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Bag man: Meet Tom Homan, crime fighter

As the first and only convicted felon to serve as president, Donald Trump’s claim to be concerned about crime in America is a somewhat compromised one. And, of course, it’s not just the 34 felony counts on which he stands convicted by a New York jury but the federal criminal indictments for violating the Espionage Act, obstructing justice and defrauding the United States that undercut his proclamations about crime. In the past month, Tom Homan, Trump’s border czar, who has spent the past nine months talking tough about undocumented immigrants, has had a severe case of “cat ...

No Kings? No one seems to really have a clue

What do you do when voters have rejected your party’s policies and the losers have nothing new to offer? Answer: You stage large demonstrations that include name calling. Anyone who believes the Oct. 18 “No Kings” (was that poll tested?) demonstrations across the country were not organized and largely paid for by left-wing groups hasn’t been paying attention. The New York Times claims there is “no evidence” that the event was subsidized by billionaire George Soros and other far-left people and organizations. That’s because the underwriting isn’t given directly but is ...

In Trump’s universe, black is white and white is black

I am confessing up front that I suffer from logophilia. That sounds serious, and it is. It means I love words. I explore their meanings and derivations. I am always on a quest, often fruitless, for precisely the right one in each sentence I write. That’s what makes the term “antifa” so interesting to me. It’s a portmanteau, a word that squishes two other words together to create a new one. Like blending breakfast and lunch to make brunch. Or turning a pastry that’s half croissant and half doughnut into a cronut. And combining anti and fascist to become antifa. The Oxford ...

A Trumpian Headache Infecting Our Nation

President Donald Trump’s use of the U.S. military to kill persons on speed boats in international waters, or in territorial waters claimed by other sovereign nations — all 1,500 miles from the U.S. — has posed grave issues of due process. The Constitution’s guarantee of due process requires it for every person, not just Americans. The operative language of the Fifth Amendment is that “No person ... shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.” The Trump administration has claimed that it can kill whomever it designates as an unlawful enemy ...

The Normie Revolution Needs to Sweep Across America

Three weeks ago, The New York Times released a poll of Americans on the question of whether America’s political system could still solve the nation’s problems. The overwhelming response: no. In September 2020, 51% of Americans believed that America’s system could still address America’s problems; by September 2025, that number had declined to 33%. Meanwhile, almost two-thirds of Americans believe that America’s political system is too politically divided to solve the nation’s problems. It’s easy to attribute this growing dissatisfaction with some sort of unique ...

Take a lesson from the history books

People who are protesting and complaining that President Trump is behaving like a dictator apparently skipped history classes or took them at liberal universities where professors have re-written the subject to conform to their worldview. Someone who is doing what history teachers used to do may surprise you. He is Mark Levin, who hosts a daily syndicated radio program and weekend programs on Fox News Channel. Watch and listen if you are skeptical. Last weekend, Levin reminded his audience that some who are regarded as some of our best presidents did things far worse than what Trump ...