There are signs of a moribund Republican Party coming to life. Pictured: California Governor Gavin Newsom. Photo Credit: Gavin Newsom/X.  The tragic wildfires that blazed in Los Angeles provide useful lessons about partisanship and how the mainstream press covers these kinds of events. In 2005, when the levees broke in New Orleans, President George W. […]

The Pennsylvania Democratic Senator has visited Mar-a-Lago and has signalled a willingness to support many of President Donald Trump’s nominees. Pictured: Senator John Fetterman. Photo Credit: John Fetterman/X.  When John Fetterman ran as the Democratic nominee for the Senate seat made vacant when Republican Pat Toomey retired, Fetterman was characterized as a progressive in the […]

America will inaugurate its 47th president on Monday. Pictured: President-elect Donald Trump. Photo Credit: Donald Trump/X.  As America prepares for the 60th inauguration of a president a small question arises.  Do inaugurations matter? Millions of dollars will be spent to celebrate the advent of President-elect Donald Trump’s second term in office. Dignitaries, friends, family, and […]

Some still try to argue Biden is fit as a fiddle while Trump is in decline. Pictured: U.S. President Joe Biden. Photo Credit: Joe Biden/X.  In the world of liberal writers, there are some very talented and interesting people. I admire a good argument from my left-wing brethren because it forces me to re-evaluate, think […]

There are many benefits that would come from further cooperation with the United States. Pictured: President-elect Donald Trump and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Photo Credit: Justin Trudeau/X.  Anyone in the Canadian intelligentsia who believes that President-elect Donald Trump’s trolling of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau being the governor of America’s 51st state has no legs better […]

The end of the Biden and Trudeau eras can’t come soon enough. Pictured: U.S. President Joe Biden. Photo Credit: Joe Biden/X.  The end cannot come too soon for leaders in the United States and Canada. President Joe Biden’s term will end on Jan. 20, 2025, at noon, but for all intents, it ended sometime in […]

Carter managed to transform his legacy post-presidency. Pictured: President Jimmy Carter. Photo Credit: Shutterstock. Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter passed away on Dec. 29 at the age of 100. Having left the presidency over forty years ago, those who remember the peanut farmer’s administration with any clarity are at least 60 years old. This author […]

The chutzpah of a man who leads a party that has never had a woman leader escapes his awareness. Pictured: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President-elect Donald Trump. Photo Credit: Justin Trudeau/X. Last week, this author was tuning in and out of the news emanating from our nation’s capital that the finance minister, on the […]

The 2028 Democratic nomination race starts now. Pictured: California Governor Gavin Newsom. Photo Credit: Gavin Newsom/X.  With the 2024 election in hindsight, the only responsible thing for American political observers is to begin weighing in on 2028. After all, in just about two years politicians will begin to flood New Hampshire, Iowa and other early […]

Christmas has been celebrated at the White House as far back as 1800. Pictured: President John Adams.  As President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump celebrated the last Christmas of the former and future president’s first term in 2020, Virginia Chamlee of People magazine completed a profile on some of the little-known White House […]

Biden will leave office soon, with a cloud of suspicion and a shadow of contempt. Pictured: President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden. Photo Credit: Joe Biden/X.   The corrupt nature of President Joe Biden has escaped the legacy media’s scrutiny for the past half-century and more, but the chickens came home to roost earlier […]

To the surprise of many, Trump may use the next four years to oversee an era of prosperity and peace. Pictured: President-elect Donald Trump. Photo Credit: Donald Trump/X.  In the coming weeks, many will attempt to explain how President-elect Donald Trump will govern, establish his priorities, or lay the groundwork for a successful second term. […]

Those covered include John Adams, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Calvin Coolidge and Ronald Reagan. Pictured: Calvin Coolidge. Photo Credit: Library of Congress.  This author needs a break after the 2024 election and before the Trump inauguration. As the cabinet nomination fights erupt and the legacy media wrestles with another Trump term, readers might like […]

Wiles will be a no-nonsense administrator who will likely bring order to the Trump White House. Pictured: Wiles and President-Elect Donald Trump. Photo Credit: Susie Wiles/X.  America will soon know Susie Wiles very well. President-Elect Donald Trump has appointed her to become the first woman Chief of Staff. Wiles, a former Governor Ron DeSantis aide, […]

