Sitemap - 2021 - Against the Grain
Google's Map Systems - Don't Trust, Always Verify
A Beautiful and Important Christmas Message, From France
Frist Things Frist: It's Time for a Coronavirus Commission
Carjacked Congresswoman Winning Swift Justice
Start Paying Attention to Social Security - Whatever Your Age
Is Joe Manchin Switching Parties?
Alex Berenson vs. Washington Post on Danish COVID Study - Who Is Right?
Tale of Two Democratic Governors
What Jussie Smollett Really Teaches Us
Life Lessons From Bob Dole's Memorial Service
When You Lose Michael Nutter. . .
What To Do About The "Genocide Olympics?"
Celebrating an Incredible Life
Dr. Oz for US Senate? Hard Pass
All Eyes on the Legal System, Again
Can Foreign Nationals Contribute to American Ballot Initiatives?
How (Not) to Respond to a Celebrated Trial Verdict
Infrastructure Bill: Deja Vu All Over Again
Great New Podcast: "Who's Counting"
A Constitutional Right to . . . Food?
Three Overlooked Lessons from Election Day
Fundamental Things are Afoot ... In New Jersey
The University of Virginia Must Fire Larry Sabato
School Board Recall Petitions & Elections Hit New National High
Has Your State Deregulated Its Energy Industry? Here's What Can Happen if it Doesn't
Polling, Other Factors Suggest a Possible GOP Upset in Virginia Next Tuesday
A Major Difference Between Democrats and (Most) Republicans
The Next "Dirty Trick:" Suppression Polling
Are "Special Election" Results Predictive?
Terry McAuliffe for. . . President?
What Happens When You Marry UBI with #MintTheCoin?
Do We Need More Political Parties?
McAuliffe Won't Define CRT, Wrong About It Not Being Taught in Virginia
McConnell's Brilliant Move, Explained
Harassing Senators? "Part of the Process." Criticizing School Board Members? Domestic Terrorism.
Panicky Democrats Launch Dirty Tricks in Virginia
"Alex, I'll Take 'Debt Gimmick' for $1 Trillion
Economic Illiterates on Parade
Journalism Bailout in $3.5 Trillion Budget Bill
Is It Time for "Proportional Voting?"
Lessons for the GOP from Canada's Election
Senate's Parliamentarian Is Back Under the Klieg Lights
Pay Attention to Monday's Federal Election. In Canada
George W. Bush's Mistaken Speech
Two Good-News Stories to Remember on 9/11
How to Honor 9/11 This Weekend
Biden Wants to Change the Subject. Abortion to the Rescue?
What Joe Biden Should Have Learned from President Gerald Ford
Cancel Culture's Next Targets: Street Names and Logos
Biden's Political Calculations Have a Basis; Americans' Reaction to Benghazi in 2012.
Book Review: "War During Peace"
Words Matter: "Stranded," "Senile," and "Hostage"
Remembering "Former Republican National Security Officials for Biden"
Welcome, Arriving Afghan Refugees. We Have a Taliban, Too
Biden & the Democrats First "Test" - Virginia's November Election
The Speech I Would Have Written For Biden
Where Do I Go To Say "I'm Sorry" to Afghans?
How Do We Stop Shouting Past Each Other on CRT?
Senate GOP Plays Charlie Brown . . . Again
Is This Any Way to Run a Railroad?
Things I Miss Most About Pennsylvania Include. . . The Department of Motor Vehicles.
What's The "Social Credit" Score In Your Wallet?
Sen. Lindsey Graham’s Idea Won’t Work
More Senate Filibuster Silliness
Diminished President, Undiminished Ineptitude. The Biden Presidency in Four Words
Cancel Culture's Latest Trophy: Walt Whitman
Would Someone Teach Terry McAuliffe How to Grill? And Tell the Truth?
A Citizenship Ceremony on Independence Day - At Mount Vernon - Spawns an Idea
Remembering the "Why" of America
US Capitol - Fort Pelosi - Closed for July 4th
Rumsfeld's Rules: Still Valid. RIP
Driving on an Interstate Highway Today? Thank President Eisenhower
Did a Burning Bridge Change History?
Wars Are Won In Most Interesting Ways. . . And Places
Philadelphia, America's Gemorrah
Stop Blaming Trump Over "Lost Friends"
New Trophies for the Cancel Culture Wall
Three New Trophies for the Cancel Culture Crowd
Has Snidely Whiplash Been Foiled Again?
Think Things Are Contentious Now? Learn History
The Best Commencement Speech of 2021
Brooding Over Cicadas? The UN Suggests You Eat Them
Masks: New MAGA Hats for The Left
Pandemic Advice for Team Biden: Bench Fauci & Walensky. Put Dr. Francis Collins On the Mound
The Biden Presidency in Two Words: Unfolding Disaster
The GOP's Preposition Battle - "On" vs. "Away From"
Life Lessons From Two NHL Games
Vox: Your Pet is Now a Climate Problem
Travel to Hawaii? Reconsider. At Least Wait. Here's Why.
How Biden's New Tax Plan Will Play Out
Was Justice Served? The Real Jury is Still Out
Campaign Fundraising: Tectonic Shifts
How One Biden Tax Proposal Will Hit the Middle Class. Good and Hard.
"Ranked Choice" Voting - A Serious Look. And You'd Better Look Closely.
Reverse Engineering "Wokeism" in Corporations
No More "Zuck Bucks" for Official Elections
What's Going On With Republicans and Corporations?
The New "Best Way" To Counter-Attack: Trolling
April Is America's Most Historic Month
Of Course, Jeff Bezos Supports Higher Corporate Taxes. Here's Why.
Hi, Kids! Today's Lesson: The 5 Ways to Respond to a Political or Media Attack
From Filibusters to. . . Marijuana?
Have Democrats Found A Way to Bypass The Senate's Filibuster?
How Do Some Corporations "Go Woke" on Policy Issues?
How Close Are We to Real "Civil Disobedience?"
The New Woke Boycott Against Coca-Cola
Praise For Georgia's Election Law Reform
Hi, Kids! Today's Logic Class Topic: The Strawman Argument
Don't Be Swayed By The "Talking Filibuster" - It's a Trap
Fix, But Don't Break the Filibuster
Breaking News: Media (Anonymous Sources) Lie
Bad News for Democrats on Their Awful Election Reform Bill
Cartoon Cancel Culture. Who Is Next?
Against and Afraid of . . .Normal?
A Magic Message . . . for Republicans?
How to Really Fix Our Elections
Stirring the Pot . . . on Transgenderism
What Happened to the State of the Union Address?
Time to End Senate Confirmation Hearings?
An Eyewitness COVID Report from Florida
How to Rate Political Scandals
Texas Power Outages - The Blame Game
Irreplaceable, In More Ways Than One
About Those GOP “Censure” Resolutions
“Whataboutism,” Here We Go Again. . .
A Lie Will Go Round The World...
How Not To Be A Press Secretary
Bridging the Partisan Divide - a Podcast
Should "Political Speech" Be a Civil Right?
Really Getting the “GameStop (GME)” Thing
Dr. Rachel Levine. Failing Up.
George Orwell Was Right: War is Peace
Increased Security Around the US Capitol
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