- Good Grief: ‘Terra Carta,’ a Proposed Magna Carta for Nature
Commentary Should the Mississippi River be allowed to sue farmers to prevent them from using its water? Should the law permit California’s redwood trees to litigate against timber companies? Should mountains be able to obtain injunctions to stop ore mining or reindeer to prevent pipelines from being built? If you think these are ridiculous notions, […]
- The End of Politics
Commentary The actions of the Democratic Party, corporate America, Silicon Valley, and academia, not just in the last several days but in the last several years, should convince all Republicans of a social or religious conservative bent that they’re no longer in a standard political contest. The battle has changed. In the old days, when […]
- How Will Pence Treat the Electoral Envelopes in His Hand?
Commentary As Georgians headed to the polls for the state’s crucial Senate runoffs, a nation anxiously awaits Jan. 6, the date on which the Electoral College votes in our presidential election are to be formally counted. There’s no small amount of confusion and uncertainty over what might take place on that day. That’s partly because, […]
- On Donald Trump’s Extraordinary Achievements
Commentary The achievements of President Donald J. Trump are so boldly true to the real dangers facing the United States, and so unlike the usual tripe out of Washington since the days of Bill Clinton, George Bush Jr., and Barack Obama, that many people confuse his successes with failure. Shutting down illegal immigration wasn’t a […]
- Be Charitable, But Also Be Careful
Commentary MacKenzie Scott has achieved what no other philanthropist has. With no massive Gates Foundation-like staff to assist her, she sought out some of the neediest charitable groups in the nation and donated nearly $6 billion to them. Six billion dollars. Think of that. Think of how much good can be achieved by the beneficiaries: […]
- Who Will Be America’s Next King?
Commentary Jan. 18 is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. But I wonder why it’s still a federal holiday. I remember growing up in the ’70s and ’80s when the lead up to MLK Day was filled with lessons at school and programs on television highlighting the footage of the civil rights marches he led, the […]
- The Family Fades as Governments Subsidize Daycares and Nursing Homes
Commentary Human life is given meaning and sustenance by various forms of community: the church, the nuclear family, the extended family, fraternal organizations, businesses, etc. But as the state has grown, civil society has shrunk. The state over the centuries has absorbed an increasing share of the resources, functions, and moral authority of these other […]
- America: A People Pushed Again Toward Revolution
Commentary The American colonists proved their patience with King George III. He proved their patience could run out. It was approximately 12 years between the first act issued by his Highness across the Atlantic and the first shots fired across Lexington and Concord. The King and Parliament had made clear their disdain for the colonists, […]
- Trump Should Declassify How the Chinese Communist Party Interfered in Our Election
Politicians tackle debts and deficits, politicians deal with planning and zoning, politicians struggle with their civil service. Statesmen, or stateswomen, however, are the politicians who take hold, grasp and define the seminal moments of our times. They map out the course of history through surgical words and key actions. These words and actions stand to […]
- Washington Post Vies to Become Official State Media
Commentary The Washington Post recently announced that it’s adding more than 150 new jobs to its newsroom, bringing the total number to more than 1,000, the largest staff in the paper’s nearly 150-year history. In the wake of recent layoffs at Vox, Vice, BuzzFeed, Gannett, and the Los Angeles Times, does the Post’s good news […]
- An Agenda Moving Forward
Commentary We lost. And more importantly, America lost. And no, it wasn’t a fair fight—and nothing the media and Nancy Pelosi’s Ministry of Truth say will convince us otherwise. We watched the theft of this election take place right before our eyes. So now, what are we going to do about it? First, we the […]
- Carbon Dioxide Is Natural and Essential
Commentary The mantra to build a “green economy” is actually code to kill the oil and natural gas industry and replace it with solar and wind power, battery-powered cars, and the like. Others have revealed the naivety of this canard and the true unfeasibility and cost of it, and it is not my purpose here […]
- COVID Ushers in Stimulus. The Taxman Follows.
A crisis is always an opportunity and whatever happens, someone benefits from it. John Maynard Keynes pointed out long ago that rapid inflation always puts the financial boot on different feet: creditors lose and debtors gain. This in turn can have profound social and cultural consequences. Conduct that was once deemed prudent becomes imprudent, and […]
- Vice President Pence Must Be Guided by the 12th Amendment, Not the Electoral Count Act, on Jan. 6
Commentary On Monday, I wrote on these pages that Vice President Mike Pence, as president of the Senate, would be violating his oath of office were he to count the electoral votes cast for Joe Biden in the six disputed swing states—Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona, and Nevada—because the governors of those states had “certified” […]
- The Universal Right to Counsel and the Expansion of Tyranny by Non-Governmental Actors
Commentary The assault on our democratic process for selecting elected officials is not limited to distorting results at the ballot box through skewed interpretations of the U.S. and various state constitutions, though these appear to have had a devastating effect on Nov. 3. Equally nefarious, and perhaps more insidious, are the corollary steps being taken […]
- Suppose They Gave an Inauguration and Nobody Came?
Commentary The increasingly fascistic American left is setting a trap for the rest of their fellow citizens—often termed “deplorables” but more appropriately dubbed “normals” by Kurt Schlichter—by warning we intend violence all over the country during Joe Biden’s inauguration. This is nonsense, of course, but any kind of demonstration can be declared violent by a […]
- The ‘Corrupt Bargain’ of 2020
Commentary Today, the U.S. Congress will vote to certify the Electoral College vote for the 2020 presidential election, certifying Joe Biden as the next president … or not. However unlikely, it’s constitutionally possible for Congress to nullify the Electoral College vote and to force the decision onto the members of the House of Representatives, voting […]
- McConnell and GOP Senators Must Stop Deserting Their Constituents
Commentary Excuse me, but if I get another text message from Mitch McConnell, asking for money…”Mitch” or “Hey, it’s Mitch…” (I did meet the guy once, about ten years ago, but doubt he remembers)—I seem to get one roughly every five minutes and one came ten seconds after midnight to welcome 2021—telling me things were […]
- The Cold War Continues, and Now We Are Losing
Commentary I’m old enough, just barely, to remember watching Paul Henderson score his winning goal against the Soviets in the final game of the 1972 Summit Series. I knew that something important had happened, but I didn’t fully understand what it was until much later. Yes, it was hockey, and our national pride was at […]
- Disputed Swing State GOP Lawmakers Must Adopt ‘Reclamation’ Resolutions to Stop the Steal
Commentary Though seven states—Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico—had Trump-pledged electors attend and cast votes for the Trump–Pence ticket at the Dec. 14 Electoral College sessions, these actions do not give rise to a true set of “dueling electors.” At the Electoral College—held this year on Dec. 14 at the various state […]
