What once proudly called itself the country’s “paper of record,” the New York Times, has sunk to a new low in tabloid journalism. A recent front page article relies on half-truths and innuendo to attack former Attorney General Bill Barr…
In a previous article in these pages, I nominated Clinton v. City of New York as “one of the worst Supreme Court decisions in history.” In that 1998 case, the Supreme Court held unconstitutional the line-item veto, which had allowed…
The Worst Supreme Court Decisions in History is the title of a new book I am writing. It begins by identifying what makes a Supreme Court decision bad, an issue on which reasonable people can disagree. For me, the most…
In a previous article for The American Spectator reflecting on the underperformance by Republicans in the 2022 midterm elections, I concluded that the Republicans — and the country — need a reincarnated Ronald Reagan who can tell the American people that…
Republicans are reeling after the recent midterm elections, in which they underperformed expectations. Most of them don’t have a clue why this happened. Numerous lame explanations have been suggested: Democrats have mastered ballot harvesting and mail-in voting better than Republicans;…
“How do you know a politician is lying? His or her lips are moving.” So goes an old joke. Some cynicism about politicians is justified, particularly when they make campaign promises about what they are going to do in the…
“Prediction is difficult, especially about the future.” That line is often misattributed to professional baseball player Yogi Berra, but it actually is a Danish proverb that was repeated by Niels Bohr, the scientist who figured out the structure of the…
One of the ways that I try to raise the consciousness of my fellow humans is by telling them things that they don’t know and then asking them why they don’t already know those things. This admittedly obnoxious behavior is…
The passing of Queen Elizabeth II reminds us that “some achieve greatness,” as playwright William Shakespeare once wrote. Former President Donald J. Trump now faces the choice deciding whether he will achieve greatness. He can either go down in history…
Often when politicians take actions to undermine democracy, they loudly proclaim that their actions are necessary to “save democracy.” It reminds me of the Vietnam-era line about destroying a village in order to save it. For example, near the end…
