Former FBI Director Jim Comey created a firestorm with his post about the shells he found on the beach that formed the message “86 47.” Many interpreted that as a threat against the life of President Donald Trump, given the commonly-understood meaning of the term 86 — meaning to kill or get rid of […]

President Donald Trump’s election was greeted in Europe with outright fear by parties of the Left and wary apprehension by the center-right but with open elation by a resurgent sovereigntist Right. Now the Left and the center are regrouping and coming up with a strategy to rein in the surging populists. It should surprise no one that this strategy […]

When the birch leaf out in spring up here, they leaf out fast. One day, there is a faint pale-green flush in the trees, then the next day, there are leaves, fully formed, with that beautiful pale green of spring. It’s a great time of year, but then, every time of year is a […]

Donald Trump and House Republicans have been working for months on a “big, beautiful” bill that would address many of the president’s priorities, but negotiations have been sticky, and there have been numerous stumbling blocks. On Sunday night, however, the measure survived a crucial House vote and will live […]

For the past week there was basically one topic that dominated the news cycle – the media. With excerpts released from the Jake Tapper-Alex Thompson book on the decline of Joe Biden and the impact on the election, the press has been in a cyclone of spin and reassessments of their own behavior. Given […]