Back in the days when The American Spectator offered chic apparel, I had an attractive “hoodie,” which I wore on the tennis courts of Georgetown* to both hoots and applause, until I noticed the label that read “made in China,”…
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…
Washington — Well, Moscow is in the news again. Vladimir Putin is irritated by the citizens of disobedient Ukraine. He is discarding his sporty demeanor for a more hostile style. He has not been seen for a long time in…
Among former President Trump’s many accomplishments — the best economy in memory, a secure border, a strong military, energy independence, peace in the Middle East, a China Virus vaccine in record time, and more — the most unsung yet increasingly…
Ronald Reagan’s 1980 presidential campaign brought me to Washington, beginning a 40-plus year career in public policy. While attending Stanford Law School, I worked as a research assistant at the Hoover Institution and met Martin Anderson, Reagan’s domestic policy adviser….
The Spymaster of Baghdad: A True Story of Bravery, Family, and Patriotism in the Battle against ISIS Margaret Coker (Dey Street Books, 336 pages, $29) Following a three-week war in 2003, the United States tried to put Iraq on the…
Here’s the headline at U.S. News & World Report on this story from Reuters: Exclusive: Dozens of Former Bush Officials Leave Republican Party, Calling It ‘Trump Cult’ And here was the headline on the same story from the Hill: Former…
At this point in the 1988 presidential cycle, it was taken for granted among pundits and professional prognosticators that Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis would defeat Vice President George H. W. Bush by a comfortable margin. Moreover, public opinion seemed to…
By some of the reporting from the legacy media, you wouldn’t think there was anything wrong when, in a three-minute video released to Twitter Saturday, former president George W. Bush called for unity and not partisan politics in the face…
