If you ask Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) — and Detroit Metro Times, the progressive weekly magazine in Detroit, did — the protests staged by students at the University of Michigan were peaceful. In fact, they were the ideal kind of peaceful…
Several members of the Squad — including Reps. Ilhan Omar, Jamaal Bowman, and Cori Bush — are facing serious primary threats this year for their anti-Israel activism. Yet they are not backing down. In fact, they are intensifying their support…
The Federal Reserve froze its funds rate on Wednesday as a means of fulfilling its goals of maximum employment and 2 percent inflation. Many Democrats reacted by demanding that the Fed expand its dual mandate into a threefold mandate. Even…
Today’s primary in Michigan offers us a potential forecast for November. Rashida Tlaib, the congresswoman representing a heavily Muslim and more heavily Democrat district, encourages those in her party to vote “uncommitted” in protest over the Biden administration’s support for…
This is my favorite time of the year. I am a writer and columnist. I write millions of words over the course of 12 months. And none give me as much joy as this early December column with which each…
Soon after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, President Biden said that the Israelis shouldn’t give in to their “rage.” Israel was, and is, too smart to give in to rage, and it hasn’t. It has engaged in a massive…
What in the world is going on with the normally sensible Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham? Here’s the headline over there at Newsmax: Lindsey Graham in Tel Aviv Meltdown: Tells Newsmax ‘Get Out of Here’ The story reports: Sen….
Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s support of Palestine, while far from new, has been roundly criticized in recent weeks as Israel responds to attacks by Hamas terrorists. Tlaib personally supports Palestine — her parents immigrated to Detroit from East Jerusalem and the…
Boy, has this been a week! This edition of the 5QT won’t even comment on the pristine failure of the GOP caucus in the House, which contains some not-insignificant number of representatives whose contempt for Republican voters is as palpable…
