Sen. Elizabeth Warren has doubled down on her claim that she was fired from her first teaching job because she was visibly pregnant. The takeaway from that sentence is the phrase "doubled down." Whenever a candidate for political office has to double down on something, it's a sign of doubt in the air. Published October 8, 2019
In 1992, the British band XTC released a song called "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" that was described by singer Andy Partridge as an ode to truth -- a cynical-but-realistic look at somebody on Earth who ticked off the powers-who-be by outing their secretive, wicked deeds. Someone, circa 2019, very like President Donald Trump. Published October 8, 2019
Rep. Ilhan Omar has filed for divorce from Ahmed Hirsi, the father of her three children. And all the rest of the country goes: What's going on with this Muslim Democratic congresswoman from Minnesota, anyway? Her personal life doesn't just seem a mess. It's also, legally speaking, a curious mix of question marks and asterisks. Published October 7, 2019
President Donald Trump, in a late Sunday evening Twitter rant, did what he does and continues to do and with just a few short characters spread over a few short tweets, utterly slammed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Adam Schiff. This is why Trump's "poll numbers are defying the impeachment mess," as CNBC recently wrote. Published October 7, 2019
Far leftists are so bent on saving the environment, they actually see abortion and the destruction of precious human life as A-OK. So in the end, what's a little baby eating, right? Published October 5, 2019
To Democrats, God is just another political tool. To radicals on the left, Jesus is Greta Thunberg is Barack Obama is -- whomever. Published October 4, 2019
Rush Limbaugh, conservative talk show host, used his syndicated radio platform to rail a bit at Fox News for giving so many "never-Trumpers" a national voice. He's got a point. Published October 3, 2019
John Brennan put out a call to arms on Twitter for anyone with information of unlawful activities that may have been conducted by President Donald Trump to come forward and report it. Nice. Kind of like calling for a whistleblower movement, right? Published October 3, 2019
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in brief remarks, told reporters that Democrats were bound and determined to pass gun control legislation, regardless of how long it takes, regardless of what else is taking place in the political world, regardless of how many stones Second Amendment supporters throw into the way. Take this as a threat. Published October 2, 2019
Democrats have been getting a taste of their own vicious style of politicking of late -- and guess what: They hate it. Too bad, so sad. Published October 2, 2019
Pope Francis warned that artificial intelligence could one day, if humans aren't careful, lead to a world where the weak are suppressed and outright ruled by those with the technological mostest, leading to a barbaric society. And as left as this pope typically leans when he speaks of policy and politics, on this, he's got a point. Published October 1, 2019
Sen. Kamala Harris, on the campaign trail for the White House, told a CNN audience that Twitter's executives ought to boot President Donald Trump because he was using the platform to bully people and not inspire them. Nothing says U.S. president like a call for censorship of political dissent, right? Published October 1, 2019
Once upon a time, America was a recognized leader among the governments of the world for a colorblind system of justice that included due process, a presumption of innocence until proven guilty, and a basic common law, common sense right to face one's accuser in a court of law. We're losing those cherished rights. Published October 1, 2019
There's hate -- and then there's Robert De Niro level of hate. On Sunday morning, on live CNN TV, on an interview with host Brian Stelter on "Reliable Sources," Hollywood's De Niro dropped a couple of f-bombs about President Donald Trump and Fox News. On a channel that even little children could regularly watch. Published September 30, 2019
A 2002 movie called "Minority Report" featured a 2054 society where members of a specialized police force called PreCrime searched out and arrested suspects who were identified by psychics as poised to commit vicious crimes. This is how the Democrats' and Nancy Pelosi's "impeachment inquiry" into President Donald Trump rings. Published September 28, 2019
Donald Trump, like him or hate him, agree with him or disagree with him, fact is, when it comes to disrupting political norms, he's king. Trump's opened eyes onto a corrupt U.S. intel machine. Published September 27, 2019
Phil Scott is the Republican governor of Vermont, and in a disgraceful show of political grandstanding, released a statement saying he supported the leftist-led impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. Shame. For shame. Published September 27, 2019
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who's seen a bit of a boom in polls for president lately, came forward with a statement about President Donald Trump's whistleblower affair that if nothing else, serves as a classic textbook example of How Liars Lie. The unabashed ones, anyway. Published September 26, 2019
It's so hard to take these climate predictions with any ounce of seriousness. They keep recycling, only louder, with scarier deadlines for death, and with ever-increasing pressures to pay, pay, pay so the United Nations can save. Published September 26, 2019
Democrats, along with others, have been talking about impeaching Donald Trump since before he even took office. Before he was ever the American people's elected one. And curiously enough, shockingly enough, before he was even the Republican Party's chosen one. Published September 26, 2019
