As news outlets reported yesterday, our nation recorded a whopping $100.5 billion budget deficit in October alone (the start of our fiscal year). This is a 60% increase from the previous year, and despite a roaring economy and record-high tax revenue, our government’s spending grew twice as fast as its… CONTINUE
Trump Versus Acosta Is Bad for the Brain
Editor’s Note: Here’s another take on the confrontation between Jim Acosta and President Trump. It’s by John Daly. -0- When word came out that the White House was temporarily suspending the press pass of CNN reporter Jim Acosta for “placing his hands” on a White House intern, I was reminded… CONTINUE
The Maligning of Megyn Kelly
I wrote a column for National Review last year in which I described Megyn Kelly as America’s most unfairly maligned journalist. After last week’s firestorm at NBC, that resulted in Kelly losing her daytime show and presumably her continued employment at the network, I contend that she still holds that… CONTINUE
No Culpability in Spreading Bad Info?
I typically don’t write columns based on Twitter conversations, but there was one yesterday involving CNN’s Jake Tapper that I think is worthy of some discussion in regard to the spreading of media disinformation. A little background first: Last Sunday, Tapper interviewed Republican Senator Ben Sasse, who has a new… CONTINUE
Trump’s Remarks About the Media Aren’t Harmless
Last week, prior to the release of details on Jamal Khashoggi’s apparent torture and murder, Ben Rhodes wrote a piece in The Atlantic linking President Trump’s foreign policy to the Saudi Arabian journalist’s abduction. Rhodes, a former deputy national-security adviser to President Obama, essentially argued that Trump mishandled a changing… CONTINUE
- 1
- 2
- 3
- …
- 92
- Next Page »