Build Back Better was doomed from the start
Joe Manchin was never going to vote for Build Back Better. Now that he’s declared himself a “no” and all…
The war on Christmas comes home
America’s longest war has just come home. Last week, Fox News’s All-American Christmas Tree, standing merrily outside the channel’s headquarters…
Missing Bob Dole in witless Washington
Bob Dole passed away this week, and according to the press coverage, he took with him an entire golden age…
How cable news ruined Thanksgiving
Jim Acosta is an edgy, edgy man. You can tell because he uses the word “bullshit” on live TV, which…
Congress: worst anime ever
Yes, yes, I know Congress has a lot to worry about these days. But have you seen the anime edit…
I’m a racist, you’re a racist, we are racists all
What news network did you watch on election night? Thankfully we all had plenty of options. There was CNN, where…
The McAuliffe clown car crashes
Of all the clowns to come prancing out of the Terry McAuliffe campaign car in recent weeks, it was the…
Here come the Nineties
Everyone is bullish on natural gas, but I think America’s most inexhaustible resource might be 1990s nostalgia. Every time it…
What if America doesn’t want to ‘Build Back Better’?
We begin today with the reigning alpha of the self-celebrated political super-staffers. Enter Ron Klain, President Joe Biden’s chief of…
A government of drunken sailors
It seems strange, but just two decades ago the United States government had a balanced budget. Bill Clinton had run…
Joe Biden’s history tour from hell
Breaking news from off the wires this morning. Apparently the guy who almost punched out a Detroit factory worker on…
A lament for the overtaxed smoker
There is a spot of Washington DC, a few blocks of downtown not far from the White House, where a…
Jeopardy! is in trouble
THIS…iiiiiis Jeopardy! And it’s time now for today’s final answer. This pack of gibbering monsters is witlessly tearing down everything…
Nicki Minaj blasphemes against the woke
Nicki Minaj has weighed in on the coronavirus vaccine, and the nation hasn’t been this relieved since Katy Perry peer-reviewed…
9/11 and the war on terror kiddie table
The thing about childhood is that eventually you’re supposed to grow up. It’s with this in mind that we turn…
Our Handmaid’s Tale hysteria
If you read one book this fall, make it The Handmaid’s Tale TV show. And then don’t read another book,…
Biden’s mad-lib bungle
The terrorist attack at Kabul airport on Thursday was so horrific as to summon the word ‘unprecedented’. But it was…
Why European criticism of the US Afghanistan pullout is so refreshing
You actually can spell ‘North Atlantic Treaty Organization’ without ‘America’, as it turns out. You can also, however, spell ‘North Atlantic…
I think Donald Trump’s email team is trying to murder me
I remember well the day this all began. The rain was slanting through the gray air and drops were plinking…
A lament for Washington DC (no, seriously)
Washington DC — I’ll try not to overstate things here — does not have a stellar reputation. Most Americans regard…
Can I join Marjorie Taylor Greene in Twitter jail?
Marjorie Taylor Greene held a press conference late last week. It took place inside, meaning the Jews with the space…
My coup would have been better than your coup
Donald Trump has issued another statement after being criticized by his former staffers in recent days. Here’s an excerpt: ‘Every…
We are all Donald Rumsfeld
Donald Rumsfeld died last week — and it’s just so easy, isn’t it? It’s so convenient to dance on the…
Biden brings a nuke to a gun fight
Joe Biden has released a new statement on gun control and it’s about as concise and coherent as you would…
Can Mike Pence win in 2024?
The vice presidency, as even the most remedial student of American politics will tell you, is not the most exciting…
