In a rare show of bipartisanship in Congress, both Republican and Democrat lawmakers allege the site of the FBI’s palatial new headquarters was chosen based on political influence, and not what was best for taxpayers. Both U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-KY) and Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA) called on General […]
If most people know anything about the early Christian Saint Augustine, it may be his prayer: “Oh, Master, make me chaste and celibate – but not yet!” While there are various layers and interpretations of exactly what Augustine meant, the popular version is of a man who years to be free of earthly desire…eventually. The […]
A week ago The Jefferson Council publicly questioned the decision to withhold publication of the investigation into the University’s failure to prevent the Nov. 13, 2022, mass shooting. We were particularly perplexed by who made the decision to delay release of the report until after the trial of the defendant, Christopher Jones. The decision, announced […]
A recent poll from Marquette University Law School confirms what others have already shown: President Joe Biden’s re-election effort is sputtering. And not just against the current GOP frontrunner, former President Donald Trump. The top line numbers for a Biden-Trump rematch show Trump ahead 52 percent to 48 percent. That’s within the poll’s 4.5 percentage […]
GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley is enjoying a bit of a boomlet these days, as the field narrows and the donor class looks for a non-Ron DeSantis alternative to Donald Trump. Whatever the outcome of that saga may be, there is one thing that comes along with campaign trail boomlets: the press pays more attention […]
A social media user critical of her brother-in-law’s congressional run received a sharp rebuke from Rachel Vindman. Alexander Vindman, a key figure in Donald Trump’s first impeachment, is married to Rachel. Vindman, a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel, served on the National Security Council in the Trump White House. He drew national attention when he testified […]
There was an angrier version of this analysis I had prepared. One that placed the blame squarely on the shoulders of those who would have reaped the rewards had Tuesday gone differently. I’m not going to do that. …because there’s a bigger problem in front of us. Virginia Democrats have a lot more strength than […]
Stop me if you’ve seen this one before. Virginia Republicans either get absolutely shellacked in an election, or the margins are super close and we either lose — in which case, the Western Experiment is over and America should pack it in — or we miraculously win and have set the new conservative standard for the next 20 years […]
Israel does not start wars, but they do finish them successfully, writes Horn.
The key to success is to be honest but reasonable, writes Lingamfelter, principled but not paralyzed.
