Roger Kimball

Will Chuck Grassley’s Burisma bombshell finally get the Bidens fired?

22 July 2023 5:06 am

A famous clip from recent history: “I’m leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor’s not fired, you’re not getting the…

The known unknowns of 2024

23 June 2023 6:00 pm

I think it was the once-renowned critic Clement Greenberg who gratefully acknowledged that his job as a cultural commentator allowed…

There’s malarkey aplenty in the Bidens’ shell game

14 June 2023 9:29 am

“Because that’s where the money is.” That was the answer that Willie Sutton, an expert in his chosen field, gave when…

What to do when you only have modest wine on hand for a decorous guest

30 May 2023 10:59 pm

So, I’ve have been rooting around in Horace’s Epistles, which are full of amusing things. They really are not “epistles” in…

Is America a republic in name only?

26 May 2023 12:30 pm

Is the United States a one-party state? Surely not. Just look at the ballots the next time you vote. There…

A disastrous DeSantis 2024 ‘launch’ on Twitter Spaces

25 May 2023 9:08 am

Free tickets to Disney World: maybe that’s what Ron the aspiring Don should give to the clever staffer who thought of…

John Durham exposes the whole anti-Trump caper

17 May 2023 12:20 am

Well, well, well. That is to say, I told you so. Finally, at last, it was about time, scary-looking special counsel John…

Is it too late to save America?

28 April 2023 5:19 am

Regular readers may recall how fond I am of a mot from the British diplomat, author and art collector Edgar Vincent, the…

Could the Blinken revelations lead to Biden’s impeachment?

23 April 2023 1:53 am

What’s that flapping sound? Could it be the sound of chickens coming home to roost? Or maybe it’s just the grating…

The Democrats will come to rue this Trump indictment

6 April 2023 12:26 am

So, everyone was even more right than they thought: Alvin Bragg’s breathlessly awaited arraignment of former president Donald Trump really…

A history lesson for Joe Biden

31 March 2023 3:05 pm

Some moderately clever people, reflecting on the confusing morass of current events, knowingly quote George Santayana’s most famous observation: that…

Even Biden knows Kamala is useless

28 March 2023 5:32 am

As the song in “Li’l Abner” said, “The Country’s in the Very Best of Hands.” I wonder if Joe Biden…

How to wine and dine

20 March 2023 8:34 am

If you dare to host a dinner party, said Brillat-Savarin, you must be prepared to be responsible for your guests’…

The unraveling of Joe Biden: a retrospective

2 March 2023 2:26 pm

Looking back on the classified docudrama that brought down the Biden administration, it is still not easy to identify the exact…

How will the GOP survive without Paul Ryan?!

27 February 2023 3:10 am

Psychologists and self-help gurus agree: it’s the little things that bring a smile to one’s lips and impart savor to…

Stepping out into freedom

27 January 2023 2:21 pm

Given the fire-hose disgorgement of revelations about the behavior of the FBI, the CIA and their infiltration of the mainstream media,…

It’s different when Biden gets caught with classified docs

11 January 2023 7:45 am

So where are the FBI SWAT teams? Will they be raiding Joe Biden’s private office at the Penn Biden Center…

Why globalism is the enemy of freedom

30 December 2022 12:43 am

I was recently asked to say a few words about “Globalism and Freedom” at a conference sponsored by Hillsdale College in…

The Deep State vs Donald Trump saga is not over

21 December 2022 1:24 am

As I have said before, I hope that the new Congress, which begins its session in just a couple of…

The Republican march on Rome

19 November 2022 1:48 am

Perhaps the greatest defeat the Roman Republic ever suffered was at the hands of Hannibal at the Battle of Cannae…

How did I get the midterms so wrong?

10 November 2022 3:06 am

How wrong can you be? About as wrong as I was about the character of the midterm elections. I thought…

The FBI will face a reckoning after the midterms

7 November 2022 2:08 am

It is said that towards the end his life as he sank into dementia, Maurice Ravel was tormented by the…

How the midterm polls became Democratic fan fiction

25 October 2022 1:45 pm

Psephologists of the world unite: you have nothing to lose but your fibs! I write toward the end of September,…

A history lesson for Donald Trump

16 October 2022 6:48 am

I take a page from history. On Thursday, the Committee (you know which one) voted 9-0 to subpoena the former…

Biden declares war on half the country

3 September 2022 1:29 pm

Joe Biden’s speech at Philadelphia’s Independence Hall on Thursday was one of the most remarkable in living memory. By “remarkable,” I…