So. Connecticut Democrat Senator Chris Murphy has made a whopper of an allegation that has wound up seriously backfiring. Attacking the leaders of his own Democrat Party — not to mention himself. The leaders attacked are former President Barack Obama,…
Who can help but be impressed with the volume and velocity of the Trump administration so far? Our new president learned much in his four years in the position from 2017 to 2021, and it appears he learned even more…
First, for those of you who might have missed it when I first started using the term a few weeks ago, let me define the Old Game. Simply put, the Old Game is the practice of throwing out sleaze as…
As Secretary of Defense-designate Pete Hegseth is grilled by senators, with Democrats attacking Hegseth’s supposed lack of qualifications, some history is called for. The Office of the Secretary of Defense (DoD) was created in 1947 in the Truman administration, a…
How bizarre it was to watch Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of defense, being abused at his confirmation hearing by the Democratic members of the Senate Armed Services Committee. Until Trump picked him for his cabinet, I didn’t…
I think we’ve established by now that Mitch McConnell, who for the past several years has reigned as Washington’s most unpopular politician, is a relic of a bygone political age. It’s been a good while since McConnell’s only relevance has…
WASHINGTON — “Washington is still operating as if it’s March 2020. The headquarters of most agencies remain largely abandoned,” Sen. Joni Ernst wrote in a report released Thursday that paints a dystopian picture of the federal workforce inside the vaunted…
I’ll admit to a large extent that this column is a direct piggyback on one the estimable David Catron penned Monday here at The American Spectator when he discussed the need for a comprehensive reform of America’s electoral system. This…
As Republican senators meet today to choose a new majority leader, it is vital that they select someone with both the principles and guts to deliver on President Donald J. Trump’s America First agenda. Sen. Rick Scott of Florida is…
