On Monday, former President Donald Trump chose Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) as his vice presidential nominee. Vance was a protégé of Peter Thiel, a prominent Silicon Valley venture capitalist. His nomination to the Republican ticket is the latest sign of the rightward shift occurring among Silicon Valley’s elite. Silicon Valley has historically been to the […]
The main stage of the Republican National Convention Monday featured an eclectic roster of speakers, but one speaker, Amber Rose, particularly brought out the party’s internal divisions on social issues. Rose is a model, rapper, and activist who has made a name for herself as a regular attendee of the so-called SlutWalk, where she has […]
If Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle will not resign over former President Donald Trump nearly being assassinated at a rally, President Joe Biden should fire her. The fact that he won’t shows there are no consequences for failure in the Biden administration. Cheatle said after the attempt on Trump’s life that the security failure was […]
The USA Basketball Men’s National Team has a unique opportunity to help unite the country at this summer’s 2024 Paris Olympics amid mass political division. The past few weeks have featured multiple controversial stories that beckon for a national unifying force. President Joe Biden’s historically bad debate performance on June 27 laid the foundation for […]
In former President Donald Trump’s choice of Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) as his vice presidential candidate, I hear echoes of history. As others have pointed out, Vance’s selection makes little sense in the short term. He brings little experience in government — 18 months in the Senate — and was a desultory vote-getter in his […]
After the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, the Democratic Party is still more splintered than it has been in decades. The Left had already been in a state of hysteria for the nearly three weeks since President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance stoked fears that, if he is the nominee in November, he […]
MILWAUKEE — Corporate welfare is a bipartisan practice in Washington and state capitals, but ideologically, most conservatives and some liberals consistently inveigh against it. The topic scrambles the simplistic categories used by the news media and even by many partisans and politicians. So it was fitting that Teamsters President Sean O’Brien, whose very presence at […]
Lost in the excitement of the final days of the Supreme Court term, amid rulings on Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. deference, presidential immunity, and Jan. 6, 2021, defendants, was an opinion by Justice Amy Coney Barrett. “Sorry,” she began when Chief Justice John Roberts called upon her to deliver the […]
Republicans will open the second day of their national convention in Milwaukee riding a wave of enthusiasm after an opening day that included former President Trump choosing Sen. JD Vance (Ohio) as his running mate and Trump attending the event just two days after his assassination attempt. The mood at the Republican National Convention was...
New Jersey Democrats are doubling down on their calls for Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) to resign his seat, after the senator was found guilty Tuesday on all 16 counts in his federal corruption and bribery trial. “Today's verdict finding Senator Bob Menendez guilty on 16 counts demonstrates that the Senator broke the law, violated the...