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In 1981, one of Washington’s most respected Democratic elder statesmen dismissed the new president as an “amiable dunce.” Clark Clifford, a former Secretary of Defense, said it at a dinner; the phrase leaked and became the era’s shorthand. Kind, but foolish. Likable, but lost. Forty years later, Gallup found that 69% of Americans, nearly half … Read more
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten titled her keynote address at this year’s convention “Building Our Power to Create a Better Future.” But after listening to the speech, one was left to wonder: A better future for whom? Conspicuously absent was any serious discussion of how teachers might educate students better than they do … Read more
On the morning of July 4, someone in Houston, Texas, cut two surveillance cameras in half and draped an American flag over the wreckage. In New Bern, North Carolina, police asked the public to help identify two men filmed destroying a camera — the public responded with hundreds of tips identifying the suspects as Batman … Read more
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani tapped former Biden-era Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Lina Khan as the next board chairwoman of the city’s Economic Development Corporation on Wednesday. Mamdani’s appointment of the staunch antitrust advocate represents a significant leadership change for the corporation overseeing economic growth in New York continue reading …
When a federal bank examiner leans on a bank to close a customer’s account and that closure destroys the customer’s business, the government has taken private property without paying for it. That is a distinct constitutional claim, separate from the shareholder duty-of-care questions now working through the courts, and on June 10, the Department of … Read more
The year: 1986. Two global superpowers have nuclear warheads pointed at each other. Many fear imminent war. “Two vivid characters meet over a weekend, on a desolate and windswept island, in a reputedly haunted house with rain lashing against its windowpanes, where they experience the most amazing things,” wrote Ken Adelman, President Ronald Reagan’s continue … Read more
President Donald Trump threatened to destroy one bridge or power plant for every new munition fired by Iran at shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, bringing forward the potential of the largest electrical system in the Middle East being destroyed. Slightly over three weeks before the beginning of Operation Epic Fury, Iran’s Tavanir state grid … Read more
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) says that MS Now, formerly MSNBC, won’t invite him on its programs, though he enjoys going on stations such as Fox News and CNN that “play things straight.” “I’m on Fox. I’m also very often in CNN, and I’ll be CBS and ABC occasionally too,” Fetterman exclusively told the Washington Examiner … Read more
Pedophile Jeffrey Epstein cut ties with Bill Clinton because he thought the former president was a liar, according to new emails his estate turned over to Congress on Wednesday. The emails, obtained by the House Oversight Committee, also reveal that Kathryn Ruemmler — former White House counsel to Barack Obama — maintained a remarkably cozy … Read more
President Donald Trump gave Iran multiple opportunities to avoid the current conflict with the United States months before it began. After the war started, the administration continued to reach out to the surviving regime in Tehran, offering one olive branch after another. Advertisement Discover more Trump administration legacy International relations courses Conflict continue reading …
