Something stupid this way comes
The mandarins of Qing China claimed the Mandate of Heaven. The French noblesse d’épée tied their privileges to a thousand…
Meghan Markle, the perfect Californian politician
Royal summits are often lavish affairs shown to us lowly peasants through photo spreads in Us Weekly and People. Cockburn…
Cockburn’s short, handy guide to the new political language
Words have been redefined for political purposes for a long time. In 2021, however, euphemisms are spreading with particular celerity.…
All hail the ‘reality czar’!
America has 330 million people, and not all of them are in complete agreement about what is true and what…
The final humiliation of Rudy Giuliani
Poor Rudy Giuliani. Kellyanne Conway has her daughter accusing her of abuse on TikTok, yet somehow Rudy may be the…
Television isn’t gay enough, says New York Times
It’s headline news at the New York Times: television is getting less gay! America’s paper of record may be uninterested…
We are living in a NeverTrump fantasy universe
Last July, Cockburn had this to say: ‘Commentators daydream of the moment Trump is dragged out, like Saddam Hussein from…
Snopes versus Abraham Lincoln
One of the most dreadful developments of the Donald Trump era has been the rise of the fact-check mafia. Every…
They think they’re better than you
Nancy Pelosi’s salon visit. Bill de Blasio’s gym session. Gavin Newsom’s French Laundry soirée. Cockburn can’t even keep up with…
The Trump presidency’s funniest moments
Is it too early to wax nostalgic about the hilarity of the Trump years? Could Trump somehow — somehow —…
The kids are not on the right
There are still questions hanging over the 2020 election. Not the ones Rudy Giuliani and his team are posing about…
The amazing blandness of Joe Biden’s foreign policy team
What does a Joe Biden presidency mean? We all know the answer. It means that tired but nice-sounding clichés about…
You can’t cancel Christmas, stupid
You may have seen this interesting exchange on CNN between ‘America’s top infectious diseases expert’ Dr Anthony Fauci and CNN…
How will the Trump presidency end?
Donald Trump will not go quietly into the good night. In fact, he seems determined to leave the office with…
Everyone suddenly believes Vladimir Putin
For four years, Vladimir Putin’s meddling in Our Democracy™ has been the all-consuming political obsession of the entire Washington/New York…
Joe Biden’s court-packing alternatives
After months of dodging questions from the press and his opponent, Joe Biden has finally announced his position on packing…
Rudy Giuliani’s twin bombshells
In the last 24 hours Rudy Giuliani, 76 (and a man), managed to give birth to twins. Two healthy, weighty,…
Chris Pratt is a role model for other celebrities
Two weeks from The Most Important Election Of Our Lifetimes and nearly four years into the Trump Era, you could…
Why ‘town halls’ are a sham
Of all the frauds and indignities that are foisted on the American people every presidential election cycle, the ‘town hall’…
Trump’s enemies badly want him to survive coronavirus
President Trump is being helicoptered to Walter Reed Hospital following his coronavirus diagnosis. The media are following the story closely…
Which drugs should Biden take?
With the first presidential debate now just hours away, President Trump continues to insist that Joe Biden take a drug…
Why is the media downplaying the Hunter Biden story?
Remember the Ukraine impeachment drama? No? Cockburn can hardly blame you. But believe it or not, less than nine months…
Woke capital is winning the left
Cockburn attempted to celebrate Labor Day by doing no work whatsoever, and he would have succeeded if his friends hadn’t…
The media’s wavering burden of proof
President Trump spoke mildly in defense of Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse on Tuesday, saying that the 17-year-old seemed to be…
Honest Abe? Lincoln Project hit with plagiarism allegations
The Lincoln Project may soon have to change its name to the ‘Don’t-Link-Back Project’. The anti-Trump political action committee has…
