How hypocrisy thrives when an opposing political party abuses power
The political posturing by the enablers of both parties proves once again that power is as corrupting as Lord Acton warned back in 1887. Published June 14, 2021
David Keene
Columns by David Keene
Keeping business focused on business rather than woke politics
The muckrakers and trust busters of an earlier day demanded government regulation of corporations they saw as essentially evil. Published June 9, 2021
The price police pay to protect Americans
There are fewer cops on the streets in our major cities today than in the 1990s, and there will be fewer still next year. Published June 7, 2021
Progressives kick off campaign to ‘reform’ Supreme Court
The "progressive" campaign to "reform" the Supreme Court kicked off last week with the first meeting of "The President's Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States." Published May 24, 2021
Urban progressives ramp up efforts to ‘defund’ the police
Progressives have learned that ideas and policies have consequences ... and those consequences can be deadly. Published May 11, 2021
Liberal Democrats’ push to repeal ‘SALT’ tax cap will only benefit wealthy
Former President Trump's Tax Cuts & Jobs Acts put a $10,000 cap on how much a federal taxpayer could deduct for state and local taxes paid. Published April 19, 2021
Joe Biden making the world safe for highest-taxing industrial nations
President Biden, his economic advisers and his party's congressional allies are boldly advocating a new Imperialist Age to be led by the United States and like-mined wealthy industrial nations. Published April 12, 2021
Biden embarks on frenzied campaign to block election reform
President Biden and his congressional and media allies' frenzied crusade to block reforms designed to safeguard the integrity of the electoral process may backfire. Published April 6, 2021
Republicans shouldn’t depend on Joe Manchin for support on filibuster
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin gives new meaning to the old saying that the most dangerous place to be in Washington is between an ambitious politician and a television camera. Published March 23, 2021
Democrats sentence a fair election system to death
The first bill a new House of Representatives introduces is a party-in-power wish list. Published March 9, 2021
Exposing Biden’s radical gun control agenda
President Biden urged Congress to eliminate "immunity for gun manufacturers who knowingly put weapons of war on our streets" by repealing the "Protection of Lawful Commerce in Firearms Act" or PLCFA Published February 22, 2021
Recognizing the plights and frustrations of the Republican voter
Since the 1960s, the two major U.S. political parties have been trading constituencies. Published February 16, 2021
Hoping for baseball to come to the rescue while still battling COVID-19
It's been just about a year since American life, which for many of us means baseball, began changing. COVID-19, then known simply as the Wuhan Virus, began to be perceived as the threat it quickly became. Published January 27, 2021
CDC’s latest COVID-19 rules don’t make travel safer or contain new strains
The new CDC rules requiring travelers visiting or returning to the United States from abroad are supposed to help prevent the newer strains of the COVID-19 virus out of the country while making air travel safer. Published January 25, 2021
What America faces with Biden and his Congress
An American in Des Moines like a Parisian in Paris can hardly be faulted for fearing that America's democracy is in crisis. Published January 13, 2021
Ambassador J. William Middendorf details the dangerous and growing threat from China
In this book and in interviews, op-ed pieces and speeches, Mr. Middendorf has spent years arguing that we are being left behind by a newly aggressive Communist regime in Beijing dedicated to changing the world. Published December 30, 2020
Why Trump’s deal with Morocco is immoral and shamefully cynical
Donald Trump, like most presidents in the final days of their term, is frantically striving to enhance his "legacy" with little regard for positions he has previously taken or defended. Published December 15, 2020
Did state officials forget to read the Commission on Federal Election Reform’s report?
I think of "Landslide Jim" and Broyhill's assessment when I hear today's Democrats claim that there has never been any evidence of "widespread" voter fraud in this country. Published November 30, 2020
Election irregularities unearthed by Trump team must be investigated
The president and his lawyers should continue to seek an honest and accurate vote count because voters deserve to know. Published November 17, 2020
Public faith in system at risk if legitimate questions about election are not answered
The turmoil of the last few days must seem, in Yogi Berra's words, "like deja vu all over again" to Americans familiar with the presidential election of 1960. Published November 9, 2020
