Washington By Wednesday afternoon comedian Kathy Griffin had apologized for posing for a photo with what looked like the blood-soaked decapitated head of President Donald Trump. “I went too far,” she said in a contrite follow-up video. “I sincerely apologize.”…
Washington Last weekend I heard, while visiting the New Jersey shore, an astonishing number of vacationing Americans — all well-intentioned, to be sure — greet their fellow vacationers with a cheerful: “Have a Happy Memorial Day.” That cannot be right….
Who goes to a pop star’s concert? Girls and their moms and dads, that’s who, and that’s who the suicide bomber targeted when he killed over 20 people and injured over 100 more. The Daily Mail has a good rundown of…
American Sniper, a movie I loved, tried to do everything. It explored the hell of war and the essence of brotherhood. It followed the book by the Texas super sniper Chris Kyle, told a love story, and drew attention to…
Washington As President Donald Trump flew to Palm Beach Thursday for Easter weekend, there was a lull in his first 100 days — a chance for Washington to reflect on how his presidency is likely to evolve. There are many…
President Trump’s cruise missile strike on Syria last Thursday night is being thoroughly misread at home and abroad. That’s entirely understandable, because the president apparently has no coherent strategy or policy that he’s trying to implement. There was no attack…
On Saturday night, I witnessed a horrible atrocity. It happened at the Scientology center that has recently been remodeled, and has since reopened across the street from my house. On the roof of the building, there were about a hundred…
Public reports of the Trump administration’s deliberations to develop a new counter-ISIS strategy may alarm many Americans. The Pentagon has not yet arrived at a final set of options to be delivered to the president. Before Secretary Mattis recommends an…
When Barack Obama leaves the White House tomorrow, he leaves with his worst dreams unrealized. Still, what he leaves behind is awful. Thank goodness he’ll be gone. The very day after Obama was elected in 2008, I predicted in this…
The hits keep coming. The Islamic State group was manufacturing weapons in and around Mosul on an industrial scale with products largely purchased in bulk from Turkey, according to a report published by an arms research group Wednesday. The findings…
