Month: April 2019
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National Politics
A Jeff Sessions Two-fer
Two columns by Quin Hillyer at the Washington Examiner; John Dowd swings and misses at former AG Jeff Sessions (April 4): Former Trump lawyer John Dowd gave a superbly informative interview, published Wednesday, to the Washington Examiner’s own Byron York. But Dowd was way off-base in the potshots he took at former…
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National Politics
Stop the march toward legalized marijuana
Official editorial of the Washington Examiner; … A new study published in the Lancet, a highly respected medical journal, found that high-potency marijuana can make you psychotic. In fact, about half of all cases of psychoses in Amsterdam could be prevented “if high-potency cannabis were no longer available,” the data…
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National Politics
Jerry Nadler’s Mueller-report subpoena isn’t legit
Co-written by Quin Hillyer and James Robertson at the Washington Examiner The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday exceeded its bounds in issuing a subpoena for the full report from special counsel Robert Mueller on Russian skullduggery concerning the 2016 elections. Attorney General William Barr should release as much of the Mueller report…
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Sports and Culture
Collegians, fighting Thomas Jefferson & vets, should be spanked
By Quin Hillyer at the Washington Examiner; Sometimes it’s difficult to tell whether college rowdies are acting through sheer ignorance, offensively unearned self-righteousness, a particularly benighted form of nihilism, or some combination of those defects. Regardless, when they “act out” in ways showing embarrassingly delayed early adolescence, they deserve to…
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National Politics
Pick up six: Trumpcare (2), Big Not-so-Easy, and 3 more
Six pieces by Quin at the DC Examiner. Follow the links embedded in the headlines for the full posts, starting with the president wimping out on his own good inclinations on health care: Don Trumpxote is right, if late, to tackle health policy (April 1): It’s a good thing the…
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National Politics
Trump’s executive actions advance good government
Week after week, by executive order or administrative action, the Trump administration is implementing policies that please conservatives and improve the public weal. This is not to say that all of Trump’s policy preferences are wise. It is not to excuse his sorry record for actually pushing good, lasting legislation…
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National Politics
Trump is way too careless with the word ‘treason’
(by Quin at the Washington Examiner); Donald Trump’s dangerous demagoguery, repeatedly using variations of the word “treasonous” to describe his critics and opponents and a supposed “deep state” conspiracy, must stop. Trump did it again on Monday when, in response to a question about the end of the Mueller investigation, he said: “There…
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Gulf Coast Politics
Bama’s Byrne and Kennedy: Politics Without Enmity
Mobile, Ala. — Even in the state that embraces President Trump’s pugnacity more than any other, a congressman running for the U.S. Senate can hold a town hall meeting without verbal “red meat” or histrionics. Maybe we can all learn something from that. On Friday morning in his hometown of Mobile, Rep.…
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National Politics
Trump was right to say Israel owns Golan Heights
By Quin Hillyer at the Washington Examiner; Amid all of the breathless commentary on a report from special counsel Robert Mueller that has yet to see the light of day, the real news today came at the joint press conference between President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. When the two…
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National Politics
Five Alive: McCain, Biden, Anita Hill, and more
On the McCain column and on all five of these Examiner pieces, follow the links embedded in the headlines to read the full articles. Graham’s defense of McCain should make Trump apologize (March 26): If President Trump is owed apologies from those who jumped the gun by claiming he clearly…