Joe Biden styled himself as a “bridge” president. He didn’t know that a U-turn sign directed all back to where they started. Call him “The Bridge to Nowhere.” Call his “The Newhart Presidency.” Recall how Newhart ended in 1990? Bob…
Donald Trump won the election. The House and Senate are in Republican hands. That means the GOP now owns the debt and its consequences. This responsibility, while too much for past politicians, presents the opportunity of a lifetime: namely, to…
President-elect Donald Trump chose Susie Wiles, who served as Trump’s campaign manager, to be his White House chief of staff. Wiles is Trump’s first appointee and the first woman to serve in the position. “Susie is tough, smart, innovative, and…
There’s a word that seems to encompass what our ruling elite and the party they congregate around — that’s the Democrat Party, in case you’re a little slow — have in the way of an attitude toward the rest of…
The 2024 presidential race has once again revealed a fundamental problem in the modern U.S. political discourse: Very few Americans seem to understand the proper role of the president. From politicians to pundits, and even among voters, the president is…
Behind Closed Doors: In the Room With Reagan & Nixon By Ken Khachigian (Post Hill Press, 496 pages, $35) Ken Khachigian, who worked as an aide and speechwriter to Presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan, has written a marvelous memoir…
Kamala Harris’s path to the White House is a textbook example of how a carefully crafted false narrative can be weaponized to win hearts, votes, and ultimately, power. Let’s take a hard look behind her air-brushed “poor black kid from…
The Mysterious Mrs. Nixon: The Life and Times of Washington’s Most Private First Lady By Heath Hardage Lee (St. Martin’s Press/416 pages/$32) Patricia Ryan Nixon was, as far as I have ever been able to tell, pretty much flawless. She…
