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No-doubter of an election leaves doubts

In July 1945, just weeks after leading Great Britain to final victory over the Nazis, Prime Minister Winston Churchill found himself booted out of office by an electorate that didn’t merely reject his bid to stay in power but did so overwhelmingly. Any notion that Churchill’s historic achievements since taking command five years earlier would win him the election proved wildly wrong. With reason to be bitter, Churchill nevertheless understood that when the people speak, what they say must be respected. It may have been ruefulness about his defeat that led to his famous observation in ...

Democrats hurt themselves trying to protect Joe Biden

Vice President Kamala Harris didn’t just call special counsel Robert K. Hur’s report “gratuitous, inaccurate and inappropriate” when it came out in February. She claimed he was “clearly politically motivated” and impugned his integrity. Mr. Hur, appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate President Joe Biden’s mishandling of classified material, recommended that the 81-year-old not face charges, partly because a jury could reasonably conclude that he’s “a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.” That assessment was based on Mr. ...

Trans moralism is killing Democrats

“How dare you say that” isn’t a persuasive political argument. Yet the side that has believed it can bully its way to victory on cultural issues by policing the debate in its favor continues to act as if it is one, even after getting soundly beaten in the election. The Left’s game has been to insist that everyone adopt its tendentious vocabulary, to call opponents bigots and to use moral blackmail — and the threat of punishment — to keep any left-of-center doubters in line. This model, which has been quite successful over the years, has a flaw, though. If a given ...

Four Horsemen rode in on Election Day

The biblical Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse thundered in on Election Day. Almost as if they conspired to make now-President-elect Donald Trump win, two are Democrats and two are Republicans. The four played distinct roles in a tragedy of Shakespearean proportions. The first Horseman is, of course, President Joe Biden, like aged King Lear hanging onto his crown past his prime — and time. Biden, an unpopular ruler of the realm, broke his promise to be a one-term president, a transition to the next generation. He vainly deluded himself: “I’m still the only person to ever beat ...

What happened? What’s next?

Two weeks ago, I wrote, “There seems to be only one thing about which all Americans agree ... that something is very wrong in our nation.” My point then was that all the polling data has been pointing in one direction — Americans of all persuasions are not happy with what’s happening in and the direction of our country. Now we see, despite all the pessimism about the state of American democracy, that it works. Why be surprised about the blowout of the incumbent party when, for most of Joe Biden’s presidency, the percentage of Americans saying they are satisfied with the ...

Be the light that hate is forced to face

Too many American voters thought Donald Trump was the better choice for president. By doing so, voters put their name on their values and showed the world what this country really stands for. And why not? It’s about time we dragged all of that American ugliness and fear out of the darkness and into the light so we can see it for what it really is: white supremacy. Perhaps now we can address it once and for all. Let’s be clear: In the next four years, those with privilege will be just fine. The cisgender, financially secure, white American may be outraged by Trump’s antics, but ...