Public Accepts Too Much Lying From Politicians
Ben Bartee writes at PJMedia.com about an unusual pledge from a presidential candidate. RFK Jr., in his recent announcement of candidacy for president, declared that he was going to do…
Ben Bartee writes at PJMedia.com about an unusual pledge from a presidential candidate. RFK Jr., in his recent announcement of candidacy for president, declared that he was going to do…
Jonathan Tobin writes for the Federalist about an interesting double standard among Democrats and their ideological allies. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., went back to work after spending several weeks away…
David Harsanyi of National Review Online applies progressives’ standards to President Biden. If we’re going to create transparently idiotic, partisan standards on the fly, they should be applied to everyone…
Victor Davis Hanson writes for American Greatness about politicians who lie for “noble” reasons. In a controversial passage in Plato’s Republic, Socrates introduced the idea of the “noble lie” (“gennaios…
Chuck Ross and Collin Anderson of the Washington Free Beacon report inconvenient facts for one member of the Democratic “Squad.” Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) collected up to $50,000 in…
Keith Griffith writes for the Daily Mail about open criticism of President Biden from an unlikely Democratic source. A former ethics chief in the Obama administration has accused President Joe…
Jim Geraghty of National Review Online explains how Republicans in positions of political power can avoid self-inflicted wounds. If you’re a Republican officeholder, it is a fact of life that…
Editors at Issues and Insights deliver a warning about leaders of the incoming presidential administration. Sen. Kamala Harris has fallen into the same frying pan Joe Biden found himself in…
Phil D’Agostino writes for the American Thinker about politicians who live by the rule: Good for thee, not for me. If you’re from the Southeastern United States, you are very…
Jim Geraghty of National Review Online reacts to a common mistake made by President-elect Joe Biden’s defenders. If you write anything critical about the incoming Biden administration, the usual ninnies…
Itxu Diaz offers National Review Online readers an alternatives to lofty political promises that emerge from the major parties. It is difficult to ignore that the origin of the pandemic…
Jonathan Turley explains in a column for TheHill.com why the Democratic presidential candidate “can do no wrong.” One columnist declared that former Vice President Joe Biden could boil babies and…