Why Democrats can spin two Florida losses as good news
It’s been a minute since Democrats have heard any good news coming out of Florida, a one-time swing state where…
Are thought crimes now a deportable offense?
In his inaugural address, Donald Trump promised to safeguard the First Amendment. “After years and years of illegal and unconstitutional…
Splitsville: separatist movements are gaining steam in blue states
Matt McCaw doesn’t want to live anywhere but in Oregon. But during the pandemic he felt like he was living…
Tokyo drift: Japan’s once-pricey capital is now cost-effective… for Americans
I spent my last afternoon in Tokyo stocking up on snacks and feasting on cheap and delicious conveyor belt sushi,…
The Kansas City Chiefs are the luckiest team in pro sports history
On Black Friday, I attended a Friendsgiving party where I watched the Chiefs-Raiders game with a friend who is a…
The easiest way into America
There has been no shortage of coverage of the 10 million-plus illegal aliens who have stormed our borders, the 5…
Weathering the storm: on the ground in hurricane-ravaged Florida
Fort Lauderdale, Florida I’ve lived in seven US states and five countries, but when I arrived in St. Petersburg, Florida…
Vance proved he has what it takes to lead the GOP
The media told us that Trump made a colossal blunder in picking JD Vance, the childless cat lady hater and…
It’s not too late for the press to start doing their jobs
One night last week I got a robocall asking me to participate in a candidate town hall. “If you’d like…
The joy of watching terrible athletes compete at the Olympics
When I was sixteen, my dad took me along to a conference he attended in Calgary just days after the…
The Trump-Harris unpopularity contest
Now that the Democrats have toppled the president in a bloodless coup, the bases of the Republican and Democratic parties…
Republicans are embracing the left’s victim culture over antisemitism
For years, Republicans have claimed that theirs is the party of free speech. They have correctly amplified instances of the…
Newsom’s diversity pick is a depressing sign of the times
California governor Gavin Newsom’s recent appointment of Laphonza Butler, a black lesbian, to the late Senator Dianne Feinstein’s seat generated…
A month in the Baltics
On Joe Biden’s first day in Lithuania, he skipped the opening dinner of world leaders at the NATO summit and…
Escaping the city in Argentina
Planning a foreign trip is a bit like watching a trailer for a film. The research is a preview of…
In praise of cruises
While many travel addicts went into hibernation during the pandemic, as public health scolds around the world turned our joyful…
Trump’s ultra-MAGA crew needs a reality check
In 2020, Democrats made a pragmatic if uninspiring choice in nominating Joe Biden. If this month’s Conservative Political Action Conference…
Should I have had a sensitivity reader review my book?
Reason magazine reported last summer on the rise of sensitivity readers, and publishers have made headlines for their plans to…
Kamala Harris’s top ten word salads
No assessment of Vice President Kamala Harris’s first two years in office would be complete without her word salads and…
Halfway through Harris: our remarkable VP
John Nance Garner, a Texan who served as Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s vice president for eight years, famously quipped that the…
How DeSantis can de-program the blue states
Four years ago this week, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis presciently warned in his first inaugural address that big-spending, high-taxing states were…
Why are we ignoring the GOP’s popular vote win?
The midterm bloodbath conservatives were salivating for devolved into, at best, a red tide. The Democrats held the Senate and…
My travels in DeSantisland
Long before he became a darling of the right and the left’s second favorite villain, Ronald Dion DeSantis was just…
Our leaders will learn nothing from these elections
Elections are an opportunity for us to deliver messages to political leaders most of us will never meet. We can’t…
What I learned making calls for Democrats and Republicans
I’m a registered Republican in Florida yet the only email offer I received to be a campaign volunteer this season…
