Historically, the way to become governor of Arizona is to be elected secretary of state, available to ascend to the mansion when a governor dies in office or resigns to take a federal job (or is impeached or indicted). The…
Oh, the horror! Over there at the Washington Post, reporter Amy Gardner is horrified at Republican candidates’ running on platforms of election integrity. So, what to do? Gardner and the Post’s editorial board sound the alarm that there is no such…
Cynical Democrats have cause to rejoice. They decry Republican voters who embrace GOP candidates who spout the lie that former President Donald Trump won the 2020 election. At the same time, they do their utmost to make sure big-lie believers…
Biographer Robert Caro described in brilliant detail the life and campaigns of Lyndon B. Johnson. Caro allows his readers few illusions about the gritty reality of those elections. In 1941, as Caro relates, federal judge Jimmy Allred was listening to…
Like an incantation at high mass, Democrats chant their claim that vote fraud does not exist. “Vote fraud is almost incalculably rare in the United States,” according to gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams of Georgia. “And make no mistake,” Chuck Schumer…
It is always eye-rollingly astonishing when some media figure of note reveals utter ignorance about a topic of the day. This time around I refer to Piers Morgan’s hot interview with former President Trump. Of which Morgan writes this in the…
One Damn Thing After Another: Memoirs of an Attorney General By William P. Barr (William Morrow, 608 pages, $35) The reviewer’s first responsibility is to tell readers if a book is worth the reading time. In the case of Bill…
Most Americans don’t stay up nights worrying about “voting rights” reforms in the belief that they are needed to eliminate what progressives call “barriers to voting.” A September Morning Consult poll found that 44 percent of U.S. adults believe voting…
Say what? Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has decided to pick a fight with his friend, former President Donald Trump. And it’s a head scratcher. In a speech in Las Vegas to the annual leadership meeting of the Republican…