This scandal, with its complications and obfuscations, shows just how far the elite will go to buy what they so often tell us should be earned without complaint — that our ostensible meritocracy makes everything right in the end.
Publication: NY Post
Nancy Pelosi Just Admitted That Democrats Have Nothing on Trump
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Monday that she’s against impeaching President Trump “unless there’s something so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan.” Which is exactly the point — there isn’t.
Democrats’ Refusal to Call Out Ilhan Omar’s Anti-Semitism Is Just Appalling
It’s really not hard to get to the bottom of this: When you say that Jews have magical hypnotic powers to control other people, you’re an anti-Semite. When you say Jews control other people through money, you’re an anti-Semite…Ilhan Omar is an anti-Semite. Now what? Well, now nothing.
Michael Cohen May Have Just Helped Trump
Trump’s lawyer-fixer doesn’t have the goods.
The Demented FBI Bid to Oust Trump
Rich Lowry: If the president abuses his powers, that’s a matter for Congress to take up, not for executive branch officials whose panic eclipsed their judgment.
We Should Thank Andrew McCabe for His Dishonorable Service
McCabe, you see, has reminded us once again that there really is a powerful deep state, and that there has not been a full accounting of rampant FBI misconduct during the presidential campaign of 2016.
No Democratic Candidate Has Yet Matched Trump’s MAGA
This already-crowded field of Democratic candidates has no breakout star yet, no one whose positions are easily digestible, no one with a slogan as rhythmic and pithy — no matter what else you may think of it — as “Make America Great Again.”
Trump’s Bizarrely Brilliant SOTU Speech
He was conciliatory in one paragraph and hostile in the next and then conciliatory again. Democrats didn’t really know what to do with their anger and rage at him, and seemed to be looking to each other to make sure it was all right not to clap — and finding that, in fact, there were moments when they really just had to.
The Left Has Decided Wealth Is Just Evil
Watch out, America: Democrats’ class warfare is back with a vengeance. Your money belongs to them to redistribute as they see fit.
Nathan Phillips Is a Liar, Not a Victim
Video shows an aged Native American surrounded by a pack of smirking pro-Trump teens. But full videos of the incident soon showed Nathan Phillips was lying: He was the one who confronted the students, unprovoked, beating a drum just inches from their faces.
Attacking Trump Over His Fast Food Feast Is Just Ridiculous
If you can’t get a chuckle out of the picture of a president presiding over trays of our national cuisine, your life must be sad and joyless.
The FBI’s “Trump Treason” Probe Flunked Civics
Rich Lowry: If the president wants to tilt toward Russia — not that Trump really has except in his words — he can. If he wants to butter up China’s dictatorial president during high-stakes trade negotiations, he can…And the FBI should have nothing to say about it.
Politicians Are Ignoring Far More Wasteful Projects Than Trump’s Wall
Profligate politicians have never met a multibillion-dollar infrastructure project they didn’t like — except when it comes to President Trump’s border wall…Boston’s Big Dig black hole burned through $25 billion and was plagued by deadly engineering incompetence, endless cost overruns, leaks, lawsuits and debt. California’s high-speed rail boondoggle is a $100 billion bullet train to nowhere.
James Woods Would Be the Perfect Oscar Host
Jon Levine: Reversing moribund ratings for the Oscars calls for more than just tinkering along the edges. How can the creative class convince millions of Americans who have tuned out to give them a second chance? To answer that, I have two words. James Woods.
Building a Wall Will Prevent Further Tragedies
Had there been a wall and true border security, there is a reasonable chance the parents of the two dead Guatemalan children would not have attempted the hazardous trek.
The Revolts in Paris Are a Victory for Those the French Elites Forget
French President Emmanuel Macron’s humiliating retreat this week on his signature fuel-tax hikes should be a warning to all anti-climate-change warriors.
The Media Got It All Wrong on the New US Climate Report
The well-reported idea that warming will shrink the economy by 10 percent disregards huge economic growth, assumes twice the damages of the worst-case temperatures the report itself expects and even then only finds such high costs stemming almost exclusively from easily preventable heat deaths.
Trump’s Critics Were Dead Wrong About the Caravan
Rich Lowry: It was conventional wisdom in the press that the caravan was a concoction of Trump’s fevered imagination. It would soon dissipate and, even if not, take months to reach the US.
Acosta Violated One of the Oldest Rules of Journalism
The conduct of a handful of so-called reporters during President Trump’s news conference was disgraceful beyond measure. This is not journalism, this is narcissism. Naturally, the boorish Jim Acosta of CNN was the instigator. As is his habit, Acosta doesn’t ask questions — he makes accusations and argues.
Divisive Dems May Be Own Undoing with Kinder, Gentler Trump
With so many top Democrats vowing to use their new powers to torture the president with subpoenas and investigations, and then impeach him, the man who describes himself as a great counterpuncher will find it difficult not to take the bait. But it may be the only way he can get anything done in the next two years and then win his own re-election in 2020.
Don’t Join This Year’s Women’s March Unless You’re Good with Anti-Semitism
What’s the point of a march run by leaders who effectively condone comments like Farrakhan’s?
The Left Wastes No Times Blaming Trump for Bomb Scares
The same media that tsk-tsks anyone who dares jump to any conclusions about perpetrators of other terrorist attacks knew exactly who was behind this.
Michael Avenatti Made His Liberal Fans Look Like Fools
After months of promising to deliver a coup de grace to the president that never materialized, Avenatti then inserted himself into the Brett Kavanaugh hearings … in a spectacularly ill-considered way that ultimately redounded to Kavanaugh’s benefit.
Why Hillary Can Never Admit the Truth About Bill
Hillary and Bill are about to embark on nationwide speaking tour. Their prominence will serve as a reminder that when push came to shove and they had to decide between protecting one of their own in high office and their feminist principles, it wasn’t even a close call.