Another Sign of Trump Slippage

From Yahoo News: When asked in mid-October who they “would rather see” as the 2024 GOP presidential nominee, 45% of registered voters who are...

‘In Defense of Killer Robots’

FYI, I’ve branched out to defending killer robots in other publications. Here’s my Politico column today: The risk is that we’ll take outlandish...

Tired of the Losing Yet?

I have a quick commentary on the Georgia run-off up on our YouTube page.

San Francisco Blinks

San Francisco has reversed itself on letting cops use robots to take down threats in extreme circumstances, basically because people have seen movies...

About This Infamous Day

I talked to the great Paul Kennedy, who has a wonderful new book out on World War II, about Pearl Harbor and the aftermath:We also have a transcript...

Intel officials who claimed Hunter Biden laptop was ‘Russian disinformation’ far more blameworthy than Twitter censors

The Twitter Files released by Elon Musk give us a more fine-grained understanding of how and why the social-media company decided to censor the Hunter...

Yet More Derangement 

I have a piece on the home page on DeSantis Derangement Syndrome that mentions an outlandish headline on a Jonathan Chait piece: “Ron DeSantis...

‘It’s Still Misgendering’

All you have to know about pre-Musk Twitter is that this guy was making decisions about what to shut down and allow:

Ready for Two to Six Years More of This, Republicans?

Donald Trump’s suspend-the-Constitution post, which has to rank among the most lunatic and unworthy things he’s ever said, had Republicans...

I Dare You Not to Watch This at Least Twice

Even if you aren’t a college volleyball fan:

Trump 1.0 was chaotic, but Trump 2.0 would be far worse

Former President Donald Trump's first term will look like the George H. W. Bush administration compared to a restoration led by an emboldened Trump...

Brutal Numbers for Trump

A new WPA Intelligence poll has very tough numbers for Donald Trump: 6. Former President Trump is generally liked by Republicans with 70% viewing him...

Don’t Fear Robots

As longtime readers may know, I’m a booster of robots, drones, and automated vehicles. This vote in San Francisco to allow police to use robots to...

‘Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner if Trump Wins Again’

I wrote today for Politico on something Phil posted about the other day — the Kanye dinner as a preview of a Trump second term.

Football Is King

This is amazing: According to FOX, 17 million people watched Michigan-Ohio State. That’s more than:-Every NBA Finals and NBA game-Every World Series...

Marquette Bound

I’m heading out for a talk at Marquette tonight. If you’re in the area, it’d be great to see you. It’s at 6 p.m. at the Alumni Memorial Union.

Biden 2024 would be extremely reckless — for his party and the country

Joe Biden 2024 is a bad idea whose time has come. If Democrats had gotten the shellacking that seemed to be coming their way in the midterms,...

Why?

At this point, you’ve really got to wonder why Republicans would want to subject themselves to another two or — if he were to return to the White...

1,015 and Counting

As of this writing, we have had 1,015 contributors to our webathon. That’s a robust number. Would it be easier if one person wrote us a $130,000...

Re: Soccer

I’m not as committed a hater of soccer as I used to be — I don’t get it, but there’s no accounting for taste, and I myself am a fan of a game...

Will Trump’s obsession with being a ‘victim’ work with Republicans in 2024 race?

The ultimate indignity would, of course, be if Republicans denied him the nomination, at which point Trump would transform from...

Thanksgiving & football: Intertwined American joys

The Pilgrims celebrated the first Thanksgiving without football, but the game and the holiday have now become so intertwined that one almost wonders...

Opinion | How Trump Plays the Victim Card

The former president has turned it into his one real superpower.

How Republicans can make the best of their microscopic House majority

Now, House Republicans will have a microscopic majority in a Washington still arrayed against them, even if Kevin McCarthy becomes speaker of the...

Let’s Pad the Score

Once More without Feeling

The GOP can’t dump Trump — but Republican voters can

There will have to be much more of that to signal that a fundamental, enduring shift has taken place and coax party leaders out of their long...

Midterms make it clear that Trump cares only about himself — at Republicans’ expense

Nominating Trump in 2024 when only 35% of people have a favorable view of him would be a risk comparable to nominating Mehmet Oz or Don Bolduc for the...

The Life of Ron DeSanctimonious, from the Desk of Donald J. Trump

The New York Post Triggered Trump

Trump Can’t, or at Least Shouldn’t, Announce on Tuesday 

‘Trump Is a Bust for Republicans’

Opinion | Trump Is a Bust for Republicans

The party’s midterm disappointment is a spectacular reminder that Trump is a drag on the GOP.

Is the Republican Vote Becoming Maldistributed?

Move Over, Gettysburg Address and ‘I Have a Dream’

Did Melania Trump Let Us All Down?

BREAKING: Trump Knows More about Ron DeSantis than the Governor’s Own Family, with the Possible Exception of His Wife

Pray the midterms finally derail Democrats’ deadly ‘decarceration’ delusions

Gov. Kathy Hochul delivered one of the most memorable lines of the midterm debates when she said she “didn’t know why” her Republican opponent,...

How Much Working-Class Appeal Does John Fetterman Have Exactly?

Let the Turnout Speculation Begin!

Kamala Who?

Herschel Walker Hasn’t Trailed in the Last Six Polls in the RealClearPolitics Average

Trump Hates DeSantis for the Offense of Being in the Way

Kari Lake Knows What She’s Doing

Another Abysmal Biden Speech

Opinion | Florida Is a Blaring Warning Sign for Democrats

Biden has been reading too much of his own press.

A Straw in the Wind?

Re: Two Completely Different Standards

No, democracy is not on the ballot — and cynical Democrats know it

Democracy is under threat — the wrong candidates could win more votes than their opponents in hotly contested free and fair elections.

WSJ Poll: Suburban Women Breaking the GOP’s Way