by | May 18, 2025

President Trump’s return to the White House and his populist agenda constitute an existential threat to a Democratic Party so unpopular with its own voters that it is in danger of going the way of the Whigs. Several recent polls…

by | Mar 24, 2025

As is his habit, television’s Bill Maher went straight to the point. Here’s the headline from Breitbart: “Bill Maher Says ‘F**k You’ to Critics of His Scheduled Trump White House Meeting.” Breitbart reported it this way, quoting Maher directly: “Kid Rock was…

by | Mar 20, 2025

Well, it’s been a pretty clarifying week, more or less. There is so much going on that trying to decide what to include and exclude in this week’s installment of the 5QT is an exercise in paralysis by analysis, but…

by | Mar 20, 2025
by | Mar 13, 2025

Hop in the time machine and hit the “Way Back” button for 1948. Upon arriving, you will find that a hot topic of the day was the founding of what would be called the State of Israel. And into the…

by | Mar 13, 2025

I’m writing this installment of the 5QT on a Thursday afternoon, one day before we’re supposed to see a showdown in the U.S. Senate over a 99-page continuing resolution covering federal spending between now and September. Nobody on the Right…

by | Jan 30, 2025

With the 2024 election cycle behind us, Michigan politicos have their sights set on the state and national seats that will be up for grabs come 2026. In addition to open races for governor, secretary of state, and attorney general,…

by | Jan 5, 2025

In order to grasp how little the Democrats learned from their recent defeat, all you need to do is watch Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) discuss their loss during Sunday morning’s interview with NBC’s Kristen Welker on Meet the…

by | Dec 20, 2024

Democrats are making populist pratfalls trying to imitate Donald Trump.  They know they have a problem with the American people, even as they publicly deny it.  Yet, as they try to address it, they only make their problem worse.  The…

by | Dec 19, 2024

Yes, Chuck Schumer. All you hear is that Mike Johnson is the one with egg all over his face after House Republicans, bolstered by online advocacy from Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy and others, scuttled the continuing resolution that would…

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