the ability to extend warm wishes to Christians, Jews…
The race for the White House is about to get much dirtier
Super Tuesday is over and so is the primary season. Although some states have not voted yet and a few…
Why Trump won South Carolina
Elvis has left the building. So has Trump, and he left victorious. The “primary show” will have a few encores,…
The stalemate on illegal immigration
Few moments are less promising to reach a bipartisan deal than the months before a presidential election. And few issues…
Both parties are fumbling the border debate
Given just how unpopular illegal immigration is, it is stunning to see both the likely nominees for president fumbling the…
How Trump captured his party
Vintage news outlets, with lots of time to kill and space to fill, are desperately trying to say the Republican…
Claudine Gay may be gone, but the issues on campus remain
Claudine, we hardly knew ye. Gay’s tenure atop Harvard was the shortest in that university’s history. Yet it was still…
Hunter’s latest indictment is bad news for Joe Biden
Surprise! Surprise! Hunter Biden faced new charges on Thursday, after the Department of Justice accused him of failing to pay…
The remarkable life of Henry Kissinger
The next few weeks will be filled with remembrances, fulsome appreciations, and harsh criticism of Henry Alfred Kissinger, who died…
In the Eric Adams case, the FBI’s leaks and bias persist
Over the last couple of weeks, the FBI has been ramping up a corruption investigation of New York mayor Eric…
In praise of Mike Pence
Mike Pence was never likely to win the Republican nomination for president, and today he recognized the inevitable. He withdrew…
