MenuBiden’s Demagogic HabitsThey define his past and present.Editor's PicksSign up to receiveHot OffThe Pressonald Reagan once called Joe Biden a “smooth but pure demagogue.” Biden is not so smooth anymore, but he certainly a demagogue. Biden’s preference for demagoguery to debate defines his career. For all his talk of civility and unity, he would much rather call his opponents names than address their arguments. Biden’s description of Georgia’s new election law as “Jim Crow on steroids” is typical of his demagoguery. It’s a comment as incendiary and heedless as his 2012 that the policies...…MenuBiden’s Demagogic HabitsThey define his past and present.Editor's PicksSign up to receiveHot OffThe Pressonald Reagan once called Joe Biden a “smooth but pure demagogue.” Biden is not so smooth anymore, but he certainly a demagogue. Biden’s preference for demagoguery to debate defines his career. For all his talk of civility and unity, he would much rather call his opponents names than address their arguments. Biden’s description of Georgia’s new election law as “Jim Crow on steroids” is typical of his demagoguery. It’s a comment as incendiary and heedless as his 2012 that the policies...WW…

MenuLiberals Endanger the Synthesis of Faith and ReasonTheir ideology continues its fall into fantasy.Editor's PicksSign up to receiveHot OffThe Pressodern liberals often present themselves as the champions of “science” and “reason,” even as the positions they take grow increasingly fantastical. To sustain those positions, they reject science and reason in favor of pure ideology. They can stare at a sonogram and deny that it shows a human life. They can stare at a biological male and call him a woman.The defense of reason these days comes not from the citadels of modern liberalism but from...…MenuLiberals Endanger the Synthesis of Faith and ReasonTheir ideology continues its fall into fantasy.Editor's PicksSign up to receiveHot OffThe Pressodern liberals often present themselves as the champions of “science” and “reason,” even as the positions they take grow increasingly fantastical. To sustain those positions, they reject science and reason in favor of pure ideology. They can stare at a sonogram and deny that it shows a human life. They can stare at a biological male and call him a woman.The defense of reason these days comes not from the citadels of modern liberalism but from...WW…

MenuThe Border Crisis and the Consequences of Biden’s Bad IdeasThe ideological roots are clear.Editor's PicksSign up to receiveHot OffThe Pressoe Biden has long denied that illegal immigration constitutes a crisis for the country. The flood of illegal immigrants, he once , is not a “burden” but a “gift.” So it is no surprise that he and his aides are quibbling over the description of what’s happening now at the border as a “crisis.” Their capacity for denial is well established. To them, the border mess is a mere “challenge,” by which they mean a political problem.To deal with that...…MenuThe Border Crisis and the Consequences of Biden’s Bad IdeasThe ideological roots are clear.Editor's PicksSign up to receiveHot OffThe Pressoe Biden has long denied that illegal immigration constitutes a crisis for the country. The flood of illegal immigrants, he once , is not a “burden” but a “gift.” So it is no surprise that he and his aides are quibbling over the description of what’s happening now at the border as a “crisis.” Their capacity for denial is well established. To them, the border mess is a mere “challenge,” by which they mean a political problem.To deal with that...WW…

MenuBiden on Immigration: Another Liberal Experiment Against Common SenseThey multiply under the new president.Editor's PicksSign Up to receiveHot OffThe Presshe Democrats insist that they represent a return to normalcy even as they celebrate the abnormal. Their agenda is an ongoing experiment against common sense, from to to by edict. The Democrats ignore the essential functions of government while pursuing extraneous ones. They fight harder for foreigners than Americans. The unfolding chaos of the Biden administration offers a glimpse of the price America will pay for this frivolously...…MenuBiden on Immigration: Another Liberal Experiment Against Common SenseThey multiply under the new president.Editor's PicksSign Up to receiveHot OffThe Presshe Democrats insist that they represent a return to normalcy even as they celebrate the abnormal. Their agenda is an ongoing experiment against common sense, from to to by edict. The Democrats ignore the essential functions of government while pursuing extraneous ones. They fight harder for foreigners than Americans. The unfolding chaos of the Biden administration offers a glimpse of the price America will pay for this frivolously...WW…

MenuRambling JoeHis claim to “level” with the American people is bogus.Editor's PicksSign up to receiveHot OffThe Pressoe Biden has a besotted media in the palm of his hand. Reporters and pundits continue to gush over his “authenticity,” his endlessly “relatable” personality, and the “decency” that he “radiates.” CNN’s soft town hall with Biden on Tuesday night captured the chummy relationship that he enjoys with the press. It has gone from attack dog to lap dog.Anderson Cooper’s idea of a probing question was to Biden “what it is like” to live in the White House. The multimillionaire Biden...…MenuRambling JoeHis claim to “level” with the American people is bogus.Editor's PicksSign up to receiveHot OffThe Pressoe Biden has a besotted media in the palm of his hand. Reporters and pundits continue to gush over his “authenticity,” his endlessly “relatable” personality, and the “decency” that he “radiates.” CNN’s soft town hall with Biden on Tuesday night captured the chummy relationship that he enjoys with the press. It has gone from attack dog to lap dog.Anderson Cooper’s idea of a probing question was to Biden “what it is like” to live in the White House. The multimillionaire Biden...WW…

