The Democrats, supported by many in the liberal mainstream media, are taking a victory lap for passing the $800 billion Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, a label that Gerry Baker, former editor of the Wall Street Journal, has deemed to be so inaccurate that he called it an insult to used car salesmen. The political…
Author: Grady Means, opinion contributor
Give Biden the Darwin Award
Ronald Reagan said the world is divided into the smart and the dumb, the lazy and the energetic, providing eight possible combinations, of which, by far, the most dangerous is the dumb/energetic. When I first came to Washington (yes, a half-century ago), we were led by serious smart/energetic politicians. Major social justice legislation was working…
Independence Day, freedom and the ‘Ministry of Fun’
Celebrating Independence Day 2022 conveys a lot of emotional burden for many Americans on all sides of the political spectrum, as they feel their freedom and independent agency eroding at an accelerating pace. Many Americans felt their freedoms taken away by overreaching government during COVID-19. Other Americans felt freedoms of life choices suddenly wrenched away…
The net-zero Dark Ages: Democrats’ war on the poor
The Dark Ages were accompanied by darkness (obviously), cold, poverty, starvation, plague and depredation. The world became smaller and feudal. Infrastructure collapsed. Everyone suffered, but especially the poor. It’s pretty much what the Democrats are doing to America today. Let’s start with the “Dark New Deal.” The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), which is…
Biden’s disastrous State of Disunion address
America may be facing global war and must be strong and united – pledging to unify us doesn’t make it so.
Is Joe Manchin positioning for a presidential run?
The West Virginia senator has shown himself to be a strong and fearless advocate for moderate, bipartisan politics.