“Trump Derangement Syndrome” persists today if a newer strain dominates. This new form is something of a close reading of President Donald Trump and his allies, which, despite its literary merit, fails to capture honest analysis. The occasion usually follows the same sequence of events: Trump says or does something offhand, intricate accusations follow from […]
During his first week back in office, President Donald Trump announced his intention to revoke the security clearances of more than four dozen former intelligence officials who signed a 2020 letter suggesting the Hunter Biden laptop controversy resembled a “Russian operation.” The squealing in Washington was immediate. John Brennan, the former director of the CIA, […]
In the days leading up to President Donald Trump’s visit to this corner of Appalachian North Carolina, Monica Glowinski said her biggest prayer for the people of this county devastated by the wrath of Hurricane Helene was that she hoped Trump would not let their plight be forgotten. “I am optimistic that President Trump is […]
In the 1970s, there was a billboard along the Schuylkill Expressway (the local name for the I-76 highway) that said, “Philadelphia Isn’t as Bad as Philadelphians Say It Is.” It was supposed to be a playful advertising campaign to encourage people to visit the city. Decades later, it has been regularly mocked as an example […]
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is looking to Hawaii for advice on how to rebuild after wildfires. Here’s hoping that he is using the Aloha State as a model for what not to do. In the 18 months since Hawaii’s wildfires, the state has rebuilt a total of three homes, according to data from Maui County. […]
Reports suggest that nearly 22 million hold permits to carry a concealed handgun, a dramatic rise from 2014’s 11 million permit-holders. Moreover, this number should be set to surge further. In the wake of the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in the NRA-supported case New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, law-abiding gun owners […]
President Donald Trump’s announcement that the United States is withdrawing from the World Health Organization stems from the organization’s repeated failures in managing global health crises, its resistance to necessary reforms, and its subservience to undue political influence from certain member states. As the largest financial contributor to the WHO, the U.S. provides most of […]
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Jan. 15 in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton regarding the constitutionality of Texas’s age verification law passed last year. The Texas law imposes requirements on pornography websites to enact “reasonable age verification methods” to prevent minors from accessing harmful content. This law was passed in response to the […]
TRUMP’S FIRST 100 HOURS: A SHOCK TO THE SYSTEM. It’s a long tradition in American politics to evaluate a president by what he has accomplished in his first 100 days in office. Like so many other traditions of the presidency, Donald Trump has changed that. In his second term, he has been moving so fast on […]
As Inauguration Day wound down, President Donald Trump held court on the stage at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., signing one executive order after the next, flinging presidential pens into the adoring crowd. This scene, I’m quite certain, isn’t how the founders envisioned U.S. governance playing out. Displays of republican virtue haven’t been trendy […]
President Donald Trump’s executive orders don’t all fit into simple policy areas such as immigration or the economy. Instead, they are linked by a no less important desire to restore a proud and dignified traditional American culture. Perhaps the most seemingly trivial or even capricious order is that the highest peak in the land should […]
