Cockburn

Leave Ted Cruz’s daughter alone!

12 January 2022 3:44 am

Ted Cruz’s thirteen-year-old daughter Caroline found herself in the sinister gaze of a blog called LGBTQNation this week. Cockburn is…

Why doesn’t Liz Cheney mention January 6 to her voters?

23 December 2021 6:45 am

Cockburn is eagerly anticipating a number of clashes in the 2022 midterm elections in under a year’s time. Chief among…

Bad boy: Bidens dump dog week before Christmas

22 December 2021 4:15 am

They say a dog is for life, not just for Christmas. Clearly that’s another old adage Joe Biden no longer…

The shamelessness of David Rothkopf

18 December 2021 4:15 am

David Rothkopf may not be Ron Klain’s favorite DC pundit. That title goes to Jennifer Rubin, the “conservative” Washington Post…

CNN in crisis

9 December 2021 2:44 am

Cockburn is finally allowed to travel internationally again and he is quite chapped that his airport bar bourbons will no…

Let Cockburn debase himself at your Christmas party

4 December 2021 12:44 am

It is, as Andy Williams memorably put it, the most wonderful time of the year. Christmas party season has hit…

Comparing Fauci to Josef Mengele seems ill-advised

1 December 2021 6:18 am

Cockburn always thought Thanksgiving was the holiday designated for sharing madcap political views that one day you’ll regret saying aloud.…

Does the Lincoln Project deserve credit for Biden’s 2020 win?

1 December 2021 5:26 am

Cockburn was weighing his post-Thanksgiving options this past weekend: the fifth leftover sandwich of the day or the rest of…

Kyle Rittenhouse takes on his QAnon lawyers

24 November 2021 5:19 pm

Much of Tucker Carlson’s exclusive interview with Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager found not guilty in a high-profile homicide trial last…

All hail President Kamala!

22 November 2021 4:22 pm

A new poll was released this week showing 50 percent of Americans don’t think President Biden is in good health.…

Kamala Harris, unprotected

16 November 2021 4:12 pm

Are you a sexist and a racist? For her supporters, that’s the only possible explanation for why Vice President Kamala…

Cheers to drunk politicians

14 November 2021 12:30 pm

Cockburn has always been suspicious of politicians who don’t drink. The track record there isn’t very good: Hitler, Biden, Trump,…

The non-scandal of Glenn Youngkin’s ‘Oriental’ prom night

14 November 2021 12:03 pm

Welcome to the grubby world of politics, Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin. A breathless report on the Democrat blog Blue Virginia on…

No sex, please, we’re national conservatives

8 November 2021 1:03 pm

Orlando, Florida   Cockburn just got back from the second annual National Conservatism Conference in Orlando, Florida. The ballroom of…

Maryland gubernatorial candidates push child vax mandates

5 November 2021 1:43 pm

There were plenty of lessons for Democrats to learn from the shock victory of Republican Glenn Youngkin in Tuesday night’s…

I’m with Durr: trucker who spent $153 on campaign could be new NJ Senate president

4 November 2021 2:29 pm

Think of a newcomer who delivered a shock upset against an establishment insider and triggered a political earthquake. No, not…

The worst boogier inside the Beltway

29 October 2021 12:39 pm

Cockburn’s rug-cutting days are behind him. An unfortunate misunderstanding with the wife of an Ecuadorian chargé d’affairs during a Georgetown…

Biden’s fright night in Virginia

27 October 2021 2:07 pm

Cockburn lost a game of darts with Amber Athey at the weekend, so he got the distinct pleasure of trekking…

Don’t worry: colleges are still insufferably woke post-COVID

21 October 2021 4:14 pm

Given the recent spate of “fuck Joe Biden” chants at college football games, you’d be forgiven for thinking that a…

Biological man scores historic first for women

20 October 2021 4:19 pm

The Biden administration announced Tuesday that Rachel Levine, the assistant secretary of health, will be sworn in as a four-star…

Let’s Go Brandon takes the charts by storm

20 October 2021 1:41 pm

It won’t surprise you to learn that Cockburn does not, generally speaking, listen to hip-hop. But he has been forced to…

British oddsmakers: Trump favorite to win in 2024

16 October 2021 11:44 am

They say betting markets are more reliable indicators of election outcomes than the pundits and even the polls. But the…

The Washingtonian’s dreary, woke ‘best of’ list

10 October 2021 2:21 am

Cockburn was waiting to get his beard trimmed at the barber recently and found himself flicking through the latest issue…

One of Washington’s best bars returns

6 October 2021 2:12 pm

Cockburn has rarely met a pub he didn’t like, though plenty of pubs haven’t taken a liking to Cockburn. Fortunately,…

Who’s afraid of the Florever Purge?

3 October 2021 8:35 am

October is upon us, which means it’s horror movie season. And a new release promises ‘a dark dystopian story’ that depicts ‘terrifyingly evil’ behavior.…