He’s So Senile He Can’t Pretend He’s Senile

Special Counsel Robert Hur decided not to charge President Biden with mishandling classified documents because he’s too senile to be deemed to have free will and intent for prosecution. Yet Biden immediately called a press conference, at which he claimed to be of sound mind and body—and then conflated the presidents of Mexico and Egypt.

Haiti Is in Big Trouble. Are We Going to Help?

It’s understandable that American policymakers would be reluctant to intervene militarily in Haiti given the dismal history of the United States making bad situations worse there. But the country is effectively a failed state and starvation is rampant. Certainly what’s going on there is far more relevant and important to the United States than what is happening in Ukraine. The US should help put together an international force to provide food and medical assistant to the population.

Hanging on the Flimsiest of Hopes

Joe Biden’s latest approval ratings for president Joe Biden are 33%, which is pretty much a deal killer for a reelection campaign. Two out of three Democrats don’t even want the president to run again. He is changing his hopes on the fact that 92% of Democrats would vote for him over Donald Trump, but of course, 92% of Democrats would vote for a rutabaga over Donald Trump. Besides, who are these 8%?

Good Uses for Red Flag Laws

The epidemic of mass shootings has prompted some lawmakers to call for “red flag laws” that would allow people to report those who seem to be getting unhinged before they have the possibility to become a mass shooter. It’s hard to think of a law that could be more easily abused.

Why Is Australian Citizen Julian Assange Subject to US Law?

Pretty much unique among nations, the United States asserts that its laws apply to the rest of the world, including to foreign nationals. How on earth can Julian Assange, a citizen of Australia who has never been a resident of the United States, face sedition charges in the U.S.?

We Have Just Begun Not to Fight

Progressives say they are disappointed by the fact that Joe Biden is backing away from promises he made in order to attract their votes during the campaign. Though they certainly have the right to be annoyed, they should not be surprised. After all, Biden clearly didn’t have his heart in it.

When Your First Term Is Going to Be Your Last

Largely unspoken by Democrats is the open secret that Joe Biden is suffering both physically and mentally from the effects of aging. He seems unlikely to finish his full term and vice president Kamala Harris is an extremely ambitious person. How long will he last?

The Logic of Impeaching Trump as Applied to Watergate

The most recent impeachment hearings had a clear narrative. One person did something wrong, the president. The other party did not. In Watergate, the Republicans were guilty of dirty tricks including breaking into Democratic national headquarters. With Bill Clinton, he was the one who lied under oath and had sex in the oval office. The current impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump being led by the Democratic House of representatives doesn’t have any such clear narrative.

January Surprise

Hillary Clinton refuses to tell voters whether she’d move ahead with, or cancel, the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline across the United States were she to be elected president. Instead, she’d surprise us when she’s elected. In a way, nothing new there!

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