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Europe wrongly blames Trump for its latest crisis

French President Emmanuel Macron is leading the European Union’s latest panic-buying spree. Only this time, instead of toilet paper, they’re looking to stockpile weapons. Same irrational impulse. Naturally, Macron is blaming U.S. President Donald Trump (suddenly) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (perpetually) for the urgent need to splurge. How convenient. All because Trump has changed Washington’s position in Ukraine, opting for peace with Russia. The French are largely fine with spending more on defense - as long as it doesn’t cut into their vacation funds or sacred ...

When ‘insurrectionist’ should be used

It would have been a dangerous drinking game during the Biden presidency to chug every time the media broadly described Jan. 6 protesters as “insurrectionists.” It didn’t matter whether the protesters were violent or vocally supported overthrowing the government. That was the automatic journalistic assumption for every protester on the scene. So it’s remarkable when you consider the case of radical leftist Mahmoud Khalil and the group he led, Columbia University Apartheid Divest (CUAD). On March 10, the network evening news shows didn’t find an “insurrectionist.” They ...

Formidable president storms ahead

Some thoughts spring to mind after President Donald Trump’s 100-minute address to Congress. The first is that this 78-year-old man has amazing resilience and perseverance. Consider that in the past 12 months, he has had to spend hours listening to a kangaroo court proceeding before a hostile judge in New York, has maintained a campaign rally schedule that would daunt candidates half his age, has participated in planning sessions for a detailed set of executive orders he might never have an opportunity to issue, has faced the former president and vice president of the United States in ...

Freedom movement became about welfare

The 36 million who watched President Donald Trump’s address to Congress also watched as Congressional Black Caucus member, Rep. Al Green, shook his cane and shouted at the president. When he refused to desist, Speaker Mike Johnson ordered him removed from the chamber. Two days later, in a bipartisan vote, the House censured Green. The Congressional Black Caucus stood in firm support of Green’s actions and, in their own move to disrupt, CBC members sang “We Shall Overcome,” an anthem of the Civil Rights Movement, as Johnson read the censure on the House floor. When they ...

Celebrating resilience of immigrant mothers

My mother-in-law was born on a small ranch in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, in 1951. After her mother died from illness, my mother-in-law crossed into Brownsville, Texas, during the Charro Days Fiesta. She was 13, undocumented and alone. I’ve written about my mother-in-law’s journey before. However, in light of Donald Trump’s immigration policies and his attempt to end constitutionally protected birthright citizenship, it is important to share her story once again. The Charro Days Fiesta is celebrated annually in Brownsville, Texas. This year it ran from Feb. 27 to March 1, but ...

The universities are next

Trump is following Putin’s, Xi’s, and Orban’s playbook. First, take over military and intelligence operations by purging career officers and substituting ones personally loyal to you. Next, subdue the courts by ignoring or threatening to ignore court rulings you disagree with. Intimidate legislators by warning that if they don’t bend to your wishes, you’ll run loyalists against them. (Make sure they also worry about what your violent supporters could do to them and their families.) Then focus on independent sources of information: the media and the universities. Sue media ...