On Jimmy Carter’s brilliant 1976 primary campaign
(December 31) Amid all the reminiscences this week about former President Jimmy Carter, who died on Dec. 29 at age 100, surprisingly little attention has focused on just how brilliant […]
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Three good things Jimmy Carter did as president
(Dec. 30) One need not overstate the claims of Jimmy Carter’s supposed post-presidential saintliness or understate the failures of his presidency to recognize three of his signal achievements. Democrats customarily […]
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The First Amendment wins again
(A version of this editorial will have run at the Washington Examiner by the time you see this.) Those who distrust the federal judiciary should have more faith, in both […]
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Social Security reform needs free-market help
(Official Washington Examiner editorial, Dec. 26) Perhaps the single biggest dereliction of duty between the two major presidential campaigns this year was their refusal to get serious about the crisis looming in Social […]
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Finding the good in Jimmy Carter’s bad presidency
(Dec. 30) One need not overstate the claims of Jimmy Carter’s supposed post-presidential saintliness or understate the failures of his presidency to recognize three of his signal achievements. Democrats […]
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Trump team invites chaotic constitutional fights
(Dec. 23) Get ready for a maelstrom in the early months of Donald Trump’s presidency. If he and his associates follow up on all their policy and procedural promises — or threats, […]
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Federal law enforcement, from bad to bad, to bad Bondi
Three pieces on the problems with federal law enforcement, and on why we can say hooray that Wray is leaving, but why we should feel no bond with Bondi. (As […]
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Biden’s terrible pardons, from several angles
Biden twice takes up his pardon pen, and I twice excoriate him, plus add context. (For the full version of each column, please follow the link embedded in each headline.) […]
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Lee Edwards, Clarke Reed: Two legendary GOP builders
Lee Edwards, anti-communist and chronicler (Dec. 16): The night was June 12, 2007, and Lee Edwards was beaming. After years of work, his personal brainchild was coming to fruition: That […]
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Lawmakers are short-changing national defense
(Official Washington Examiner editorial, Dec. 7) The primary responsibility of a national government is to provide for the common defense, but U.S. lawmakers are failing. Facing growing threats from China […]
