Jeffrey Lord
The date: October 11-12, 1986. As a young staffer in the Reagan White House Political Affairs Office, I, along with other colleagues, was frustrated. The 1986 congressional elections were in full swing, and it was our responsibility to arrange for…
Say what? The Constitution of the United States is crystal clear. Section 1 of Article II opens with this sentence: “The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America.” Period. End of instruction. The…
Unreal. Not to mention obscene. Over there at Fox News is this headline: “VA Dem slams DOGE fans, compares job cuts to the Holocaust: ‘First they came for the Jews,’” with the subtitle, “Del. Joshua Cole of Fredericksburg cited Rev….
Elon Musk and DOGE — the Department of Government Efficiency — are all the rage. As this is written, here are a few sample headlines: The Washington Times: “Trump order calls for agencies to run regulations past DOGE.” Newsmax: “IRS…
Auric Goldfinger. For James Bond fans, Goldfinger’s obsessed-with-gold villain in the Bond movie that bore his name way back in 1964 was, to say the least, memorable. Life magazine memorably ran an immutable image from the film of a “Bond girl” (as…
The Fox News headline quoting Massachusetts Democrat Rep. Ayanna Pressley was hilarious. Quite unintentionally. The headline: “House Dems reintroduce reparations legislation: ‘We refuse to be silent.’ Progressive Rep. Ayanna Pressley says ‘reparations are a necessary step in achieving justice.’” Over…
The arrogance never ceases to amaze me. Back there in the late 1980s, I departed the Reagan White House as the Reagan era was ending. I had a security clearance — and I never thought twice about trying to maintain…
Ya can’t make it up. The other day Democrats rallied at an outdoor rally outside the Treasury Department where they spent their time complaining about Trump appointee Elon Musk. The Wall Street Journal reported this: Democrats are focusing their fire on…
The back and forth was as revealing as not surprising. Recall the story. It went everywhere, but in this case here is the headline and account from the Hill back there in the stone age of 2018. The headline: “FBI agent…
