On this day in 1989, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army opened fire on civilians throughout the Chinese capital of Beijing, killing hundreds of students and activists who had assembled to protest for democracy and reforms of China’s authoritarian government and…
Washington Now that special counsel Robert Mueller’s report is out, it is time to salute the heroes. Mueller is not among them. He was a hero when he served in Vietnam. During his career as a prosecutor, he won the…
How important is the distinction between nationalism and patriotism? Could it be that this distinction might be all that stands between Steve Bannon and political power? It may seem too slender a distinction, too thin a thread, to matter so…
Washington It has been at least ten years since I stopped by American conservatism’s largest and gaudiest national jamboree, the Conservative Political Action Conference or CPAC. I used to attend it annually, but somehow it lost its allure about fifteen…
I count myself as a huge Steve Bannon fan. He has done more to advance authentic conservatism in America and to move it from the theoretical to the actual than just-about any other American alive today. And I know how…
There is much frolicking on Twitter right now, as the current Designated Demon™ has been ousted from resigned from Breitbart, aka Steve Bannon. Bannon resigned from his role as presidential advisor in August. The slide from power has continued, accelerated by…
Unsurprisingly, there is a media lynch mob out there waiting to tar and feather Steve Bannon. Count me out, I have no need to join the herd of hyenas, independent minds every man and woman of them. Steve Bannon took…
Washington As a candidate for president, Donald Trump assured voters that, if elected, he would hire “the best people.” It was a claim that suggested Trump didn’t need years of Washington experience because, well, as Trump boasted in The Art…
There are many things that have been said about Steve Bannon in the past, many things I myself have defended. From him being accused of being the second coming of Goebbels, to, well… him being accused of being the second…