Eliminating Qasem Soleimani was Donald Trump’s Middle East farewell letter
In July 55 BC, in the midst of his campaigns to civilize Gaul, Julius Caesar was troubled by the Germans.…
Polls apart
This article is in The Spectator’s January 2020 US edition. Subscribe here. Galileo famously said that the book of nature is written…
The ‘impeachment’ of Donald Trump
Did we just witness an historic event, the impeachment of only the third president in the entire history of the…
The real impeachment scandal
I am so glad that Nancy Pelosi has finally come to her senses and declared — on the floor of…
Impeachment really is a pathetic clown show
First it was COLLUSION! Can you believe it? Trump was colluding with the Russians to steal the election from its…
The farce of the ‘Anonymous’ Trump official
Remember ‘Anonymous’? He — or, of course, she (or ‘zhe’ or ‘they’, etc.) — was the person who, back in…
The Ukraine blame game
This article is in The Spectator’s December 2019 US edition. Subscribe here. The unfolding deep-state effort to remove Donald Trump from office…
Adam Schiff, ‘Lt. Col.’ Vindman and the impeachment ratings flop
‘No.’ ‘No.’ ‘No.’ ‘No.’ That pretty much sums up yesterday’s testimony. ‘Did you receive any indication whatsoever, or anything that…
Think Republicans will lose the House, Senate and presidency in 2020? Dream on
Politics, said Bismarck, is the art of the possible. Among other things, that apothegm pays homage to the pressure of…
Big Squaw E. Warren speaks with forked tongue
This article is in The Spectator’s November 2019 US edition. Subscribe here. Absent the appearance of a last-minute deus (or dea) ex…
The Democrats’ impeachment inquiry is a doomed and desperate time-buying ploy
Oh no! The walls are closing in again on Trump! We’ve reached a ‘tipping point.’ This time, finally, at last, we…
The Mueller inquiry was an attempted coup
More official reports, reprimands and (probably) indictments are to come in the Great Get Trump imbroglio of 2016 to 2019.…
A fresh assassination of Brett Kavanaugh’s character
I guess that The New York Times didn’t get the memo. Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed as Associate Justice of the Supreme…
David Koch’s ‘dark money’ was misunderstood
Here’s a shocker: people are more complicated than the caricatures disseminated by their enemies suggest. Witness the stupefyingly rich David…
The Mooch, Bill Kristol and the NeverTrump quest for relevance
If The Onion didn’t exist, it would be necessary to invent it. The self-described ‘omnipotent’ purveyor of current-events satire may…
The painful, pointless testimony of Robert S. Mueller III
If only his legs could reach that far, Rep. Jerry Nadler would be kicking himself now. Whose idea was it…
The white supremacy phantom
Well la-dee-dah. The House votes to condemn ‘President Trump for his “racist comments” about four Democratic congresswomen of color.’ First,…
A pathetic exhibition of virtue-signaling in Miami
A genuine liberal education is as much an education of the emotions as it is an education of the intellect.…
When it comes to Trump, don’t count on the polls
New York The great ceremonial game of poll dancing is gearing up for its quadrennial orgy. Headlines across the fruited…
Why the polls will be wrong about Trump – again
The great ceremonial game of poll dancing is gearing up for its quadrennial orgy. Headlines across the fruited plain bark…
Why Joe Biden can’t win
Like the poor according to Jesus of Nazareth, Joe Biden we will always have with us, or so it seems.…
The hounding of Hope Hicks and the desperation of the Democrats
Oscar Wilde once observed that only very superficial people don’t judge things by their appearances. Like many of Wilde’s quips,…
It doesn’t matter who Trump runs with: he’ll still win in 2020
At this point, we can relegate the admonitions and advisories to the small print reserved for the disclaimers about possible…
Donald Trump, fundraiser extraordinaire
While we all ponder the mysteries of the Notre-Dame fire, let me say a word or two about a golden…
Why the Left can’t understand Tucker Carlson
There are some furrowed brows (as well as some furtive giggles) over Tucker Carlson’s recent hypothetical musings about what the…
