Yearly Archives: 2025
THE CREDIT BELONGS TO THE MAN WHO IS IN THE ARENA
This past week, while Bruce Springsteen was trashing President Trump from a Euro...
THE PHANTOM’S EPILOGUE
New York City, March 1920
I am dying – this time, I believe, for real. I have...
Why JB Pritzker Is the Wrong Pick for 2028
In the aftermath of the Biden administration’s collapse and the overwhelming rej...
The First 100 Days of President Trump
(these statistics are taken directly from the White House press release)
The ...
WE APPEAR TO BE IN GOOD HANDS…FINALLY
A couple years ago I wrote a four-part essay on...
$163 Billion in Cuts is Merely a Rounding Error on $37 Trillion
Last Friday, President Trump introduced a federal budget that proposes $163 bill...
The Return of the Phantom
What if the Phantom didn’t perish beneath the Opera House, but instead escaped —...
THOUGHTS ON TRUMP’S FIRST 100 DAYS IN OFFICE
As printed in the Washington Post
My one-word verdict on President Donald Tru...
REASONS TRUMP DOESN’T NEED TO GIVE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS DUE PROCES
Illegal Entry is a Crime, Not a Civil Rights Issue
Crossing the border illegall...
A BOY NAMED PENELOPE
Pope Francis (88) passed away last Monday, the 21st of April at his residence in...