It’s a pretty reliable rule of thumb that when President Donald Trump calls something a “hoax,” it’s true. He insists that the strong indication, which seems likelier by the week, that he participated in Jeffrey Epstein’s exploitative exploits is another hoax. Assume that on this ...

In the 1967 film “Cool Hand Luke,” the “Captain” says to Luke (Paul Newman) “What we’ve got here is a failure to communicate.” The same could be said of the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress. While they have much to brag about — from a closed border, the ...

No, this isn’t a satirical Babylon Bee headline: “’Black Women Can’t Swim Because of Societal Expectations’: Michelle Obama’s Viral Claim Sparks Controversy.” The former first lady, in a live podcast, recently said: “Let me explain something to white people. Our hair comes ...

A few years ago, I was invited to speak at an event in Mobile, Ala. Driving from Indiana, I stopped for the night in Nashville, Tenn., but on the way back, I decided to drive all the way from Mobile to Indianapolis. I had planned an early start, but, enjoying the company of good friends, I ...

The debate over affordability is now truly and fully joined. After the off-year elections, Democrats are coalescing around a cost-of-living message that makes more sense than their anti-Trump obsessions (not that we aren’t going to hear a lot about those). For its part, the White House ...

The buzzword of the month is “affordability,” and based on the election results from New York, New Jersey and Virginia, voters think that’s declining. Democrats think they’ve found a winning issue to win back the hearts and minds of voters. It’s true that people are angry about ...