Category: News
5 things to know about John F. Kelly, Homeland Security chief nominee
On Wednesday, Donald Trump named his nominee for the next leader of Homeland Security, retired Marine Gen. John F. Kelly. The announcement comes the same day the president-elect was named Time Magazine’s “Person of […]
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s ‘Infamy Speech’ is one of the all-time best remembered
During a lazy Sunday around Christmastime in 1941, as Americans were listening to their musical programs, comedy routines, and New York Giants versus the Brooklyn Dodgers in N.F.L. football, radio broadcasts were interrupted to announce […]
3 things to know about potential Trump Cabinet pick John Bolton
As the secretary of state search expanded over the weekend inside the Trump transition team, the name of bespectacled conservative commentator John Bolton remained in the drawing hat for whomever might replace […]
Where were you when ‘Ganja Gary’ forgot what Aleppo was?
As it became clear that a majority of Americans were happy with neither major party candidate in the 2016 elections, third-party support rose to a fever pitch when at one […]
5 things to know about Gen. David Petraeus
As the Donald Trump transition team continues to interview candidates for the secretary of state position, one person he was “very impressed” by has made the media rounds just as critics […]
Five things to know for the week of Dec. 5
It’s still a merry-go-round with the potential nominees being floated for America’s top diplomat. Associated Press has reported that former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney […]
Here are some one-term presidents opponents of Trump can look to for inspiration
It was perhaps the most divisive election of modern times, and when anti-political correctness candidate and Washington outsider Donald J. Trump won the White House last month, many people were […]
Could Donald Trump get impeached? A look at the unlikely process
Almost as soon as Donald Trump was elected, members of the leftist intelligentsia were already assuaging their readers with predictions of an impending impeachment, citing their side as “the right […]
3 things to know about James ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis
After a series of meetings with the president-elect, Donald Trump’s transition team has announced the nomination of war hero Gen. James Mattis for its pick as secretary of defense. The “Mad […]
Why do we have the 22nd Amendment, which limits presidents to two terms?
The U.S. will never have its own King Louis XIV, who reigned over France for a record 72 years and 110 days. At least not while the 22nd Amendment is on the books, […]