The Democrats do not care a whit about democracy
The events of the last few days have made incontrovertible something that candid observers have known for some time now:…
Biden ushers in more uncertainty by stepping aside
It’s odd how things that have been widely predicted and even widely anticipated can nevertheless occur with an emotional thunderclap. I…
A more reflective Trump will win in November
Dr. Johnson once remarked that the prospect of hanging in a fortnight concentrates the mind. So, apparently, does being shot. At…
Outdoor wines for the summer
There are some cramped, unimaginative people who — I have been told — maintain that writing about wine is a…
Hit the road, Jack
If you squint, I reckon you could see two bloody corpses that the Secret Service turned over on that roof…
Who’s the real threat to democracy?
Last week at a fundraiser, Joe Biden said that it was time to get beyond his poor performance at his…
The United States cannot afford a 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. president
In 1927, Sigmund Freud published a book about religion called Die Zukunft einer Illusion (The Future of an Illusion). As a contribution to…
What the Supreme Court immunity ruling means for Donald Trump
Yesterday, reviewing last week’s Supreme Court decisions, I noted that the court would probably issue its final opinion of the season, on…
A robust SCOTUS decision on presidential immunity
All is unfolding as I have foreseen. Yesterday, reviewing last week’s Supreme Court decisions and indulging in a little well-earned Schadenfreude…
On Summer Solstice and the passage of time
Some of my long-time readers will know that for many years past I have spent a few days most summers…
‘Justice’ and the fall of a republic
“What happens now?” The question flooded my inbox and what used to be called the Twittersphere. Why? Because shortly after…
The Joe Biden Shuffle defines the G7
Things are always worse than they seem. That adage may seem amusingly cynical, but that is only because it is…
If the West is to stay the same, a lot will have to change
My favorite line in Giuseppe di Lampedusa’s novel The Leopard comes midway through the first chapter. The times are unsettled. The Risorgimento is…
Trump’s bumper Bronx rally is a bad omen for Biden
Future historians, psephologists, and political analysts, searching for the day and time that Joe Biden’s 2024 campaign imploded beyond recovery,…
The cunning of the Democrats’ lawfare
It saddens me to admit it, but the evidence is too overwhelming to dismiss: Democrats are significantly more cunning than…
The thoroughly underrated Pessac-Léognan
When someone says “Bordeaux wine” most of us think first of wines from the Médoc, home of Pauillac, Saint-Julien, Saint-Estèphe,…
What Charles Darwin got wrong
Have you noticed that whenever the conversation turns to the subject of Charles Darwin, an extraordinary amount of dogmatism is…
Why the Establishment hates Donald Trump
Like many commentators who have struggled to understand the reasons for the inveterate hatred of Donald Trump among the swank…
Uncharted territory in court and on campus
The two big stories du jour are 1) the continuing campus assault on sanity, brought to you by the pro-terrorist…
At Columbia… that’s all, folx!
Undoubtedly the best moment in the testimony of Minouche Shafik, the President Columbia University, before the House Committee on Education…
The rise of reverse gaslighting
We live now in an age of reverse gaslighting. Ordinary gaslighting — the term was popularized by the 1944 movie Gaslight —…
Kangaroo courts and bills of attainder
I want to talk about two things in this column: bills of attainder and kangaroo courts. The two often go…
A French symposium
Just as night watchmen are constrained by duty to make their rounds, so are writers about wine. Sometimes the rounds…
What America should heed from Julius Caesar’s assassination
It being the Ides of March, I thought it might be worth reflecting briefly on the most famous event that…
Joe Biden and the war on truth
I had been told that Joe Biden, the president of the United States, would be delivering the 2024 State of…