Thune usually voted with Trump on most legislation and will be a solid advocate for the president and his policies. Pictured: Senator John Thune. Photo Credit: John Thune/X.  Amidst the sound and fury of President-Elect Donald Trump’s cabinet picks, Senate Republicans selected a new leader to replace their outgoing boss Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. The […]

Divides in the voting public are transforming. Pictured: President-Elect Donald Trump. Photo Credit: Donald Trump/X.  Having easily won back the office he lost in the 2020 election, speculation abounds about what will happen at the dawn of the new Donald J. Trump Administration. There are a few matters being discussed and here are some worth […]

The steps are clear and ordered. America has no excuse for lawlessness or ignorance regarding what happens in the weeks ahead. Pictured: U.S. President-Elect Donald Trump. Photo Credit: Donald Trump/X.  With voters in the United States having elected President-Elect Donald Trump as President Joe Biden’s successor, an election timeline can be chronicled. There are several […]

This author is predicting a Trump win, a Democratic House and a Republican Senate. Photo Credit: iStock. Attempting to understand and project what happens next in Campaign 2024 sounds like a fool’s errand. Once again, this author will play the fool and try to read the American electorate before the returns are in.  The presidential […]

Trump sits on the precipice of a resurgence achieved only one time. Pictured: Former President Donald Trump. Photo Credit: Donald Trump Jr./X.  The first of this two-part series examined the women’s vote and explored the history of the suffragette movement. The first installment provided a survey of some of the leading figures and the events […]

Vice President Kamala Harris has also made nods to the history of the women’s movement. Pictured: Suffragette leader Inez Milholland. Photo Credit: Library of Congress.  Vice President Kamala Harris sits on the precipice of history. The role of the women’s vote in the oncoming U.S. presidential election deserves some attention. The first female vice president […]

The last thing America needs is another disputed election. Pictured: Vice President Kamala Harris. Photo Credit: Kamala Harris/X.  With the end of the election in sight and the polls remaining tight, the possibility of former president Donald Trump winning strikes fear into all the supposed constitutionalists and democracy lovers in America. From the progressive left […]

No one knows what surprises lurk behind the October election door. Pictured: Vice President Kamala Harris. Photo Credit: Kamala Harris/X.  As the presidential campaign heads into October, few things could shake up the race. For several weeks the polls have been close and depending on what you believe, the presidency will be decided by seven […]

How would Harris respond to a foreign policy crisis in real time? Pictured: Kamala Harris. Photo Credit: Kamala Harris/X.  Besides the joy and vibes theme that has carried Vice President Kamala Harris the past couple of months, Harris has avoided questions about her policies, vision, or hopes for the nation she wants to lead. Former […]

If the Left wants to shut down speech they will need to fess up to the reality that it exists on both sides. Pictured: Former U.S. President Donald Trump. Photo Credit: Donald Trump Jr./X.  Former U.S. president Donald Trump recently survived a second assassination attempt. To listen to Democratic leaders and their entrenched media acolytes, […]

The time has come for a new presidential commission on debates. Pictured: Vice President Kamala Harris. Photo Credit: Kamala Harris/X.  The Trump-Harris debate held on Sept. 10 reminds us about how badly the legacy media serves the nation. I am not sure how another presidential debate can be held on a national network after the […]

Trump will be bad for America. Not in the same way as Harris, but bad nonetheless. After the recent debate, the chances of former president Donald Trump reclaiming the presidency slipped considerably in the eyes of many liberals, progressives, Democrats, and Never-Trumpers. There are reasons to doubt that analysis and evidence suggest that a Trump […]

The election of Harris will almost assure America of another presidency long on promises and short on accomplishments. Pictured: Vice President Kamala Harris. Photo Credit: Kamala Harris/X.  Since undertaking the role as the designated nominee of the Democratic Party in July, the idea of Vice President Kamala Harris winning the presidency has become more accepted […]

If the developing trend continues Harris will be fighting for her political life. Pictured: Former US President Donald Trump. Photo Credit: Donald Trump Jr./X.  Vice President Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee in the easiest walk to a major party nomination in history. Requested to make about a hundred phone calls to secure her spot […]

