THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2026...when "the people" agree to form tribes? Of the people? By the people? Can a nation like that long endure? Speaking at Gettysburg, President Lincoln understood that some observers were skeptics. He closed his brief remarks that day by saying that those pre … | Continue reading
WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 2026There's no single way to tell: How well are America's children doing? Our 9-year-old students, let's say. There's no easy way to answer such a worthwhile question. That said, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) tested a national sample o … | Continue reading
WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 2026So Rosen wisely says: No one's assessments are unassailable, perfect. But in our view, the inanity never stops at one of our struggling nation's three (3) major "cable news" channels. Last night, at 8:06 p.m., that channel's chyron said this: EVEN COMMIES … | Continue reading
TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2026Who is Jeffrey Rosen? Inevitably, the initial segment on The Five began with the Communist / Commies rant.The Fourth of July had come and gone. Yesterday, Dana Perino started the show by playing the relevant clips from the president's rain-drenched address:PE … | Continue reading
MONDAY, JULY 6, 2026With the exception of this morning's report, the Fourth of July continues.Tomorrow: Who is Jeffrey Rosen? | Continue reading
MONDAY, JULY 6, 2026Jeffrey Rosen's concern: Yesterday, we tried to click our way through the sitting president's speech.(You can start by clicking here.) We refer to his rain-delayed public address of July 4th of this year. Due to the lightning the gods sent down, he wasn't ab … | Continue reading
SATURDAY, JULY 4, 2026...right at the base of Mount Rushmore: In the last two weeks, we've alerted you to the rise of the sudden new messaging. Last night, the messaging continued. The sitting president was standing there, right at the base of Mount Rushmore. Sixteen minutes into … | Continue reading
FRIDAY, JULY 3, 2026Can we find a way out of this mess? Karoline Leavitt is back on the job at (what's left of) the White House.Last evening, she was advancing the messaging which has taken shape since last Tuesday, when the mayor's three candidates won.Assessed by standard cultu … | Continue reading
THURSDAY, JULY 2, 2026It's the semi-stupidity, Stupid: We humans just aren't super-sharp. That doesn't mean that we're bad people; it means that we're people people. Still, this shortcoming tends to obtain all the way up the line:Here's an anecdote from the career of (Lord) Bertr … | Continue reading
THURSDAY, JULY 2, 2026The other two nominees don't: On Monday, it only got worse.No, dear reader! Mayor Mamdani's three nominees aren't all exactly the same. For example, at least as far as we know at this time, only one of the three has generated an awkward situation like this: … | Continue reading
WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2026...the Commies are taking over: Will Democrats be able to gain control of the House in the mid-term elections? Is the Senate a possibility? We'd say there's no way to know. One thing does seem to be clear: With wins by DSA members in Democratic Party pri … | Continue reading
WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2026All in all, Look who's talking: On Election Day in Gotham, Emily Compagno, co-hosting The Five, was visibly upset. Mayor Mamdani had endorsed three candidates for the House in that day's Democratic Party primaries. On the "cable news" show which defines … | Continue reading
TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2026The attempt to win seats in the South: No one knows what's going to happen in this year's mid-term elections. That said, a fascinating possibility is lurking in a new report from the Washington Post. According to the Post's report, Blue America seems incli … | Continue reading
TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2026No ridiculous claim left behind: The sitting president was deeply concerned about the return of the Communists. Plainly, his fear was well founded. Two members of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) had won the Democratic Party's nomination for seats in … | Continue reading
MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2026On the Long-Term Trend version, that is: Friend, did you know there are two different versions of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (the NAEP)? The Naep is a widely praised federal testing program in such subjects as reading and math. But did y … | Continue reading
MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2026...an old war cry was employed: On balance, we're inclined to agree with what Jessica Tarlov said last Tuesday, on the day when the city and the state of New York conducted primary elections.Mayor Mamdani had endorsed congressional candidates from three diffe … | Continue reading
SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 2026A tool pretends to explain: The meltdown came from various directions in the course of this past week. In one venue, the meltdown started with a set of video clips. The clips were aired at the start of a segment on Thursday's edition of The Five. As you kn … | Continue reading
FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 2026They slime the first lady—of France! Is the UFC's Josh Hokit a racist? Asking a slightly different question, was his pitiful statement on June 14 a racist act? We don't know much about Josh Holit. For that reason, we aren't sure how to answer your questions. … | Continue reading
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2026Every know-nothing a king: Where did Covid-19 come from? What was the origin of the virus? On Tuesday night, the Fox News Channel assembled a group of specialists to discuss such matters on Gutfeld! Except wait a minute—actually, no! This was the gaggle … | Continue reading
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2026...for a very long time: In our own view, Greg Gutfeld, 61 years old, is a person who needs some help. We'd even say the fellow deserves some help, along with all members of struggling / suffering humanity. We'd say the fellow needs some help because we … | Continue reading
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2026Suzanne Scott took over from there: Just when you think you've seen it all, it turns out that you actually haven't. We refer to the remarkable claims made in the opening segment of last night's Gutfeld! program. The program started in typical fashion, wi … | Continue reading
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2026...dates all the way back to Joan Rivers: On Sunday evening, June 14, a UFC fighter made a strange, inane remark right there on the White House lawn. As we noted yesterday, the news report in the Washington Post started off like this:After White House bout … | Continue reading
TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 2026He agrees with Elizabeth Warren: The madness of the current rulers keeps us focused on topics like this: Karoline Leavitt Returns to Blast ‘Deranged’ Algae Protesters at Reflecting Pool For the full report, just click here. "Only the Democrats could hat … | Continue reading
TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 2026Are we sure she got this right? Philip Kennicott works for the Washington Post. At this link, the newspaper thumbnails his tenure: Philip Kennicott Philip Kennicott is the Pulitzer Prize-winning art and architecture critic of The Washington Post. He has b … | Continue reading
MONDAY, JUNE 22, 2026Did he possibly get it right? This morning, we posted some of the lowlights of Saturday morning's three-headed review of the Obama Presidential Center. We refer to the screeching, screaming, gong-show behavior of the three co-hosts of the Fox & Friends Weeken … | Continue reading
MONDAY, JUNE 22, 2026...we Blues help MAGA win? Whatever you think of the PM's politics, we admire the cut of her jib. In what may be his latest attempt at distraction, our sitting president made an odd claim about the Italian PM. Inevitably, his claim sounded condescending, in … | Continue reading
SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 2026...we wrote about yesterday morning: It's hard to stomach the kind of behavior we wrote about yesterday morning. In contexts like this, we largely avoid the term "misogyny." We're happy to go with "masculinism"—but the mutts they send out to perform on th … | Continue reading
FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2026It's sometimes a medical term: We tip our hats to Jonah Goldberg for his rumination about the sitting president on today's Inside Politics. At Mediaite, Jennifer Bahney provides transcript and videotape, along with a bit of background. Here's part of what Gol … | Continue reading
FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2026One of them shot off his mouth: In the week before the president's birthday bash, we the people didn't seem to be buying. We'll let The Hill explain: Just 16 percent approve of Trump UFC event at White House: Survey A small portion of Americans approve of … | Continue reading
THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2026Are we sharp enough to do that? We were pleased to see Senator Wicker offer his opinion on the supposed Iran resolution. For the record, that's Senator Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. At Mediaite, Isaac Schor … | Continue reading
THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2026Mofo just can't stop: It was repeatedly said by the ancients: Once you've lost Brian Kilmeade, you've lost the Fox News Channel!Kilmeade is "co-host for life" of the weekday Fox & Friends program. In fairness, he has a good sense of humor. He has held tha … | Continue reading
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2026...said Cali's elections were rigged: Is it just our own (imperfect) first impression? Or have the sitting president's rambling statements at the G-7 today again suggested the possibility of an ongoing cognitive decline? That would be a dangerous state o … | Continue reading
