It’s blatantly obvious that since former President Donald Trump was almost assassinated and President Joe Biden was successfully forced out of the race, the Democratic tone-setters decided to downplay their incessant “Threat to Democracy” talk and switch to Joyful Warriors buzz. The volume of that theme was turned up dramatically for the Democratic convention in...
During former President Trump’s freewheeling rallies, he regularly brings up hisaim to buildan “Iron Dome”missileshieldforAmerica. Itisone of the few itemized priorities in the Republican National Committee platform, which calls for “agreat Iron Domemissiledefenseshieldover our entire country.” Some national defense commentators pounced, deriding the ideaas infeasibleand calling it “snake oil”andaboondogglethat won’t work. They described the technical...
While the media was largely focused this week on Chicago as Vice President Kamala Harris officially accepted the Democratic Party’s nomination for president, an alarming new Department of Homeland Security inspector general’sreport should have been the main news story across the country. The primary takeaway is that the Biden-Harris administration has lost track of approximately...
One day, airports will figure out a civilized method for catching an Uber after your flight, but that day was not last Sunday at O’Hare as a maelstrom of confused travelers stared into an endless stream of gray Toyota Camrys. Having made facial contact with my driver and exchanged names, I settled in for a...
Yesterday in Arizona, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., the eldest son of Robert F. Kennedy, Sr. and the best-known surviving scion of the Kennedy family dynasty, took the stage to endorse Donald Trump for president of the United States. It was an iconic and consequential moment: A member of the Kennedy family, royalty in Democratic politics...
Vice President Kamala Harris and the Democrats had a successful convention this week in Chicago. At every juncture, they sought to rebut the attacks from their opponents. The Harris-Walz team argued over and over, and particularly effectively, I thought, in the vice president’s Thursday night speech, that they were for national unity, against ideology, for...
Did the Democratic National Convention intentionally spread rumors of a surprise Beyonce performance at their gathering on Thursday night to fill the auditorium? If so, it was a cheap trick, and says a lot about their confidence in Kamala Harris’ star power. But that is no surprise; after all, this is the same crew that...
Vice President Kamala Harris gave a ringing speech that fired Democrats up to close the Democratic convention and this more or less picture-perfect convention came to an end. Harris will likely continue to strengthen in the polls as is typical after a convention and there is no doubt that the Democrats are in better shape...
The Russian media has been exploding with minute-by-minute coverage of the Democratic National Convention this week. Practically every major Russian news outlet – from Pravda and Izvestiya to Moskovskiy Komsomolets and Kommersant – has been providing extensive reportage and analysis of our presidential election campaign. Here is why they are obsessing over the DNC and...
Does anybody else feel like we’re navigating a deep spiritual divide in America? In addition to officially nominating and affirming its presidential candidate, political conventions serve as a snapshot of its party’s overarching priorities, principles and passions — a united declaration, and an unapologetic defense of its platform. If that’s the case, the Democratic National...
