The sleepwalkers
It is customary for presidencies to lose vitality and purpose in their last months. It is unprecedented for a presidency…
Biden's disconnect
President Biden’s silence on 9/11 spoke volumes. His erratic and frequently irritated presence in recent weeks – when, that is,…
America after Afghanistan
The 20th anniversary of 9/11 will come in a matter of days. It will be marked by the victory of…
Afghanistan: give peace a chance
The American war in Afghanistan is over. In the predawn hours of July 2, US troops slunk away from Bagram…
America isn’t back. Global grandstanding is
‘America is back at the table,’ Joe Biden wants us to know. ‘Diplomacy is back.’ After four years of Donald…
Mad money
‘We have nothing to fear but fear itself,’ said Franklin D. Roosevelt famously, at his first inauguration in the depths…
Grand Old Problem
The Republican party is in ‘the wilderness’, as insufferable political analysts describe the wholly normal phenomenon of a party being…
Buckle up for Biden and the Blob
With any change of power in Washington, it is routine to ask which policies will endure and which will change.…
Full Transcript of President Trump’s RNC 2020 speech
President Donald Trump: Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Friends, delegates and distinguished guests, please. I stand before…
The right stuff
No matter what the pundits say, no matter how the polls look, November’s presidential election is very much up for…
Biden offers no change and no hope
For too long, Republicans and the media refused to take Joe Biden seriously as a presidential candidate. It’s hard to…
Biden offers no change and no hope
For too long, Republicans and the media refused to take Joe Biden seriously as a presidential candidate. It’s hard to…
The weak response to coronavirus is a symptom of the decay of the liberal state
This article is in The Spectator’s April 2020 US edition. Subscribe here to get yours. If COVID-19 spreads in the United States…
