John Podhoretz
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Dems’ protest photo-op a pathetic parody
Rep. Carolyn Maloney was one of 17 Democratic members of Congress who showed up at the court with the clear intent of getting busted.
In lesson for Biden, Zelensky shows what true leadership looks like
Volodymyr Zelensky called on Joe Biden to be “the leader of the world” when he spoke before Congress, but it’s clear that for the moment Zelensky is the leader of...
According to Joe Biden, everything is going great
President Joe Biden spent a great deal of his State of the Union address speaking about the events in Ukraine.
Biden offers sentimental hogwash against Putin — and doesn't even suggest we'll win
The word “inspiring” does not come to mind as a way of describing President Biden’s afternoon speech following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “Dispiriting” comes closer.
P.J. O'Rourke was America's greatest satirist and coolest conservative
P.J. O'Rourke's passing after a short illness is devastating, not only because it robs us of his gimlet eye but because it reduces the store of kindness in the world.
Drop the Goldberg name you co-opted, Whoopi -- you don't deserve it
Decades ago, when the performer Caryn Johnson decided her name wasn’t interesting enough and dubbed herself Whoopi Goldberg instead, it wasn’t because Goldberg signified “whiteness.”
Biden's press conference was terrifying -- his internal monologue said out loud
It’s a day since President Joe Biden’s press conference marking the first anniversary of his swearing-in, and I remain in the same state of horrified and stunned disbelief I experienced...
Biden's hypocritical, demagogic speech compares Manchin, Sinema to Jefferson Davis
Apparently, when choosing sides in American history, Joe Biden has chosen the side of Jimmy Carter.
Sidney Poitier's life was a testament to the greatest of American stories
Sidney Poitier’s astounding life was a testament to the greatest of all American stories — the story of reinvention against all odds.
Alvin Bragg's psychotic policies are a gift to the GOP
The Republican Party needs to send Alvin Bragg a fruit basket — and do so every day for the next four years. The newly sworn-in Manhattan district attorney has just...
The CDC finally recognizes the costs of its top-down dictates
The CDC appears to have decided that there’s just too much COVID around now to continue its previously draconian efforts to contain it through forced human separation.
Joe Biden's Omicron speech was a pack of total bull
This guy can give three speeches in one speech and still miss the point.
Biden vowed a return to normalcy — instead, we got a year of chaos
President Joe Biden certainly deserved his Christmas gift – having his leftist social spending bill nixed by Sen. Joe Manchin after endless debacles this year, John Podhoretz writes.
Build Back Better's freeze puts the bow on Biden's very bad year
Is President Joe Biden doing anything — and I mean anything — right? The news that his multi-trillion dollar swing for the historical fences, the Build Back Better bill, is...
The elites love 'Succession,' but Trump-world-set 'Yellowstone' is TV's most addictive show
“Yellowstone” is America’s latest hit TV show because it appeals to common Americans instead of catering to elites and liberals on Twitter, John Podhoretz writes.
Glenn Youngkin just showed how Republicans can win
The Republican victory in Virginia — a state Democrat Joe Biden won last year by 10 points — is such a colossal political story it’s hard to take it all...
Dems channel Chip Diller of 'Animal House' in claiming 'all is well' with spending bill
You might have a hard time seeing it when I tell you that I think Nancy Pelosi resembles Kevin Bacon, but give me a minute to explain.
Why Team Biden is purposely scaring folks about kids and COVID
The papers and newscasts were filled with stories about how just incredibly focused the Biden people are on the rollout of the vaccinations of American kids from the ages of...
Dems chasing nutsy left activists instead of voters is a recipe for loss
The political sage who’s all the rage at the moment, 30-year-old Democratic consultant David Shor, is making a splash, even though he’s saying unbelievably obvious things.
Hypocritical Democrats are suddenly now on other side of debt-ceiling 'meteor'
The general appearance of confusion and division is only going to make matters worse for the Democrats. They are twisting in the wind — and the amazing thing is, it’s...