The President’s foreign policy, or lack thereof, amounts to little more than instinctual appeasement and retreatism. By refusing to keep faith with our allies, he is quite literally surrendering America’s place in the world order.
The Last Full Measure of Devotion
A House resolution has been introduced to award Lt. Eric Fisher Wood Jr. the Medal of Honor for his fight to the death behind enemy lines in the Battle of the Bulge.
The Value of Dissent
In the times that try men’s souls, sometimes the best thing we can do is stand athwart the zeitgeist and offer a principled dissent.
“All or Nothing”
Are Democrats more interested in being able to say the President effectively did nothing than they are in helping Americans struggling through the Covid-19 crisis?
Shall We Play a Game?
Explaining the zero-sum game that American politics has devolved into using a little bit of ‘80s pop culture.
The Progress of Leviathan
Trumpism is simply the inevitable result of a century-long expansion of federal authority and the centralizing of power in the US Presidency.
The Persistence of Mad Kings in Literature and History
Again and again in both fact and fiction, those who never should have been given the reins of power are enabled by those who can’t resist the lure of having access to that power.
Is Trump Running As Both Bush And Dukakis?
President Trump seems to think he can tout himself as a Law-and-Order President while disparaging Joe Biden’s Tough-On-Crime history.
The Crazy Uncle Election
These guys shouldn’t be put in charge of Thanksgiving Dinner, let alone the US government.