It’s easy, perhaps even inevitable, to describe Joe Biden’s handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal as reckless, misguided and utterly inept. But is it appropriate, or constructive, to classify the president himself, or any of...
Read More
Maybe it’s possible that Senator Tim Scott could have given a more effective address in responding to President Biden’s Joint Session Speech, but I don’t know how. What a masterpiece of both rhetoric and delivery! With a long history...
Read More
As pundits ponder the looming prospect of a “Republican Civil War,” they instinctively draw dire analogies with the cataclysmic conflict between Union and Confederacy some 160 years ago. But to gain a more illuminating...
Read More
Despite encouraging news in Senate and House elections scattered across the country, the 2020 returns did little to shake the GOP’s recent status as near-perennial, popular-vote, presidential losers. In the last eight White House...
Read More
Whenever American voters deliver a breathlessly close finish to a fiercely contested presidential race, the weary candidates inevitably squabble over recounts, lawsuits, mishandled ballots, and charges of cheating that lead to an obsessive...
Read More
During the tumultuous and eventful four years of Donald Trump’s presidency, passionate partisans on both sides warned of the potential for a new civil war – a dreadful domestic conflict based, at least in part, on differences in...
Read More
All sides in the fiercely fought 2020 election know that it’s a consequential battle, but they should also agree on a crucial aspect of the outcome: America will benefit if Republicans hold their Senate majority. If President Trump wins,...
Read More
A new study by Pew Research uses tricky language to exaggerate differences between Trump and Biden voters when it comes to views of America’s past. The report shows nearly all Biden voters – 87% – agreeing with the statement: “It...
Read More
The current anguish over “racial justice” has been punctuated by intensifying demands for monetary reparations to the descendants of enslaved Americans. The prospect of arranging appropriate compensation for uncompensated labor that...
Read More
A little noted detail in a new national poll raises questions on its report of a solid, steady Biden lead. The Wall Street Journal/NBC News Poll also asked respondents about social distancing and 85% claimed they regularly wear masks...
Read More
Email Michael
Email
