Lab leaks and the return of X-Files politics
It began last month when the Wall Street Journal reported that three researchers from China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology had…
How Jon Stewart killed comedy
Somewhere along the way, Jon Stewart discovered he could make stupid people laugh by smirking at Fox News clips —…
Meet the male Karens
Several weeks back, I went for a run in the Del Ray neighborhood of Alexandria in Northern Virginia. It’s the…
Why I’m all in for Caitlyn for Governor
Gird your loins and grab your betting guides: there is to be a California recall election! Angry Golden Staters have…
Matt Gaetz and the death of the Republican sex scandal
Some hot water this week for Rep. Matt Gaetz. The Sunshine State Republican and adroit controversialist stands accused of everything…
Andrew Cuomo: the Princess Di of the Plague
Over the weekend, the two-hundred-and-forty-second woman to accuse Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment came forward. That number is no less…
Joe Biden’s infantilizing everyman theater
One of my favorite photos of all time comes from a 2012 March Madness basketball game that then-president Barack Obama…
Joe Biden, the background-noise president
I’m not in the habit of feeling sorry for Joe Biden, but for a few minutes last week, it was…
MAGA arrives at the last level of the video game
I played my share of video games when I was a kid and there was nothing quite like getting to…
American meltdown: a democratic disaster
What if no one accepts the election result?
2020, the Year of the Drunken Uncle
How in the world did Chris Matthews get himself fired? To be sure, the man did stick his foot in…
Global warning: 2020 Dems are floundering on foreign policy
This article is in The Spectator’s March 2020 US edition. Subscribe here. What would a Michael Bloomberg foreign policy look like? A…
How to lose votes and bore people
This article is in The Spectator’s January 2020 US edition. Subscribe here. If we can’t be governed, we may as well be…
John Bolton and the nationalist moment
John Bolton has left the White House and those of us who desire some modicum of peace in this world…
Presidency Inc.
Eric Swalwell, we hardly knew ye. And we might add that what we did know did not leave us pining…
