Everyone who has seen the play Hamilton knows that the nation’s capital was moved to the present site in the District of Columbia due to a dinner-table bargain in 1790 between Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson. Hamilton needed Jefferson’s support in…
As we look back on the events of the early 21st century, we can recall with amusement the oft-expressed concerns about “polarization.” That is, the then-popular worry that the deep divisions within the United States were harmful to the American…
On Monday in Washington, D.C., Charles E. Littlejohn faces the music. Whether he hears “Marche Funèbre” or The Benny Hill Show’s theme song erupt in the courtroom, we find out shortly after 10 a.m. Littlejohn, a Booz Allen Hamilton employee…
In his new book Deception: The Covid Cover-up, Sen. Rand Paul notes that Dr. Anthony Fauci, in government for more than 50 years, was never once confirmed by the Senate. Other powerful federal officials also evaded Senate confirmation through a partisan process…
As a friend of mine put it at the time of his confirmation in March 2021, Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona “doesn’t strike one as the sharpest tool in the shed.” An academic colleague of mine added in an email…
If you pull back to the proverbial 30,000 feet and look down on the American political scene, the conclusion is impossible to escape. Witness this latest headline from the New York Times: Judge Rules Trump Committed Fraud, Stripping Control of Key…
Millions of conservative Americans voted for Donald Trump in 2016 because he recognized that appointing Supreme Court justices was among the most important things a president does. And we were not disappointed. The hysterical reaction of the Left is proof…
It is hard to feel bad for Donald Trump. He is richer than most of us ever will be. He has been president of the United States, an honor limited to five or fewer people in a generation. He doesn’t…
FBI Director Christoher Wray refused to turn over subpoenaed documents to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability by the May 30 deadline. According to a joint subpoena request by Kentucky Rep. James Comer and Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, the…
It’s a good thing that the Republicans regained control of the House of Representatives in the current 118th Congress and with a more aggressive Republican House speaker in Kevin McCarthy. Under McCarthy, the Republican House is pursuing desperately needed and…