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2026...Dems are just two points ahead: On June 29, 1982, new language entered the world. Some of this language was perhaps a bit murky. Language may have "gone on holiday," As language will sometimes do. Briefly, a laborious review:The new language to which w … | Continue reading
TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2026But also, a furious fellow explains: It's stunning to see the extent to which President Trump has been abandoned by Murdoch World. We refer to the way his deal-which-isn't-a-deal has been trashed by the Wall Street Journal, by the New York Post, and by a wid … | Continue reading
TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2026But also, subsection (b) of the Voting Rights Act: In fairness, American incoherence is just part of a much larger human story. Here in America, one current snowstorm of incoherence got its start in 1982, when the United States Congress agreed, by overwhelmi … | Continue reading
MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2026It's on TV every night: For better or worse, the MMA on the White House lawn is over. To her credit, the Washington Post's Monica Hesse noticed the unusual element of Saturday's event which was saved almost for last:The White House UFC fights showed us the Am … | Continue reading
MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2026Everyone cares about this: At the start of yesterday's Meet the Press, Steve Kornacki was introduced.Kornacki is NBC's numbers man. Here's the first number he offered: WELKER (6/14/26): With the midterms less than five months away, our Chief Data Analyst S … | Continue reading
SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2026What we saw on Fox: Can a modern nation expect to survive an epistemic arrangement like that of our own flailing nation?We can't say that the answer is yes. At long last, we see a major figure in a major publication discussing this same broken culture. The … | Continue reading
FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2026Hulse explains why the GOP did that: In yesterday's report, we floated a question about Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC):Without the 1982 addition to Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, would Rep. Clyburn ever have been elected to the House of Representatives from h … | Continue reading
THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2026Our failed state and its douchebags: Yesterday afternoon, on The Five, it was Joe and Mika who were denounced as "douchebags.""I never want to hear another moral lecture from those douchebags at Morning Joe," an angry fellow defiantly said. Five hours later … | Continue reading
THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2026...Dems like Jim Clyburn hung on: In November 1992, Bill Clinton regained the White House for the Democratic Party. For the record, he was a white Southerner. So was his running mate, Senator Al Gore (D-Tenn.).After twelve years of Presidents Reagan and Bus … | Continue reading
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2026The normalization of everything: We're going to spend this one last day discussing the president's conduct on Sunday's Meet the Press—rather, discussing the way the New York Times disappeared his remarkable conduct. Inevitably, he was soon back on his fav … | Continue reading
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2026...as the South moved from D to R: During the era in question, the so-called "solid South" was solidly changing sides. We mainly refer to the "solid" white South, which was fitfully switching from solidly Democratic to solidly Republican. Senator Strom Th … | Continue reading
TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 2026The normalization of everything: Continuing yesterday afternoon's report, today we record one part of the tragic, disordered behavior the New York Times couldn't quite see in the report they published about the sitting president's furious insults directed at … | Continue reading
TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 2026Except in that one district: These Alabama voters today! As is the perfect right of such citizens, the state's voters haven't sent a white Democrat to the House of Representatives since they elected two (2) such candidates in the congressional elections of No … | Continue reading
MONDAY, JUNE 8, 2026Yesterday's Meet the Press: Is the newspaper known as the New York Times still headquartered here on this planet? We ask because of the way the paper reported the events which transpired on yesterday's Meet the Press. The sitting president appeared on the sh … | Continue reading
MONDAY, JUNE 8, 2026The year when our politics flipped: Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Alabama) is a high achiever. Also, Rep. Sewell is plenty sharp. The leading authority on this topic offers this overview: Terri SewellTerrycina Andrea "Terri" Sewell (born January 1, 1965) is an Ameri … | Continue reading
SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 2026Helen Lewis, superb again: As you may recall, it's the cover report in the June edition of The Atlantic. On the magazine's somewhat bluer than pale blue cover, the essay is described this way:THE MEN WHO FEAR WOMENBy HELEN LEWISWe wrote about Lewis' essay la … | Continue reading