If you’re feeling that the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the United States has been hijacked by a narcissistic, political hack, you’re not alone. Instead of a joyous event for all Americans, our holiday has been plagued by vicious attacks on those who haven’t drunk the Make America Great …
Category: Opinion
This column grimly spent a spring predicting a dark summer of possible chaos and violence, an administration on the move, power grabs at every turn, one preparing for an unpredictable but authoritarian fall season. We would endure a lot of hot weather, late nights, some dangerous dynamics, and Kalsh…
Somewhere inside the White House right now, there’s a federal intelligence report sitting in a drawer, and Trump’s lickspittles who put it there are betting you won’t see it before you vote in November.It’s an assessment of the security of America’s voting machines, produced by the Office of the Dir…
The language of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution could not be plainer when it comes to birthright citizenship. It says that if you were born or naturalized here, you’re a citizen. Period. End of story.There is no debate.And yet, there was.This is settled law. To pretend otherwise…
When Rep. Tom Kean went missing from Congress for nearly four months, the speculation ran wild. Where was he? Was he hiding something? Was his marriage in trouble? Had he done something to be ashamed of?Reporters camped outside his New Jersey home. A colleague said he hadn’t heard from him. The myst…
Today, the Supreme Court struck down Trump’s Day One executive order canceling the right to birthright citizenship. Good. That executive order declared that children born in the U.S. would not be considered citizens if their parents were living in the country illegally or were visiting the country o…
For one day, at least, the Constitution held, and in the chaotic and disjointed time we are living in, and where we hold our breath awaiting the rulings of an overtly bigoted Supreme Court, that is saying an awful lot.The court today struck down President Donald Trump’s executive order attempting to…
You can hear the whispering in the White House across the Mall from the Smithsonian Aviation Museum, “Well, that didn’t work, and that’s bad — really bad.” They’re talking about the “Great American State Fair.”Aaron Rupar, the Left’s irreplaceable and most deeply embedded intel agent, captured Fox N…
The failure of the American media is one of the biggest disappointments of the last 11 years. Instead of standing together and standing their ground with integrity and dignity when Trump began bullying them in 2015, media organizations let him wear them down with his never-ending litany of insults. …