An honest look at the Capitol-rioter pardons
Note: With this web site update, I am restarting an old practice of mine of highlighting at least one column per week by someone else that I consider really thoughtful […]
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Don’t pretend the Capitol rioters, or Trump, are victims
(March 26) One of the most distressing things about the Donald Trump movement is seeing putative “conservatives” make excuses for the 2021 Capitol rioters. The same people who usually defend police and castigate rowdy protesters […]
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Liz Cheney is right: Trump is profoundly dangerous
(Dec. 15) Former United States Rep. Liz Cheney’s new book, Oath and Honor, is a tour de force. The Wyoming Republican presents a fact-heavy account of former President Donald Trump’s dishonest and dangerous […]
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Rep. Clay Higgins of LA spews lunatic theories about Capitol riot
(Advocate-T-P column, Nov. 19) U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins, R-Lafayette, last week embarrassed both himself and the state of Louisiana by using a House hearing to lob conspiracy-theory gibberish at FBI […]
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Random: Israel, Trump, health rules, edifice complex
Trump continued to try to hijack the election (Aug. 2): Perhaps the most appalling revelation from the newest indictment of former President Donald Trump is that he and his henchman continued pressuring […]
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Mike Pence tells truth about the Capitol riot
(March 13) Former Vice President Mike Pence should be commended for having the courage to tell the truth about former President Donald Trump’s despicable conduct related to the 2021 U.S. Capitol riot. […]
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Liz Cheney pays tribute to Capitol police
(May 23) When Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) received the Profile in Courage Award from the John F. Kennedy Library on May 22, she appropriately deflected the praise to the law […]
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Committee on Capitol riot shouldn’t give Dems a free pass
(Feb. 9) To inspire greater confidence in its investigation, the House select committee on the U.S. Capitol riot should do far more publicly to investigate the security breakdown at the […]
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Yes, the Capitol incursion was indeed ‘sedition’
(Jan. 14) When federal prosecutors on Jan. 13 indicted a right-wing leader for “seditious conspiracy” related to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, they rightly focused attention on the key goal […]
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Response to last year’s Capitol riot should be powerful, but not partisan
On the Capitol riot, EXCLUSIVE ON THIS SITE, by Quin Hillyer One year ago tomorrow, an official Washington Examiner editorial proclaimed the riot at the U.S. Capitol “a seditious insurrection,” […]
