President-elect Donald Trump is already debunking and disproving some of the worst baseless, vile attacks against him, and he has not even stepped back into the White House yet. Trump announced on Thursday that he was naming Susie Wiles as his White House chief of staff. Wiles was one of Trump’s campaign managers in the […]
The California governor runs a border state with hotspots for illegal crossings. That means his threats (while totally political) carry an undertone of real...
What most said couldn’t be done, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) did. Under the Republican governor’s leadership, Florida became the first state to defeat a multimillion-dollar abortion industry ballot measure since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The demise of the state’s pro-abortion Amendment 4 is a momentous victory for life in Florida and for […]
President-elect Donald Trump’s victory on Election Day and massive gains among Hispanic and other minority voters have overturned the narrative that “demographics are destiny.” Exit polls reveal Trump received an all-time Republican record of 46% of the Hispanic vote in this week’s election, and Trump outright won the vote of Hispanic men. Trump also made […]
I am sorry to report that Grant Ujifusa, my longtime co-author of The Almanac of American Politics, died last month after a long and painful illness. His obituary in the New York Times, by Trip Gabriel, gives a fine account of his work on securing passage and President Ronald Reagan’s signature on the law for […]
If you cannot beat them, join them. So say some young women after President-elect Donald Trump’s victory over Vice President Kamala Harris. Not that they are joining Republicans in support of Trump. Quite the opposite: These women are protesting the election outcome by abstaining from sex or, really, from any relations with men. As often […]
There’s a funny moment near the end of The Wizard of Oz when the Wizard grants tokens to each of Dorothy’s companions to acknowledge all they had attained in the course of their journey. To the Scarecrow, who, you may recall, only wanted a brain, the Wizard bestows a degree. “Why, anybody can have a […]
President-elect Donald Trump reportedly wants to fire thousands of federal workers. He has also suggested a cost-cutting commission led by Tesla founder Elon Musk, which presumably would include firing government employees. There are a few they should start with to combat the weaponization of the federal government, most prominently by the Department of Justice. Attorney […]
In 2011’s Moneyball, Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane and his assistant, Peter Brand, use a sabermetric analysis method to evaluate underrated players to cobble together a competitive Major League Baseball team on a shoestring budget. The film somewhat faithfully captures the beginning of baseball’s analytics boom, during which numbers and formulas unseated much of […]
Israel is currently embarked on the most successful counterterrorist campaign in history. In a span of months, the Jewish state has taken out the leaders of both Hamas and Hezbollah, the two terrorist groups that most threaten Israel’s existence, as well as their successors. And in a daring operation, Israel turned Hezbollah’s communications systems against […]
It is amazing what Americans can accomplish without involving the government. There are, of course, multiple highways that crisscross the Lone Star State, but if you want to bike, run, or ride across the state, you are out of luck … until now. Bike enthusiast Charlie Gandy, along with his friends at Bike Texas, a […]
Often erroneously attributed to John Wayne, the quote “This life’s hard, but it’s harder if you’re stupid” actually comes from George V. Higgins’s 1970 novel The Friends of Eddie Coyle. The phrase is spoken by a gunrunner trying not to get killed during a deal, but its applications are truly universal. Let’s not be so […]
