In a 1789 letter to the British philosopher Richard Price, Thomas Jefferson observed that “wherever the people are well informed they can be trusted with their own government.” By that standard, it’s no longer clear that the American electorate is…
This is my first annual top five list of the past year’s heroes — people who made our country, if not the world, a better place — and zeroes — losers who sank even lower in 2022. Heroes Elon Musk….
Louis Brandeis’s observation that “government is the potent, omnipresent teacher” found sad affirmation in 2022 when, a month after Russia invaded Ukraine, Will Smith slapped Chris Rock. The act of aggression came as this generation’s Pearl Harbor, Kennedy Assassination, Space…
Neo-reactionary pundits recently called for the creation of a 21st-century House Un-American Activities Committee. Jon Schweppe at Newsweek argued, “Republicans in the House should think bigger than simply calling former Twitter executives before the House Oversight Committee. We need a…
RINO stands for Republican in Name Only, although lately the term means something far different than a Republican who votes like a Democrat. For many in the pro-Trump base, it seems, RINO is a Republican who can win elections. Like…
WASHINGTON — It did not take the richest man in the world long to find himself in trouble with the American media. Elon Musk bought Twitter in October for $44 billion and, in no time, found himself in the doghouse…
At last count, there were 18 federal agencies gathering and analyzing intelligence. Sitting atop this massive bureaucracy is another: the Director of National Intelligence, which neither sows nor reaps nor does anything of discernible value. The purpose of all these…
Who runs the Drudge Report? Certainly not Matt Drudge. Keeping the name on the website without revealing the extent of Drudge’s involvement seems as dishonest as some of the more recent headlines. The many anti-Elon Musk headlines from the weekend…
