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Nancy Pelosi knows how much Taiwan matters
In the coming hours, Nancy Pelosi is expected to arrive in Taiwan. The plane that is thought to be carrying…
Is the US thinking straight about Taiwan?
As the Tory leadership candidates tussle over China, it is well worth reading this essay by the US strategist Hal…
Bono's 'poem' was an insult to the craft of verse
‘Poet’, said Robert Frost, ‘is a praise-word’. So it is. That explains in part the unabashed delight with which Colm…
Biden is losing America
Plummeting polls are sending a clear message to the Biden administration, but the President is deaf, dumb and blind to…
So much for cooler heads prevailing
There was a glimmer of hope amid the events at the US Capitol building on Wednesday. Could this be the…
Republicans should make AOC House Speaker
Republicans are currently on track to end up with 214 seats in the House of Representatives in January. As of…
Who deserves blame for the Democrats’ lost House seats?
Democratic joy at defeating Donald Trump was partially dulled by the simultaneous diminishment of the party’s House majority. As of…
Nancy Pelosi’s bad hair day
Does Nancy Pelosi’s unfortunate trip to a hair salon have any news value? Or is it much a hairdo about…
Delivering the goods?
Seattle My local post office in suburban Seattle seems to be rigged to obstruct customers these days. After standing motionless…
A country for old men
When 83-year-old New Jersey congressman Bill Pascrell shared a photo of American lawmakers meeting a Chinese trade delegation in Washington…
Same old same old
American politics is getting senile. Donald Trump and Barack Obama were both elected as agents of change, repudiations of an…
Clear and absent danger: why proxy voting violates the American system
When House Democrats passed their $3 trillion coronavirus ‘relief’ package late last week, they also jammed through a rules change…
Pelosi goes full Trump
Speaker Nancy Pelosi skipped the sugarcoating and punched the President in the gut on Monday. Trump had announced to the…
California spreads the wealth…to illegal immigrants
California is mastering government of the people, by the people, for…illegal aliens? Starting this week, illegal immigrants living in California…
The changes to come in the post-COVID world order
The Democrats are taking their stand on the coronavirus crisis in an untenable position. It is like building a defensive…
What stunts should we expect to see at future State of the Unions?
The State of the Union is like that annual meeting where the boss says it was a triumphant year as…
After Iowa, Donald Trump looks invincible
The Democrats have gifted Trump his best week since taking office
Pelosi ‘might as well rip up any plans for attracting independent voters’, says Trump campaign
Trump campaign spokesman Tim Murtaugh condemned Nancy Pelosi for ripping up a copy of President Trump’s State of the Union…
Lamar Alexander clears the way for an unbound Trump
Lamar Alexander said that Donald Trump engaged in ‘inappropriate’ behavior as though he had yelled at a guest at a…
You come at the Trump, you best not miss
The third presidential impeachment in US history has now reached the Senate. Like the first two, this one is almost…
The ‘impeachment’ of Donald Trump
Did we just witness an historic event, the impeachment of only the third president in the entire history of the…
The impeachment process we deserve
Like a bona fide member of Congress, Speaker Nancy Pelosi has opted to seize defeat from the jaws of victory.…
Why is Trump so nervous about impeachment?
President Trump paraded his latest acquisition, Rep. Jeff Van Drew, a defector from the Democratic to the Republican party, at…