Cruz’s stock is not trading at an all-time high, but the senator’s critics are, in this case, off-base. People who can take care of themselves and their families in an emergency should take care of themselves and their families in an emergency, if only to remove the possibility of their having to be taken care of by the public.
Publication: National Review
NY Times Corrects the Record on Officer Sicknick’s Death
Irrespective of whether impeachment had ever been pursued, it is vital that we have an accurate accounting of what happened on January 6, including an accurate accounting of what happened to Officer Brian Sicknick. And since impeachment was pursued, we are also owed an explanation of why the House managers did not clarify the circumstances of Sicknick’s death after making an explosive allegation about how it came to pass.
Another Impeachment Failure
Impeachment ends with a whimper, not a bang, as the Senate is gift-wrapped a bombshell witness but bizarrely chooses to skip over her.
Nikole Hannah-Jones Is the Donald Trump of the NY Times
She knows that she can act with impunity, and increasingly pushes the envelope to see what she can get away with.
NY Times Defends Star Reporter Who Doxxed Washington Free Beacon Reporter
The New York Times is defending Nikole Hannah-Jones, one of its most controversial star journalists, after she doxxed a reporter from the conservative news site who reached out to her for comment about one of her past Twitter posts using the n-word.
Don’t Quit on the GOP
The Republican Party is the only plausible electoral vehicle for right-of-center politics, and it is worth fighting over.
Will Biden’s Hard-Left Turn Lead to Pushback?
Biden is advancing radical policies that most Americans do not support.
The Trump Impeachment Farce
Conrad Black: This impeachment must stand as the stupidest legislative initiative in the entire history of the United States of America.
If You’re Gushing About Non-Answers, You’re Not Really a Journalist
it is just swell that Jen Psaki is nicer than Kayleigh McEnany and that reporters find her easier to deal with than Sarah Huckabee Sanders. But on that widely touted pledge to share more accurate information, Psaki is getting graded on a generous curve. Far too generous.
Media Bootlickers Hurl Themselves at Biden’s Feet
Pretending that he’s a groundbreaking or cathartic or unifying figure won’t work. He’s been around too long.
Trump’s Tragic Fall
The horrifying images of Trump’s rabble storming the Capitol, leaving five people dead, will forever shame his legacy. Certainly he did not intend it. But if it was not a foreseeable result of all he did and said up until then, it was weirdly inevitable, like the bloodbath at the end of Hamlet.
The Right-Wing Outlets That Told Trump Fans What They Wanted to Hear
Rarely did a day go by without OANN and Newsmax publishing election fraud stories based on the questionable opinions of Trump sycophants.
Flight 93 Mentality Led to Capitol Hill Riot
The mood perfectly captures what happened at the U.S. Capitol — fevered, dark, and apocalyptic. Trump finally did what the foremost metaphor associated with his political rise would have suggested — he plowed his plane into the ground.
Try Him Now
Donald Trump has spent his life dodging the consequences of his misbehavior. For once, he must be punished.
Your Rioters Are Worse Than Our Rioters
Our priority should be to make sure neither the summer’s riots nor last week’s assault on the Capitol happens again. Not to score partisan points.
Trump’s Disgusting Coda
Rich Lowry: The president has been engaged in a grotesque display of failed leadership since he insisted late on Election Night that he’d won big.
The Trump Presidency’s Inevitable, Wretched End
It began in shame and dishonesty. It concludes in shame, dishonesty, cowardice, and rebellion against the Constitution.
Trump’s Shameful Georgia Election Call
Rich Lowry: If he were to succeed in his bid to remain in office, he’d provoke a disastrous constitutional crisis. His hour-long lobbying of Raffensperger to declare him the winner in the state is among the worst things an American president has ever been caught saying on the record.
Trump’s New Year’s Resolution: “Find 11,780 Votes”
No, Mr. President, Georgia can’t just “recalculate” the vote so that you win.
New Civics Mandates Will Be Woke
Far from restoring traditional understandings of American citizenship, the proposed history and civics mandates will entrench woke ideology nationally, imposing it on the reddest of red-state school-districts, and ultimately on private and religious schools as well.
“Do They Know It’s Christmas?” — Yes and Stop Singing This Song Filled with Celebrity Condescension
The gist of the song is a juxtaposition guilt trip, contrasting an indifferent world of “light,” “plenty,” and “joy” — presumably, the world of most Western record-buyers — with the supposedly helpless suffering of the song’s subjects.
The Presidency Comes to a Close
Jim Geraghty: I’m not sure how much good it does for White House staffers to say, on background to reporters, that they are deeply concerned by the president’s mental state. If you really think the president of the United States is nuts or about to do something terrible, you probably ought to put your name on the accusation.
History’s Weakest Impeachment Case, One Year Later
The Trump impeachment stands out for lowering the bar for impeachment. That’s chiefly because this was the only presidential impeachment that didn’t bother to allege an actual crime.
Well Done, Mr. Attorney General
Bill Barr was the ideal attorney general for this toxic environment.