With his declaration Friday that the Iran nuclear deal is not in the national interest, President Donald Trump may have put us on the road to war with Iran. Indeed, it is easier to see the collisions that are coming than to see how we get off this road before… CONTINUE
Contributors
Is Trump the Heir to Reagan?
Three decades ago, as communications director in the White House, I set up an interview for Bill Rusher of National Review. Among his first questions to President Reagan was to ask him to assess the political importance of Barry Goldwater. Said Reagan, “I guess you could call him the John… CONTINUE
Trump Spikes the Ball, Dances in the End Zone
President Trump declared victory this week. The commander-in-chief is essentially boasting that he has vanquished the nation’s most powerful sports league, its owners, and its players. In other words, “Mission Accomplished.” And in fact, the president is correct, even if his end zone celebration is a bit unseemly. National Football… CONTINUE
A President Who Views His Party as His Employees
Tuesday on Fox News, commentator Neil Cavuto delivered a stiff monologue on the current state of the Trump administration, including what he believes will be the fate of our president’s tax-reform initiative: “Let me tax-cut to the chase. You can chase those tax-cuts goodbye. I know, Wall Street doesn’t see… CONTINUE
Dogs, Strangers and God
A while ago a human-interest story from South Africa was reported internationally. As described in the Wall Street Journal: “On Aug. 4, Graham and Sheryl Anley, while yachting off the coast of South Africa, hit a reef, capsizing their boat. As the boat threatened to sink and they scrambled to… CONTINUE
Trump Embraces the Culture War
To attend the Indianapolis Colts game where the number of the legendary Peyton Manning was to be retired, Vice President Mike Pence, a former governor of Indiana, flew back from Las Vegas. With him in the stadium was wife Karen. In honor of Manning, she wore a No. 18 jersey… CONTINUE
Can We Legislate Evil?
If you don’t believe evil exists, you might as well stop reading and continue to believe that gun control will cure all of society’s ills. I wrote about this at the time of the Sandy Hook shooting, and I’m writing again because the left doesn’t seem to get the point…. CONTINUE
The Dead Soul of Stephen Paddock
What was his motive? Why did he do it? Why did Stephen Paddock, 64, rent rooms at the Mandalay Bay hotel, sneak in an arsenal of guns, a dozen of them converted to fully automatic, and rain down death on a country music concert? “We will never know,” writes columnist… CONTINUE