I’d gladly vote for Chris Christie for president. But he’s not going to be president. Unlike Ron DeSantis, whose supporters might split between Nikki Haley and Donald Trump if he (DeSantis) were to drop out, Christie’s current supporters would likely…
The decision this week by the Colorado state Supreme Court to disqualify former President Donald Trump from the state’s ballot(s) — a ruling that is likely to be overturned by the Supreme Court of the United States — has brought…
The problem with Joe Biden’s economic message of “look how good things are” is twofold: First, for most people, inflation/high prices is the most important issue, and while the inflation rate is down, it’s still positive, meaning that all the…
First, something of a mea culpa. In a recent note on these pages, I expressed my opinion that voters would focus on issues like the economy and crime rather than on “threats to democracy.” While it’s true that many more…
During the few moments of the day during which Democrats are not rending garments about abortion’s recent defederalization, they’re bemoaning existential “threats to democracy.” If we elect Republicans, we’re told, we’ll imminently follow Rome, Carthage, and the Mississippians onto the…
Longtime political consultant Doug Schoen and his Democratic pollster business partner Carly Cooperman released new polling showing that “the electorate is increasingly pessimistic about the direction in which President Biden and Democrats are steering the country and feel that the party’s priorities…
President Joe Biden is “angry and concerned” about Friday’s “not guilty” verdicts on all counts against Kyle Rittenhouse — the then 17-year old who, acting in self-defense (according to the jury’s evidence-based conclusion), killed two men and injured a third…
Some very ugly numbers for Democrats are, like our current inflation problems, probably not “transitory.” Given that President Joe Biden, as muddled as his thoughts are, must know the numbers, why does he persist in pushing his “transformational” agenda when…
Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What it Doesn’t, and Why it Matters Dr. Steven Koonin (BenBella Books, 240 pages, $25) If politicians’ positions on public policy were guided by knowledge and honesty, the entire “national conversation” and congressional debate…