Trump is liberating the Smithsonians from ‘Woke’
Back in March, Donald Trump issued an executive order called “Restoring Truth And Sanity To American History.” Its aim was…
Trump has the resolve to defend the West
There is never a dull moment in the second, more cheerful reign of Donald Trump. I am writing from London,…
Russiagate was worse than we thought
Yesterday, I wrote about the revelations with which Tulsi Gabbard, Donald Trump’s Director of National Intelligence, electrified the world. We had all…
The mullahs mean their threats
I write at the very beginning of July. Where I live in Connecticut, people are unpacking flags and bunting in…
The wait is worth it at Le Veau d’Or
The story of the golden calf is preserved in Exodus 32. Moses had gone up into the mountains to see…
Elon Musk is America’s dumbest smart person
Anyone who has perambulated through the groves of academe has encountered dumb smart people. They are clever, intellectually nimble, but they…
On Iran, trust Trump’s instincts
What now? After the daring and what everyone is describing as a “flawlessly executed” attack by the United States on…
Trump is putting ‘America First’ by ignoring the MAGA punditocracy
Political imbrioglios often take on the character of theological controversy. Back in the 6th century, the wise men of the…
We should rejoice in Trump’s military parade
Today, you can choose to follow your inner adolescent and search for one of the Soros-funded “No Kings” protests cropping…
Is Biden’s autopen mightier than the sword?
Whom do you suppose wrote this: “Let me be clear: I made the decisions during my presidency. I made the decisions about…
Wine highlights from a weekend shooting party
Do you know Charlotte Mulliner’s charming poem “Good Gnus”? It was transcribed by P.G. Wodehouse in his short story “Unpleasantness…
‘Snitch’ rewards for college whistleblowers are a reckoning for woke weenies
Like Papal encyclicals, many statutes are known by the opening words of their Latin formulation. One that I just learned…
Kilmar Abrego Garcia is no martyr
In the matter of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his all-expenses-paid sojourn in El Salvador, there has been a goodly quota…
Pay no heed to the misleading Trump approval ratings
When it comes to Donald Trump and his achievements during his first 100 days, who are you going to believe, the…
What the left calls ‘chaos,’ the rest of us call ‘winning’
They never learn, the libs. Back in 2016, they provided hours of entertainment assuring themselves that Donald Trump would “never be…
Is Alsatian wine primarily French or German?
Among the minor aporia bedeviling the universe is a question about Alsatian wine. “What is it?” someone asks. “Wine from…
Give Trump’s tariffs a shot
So the big question is: will it work? Will Trump’s protectionist policies, announced with some fanfare at a Rose Garden event at the…
‘Signalgate’ is another nothingburger
I predict that by the time you read this, the press-fabricated entertainment known as “Signalgate” will be but a memory…
The real problem with the Trump portrait
When Winston Churchill saw the portrait commissioned by parliament for his 80th birthday, he called it “filthy and malignant” and…
Trump is working overtime to restore the rule of law
In the matter of Donald Trump v. Leviathan, let me begin by stipulating that Sir Thomas More was right in A…
Why I am confident the Champagne tariff will not last long
I have to begin this column with a glass of Pol Roger cuvée Winston Churchill. It’s fancy stuff, and — according…
The excellent wine of Mount Ventoux
On April 26, 1336, the poet Petrarch, accompanied by his younger brother, climbed up the windy slopes of Mount Ventoux…
Trump bulldozes through joint address to Congress
We’ve been told that President Trump’s address to Congress tonight would dilate on the theme of the “Renewal of the…
Masters of corruption
I am reliably informed that the flow of water in the Potomac River is approximately 11,500 cubic feet per second.…
Wine highlights from Inauguration Day
I write a few days after the Big Event in Washington, DC on January 20, 2025. For us deplorables, it…
