The entire mainstream media (plus Fox News!) have been assuring us that Portland was a tranquil town, with the occasional peaceful protest ... until President Trump's storm troopers showed up and turned it into a war zone. This portrayal contrasts markedly with videos that have been posted on ...

"Karen" and "Becky" are two neologisms with opposite meanings for the enjoyable life. Here's your field guide. Karen: a person, often a white woman, who feels entitled to lecture perfect strangers about their behavior. Synonyms: "Co-op Board President"; "Hillary Clinton"; "Portland ...

-- "These soldiers are disregarding and overriding the elementary rights of American citizens by applying tactics which must have been copied from the manual issued the officers of Hitler's storm troopers." -- The president is substituting "military dictatorship for the Constitution of the United ...

This Tuesday, the French celebrated Bastille Day, the mob attack on a Parisian prison that has come to symbolize the French Revolution, a period of massive violence that produced nothing other than a lot of dead Frenchmen. Their revolution was the screech of a mob, much as we are seeing in several ...

Fascinating news from The New York Times this week! Reviewing its op-ed titled "I'm a Direct Descendant of Thomas Jefferson. Take Down His Memorial," I gather we now weigh Americans' opinions based on who their ancestors are. I'm not sure that's a good idea, but the rules are the rules. Otherwise, ...

I wonder if Milo Yiannopoulos, Ben Shapiro, Charles Murray and Heather MacDonald are reacting to these antifa riots the same way I am. I mean, not that any one of us would enjoy the sight of reporters being trapped, chased through the streets and physically assaulted by antifa goons. Or liberal ...

If you were watching MSNBC last Sunday, you may have seen Imani Perry, professor of African-American studies at Princeton University, and wondered, as I did, Why do I know that name? Professor Perry's delightfully original point was that we need to "think in serious contemplative ways about the ...

The Democratic Party is being forced into taking ridiculous positions by its insane base. Defund the police! Dishonor the flag! Throw Christopher Columbus in a lake! What a wonderful gift! All Republicans have to do is take the other side. Make themselves the alternative to madness. Instead, ...

Mass looting throughout the nation. Police precincts burned to the ground. Murdered cops. An historic church in Lafayette Park set on fire. Video after horrifying video of innocent Americans being beaten senseless by gangs of thugs, as one political party demands: "DEFUND THE POLICE!" Everyone is ...

Why is this case the one inciting mass protests? Ninety-nine percent of the country is denouncing the Minneapolis police in the most damnable terms possible over the death of George Floyd. The 99% are demanding that the 1% "hear their voices"? The arrest certainly looks awful. Everything is going ...