Columns by Michael McKenna
This week, The New York Times announced that they hired Michael Bender, formerly of The Wall Street Journal, to be their new reporter on what they describe as former President Donald Trump and the "Trumpism" beat.
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April 20, 2022
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Impeaching President Biden is a terrible idea. Impeachment is and should be reserved for high crimes and misdemeanors, not for policy differences.
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April 16, 2022
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This coming weekend, the world's 2.5 billion Christians will celebrate -- emphasis on "celebrate" -- the torture, execution and resurrection of an obscure Jewish carpenter.
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April 13, 2022
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Sometimes Americans' competitive nature requires that we think of our current rivals as much, much more impressive than they actually are.
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April 9, 2022
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Former President Donald Trump never tires of talking about the legitimacy of the 2020 elections. Fair enough. However, the reality is that the election is finished, and the winner has been certified.
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April 6, 2022
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Last week, Mike Pence and his experienced team at Advancing American Freedom released their thoughts about what the Republicans need to do in the event they ever again control some portion of the federal government.
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April 3, 2022
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In 1975, Sen. Frank Church, a Democrat from Idaho, gaveled in a new committee constructed specifically to examine legal and other transgressions engaged in by the CIA and other elements of the American foreign policy apparatus.
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March 30, 2022
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There has been a lot of talk lately about rising energy prices, the supposed energy transition and the federal government mandating electric vehicles.
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March 26, 2022
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Last week, Adm. Rachel Levine and Lia Thomas -- both of whom are men in any measurable, objective way -- were given awards specifically designated for women and denominated as awards for women.
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March 23, 2022
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The students at Yale Law School and Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine have recently given us a peek into the troubled relationship that some have with free speech.
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March 19, 2022
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What lessons is the acquisitive and aggressive communist regime in China taking from the war in Ukraine and our response to the equally acquisitive and aggressive Russians?
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March 16, 2022
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Over the next few months, Team Biden will try to convince us that the answer to rising energy prices is to accelerate the rush toward alternative sources of energy (wind and solar).
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March 11, 2022
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The invasion of Ukraine has turned out to be pretty good television and great media content. Ratings for both cable and network news have increased dramatically.
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March 9, 2022
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In the last few weeks, much of the rhetoric about energy has focused on the president's cancellation of the Keystone pipeline and his de facto suspension of new oil and gas leases.
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March 5, 2022
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Representative government is pretty simple. Candidates explain to voters what they will try to do once in office. Voters decide whether they think those things are good or bad and proceed accordingly.
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March 2, 2022
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In the last few weeks, it seems as if the entire intellectual and propaganda infrastructure of climate alarmism has crumpled.
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February 26, 2022
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Many people no doubt believe that Senate Democrat Joe Manchin is the West Virginian who will have the greatest influence on national policy and the federal government in the coming years. Maybe. Maybe not.
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February 23, 2022
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In the deep of a cold night almost 250 years ago, the remnants of an army waited for their turn to cross a river and head toward their enemy in hopes of surprising them on Christmas.
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February 20, 2022
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Southern California Gas, which is North America's largest gas distribution utility, announced that it intends to construct what it is calling the Angeles Link. The Link is a project designed to transport green hydrogen.
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February 17, 2022
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The Department of Justice likes to remind us occasionally that, since Jan. 6, 2021, more than 725 people have been arrested for crimes related to the events of that day.
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February 12, 2022
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