Evangelicals for Harris believe there is an opening for them to attract Christian voters. Pictured: Vice President Kamala Harris. Photo Credit: Kamala Harris/X. When former president Jimmy Carter burst upon the national political scene in 1976, the moniker “born again” had been one largely familiar to a segment of Christianity that believed each person needed […]

  In about 10 weeks we will know the result of this bold plan to reboot the era of hope and change. Pictured: Vice President Kamala Harris. Photo Credit: Kamala Harris/X.  At the end of the Democratic Convention on Aug. 22, Matthew Continetti, founding editor of the Washington Free Beacon, member of the American Enterprise […]

If Trump loses, as I suspect he may, the one person who he will not point the finger at will be himself. Pictured: Former President Donald Trump. Photo Credit: Donald Trump Jr./X.  With Vice President Kamala Harris leading the presidential contest heading into the start of the fall campaign, it might be worthwhile to look […]

The Democratic Party claims Trump and the Republicans are authoritarians ready to abolish democracy. Interestingly Trump remains accountable to the press but Harris eludes them. Pictured: Vice President Kamala Harris. Photo Credit: Kamala Harris/X.  With the official presidential campaign only a couple of weeks away, Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, has evaded a […]

What appears to be emerging on the horizon as of mid-August and pre-Democratic convention hoopla is a very tight race beginning to tilt in Harris’s favour. Mark Halperin’s Wide World of News produces a newsletter seven days a week and holds regular Zoom meetings for anyone subscribed. It could be argued that Halperin knows more […]

The betting odds indicate Harris and Trump in a dead heat. Pictured: Vice President Kamala Harris. Photo Credit: Kamala Harris/X. The presidential sweepstakes has changed markedly over the past few weeks. Still, Americans have returned to where they were before President Joe Biden came out to debate on June 27 and removed all doubt about […]

Twenty years after Watergate and upon his death, Nixon seemed to have found a place where he would be judged on his entire life and career. Pictured: Former US presidents and first ladies at President Richard Nixon’s funeral.  After President Richard Nixon resigned in 1974, there were several issues to address. The Imperial presidency, as […]

On Thursday, August 8, 1974, millions gathered around their television sets to watch history. Pictured: President Richard Nixon and Chief Justice Warren Burger. Photo Credit: Richard Nixon Foundation.   On July 8, 1974, United States v Nixon reached the Supreme Court after its annual session. Nixon’s attorneys had argued that the president should enjoy executive privilege […]

Nixon’s temperament became his undoing. His inclination to hide information instead of superintending transparency fed the long-standing narratives about his secrecy and shadiness. Pictured: Senator Sam Ervin.  As a boy, I remember the Watergate Hearings that began on May 17, 1973. I was 10 years old and completing grade five. I understood little about their […]

At the minimum, Democrats will say this gives them a chance down ballot to have a House or Senate that will keep Trump and his polices in check. Pictured: US Vice President Kamala Harris. Photo Credit: Kamala Harris/X.  The historical events of the past few weeks should not diminish our understanding of what the Democratic […]

If Richard Nixon had decided to come clean about the burglary, apologized for his underlings, taken responsibility and withstood some withering criticism, he would have never faced resignation. Pictured: Nixon White House Counsel John Dean.  The two articles that preceded this one included coverage of Richard Nixon’s early career until his re-election as president in […]

News and notes from the American Presidential election campaign. Pictured: GOP Vice Presidential Nominee J.D. Vance. Photo Credit: J.D. Vance/X.   With the GOP convention behind us and Labour Day a few weeks away, here are some of the latest tidbits surrounding the endless 2024 campaign for the White House.  VICE PRESIDENTS A lot has been […]

Had President Richard Nixon and his team foreseen how easy the re-election campaign would go they would probably have never chosen to burglar Democratic Headquarters. Pictured: Former U.S. president Richard Nixon.  In the introductory article to this series, the long public career of former US president Richard Nixon was examined. Some of Nixon’s experiences and […]

President Richard Nixon’s suspicions of the press, nurtured throughout his career, made him almost paranoid about what the fourth estate was doing to undermine his presidency, his administration policies, and his re-election hopes. Pictured: President Richard Nixon.  Next month will mark the fiftieth anniversary of Richard Nixon’s resignation from the presidency, the only president to […]

