Nancy Pelosi says she isn’t going anywhere. But why not?
The House Democratic leader’s interview in the Boston Globe came across more cocky than confident
Thursday
Wednesday
Robert Mueller is out of control. He should be shut down. Now.
Pop quiz: how many branches of government are there in the United States? If you said “Four,” go to the head of the class. As of May 17, 2017, the traditional three branches of Congress, the Executive, the Judiciary, are joined by the Office of Robert S. Mueller III, Special Counsel in charge of destroying the … Read more
Tuesday
Peace in Korea doesn’t make war with Iran more likely
Readers of Spectator’s USA’s mothership, the venerable yet sprightly London Spectator, will know that one of the secrets of the Spectator’s endurance and popularity is the promiscuity—ideological, of course—of its columnists. Turn the page from Matthew Parris to Rod Liddle, and you undergo a whiplash of the most bracing kind. Parris is an ex-Conservative MP … Read more
Trump’s presidency is in for a long, difficult summer
So it’s true. Donald Trump is going bonkers. This morning he used the British term in a tweet slamming “phony Witch Hunts” and lauding the “great Energy and unending Stamina” of the White House. There is plenty to arouse Trump’s ire. Yesterday the press that Trump loves to decry revealed that White House chief of … Read more
Anarchy in the White House — it’s a good thing
Would Trump without John Kelly be any different from Trump with John Kelly?