Trump fights back; when will Republicans join him?
Today’s press conference by President Trump was 21 minutes of straight talk from a president at the top of his game. The question now — as always — is whether…
Tulsi Gabbard awarded honorary ‘Deplorable’ medal by Hillary Clinton
Democrats have been dismissive and patronizing of Republicans for years. No surprise there. In 2008, it was candidate Barack Obama lamenting that working-class voters “get bitter, they cling to guns…
Mulvaney spoke truth to power (the news media) and got crucified for it
I’m really disgusted with the Republicans who are attacking White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney for what he said at his press conference last week. As I wrote Thursday,…
No more Vietnams: Why Trump’s Syria policy makes sense in the heartland
Listening to Sen. Lindsey Graham threaten President Trump over his Syria policy inspired me to finally work through the complicated issues surrounding use of American military power, and by the…
Mulvaney’s masterful presser includes bonus snub of ‘rude’ Jim Acosta
I loved the way Mick Mulvaney handled his press conference today — the first since he took over as White House chief of staff in December 2018. Mulvaney was running…
FLASHBACK: Changing the rules on refugees …
(Here’s a column I wrote for the Daily Inter Lake on April 10, 2016, about the influx of Syrian refugees under the Obama administration’s policy of giving the middle finger…
September 11: Tell the story to your children and grandchildren; never let anyone forget
On the anniversary of the attacks of September 11, 2001, I always want to look back and remind myself of what this country has been through, and to strengthen me…
CNN puts lives at risk to feed its anti-Trump narrative
Unbelievably reckless reporting from CNN has put in danger the lives of a Russian defector and his wife. Either that, or it has put in danger the last shred of…
Fox News allows Leland Vittert to commit journalistic malfeasance in ambush interview with Trump trade adviser
When President Trump called out Fox News weekend hosts Arthel Neville and Leland Vittert in March, I was blissfully ignorant of this malignant duo. Trump asked whether they had been…
Ratcliffe out as DNI; will Deep State sneak in its own candidate?
Color me disappointed. I knew when I wrote a post complimenting the president for his choice of John Ratcliffe for the position of Director of National Intelligence that the long…