The Democratic Party, the mainstream press corps, and the Biden family owe Americans an apology for lying about Biden’s mental state and allowing him to stand for renomination. Pictured: US President Joe Biden. Photo Credit: Joe Biden/X.  The sanctimonious and phoney outrage of liberals, progressives, never-Trumpers, and their friends in the mainstream media came home […]

To some, Willie Mays has standing to be called the greatest ballplayer of all time. Pictured: Willie Mays.  In the 1960s sitcom Bewitched, Samantha (a witch played by Elizabeth Montgomery), marries a mortal, Darrin Stevens (Dick York). During a scene in the third season of the series, a Halloween gathering of witches is held at […]

The Democratic Party has become anti-Court. Planting stories, trying to embarrass the justices and reporting inaccurately about private behaviour have all been fair game. Pictured: US Supreme Court Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas. Photo Credit: US Supreme Court.  Anyone falling for the liberal outrage about Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s flag-flying wife or Justice […]

If Biden continues to ignore the example of two leading Pennsylvania politicians he will lose his home state. Pictured: President Joe Biden. Photo Credit: Joe Biden/X.  Endless analysis and deep digs attempt to understand developments in the 2024 presidential election. I have already spilled thousands of words on the trials, turmoil, and trouble both candidates […]

Those who diminish the rise of working people, middle-class Americans, and minority families expect us to take our crazy pills. Pictured: US President and First Lady Joe and Jill Biden. Photo Credit: Joe Biden/X.  On the award-winning podcast Commentary, an outgrowth of the eponymous publication, host and editor John Podhoretz will comment on a news […]

If the party rolls the dice and opens up the nomination to these different coteries the nation will watch Democrats implode into an intra-party nervous breakdown. Pictured: US President Joe Biden. Photo Credit: Joe Biden/X.  For some time the Democratic Party machine has been trying to convince itself and those interested in the 2024 campaign […]

This specific verdict rests on what this inevitably contrives. The weaponization of a Justice system to interfere in a free and fair election will not stand alone. Pictured: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Photo Credit: Alvin Bragg/X.  There will be much ink spilled analyzing and assessing the verdict handed down in New York finding Donald […]

This selection will be all about Trump. Of all the candidates he could select, Burgum fills the one thing that no one else can. He will not upstage the candidate. Pictured: North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum. Photo Credit: Doug Burgum/X.  In the last one hundred years Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson, and Gerald Ford have assumed […]

Trump has some reason for suggesting he is being persecuted more than prosecuted. Pictured: U.S. President Joe Biden. Photo Credit: Joe Biden/X.  The 2024 election continues to trudge its way through a very winding path. Three issues have dominated election coverage of late. Acknowledging that foreign policy exists as an independent feature of the campaign, […]

  Photo Credit: Facebook/Robert Kennedy Jr The battle for the White House will be determined in less than six months. While presidential campaigns once kicked off on Labour Day, the advent of social media, ceaseless news cycles, and talk radio have contributed to longer campaigns and more intense efforts to get news coverage. In 2024, […]

Robert F. Kennedy’s name on the ballot in several swing states could alter the contest for Donald Trump even though he draws votes from both candidates. Photo Credit: Facebook/Robert F. Kennedy As the US election approaches, more news, opinions, and information will be discussed about America’s electoral college and whether or not it has become […]

In the abortion wars, moderation has proven to be the recipe for victory, especially on the national stage. Photo Credit: Joe Biden/X.  There is no better source than Andrew C. McCarthy, a senior fellow at National Review Institute, who recently wrote about the shaky and uncertain commitment that former President Donald Trump has made to […]

The madness of asking for the justice to step down, because her health may falter, blazes a new trail for political machinations, even in Washington. Pictured: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Photo Credit: U.S. Supreme Court. Despite the bravado that many Democratic leaders display regularly, the internal party discussion reveals panic about their chances […]

At the University of Austin the emphasis will be on academic training, not political propaganda or ideological indoctrination. Photo Credit: University of Austin.  Beginning in 2021, an eclectic group of scholars, journalists, academians, philanthropists, and those who had enjoyed business success began to lay the groundwork for a new university. The names include a who’s […]

