Columns

Bullies with a Russian fetish

What is up with the Democrats’ obsession with Russia? With each new day, a new Russian conspiracy theory surfaces. The Democrats’ latest Russian conspiracy is so terrifying, Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) says it’s giving him a “knot” in the pit of his stomach.

U.S. needs comprehensive tax reform

The growth in the American economy during the Obama years was so negligible it’s hardly worth the name. The Reagan boom that started when he succeeded in cutting the top margin rates ended when the sub-prime mortgage industry collapsed.  The economy is stagnant.

Channeling Donald Trump

Maybe I’m channeling Donald Trump. Or maybe he’s been reading my columns — or my mind. All I know for sure is that when he gave his great speech to Congress Tuesday night he did exactly what I suggested he should do that morning in my column in The Hill – stop being Donald Trump.

A day without American tech workers

Last month, there was a national “Day Without a Latino.” This week, the demonstration du jour shutting down schools and shops is a “Day Without Women.

Government spending’s burden of proof

In the United States, an individual is considered innocent until the government proves them guilty by a specified burden of proof.

Fighting for the falsely accused

Former Fort Worth, Texas, police officer Brian Franklin is finally free. But he is still fighting to clear his name. “I’ve been vindicated,” he told me in an interview last week, “but not yet exonerated.

Leftist heads explode over Trump actions

Given the daily liberal head explosions occurring because of President Trump’s immigration policies, one might think Trump demolished the Statue of Liberty, or worse, reintroduced school prayer, when all he did is take executive action on January 27 to protect Americans.

2 sides to the immigration brouhaha

No one gets anywhere by trying to roll Donald Trump’s immigration order and its varied implications into a spitball for hurling hard and fast at the Other Side.

Turnaround Time in America

Like him or not — and I can argue it both ways — established constitutional processes have hoisted Donald J. Trump atop the presidential plinth, where he stands now, getting ready to run things, insofar as anybody runs anything anymore.

Keystone pipeline: Louisiana’s economic savior?

One of the new president’s first actions announced this week is to support the building of the Keystone XL pipeline that the Obama administration had disapproved. Both Louisiana senators hailed the decision and talked about all the new jobs that will come to the Bayou State.