MenuLockdowns: Which ‘Experts’ Were Right?A year later it’s clear that most media and government experts were dead wrong.Editor's PicksSign up to receiveHot OffThe Presst has now been nearly a year since “public health experts” began appearing on television talk shows insisting that, to survive COVID-19, the nation would have to pursue unprecedented mitigation policies. They told us that our salvation required draconian measures such as school closures, stay-at-home orders, and business lockdowns. Moreover, we were advised not to expect a fast return to our normal lives. In early April...…MenuLockdowns: Which ‘Experts’ Were Right?A year later it’s clear that most media and government experts were dead wrong.Editor's PicksSign up to receiveHot OffThe Presst has now been nearly a year since “public health experts” began appearing on television talk shows insisting that, to survive COVID-19, the nation would have to pursue unprecedented mitigation policies. They told us that our salvation required draconian measures such as school closures, stay-at-home orders, and business lockdowns. Moreover, we were advised not to expect a fast return to our normal lives. In early April...WW…

MenuCan Democrats Purge GOP ‘Insurrectionists’?No, but their obvious desire to do so is a threat to the republic.Editor's PicksSign up to receiveHot OffThe Pressf you aren’t worried about the heavy-handed and histrionic reaction by the Democrats to the recent “insurrection” at the Capitol, including the farcical second impeachment of President Trump and the increasingly irresponsible use of words like “seditious” and “treasonous” to describe Republicans, you should be. Every authoritarian seizure of power since the Athenian coup of 411 BC by a small cadre of oligarchs was ostensibly meant...…MenuCan Democrats Purge GOP ‘Insurrectionists’?No, but their obvious desire to do so is a threat to the republic.Editor's PicksSign up to receiveHot OffThe Pressf you aren’t worried about the heavy-handed and histrionic reaction by the Democrats to the recent “insurrection” at the Capitol, including the farcical second impeachment of President Trump and the increasingly irresponsible use of words like “seditious” and “treasonous” to describe Republicans, you should be. Every authoritarian seizure of power since the Athenian coup of 411 BC by a small cadre of oligarchs was ostensibly meant...WW…

MenuAn Article V Convention Is Long OverdueThe Framers provided a remedy for a bloated federal government that ignores the voters.Editor's PicksSign up to receiveHot OffThe Pressast week’s mayhem in Washington, the mendacious accusations of the Democrats notwithstanding, was not by President Trump. The wildly exaggerated “storming of the Capitol,” like the huge protest itself, was caused by the belief — shared by countless millions of Americans — that the voters no longer have any meaningful influence over the Washington establishment. This sense of powerlessness is by no means ameliorated...…MenuAn Article V Convention Is Long OverdueThe Framers provided a remedy for a bloated federal government that ignores the voters.Editor's PicksSign up to receiveHot OffThe Pressast week’s mayhem in Washington, the mendacious accusations of the Democrats notwithstanding, was not by President Trump. The wildly exaggerated “storming of the Capitol,” like the huge protest itself, was caused by the belief — shared by countless millions of Americans — that the voters no longer have any meaningful influence over the Washington establishment. This sense of powerlessness is by no means ameliorated...WW…

MenuMedia Word of the Week: ‘Insurrection’The media team are at it again.Editor's PicksSign up to receiveHot OffThe Presshe most recent Gallup survey on media credibility found that the percentage of Americans who the Fourth Estate “a great deal” is 9 percent. Assuming that this abysmal showing doesn’t constitute some perverse source of pride in America’s newsrooms, an honest self-examination of their coverage concerning Wednesday’s mayhem on Capitol Hill would be a good way to begin rehabilitating their reputation. Their response to that utterly predictable event was both monolithic and...…MenuMedia Word of the Week: ‘Insurrection’The media team are at it again.Editor's PicksSign up to receiveHot OffThe Presshe most recent Gallup survey on media credibility found that the percentage of Americans who the Fourth Estate “a great deal” is 9 percent. Assuming that this abysmal showing doesn’t constitute some perverse source of pride in America’s newsrooms, an honest self-examination of their coverage concerning Wednesday’s mayhem on Capitol Hill would be a good way to begin rehabilitating their reputation. Their response to that utterly predictable event was both monolithic and...WW…

MenuCOVID Relief and Trump’s RevengeA pocket veto of the coronavirus package is payback for McConnell’s perfidy.Editor's PicksSign up to receiveHot OffThe Pressresident Trump has been deeply dissatisfied by the of the Republican establishment to support his challenges to November’s election results that he and millions of voters attribute to vote fraud. Trump has been particularly unhappy with the laissez-faire attitude of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who has discouraged GOP senators from openly backing Trump’s effort. The president had his revenge Tuesday night when he...…MenuCOVID Relief and Trump’s RevengeA pocket veto of the coronavirus package is payback for McConnell’s perfidy.Editor's PicksSign up to receiveHot OffThe Pressresident Trump has been deeply dissatisfied by the of the Republican establishment to support his challenges to November’s election results that he and millions of voters attribute to vote fraud. Trump has been particularly unhappy with the laissez-faire attitude of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who has discouraged GOP senators from openly backing Trump’s effort. The president had his revenge Tuesday night when he...WW…