America would benefit from a journalist class more intent on doing their job reporting the news and letting citizens determine how to respond. Pictured: Former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel. Photo Credit: Ronna McDaniel/X.  On the evening of the Iowa caucus in January, a triumphant Donald Trump delivered a speech celebrating his victory, congratulating his opponents, […]

Lieberman represented what no longer exists. He loved country first. Photo Credit: U.S. Senate.  The untimely and tragic passing of Joe Lieberman on March 27 brought closure to an incredible life, one that saw Lieberman almost achieve the vice presidency save for a few hundred votes in Florida. Lieberman’s life provides wonderful lessons and stories […]

Whether a Biden defender or not, there can be no mistake that President Joe Biden retained classified materials at the end of his Vice-Presidency. Pictured: Special Counsel Robert Hur. Photo Credit: U.S. Department of Justice.    The Maryland Board of Regents introduces member Robert Kyoung Hur on its website with the following final paragraph to […]

Looking back over the decades, understanding what Aaron faced seems surreal. Pictured: Hank Aaron. Photo Credit: MLB. After facing death threats, racist catcalls, and unbearable pressure, on the evening of April 8, 1974, Henry Aaron broke baseball’s most majestic record when he hit his 715th career home run to pass Babe Ruth’s long-standing 714. As […]

While many have diminished or made fun of this initiative over the years, Tim Tebow serves as a reminder that we have agency to do things that help, to care for those overlooked, to bind up the wounded, and to be a point of light. Photo Credit: Tim Tebow/X. Making a difference in a world […]

On the verge of becoming his party’s nominee for the third time, Trump has never won the popular vote. Pictured: Former U.S. President Donald Trump. Photo Credit: Donald Trump/X Over the past few days, I have found two entertaining articles about the parallels between Donald Trump and previous presidential contenders.  The first one, Dan McLaughlin’s […]

Whoever replaces McConnell may reflect the Trump Party more doggedly, but acquiring the unique skills of the seven-term senator will be back-breaking. Pictured: U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Photo Credit: Getty Images.    In the myriad of words written about Mitch McConnell’s tenure as Republican leader, the term effective will most usefully describe his […]

In a sweeping rejection of a Supreme Court ruling, President Joe Biden continued his effort to ignore the Constitution and proceed with his student-debt-forgiveness scheme last week. Pictured: President Joe Biden. Photo Credit: AFP/Mandel Ngan via Getty Images.    In campaign ads running across the United States and in think tank sessions held on most […]

The job ages younger men. Those who care about Biden should begin to act in his best interests. Someone close to him needs to tell him to step aside. Charles de Gaulle said: “Graveyards are full of indispensable men.” Photo Credit: AFP/Mandel Ngan via Getty Images. In 1944, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, having already bucked tradition […]

The presidential campaign being waged south of the border remains one of the strangest ones in history. Photo Credit: AP News. The presidential campaign being waged south of the border remains one of the strangest ones in history. Significant portions of the Democratic Party and a majority of the general population remain skeptical about President […]

When Horton originally opened his first franchise in Hamilton in 1964, little did anyone know the empire it would become. The business is a Canadian icon, one of the nation’s best-known entities and most successful enterprises. Pictured: Tim Horton. Photo Credit: Travel Cochrane. For millions of Canadians, the foremost daily coffee experience they prefer occurs […]

The ironic conclusion that Cohn’s piece delivers suggests that a healthy democracy in 1948 attracted four national campaigns. If American democracy entices four or more national campaigns in 2024, almost eighty years later, perhaps those anxious about the threats to democracy should acknowledge that it seems alive and well this year. Pictured: former U.S. president […]

Trump will likely not wait until the convention to make his choice. In a year where all the suspense has disappeared from the campaign, the former president’s vice-presidential pick will hold the drama in the electoral side of a contest that will go sideways more times than a tractor-trailer on an icy Interstate in January. […]

As the 2024 presidential sweepstakes get into gear, the issue of illegal immigration threatens to gain traction and overwhelm the Biden campaign. Photo Credit: AFP/Mandel Ngan via Getty Images.    As the 2024 presidential sweepstakes get into gear, the issue of illegal immigration threatens to gain traction and overwhelm the Biden campaign. At the beginning […]

