Louisiana’s ever-changing John Kennedy
(Dec. 2) Republican Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana, now all over the news after a volatile verbal exchange with Chuck Todd on Meet the Press, is a habitual shape-shifter. Pundits disappointed that the […]
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Trump turns into Putin’s Poodle
(Nov. 16) More evidence that President Trump is acting as Putin’s poodle comes with news late this week that Russia is now taking over a key U.S. airfield in the […]
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Twice worried by developments abroad
Follow the links embedded in the headlines to read the full pieces on foreign affairs. Russia and Turkey put shiv in ribs of Trump and U.S. (Oct. 22). The awful and […]
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Incompetence and impotence marked Trump’s retreat in Syria
(Oct. 18). Completely apart from the utter foolishness of President Trump’s decision to betray the Kurds, risk reinvigorating the Islamic State, and give a boost to Islamist Turkish thug Recep Tayyip […]
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Trump’s idea of buying Greenland isn’t necessarily wacky
President Trump’s idea of buying Greenland from Denmark probably has a slimmer chance of happening than hitting an iceberg at the equator. But the suggestion shows constructive, creative thinking, and it’s an […]
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Trump’s words show the mindset of a colluder
If the standard for removal of a president were “pollution of the civic realm” rather than “high crimes and misdemeanors,” President Trump would deserve impeachment. Trump’s assertion that he would gladly […]
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Mueller put focus where Trump won’t: blocking Russia
by Quin Hillyer | May 29, 2019 Give credit to special counsel Robert Mueller. In what he hopes will be his final public words on the subject, and fully consonant with his entire […]
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Yes, the Russia campaign efforts were effective
My colleague Eddie Scarry today thought there was much ado about nothing regarding Russian interference in the 2016 election. He’s wrong. Scarry argues that two new reports from the Senate Intelligence Committee […]
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Trump is weakling against dictators
By Quin Hillyer at The Washington Examiner; President Trump is worse than a dupe: He’s a weakling. I wrote for the Washington Examiner almost exactly a year ago that Trump should resign, specifically because […]
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Answering Rush Answering Me
By Quin Hillyer at the Washington Examiner; Rush Limbaugh on Wednesday took exception to part of my most recent column, raising some trenchant points in the process. Setting aside several big ways Limbaugh […]
