The New York Times pretended to have a scoop, outlining the major changes coming to the State Department under Marco Rubio. The only problem with the story? It was entirely fake. Well, not entirely. Rubio IS shaking up the State Department; it’s just that in every other respect, the Times got it wrong. Ed wrote...
Er … maybe it’s more time for a media primer. Let’s call it What To Expect When You’re Expecting a Conclave, or at least what kind of coverage you can expect — and where to look most. The last time the Vatican had to call its cardinals to Rome for a conclave, I went there...
Oooh, wasn’t I glad to see Ed’s earlier piece on what Marco Rubio announced over at the State Department this morning. Today is the day. Under @POTUS’ leadership and at my direction, we are reversing decades of bloat and bureaucracy at the State Department. These sweeping changes will empower our talented diplomats to put America and...
Leftists always claim to be worried about creeping fascism. It’s their excuse for painting swastikas, breaking windows as if it were Kristallnacht, shouting antisemitic slurs, assaulting strangers they don’t like, and generally behaving like Brownshirts. It’s almost like they are…fascists. Everyday people need to “join, or die.” The phrase comes from our nation’s founders, who...
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments today in a case arising out of Montgomery County, Maryland. The case was brought by a group of religious parents who asked lower courts for the right to opt their kids out of the reading of certain LGBT-themed books which were being read in classrooms with children as young...
Correction: It is long past time to clean house at the State Department. After decades of bloat turned into authoritarian attempts to quash and suppress dissent and debate inside the US, the need has never been greater for reform that strips the bureaucracy down to a level where focus on diplomacy and national security are...
New York Magazine has a profile of Alex Soros, the man-boy who took over George Soros’ political empire as his father declines into a shriveled version of Emperor Palpatine. Seriously, the resemblance is uncanny. Even in his best recent photos you can see it. If Klaus Schwab looks like a Bond Villain, Soros looks like...
Ah, the Theater of the Absurd continues. It’s also known as Life as Seen Through Desperate Democrats’ Eyes. They are all bizarre, pathetic, frantic, and futile exercises in frustration and self-delusion practiced by a rudderless party in a suddenly unfriendly American ocean. No matter how they splash their oars or send up flares, the rest of...
I have written a lot of articles about the anti-natalism of the Left. You see it everywhere, and the movement started sometime back in the 1960s, with Paul Ehrlich, The Club of Rome’s zeal about “overpopulation,” forced abortions and sterilization in China and the third-world, usually funded through Western foreign aid, the push for abortion...
At least one aspect of politics has improved: the “confidence” statement. In days gone by, any necessity for a president or a press secretary to declare his “confidence” in a subordinate usually meant an office was just about to open up. It might have even been interpreted as a signal to the underling in question...
Call it the Trump Plan, if you will. Cross the Leftist elite, and you’ll suffer character assassination and even financial and legal ruin. The sneering limousine progressives will scream about diversity and inclusiveness all day long, but attempt to actually put it in practice by having dinner with an opponent, and … … well, get...
One of my greatest frustrations with my liberal friends is their utter unwillingness to acknowledge that the people they trust lie to them almost every moment of the day. It’s not just the Pravda Media, although for the life of me, I cannot understand why anybody would trust The New York Times or the Washington...
Ever since President Trump put in place triple digit tariffs on trade with China it has been clear that Trump was looking to isolate China by seeking more favorable trade deals with other countries. Yesterday, China warned countries not to appease the United States or take sides against them, saying there would be repercussions for...
Oh, well, lookee what we have here – a gentle nudge from House Oversight Committee Chair Rep James Comer. It seems that flashy Andrew Cuomo, disgraced randy man-about-town former governor of New York, reviled as the murderer of thousands of helpless, fragile nursing home patients during COVID, and front runner in the current New York...
Ten days ago the Trump administration sent Harvard a letter with a list of ten demands. Harvard looked at it over the weekend and on Monday announced that it would not comply with the demands. The administration’s prescription goes beyond the power of the federal government. It violates Harvard’s First Amendment rights and exceeds the...