Political junkies would like to see a horserace. But we’re more likely to see what a gust of wind does to a house of cards. In 2024’s GOP presidential race, Iowa may be the starting gate and the finish line. Photo Credit: Reuters/Octavio Jones.   On Monday, expect voters in Iowa to confirm what polls […]

As 2024 opens, the odds-on favourite nominees for the Republican and Democratic parties are President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. For the first time since the 1892 election, the incumbent president will face a previous occupant of the White House. Photo Credit: AP News.   As 2024 opens, the odds-on favourite nominees for […]

Harvard University President Claudine Gay testifies before a House committee hearing in Washington on Dec. 5. (Ken Cedeno/Reuters)   Exactly a year ago, I wrote about Claudine Gay, the newly appointed President of Harvard University. Ms. Gay represents the new frontier of university administrators. She is intersectional, a person of colour, and determined to advance […]

An exploration into the origins and societal influences behind Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol,’ revealing the author’s personal experiences and profound societal concerns that shaped this enduring holiday narrative of redemption and compassion. Photo credit: Wikipedia   Over the past few weeks, I have been participating in an online course I enrolled in with Hillsdale […]

As the Iowa caucus nears, Trump leads polls but speculation arises on potential upsets by DeSantis or Haley, suggesting twists in the Republican nomination race. Photo Credit: Wikipedia   With the Iowa Caucus about a month away, all the polls indicate the Trump juggernaut steaming to victory. In the latest 538 poll, Trump leads DeSantis […]

Johnson’s unexpected ascension to House Speaker, prompted by divisions within the Republican caucus and disagreements over the ousted Speaker McCarthy’s initiatives, ignites a fiery debate over his religious and political convictions as he steps into a significant leadership role. Photo Credit: Wikipedia   In as unexpected a development as likely seen in some time, an […]

Governors DeSantis and Newsome clash in spirited political debate on the Hannity Show, highlighting policy differences and visions for America’s future. Photo Credit: Wikipedia   On Thursday, November 30th, two leading politicians from each political party joined Sean Hannity on his evening program for a political debate. The exchange of ideas, policy differences, and barbs […]

In an era marked by heightened political tension, a closer examination of media representation on the legal challenges faced by Donald Trump and Joe Biden underscores significant differences in reporting styles and focal points. Photo credit: AP News   Ronald Reagan once observed, “The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they’re ignorant, it’s […]

JFK’s assassination remembered after six decades: A look back at the pivotal moment that shaped America’s trajectory. Photo: Facebook/Encyclopaedia Britannica   On Nov 22, Americans marked the sixtieth anniversary of the most shocking moment of the last hundred years. In Dallas, shortly after noon, on a sunlit day, the 35th president was murdered in front […]

Photographs of Israeli hostages being held by Hamas militants are projected onto the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City on November 6. Photo Credit: Leo Correa/AP   Thanks to an interview with Charles C. Cooke conducted with Dan Senor last week, I have a greater and more complete understanding of why things have evolved in Gaza […]

Prominent Washington columnists suggest potential challenges to President Biden’s reelection amid growing concerns. Photo credit: AFP/Mandel Ngan via Getty Images   In a recent column, I suggested former President Obama, sometime this fall, would let Joe Biden know his services are no longer required. I stand by that story, but David Ignatius and Al Hunt, […]

 Immigration, inflation, and crime. Photo credit: AFP/Rebecca Noble via Getty Images   Putting aside all the drama of the Trump indictments, the ill-advised dumping of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, and the rapid aging of Joe Biden, three issues are sitting on the docket that the 2024 presidential hopefuls must address. These issues stand above the […]

Most fans’ interest remains on the ice at the start of a new NHL season. Nonetheless, some off-ice developments include the appointment of a new NHLPA head. Photo credit: NHLPA   Earlier this year, Marty Walsh took the reins as executive director of the NHL’s players’ union. Walsh, whose last job found him a member […]

The free-flowing border policies of the Democratic Party, haunting New York today, serve as a warning and a threat to the political dynasties that exist. Photo credit: AFP/Timothy A. Clary via Getty Images   Just a year ago, Governor Kathy Hochul of New York, involved in a tighter-than-expected race to keep her recently secured promotion, […]

Calvin Coolidge ascended to the presidency precisely a century ago last month. In stark contrast to most American leaders today, the 30th president preferred to speak, spend, and rule less. Photo credit: Library of Congress   Exactly 100 years ago last month, Calvin Coolidge, the 30th president of the United States, took office after the […]

