Jonah Goldberg – Page 7

Washington’s dirty little secret: No one is running the show

May 31, 2019 at 4:19 p.m.

One of the hardest lessons for young, idealistic and educated people to learn when they come to Washington — and some never learn it — is that nobody is running...

Then-Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen discusses border security and the migrant caravan on Nov. 20, 2018, at Border Field State Park along the United States-Mexico border in San Ysidro, Calif.

Kirstjen Nielsen was miscast for Trump’s ‘bad cop’ role on immigration

May 31, 2019 at 4:18 p.m.

Kirstjen Nielsen is off the island. The embattled, beleaguered and apparently overwhelmed secretary of the Department of Homeland Security was reportedly fired before she could quit. Summoned to the White...

President Donald Trump delivers his address to the Conservative Political Action Conference on March 2, 2019, in National Harbor, Md. The two-hour speech is possibly the longest ever given by a U.S. president.

Trump’s 2-hour speech and the cult of personality

May 31, 2019 at 4:17 p.m.

Two years ago, at the dawn of the Trump administration, Kellyanne Conway predicted that 2017’s CPAC would really be TPAC, or “Trump PAC.” What was premature spin then is conventional...

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks as U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., right, and other congressional Democrats listen during a news conference Feb. 7, 2019, in Washington.

Green New Deal backers embrace their fantasies

May 31, 2019 at 4:18 p.m.

On Thursday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., introduced what many news outlets described as “legislation” for the Green New Deal, a wildly ambitious plan to eliminate...

Virginia Delegate Kathy Tran addresses fellow state lawmakers on Feb. 1, 2019, at the Capitol in Richmond. Tran's bill to ease restrictions on late-term abortion has sparked intense controversy.

Abortion maximalists stand on shaky moral ground

May 31, 2019 at 4:19 p.m.

A bill proposed by Virginia state Delegate Kathy Tran — ultimately voted down — would have made certain forms of baby killing legal. The proposed law would have reduced the...

Then-House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi argues with President Donald Trump as Vice President Mike Pence looks on Dec. 11, 2018, at the White House in Washington.

Pelosi, Trump have few incentives to compromise, so madness will continue

May 31, 2019 at 4:22 p.m.

There are those who believe that the president came out the winner in the standoff over the government shutdown. They are what political scientists call very wrong. House Speaker Nancy...

Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, speaks during a House Judiciary Committee in Washington on July 17, 2018.

Bigoted Rep. Steve King is out of step with American ideals

May 31, 2019 at 4:23 p.m.

As a percentage of its population, Iowa sent more troops to fight in the Civil War than any other state. Iowans fought on the side of the Union against the...

Fortunately for President Donald Trump, the Democrats will not nominate someone named Generic Democrat.

Maybe Trump can’t win in 2020, but Democrats can lose

May 31, 2019 at 4:21 p.m.

Donald Trump probably can’t win the 2020 presidential election, but the Democrats can lose it. What I mean is that in a contest between Trump and a generic Democrat, Trump...

President Donald Trump before a cabinet meeting in the White House on June 21, 2018.

Law vs. morality in the Trump campaign-finance flap

May 31, 2019 at 4:25 p.m.

Let’s imagine that President Donald Trump gave a White House news conference in the nude. “As you can see,” he might say, paraphrasing the semi-apocryphal quip Winston Churchill made when...

President Donald Trump speaks to the media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on Nov. 20, 2018.

Trump has an odd definition of ‘America First’

May 31, 2019 at 4:21 p.m.

“America First!” — President Donald Trump, Nov. 20 That’s how the president’s official statement giving the crown prince of Saudi Arabia a pass for authorizing the gruesome murder of journalist...

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