A C-17 Globemaster left Joint Base Andrews on Aug. 25, routed by way of Riga, Latvia, and landed in Moscow. CIA Director John Ratcliffe was aboard and spent about eight hours there. The Kremlin says he did not meet Russian President Vladimir Putin. President Donald Trump called the trip semi-routine. What Ratcliffe carried there is […]
On May 29, the lower house of Poland’s parliament voted 428-3 to honor the 250th anniversary of American independence. Nobody voted against. Watching from the gallery was Tom Rose, the U.S. ambassador who had spent the previous four months in an open, personal feud with the marshal who announced the result. Rules of professional diplomacy […]
GROWING LATINO SUPPORT FOR BORDER WALL, STRICT ENFORCEMENT. A new poll by Axios and Noticias Telemundo found that 42% of Latino Americans support building a wall or fence along the entire U.S.-Mexico border. When pollsters asked the same question in December 2021, the number was 30%. That’s a significant increase as the border crisis created by […]
It is hard now to remember this, but football great and likely murderer O.J. Simpson, who died Wednesday, once was considered one of the “good guys” in sports. His descent into (allegedly) coked-up violence was a massive tragedy. None of what I write here is meant to excuse what Simpson almost certainly did to his […]
MOBILE, Alabama — Here in Alabama, in a unique race in a bizarre district mandated by misguided judges, one Republican congressional candidate is trying to prove politics can be conducted without vitriol. In the “Age of Trump,” a gentlemanly race is a big risk. Dick Brewbaker, though, is trying it. Brewbaker, a third-generation automotive dealer […]
Liberal media outlets are trying to turn a man who shot at police into another Black Lives Matter martyr. Dexter Reed was pulled over in Chicago for not wearing a seat belt. He refused to follow the instructions of the officers and then decided it would be a great idea to open fire on them. […]
Inflation just won’t quit, despite what President Biden is claiming: Wednesday, the Labor Department announced that it shot up to 3.5% in March, year...
Scrabble is getting an update after 75 years. And it’s not a good one. This new edition, Scrabble Together, will now be “easier” and “more inclusive.” It will feature helping cards and tutorial instructions because Generation Z wants to “avoid competitive games and sense of losing.” Scrabble is not the only game following this trend. […]
The adage goes, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” President Joe Biden seems to take this point to heart regardless of whether what he tries is legal. This Monday, Biden announced a new plan to cancel student loan debt. Those following this story likely will remember his efforts a couple of years […]
Democrats have frequently discussed the need to increase the country’s minimum wage. In recent years, they have tried to gain momentum in public opinion on such wage hike increases. Who could forget the $15-per-hour cries from progressive politicians like Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) as far back as 2015? Sanders’s proposal enjoyed popularity only among his supporters. […]
It has been nearly two years since the groundbreaking Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization left Republicans floundering. The abortion issue has long defined the GOP and cemented its standing as the moral political party. There are other issues of great concern, but from a conservative perspective, abortion tops them all. […]