Modern-day Democrats, such as Governor Michelle Grisham of New Mexico (pictured), have little interest in following the Constitution unless they can use it as a cudgel to prove Donald Trump and all Republicans who voted for him are insurrectionists, fascists, or authoritarians. Photo credit: AFP/Saul Loeb via Getty Images   In two recent events, a […]

When the current president is told his services are no longer necessary, it’ll most likely be Barack Obama who taps Biden on the shoulder. The die has been cast, only the timing remains in question. Photo credit: Getty Images via New York Post   In a recent column in The Niagara Independent, fellow writer Chris […]

And a quick look ahead to the next round later this month. Photo credit: AP/Morry Gash   With the first Republican debate in the can, most are turning their attention to the next contest slated for September 27 at the Reagan Library in Simi, California. Before prospects for the second debate are considered, an analysis […]

The benefits of a classical education. Photo credit: Capstone Classical Academy   As students return to school, the growing number of issues in public education mount. In Canada and the United States, students, parents, and teachers face challenges that previous generations never anticipated. The introduction of technology, the ideological battles, and the changing nature of […]

The former All-American competitive swimmer at the University of Kentucky (pictured right) has become a spokesperson for what she terms the fight against the movement ‘to erase women and destroy women’s sports.’ She first garnered attention in 2022 when she spoke out against having to compete with trans swimmer Lia Thomas (left). Photo credit: Icon […]

  Many have wanted to regulate pornography, but determining a legal method seemed elusive. Being a sex addiction therapist gave Schlegel (pictured, left) added insight into the problem and a chance to have thought about ways to address its relentless march into the minds of young men. Photo credit: Facebook/Louisiana House of Representatives   Laurie […]

Many trace football’s hold on the American viewing public back to the 1958 NFL championship game between the old Baltimore Colts and the New York Giants.   Early in September the viewing attention of Americans will suddenly shift. The return of football will signify autumn’s arrival and the end of the long national intermission between […]

Photo credit: AP/Andrew Harnik   No one has superseded Donald Trump’s impact and influence on American politics since he came down the famous escalator in 2015 to announce his improbable presidential run. Following his 2016 campaign, upset win, presidency, impeachments, leadership during COVID, campaign of 2020, claims of election fraud, January 6 activities, subsequent role […]

Win or lose next year, the former president could well return for another kick at the can as an octogenarian in 2028. Photo credit: Reuters/Al Drago   A former pastor of mine would often say, “I am not a prophet, nor the son of a prophet,” just before he would make a prediction. I will […]

From overtly spiteful opponents to his ongoing legal problems, there are several reasons Donald Trump may choose to sit out the first Republican presidential debate later this month. Photo credit: AP/Julio Cortez   Less than two weeks before the first Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee on August 23, also the site of the party’s 2024 […]

The mainstream media’s reluctance to cover the President Biden corruption story reveals how committed it is to the proposition that Donald Trump poses an existential threat to democracy and the nation. Photo credit: AFB/Saul Loeb   In mid-July, while credible IRS whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler testified of corrupt Biden family practices, including those […]

Carpenter working on Tennessee’s Douglas Dam, June 1942. Photo credit: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group   A man does what he must–in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures–and that is the basis of human morality. These thoughts, attributed to Winston Churchill, echo today in the halls of a civilization […]

Both the Republican Party and the dominate media appear willing to play with fire and see to it that Donald Trump wins the 2024 nomination. Photo credit: AP/Evan Vucci   As the 2024 presidential campaign shifts into a new gear, those in the Republican Party appear determined once again to nominate Donald Trump as their […]

Separated by a half century of history, the unfolding Biden Family scandal and Watergate may look different, but as the revelations mount, the prospect of former president Joe Biden lonely, walking a Delaware beach next summer as a private citizen – a la Richard Nixon in San Clemente – becomes increasingly plausible. Pictured is Joe […]

Pictured are former President Barack Obama and Senator Tim Scott (right), who is currently running for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. Photo credit: Getty Images/Spencer Platt and Getty Images/Allison Joyce   A recent dust-up in the media between former President Barack Obama and Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina, running for the 2024 Republican presidential […]