The Immigrant We Are Asked to Applaud Donald Trump hates immigrants. This is not a controversial statement; it is a brand pillar. It has been chanted, legislated, and televised. It has been used to make signs reading “Mass Deportations Now” and embroider it onto red...
Something To Think About . . . All things being equal—an important phrase, since nothing has been equal since cable Fox news discovered steroids—MAGA voters would never support a candidate accused of the things Donald Trump is accused of. In a simpler century, such...
European leaders, with admirable restraint, have begun to repeat, slowly and clearly, that NATO was designed as a partnership of equals. It has lately been observed in the capitals, courts, and council chambers of Europe that a most extraordinary clarification was...
This is the pattern: assert first, rationalize later. Good morning! Today in the land of official truths, something bizarre happened: reality showed up uninvited, armed with video evidence, judges, and foreign governments who refuse to be coerced. It turns out that...
A Modest Proposal for Ignoring Them It is a marvel of modern governance that the most dangerous thing an American can do is hold a phone the wrong way. In Minneapolis, we have learned that filming federal agents, assisting a fallen stranger, and asking “Are you okay?”...
We now live in a nation where liberty is endlessly invoked, rarely practiced, and ceremonially buried with honors when it becomes inconvenient. We are told, with admirable regularity, that certain truths are self-evident. This is fortunate, because if they required... 
