Christopher Chantrill – Needless to say, I don’t like the indictment of Donald Trump for mishandling classified documents. Oh, I get it. The very idea that the middle class should nominate for president a guy that actually proposes to rule in the interest of the middle class! The Horror!
But, really, the indictment of a candidate for president is not so much a misuse of political power but an admission of weakness. If you can’t head off a populist nationalist candidate at the pass, dear liberal friends, and cruise to glorious victory with a fine moderate candidate that unites all good Americans on a platform to Make Things Better, then you have a problem. Continue reading
J. B. Shurk – The midterm elections are only weeks away. The Democrats are in complete control of the House, Senate, and presidency. Donald Trump’s name appears nowhere near a November ballot. Yet the only things Democrats talk about are the former president and his “Make America Great Again” voters.
Clarice Feldman – More than a decade ago, Michael Walsh dubbed the Democrats, “A criminal organization masquerading as a political party.” I once thought this was overstating the matter, but I no longer do.
Clarice Feldman – It has been unseasonably cold in Washington D.C. this spring. The blossoms on the cherry tree on my front lawn had barely bloomed when a cold snap and heavy wind-driven rain scattered the petals all over my front lawn. I stepped out front to pick up a box of herbs left there to be planted when a neighbor passed by.