Markwayne Mullin steps on virtue signaling landmine

Ever heard someone once accused of being homophobic reply by saying, “Why, some of my best friends are gay?” Or a White person accused of being a […]

On NATO, to quote Maverick in Top Gun, ‘don’t think, just do’

As Argentina threatened the Falklands in 1982, Sir Henry Leach, chief of the naval staff, told Prime Minister Thatcher, “I can put together a task force of […]

A fragile ceasefire carries huge hopes

The Iran war ceasefire is as fragile as a spring snowflake. Circumstances may have changed substantially by the time you read this. Yet some observations will likely […]

Painful dose of reality only known treatment for political IRS

When a patient presents a pattern, a persistent psychosis, the ailment deserves a name. For modern Democrats, call it Inconvenient Reality Syndrome, or IRS. Consider the recent […]

Three takeaways from DHS shutdown

As was true for last summer’s government shutdown, the current Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown is 100% the Democrats’ fault. Republicans want to fund the agency, […]

Democrats and their border and ID attack on Democracy

It all fits together, doesn’t it? So much Democrat prattle can’t withstand elementary scrutiny, but align certain issues and a strategy emerges. Consider open borders and opposition […]

One-man legislature John Roberts and the Trump tariff decision

You would think being the United States Supreme Court Chief Justice would be enough for any man, but John Roberts also likes being a shadow senator. Yes, […]

US responding to Xi sacking generals

Chinese Communist Party Chairman Xi Jinping recently sacked General Zhang Youxia, first vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), and General Liu Zhenli, CMC chief of staff. […]

New data confirm pundits wrong on economy again, but at least they’re consistent

Guess what! Inflation, growth, jobs: Conventional wisdom from America’s economic punditry was across-the-board wrong. Again. At the year’s start, the punditry predicted that Trump’s tariffs would cause […]