Jeffrey Lord
This week, as the confirmation battle over the Trump nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be secretary of Health and Human Services peaks, as the saying goes: like father, like son. As someone whose teenage political hero in the…
So. Connecticut Democrat Senator Chris Murphy has made a whopper of an allegation that has wound up seriously backfiring. Attacking the leaders of his own Democrat Party — not to mention himself. The leaders attacked are former President Barack Obama,…
It was an amazing sight to see. Walking around the nation’s capital inaugural weekend as I did it was impossible to miss the optimism and enthusiasm that was everywhere one looked. The trademark red MAGA hats were everywhere. Worn by…
As Secretary of Defense-designate Pete Hegseth is grilled by senators, with Democrats attacking Hegseth’s supposed lack of qualifications, some history is called for. The Office of the Secretary of Defense (DoD) was created in 1947 in the Truman administration, a…
Ya can’t make it up. Here’s a new headline focusing on the media. The source, in this case, is from Mediaite: “Jen Rubin Brutally Shreds The Washington Post While Announcing Her Exit: Bezos ‘Bent the Knee’ to Trump.” The story…
Why not the best? That question is not a mere rhetorical question. In fact, in the fall of 1975, this was the title, Why Not the Best?, of a bestselling book by a new figure on the national stage: former…
As then-candidate Ronald Reagan said to then-President Carter during their 1980 debate when Carter yet again falsely accused Reagan of opposing Medicare: “There you go again.” That memorable moment comes to mind as President Joe Biden, with mere days left…
And there they go again. News arrives as follows, this headline from The Hill but one on the subject: Biden to award Liz Cheney and others with Presidential Citizens Medal The story reports: President Biden will award the Presidential Citizens Medal to…
The question for those House Republicans opposing the re-election of House Speaker Mike Johnson is an obvious one. That would be: If not Speaker Johnson — who? And the glaringly obvious answer to that glaringly obvious question is: The Johnson…
