WASHINGTON — Politicians are rarely competent writers. In fact, they are rarely writers. That is why they have speechwriters. John F. Kennedy was supposed to be a great writer. He actually won the Pulitzer Prize for his book Profiles in…
America has been drifting toward a level of corruption incompatible with a free society and a free-market economy. Political and economic freedom depend on the presence of a level of honesty that makes it possible for people to interact with…
Since United States Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) has been in the news of late, I thought it would be interesting to share my firsthand experience as a congressional aide in his office. The American public has not yet had a…
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…
Whether you are Democrat or Republican, liberal or conservative, something corrosive is happening around you: the corruption of the national soul. We live in a society. Humans are not robots, and reasonable minds fairly will differ. When a candidate wins…
Hypocrisy of the Left? Let me count the ways. Well, at least some of them, since there are more than you can shake a stick at. 1. Gun control You’re not a leftie in good standing unless you bitterly oppose…
Last week, White House coronavirus response coordinator Deborah Birx announced that she would retire, citing fallout from her being caught violating her own advice on Thanksgiving gatherings during COVID-19. But was she the only pol to get caught up in…
My father instilled in me the love of freedom of thought and ideas. A staunch anti-communist and Eisenhower Republican, he thought it a good thing when I wanted to read The Communist Manifesto. “That’s how we are better than they…
Ellen DeGeneres, a strong supporter of the #MeToo movement, is now under fire for sexual abuse and harassment that allegedly took place at her own show. After a history of aggressively pursuing others accused of such abuse, the talk show…
A private school that admits five percent of its applicants seeks to ban private clubs because of their exclusivity. You can tell a Harvard man, but you can’t tell him he’s a hypocrite. The Committee on the Unrecognized Single-Gender Social…