MenuPreening DemagoguesBlather about democracy comes from those who believe in it the least.Editor's PicksSign up to receiveHot OffThe Presshe Democrats are casting themselves this week as the great custodians of democracy, chasing away the apostates in its temple. Never mind that the whole point of their partisan exercise in the Senate is to remove a democratic choice from the people. The Democrats remain in a panic over the possibility of Trump running again. The feverishness of that panic is a measure of their mistrust of the people and their preference for rule by the elite. The...…MenuPreening DemagoguesBlather about democracy comes from those who believe in it the least.Editor's PicksSign up to receiveHot OffThe Presshe Democrats are casting themselves this week as the great custodians of democracy, chasing away the apostates in its temple. Never mind that the whole point of their partisan exercise in the Senate is to remove a democratic choice from the people. The Democrats remain in a panic over the possibility of Trump running again. The feverishness of that panic is a measure of their mistrust of the people and their preference for rule by the elite. The...WW…

MenuJohn Brennan and the Aging RadicalsThey return to the repression they favored as youth.Editor's PicksSign up to receiveHot OffThe Presshe former CIA director John Brennan is the classic illiberal liberal, an aging radical who openly favors in America the repressiveness he once excused in the Soviet Union. Recall that at the height of the Cold War he was rooting for the Reds. He has admitted that in 1976 he , the American Communist Party’s presidential candidate. That radicalism never left Brennan’s system. He continues to nurse the dream of left-wing autocracy. In his recent...…MenuJohn Brennan and the Aging RadicalsThey return to the repression they favored as youth.Editor's PicksSign up to receiveHot OffThe Presshe former CIA director John Brennan is the classic illiberal liberal, an aging radical who openly favors in America the repressiveness he once excused in the Soviet Union. Recall that at the height of the Cold War he was rooting for the Reds. He has admitted that in 1976 he , the American Communist Party’s presidential candidate. That radicalism never left Brennan’s system. He continues to nurse the dream of left-wing autocracy. In his recent...WW…

MenuThe Biden-Coddling, Trump-Condemning BishopsWhy doesn’t Joe’s incitement to the violence of abortion generate full-throated condemnations?Editor's PicksSign up to receiveHot OffThe Pressast year, as riots raged across the country, America’s liberal bishops hesitated to condemn the mob. Far from fretting over the inflammatory rhetoric of Black Lives Matter, some of the bishops repeated it. Bishop Mark Seitz of the Diocese of El Paso, Texas, joined in the protests and held up a “Black Lives Matter” sign. Seitz told the press that after his participation in the protests he received a phone...…MenuThe Biden-Coddling, Trump-Condemning BishopsWhy doesn’t Joe’s incitement to the violence of abortion generate full-throated condemnations?Editor's PicksSign up to receiveHot OffThe Pressast year, as riots raged across the country, America’s liberal bishops hesitated to condemn the mob. Far from fretting over the inflammatory rhetoric of Black Lives Matter, some of the bishops repeated it. Bishop Mark Seitz of the Diocese of El Paso, Texas, joined in the protests and held up a “Black Lives Matter” sign. Seitz told the press that after his participation in the protests he received a phone...WW…

MenuThe Pope’s Christmas SpeechHe decries division while creating it.Editor's PicksSign up to receiveHot OffThe Presshortly before Christmas, Pope Francis delivered a to Vatican officials in which he decried “conflict” within the Church. It was an odd theme for a pope who routinely sows such conflict. Naturally, he didn’t mention his own role in fostering division. Instead, he appeared to equate “conflict” with resistance to his subversive agenda.He ,When the Church is viewed in terms of conflict — right versus left, progressive versus traditionalist — she becomes fragmented and polarized,...…MenuThe Pope’s Christmas SpeechHe decries division while creating it.Editor's PicksSign up to receiveHot OffThe Presshortly before Christmas, Pope Francis delivered a to Vatican officials in which he decried “conflict” within the Church. It was an odd theme for a pope who routinely sows such conflict. Naturally, he didn’t mention his own role in fostering division. Instead, he appeared to equate “conflict” with resistance to his subversive agenda.He ,When the Church is viewed in terms of conflict — right versus left, progressive versus traditionalist — she becomes fragmented and polarized,...WW…

MenuBiden’s Dismal StartHis first 100 days show that he is a captive of the far Left.Editor's PicksSign up to receiveHot OffThe Pressoe Biden’s presidency is engulfed in a border crisis, a mushrooming mess that has revealed his inability to discharge one of the most fundamental duties of his office. One would think this might figure into any evaluation of his first 100 days as president. But it hasn’t. The media is giving Biden absurdly high marks for his performance, largely out of gratitude for his reversals of Trump’s policies.Even though the media sold Biden as a , it thoroughly...…MenuBiden’s Dismal StartHis first 100 days show that he is a captive of the far Left.Editor's PicksSign up to receiveHot OffThe Pressoe Biden’s presidency is engulfed in a border crisis, a mushrooming mess that has revealed his inability to discharge one of the most fundamental duties of his office. One would think this might figure into any evaluation of his first 100 days as president. But it hasn’t. The media is giving Biden absurdly high marks for his performance, largely out of gratitude for his reversals of Trump’s policies.Even though the media sold Biden as a , it thoroughly...WW…