MenuLin Wood Is a Democrat TrollGOP voters must ignore his crazy advice to sit out January’s Senate runoff.Editor's PicksSign up to receiveHot OffThe Pressttorney Lin Wood appeared at an Atlanta press conference Wednesday wearing a red MAGA hat while imploring Georgia Republicans to do the dumbest thing they could possibly do in the state’s upcoming Senate election. He told them to boycott the January 5 runoff in which incumbent GOP Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler will face far-left challengers Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock. Wood’s advice is far worse than bad counsel. If Georgia...…MenuLin Wood Is a Democrat TrollGOP voters must ignore his crazy advice to sit out January’s Senate runoff.Editor's PicksSign up to receiveHot OffThe Pressttorney Lin Wood appeared at an Atlanta press conference Wednesday wearing a red MAGA hat while imploring Georgia Republicans to do the dumbest thing they could possibly do in the state’s upcoming Senate election. He told them to boycott the January 5 runoff in which incumbent GOP Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler will face far-left challengers Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock. Wood’s advice is far worse than bad counsel. If Georgia...WW…

MenuWhy Trump Shouldn’t ConcedeIt’s a contested election, and neither candidate has been officially declared the winner.Editor's PicksSign up to receiveHot OffThe Pressike the Potemkin villages quickly erected to hide the squalor in which Russian peasants lived during the reign of Catherine the Great, a façade of legitimacy is under construction by the Fourth Estate to cover up the widespread voting irregularities and outright fraud that gave us “President-Elect Biden.” Never mind that the election was prematurely called for our erstwhile vice president by the same “news” media that...…MenuWhy Trump Shouldn’t ConcedeIt’s a contested election, and neither candidate has been officially declared the winner.Editor's PicksSign up to receiveHot OffThe Pressike the Potemkin villages quickly erected to hide the squalor in which Russian peasants lived during the reign of Catherine the Great, a façade of legitimacy is under construction by the Fourth Estate to cover up the widespread voting irregularities and outright fraud that gave us “President-Elect Biden.” Never mind that the election was prematurely called for our erstwhile vice president by the same “news” media that...WW…

MenuMost Americans Still Believe Trump Will WinThe polls show him behind Biden, but the public believes the president will prevail in the end.Editor's PicksSign Up to receiveHot OffThe Pressost of the national polls portend defeat for President Trump in November. At the time of this writing the RealClearPolitics average shows him behind his Democratic challenger, former Vice President Joe Biden, by nearly 10 points. This lead emboldened Biden to tell a group of supporters on Saturday that the only way he could lose was through polling place “chicanery.” Why, then, do most Americans believe...…MenuMost Americans Still Believe Trump Will WinThe polls show him behind Biden, but the public believes the president will prevail in the end.Editor's PicksSign Up to receiveHot OffThe Pressost of the national polls portend defeat for President Trump in November. At the time of this writing the RealClearPolitics average shows him behind his Democratic challenger, former Vice President Joe Biden, by nearly 10 points. This lead emboldened Biden to tell a group of supporters on Saturday that the only way he could lose was through polling place “chicanery.” Why, then, do most Americans believe...WW…

MenuBarrett Nomination Revives Obamascare TacticsJoe Biden and the Democrats revert to debunked myths to damage SCOTUS nominee.Editor's PicksSign Up to receiveHot OffThe Presshe first question asked by moderator Chris Wallace during Tuesday night’s presidential debate was about President Trump’s nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the current vacancy on the Supreme Court. After Trump explained why he nominated her, former Vice President Joe Biden claimed, “She thinks the Affordable Care Act is not constitutional.” He went on to imply that, if confirmed, Barrett would join a cabal...…MenuBarrett Nomination Revives Obamascare TacticsJoe Biden and the Democrats revert to debunked myths to damage SCOTUS nominee.Editor's PicksSign Up to receiveHot OffThe Presshe first question asked by moderator Chris Wallace during Tuesday night’s presidential debate was about President Trump’s nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the current vacancy on the Supreme Court. After Trump explained why he nominated her, former Vice President Joe Biden claimed, “She thinks the Affordable Care Act is not constitutional.” He went on to imply that, if confirmed, Barrett would join a cabal...WW…

MenuThe Voter Suppression SwindleThe facts don’t support Democrats’ lies about election integrity laws.Editor's PicksSign up to receiveHot OffThe Presshe sound and fury with which the Democrats, the legacy media, and virtue-signaling CEOs greeted Georgia’s new election integrity statute has inevitably included portentous accusations of voter suppression. Peach State Republicans, we are told, are part of a multi-state GOP conspiracy to disfranchise minority voters by restricting ballot access. The plot involves such horrors as requiring everyone to provide identification when they vote and...…MenuThe Voter Suppression SwindleThe facts don’t support Democrats’ lies about election integrity laws.Editor's PicksSign up to receiveHot OffThe Presshe sound and fury with which the Democrats, the legacy media, and virtue-signaling CEOs greeted Georgia’s new election integrity statute has inevitably included portentous accusations of voter suppression. Peach State Republicans, we are told, are part of a multi-state GOP conspiracy to disfranchise minority voters by restricting ballot access. The plot involves such horrors as requiring everyone to provide identification when they vote and...WW…