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June 24, 2021

Biden moves on guns as surging crime has Democrats on the defensive

The spike in homicides and other major crimes is becoming a political albatross for the Democrats, who run nearly all these major cities. And that’s why Biden gave a crime speech Wednesday when he’d rather be focusing on vaccines or infrastructure or just about anything else.

June 23, 2021

From NCAA smackdown to Trump golf course, politics and money rule sports

When everyone from Clarence Thomas to Sonia Sotomayor agrees that what college football does is indefensible, it’s been thrown for a major loss.

June 22, 2021

Bill Maher’s woke-up call: Liberal nuttiness is off the rails (and ultimately boring)

Bill Maher went off on liberal nuttiness, as he is increasingly wont to do. That doesn’t mean that Maher, who at times is a big-time Democratic donor, doesn’t still rip Republicans to shreds. But he is intellectually honest enough to be repelled by idiocy on the left.

June 18, 2021

Biden praised and pummeled for summit that never matched hype

If the assessments of the Biden-Putin sitdown seem all over the map, that’s because they are.

June 17, 2021

Biden gets little at Putin meeting, apologizes for snapping at reporter

The media portrayed the meetings with Vladimir Putin as a boxing match from which only one combatant could emerge victorious. Either Uncle Sam or the Kremlin guy was going to win. That completely distorted the nature of what was happening, two wary adversaries from nuclear states acting in their own self-interest.

June 16, 2021

From Greene to Schumer to Toobin, apologies are part of an endless culture war

There has been a spate of sorry statements from people in public life lately, and how they are handled — and received — has become something of an art form.

June 15, 2021

Biden praised as the non-Trump, but will Putin outfox him on world stage?

The lack of any precooked deals between President Biden and Russian President Putin means not much of substance will be accomplished. Biden will be judged on the appearance of whether he got tough with the Russian leader who he once said he no soul.

June 10, 2021

At home and abroad, the Biden agenda suddenly seems stalled

Momentum is a funny thing in politics, gathering enough force to provide an intangible boost and then, just as suddenly, vanishing into the ether. Joe Biden had it for the first few months, but now it’s abruptly eroding, stymied by such disparate forces as Joe Manchin, border crossings and cicadas.

June 9, 2021

The massive law enforcement failure at the Capitol still overshadowed by politics

The warning signs were there. In fact, they were incredibly public. The feds knew. The Capitol Police knew. And yet, thanks to sheer incompetence, the officers were not prepared for the violent onslaught that led to five deaths. These are the findings of two Senate committees, backed by members of both parties in a rare act of bipartisanship.

June 8, 2021

Why media liberals and Democrats are suddenly trashing Joe Manchin

It is Manchin’s opposition to the sweeping For the People Act, which ranges from voting rights to D.C. statehood, that is prompting media liberals to denounce him with such fervor.