#GOPers stand vindicated and other commentary

#GOPers stand vindicated and other commentary

“GOPers stand vindicated and other commentary” Hunter watch: GOPers Stand Vindicated “The list of those owed an apology over the Hunter Biden affair may stretch to the moon and back,” snarks Kimberly A. Strassel at The Wall Street Journal. Topping the list? Republicans “Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson.” Their probe of Hunter spooked Dems, who…

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#Get cameras in the Supreme Court and other commentary

#Get cameras in the Supreme Court and other commentary

“Get cameras in the Supreme Court and other commentary” Pollster: Get Cameras in the Supreme Court “Now is the time to build long-term trust in the Supreme Court by permitting cameras in the courtroom,” argues Robert Green at The Hill. Sen. Ben Sasse rightly flagged the “jackassery” of his colleagues in the televised confirmation hearings…

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#End the ‘priesthood’ of experts and other commentary

#End the ‘priesthood’ of experts and other commentary

“End the ‘priesthood’ of experts and other commentary” Science watch: End the ‘Priesthood’ of Experts “A problem arises,” notes Jeffrey A. Singer at Reason, when some experts “exert outsized influence over the opinions of other experts” and so “establish an orthodoxy enforced by a priesthood.” The pandemic “provided many examples,” on kids’ risk from the…

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#A Biden-made disaster at the border and other commentary

#A Biden-made disaster at the border and other commentary

“A Biden-made disaster at the border and other commentary” Border watch: A Biden-Made Disaster The Border Patrol encountered 1 million illegal border crossers in the first half of fiscal year 2022; even before peak migration months, agents are “overwhelmed,” reports the Washington Examiner’s Byron York. And it’s about to get much worse. President Biden is…

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#Biden’s left hand vs. his far-Left and other commentary

#Biden’s left hand vs. his far-Left and other commentary

“Biden’s left hand vs. his far-Left and other commentary” Energy beat: Joe’s Left Hand vs. His Far-Left To sum up President Biden’s energy policy, the Washington Examiner’s Hugo Gordon recycles a joke Vice President Al Gore used to tell about the right: Team Biden’s “left-hand seems utterly clueless about the mischief his far-left hand” is…

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#China’s still US enemy No. 1 and other commentary

#China’s still US enemy No. 1 and other commentary

“China’s still US enemy No. 1 and other commentary” Conservative: China’s Still US Enemy No. 1 While Vladimir Putin’s “barbarous invasion of Ukraine is a watershed moment in the return of history,” Americans can’t “devote the entirety of our attention to a single geopolitical challenge,” Sen. Marco Rubio warns at the Washington Examiner. We “must…

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#Putin’s army is dwindling and other commentary

#Putin’s army is dwindling and other commentary

“Putin’s army is dwindling and other commentary” War watch: Putin’s Army’s Top-Down Woes Russia’s lost “at least five generals fighting in Ukraine in less than a month” thanks to “communications failures and a lack of discipline among . . . conscripted troops” that’ve made it “more difficult to communicate orders to the front lines,” Jack Detsch reports…

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#KBJ’s ‘woman’ problem and other commentary

#KBJ’s ‘woman’ problem and other commentary

“KBJ’s ‘woman’ problem and other commentary” Conservative: KBJ’s ‘Woman’ Problem When Biden Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson refused to offer a definition for the word “woman” to Sen. Martha Blackburn, “it was an amazing moment, and a terrible one for Jackson,” declares The Washington Examiner’s Byron York. “You have to be a biologist to…

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#Collusion for Biden and other commentary

#Collusion for Biden and other commentary

“Collusion for Biden and other commentary” From the right: Collusion for Biden “We’ll never know what effect the ‘October Surprise’ of 2020, the New York Post’s reporting” on Hunter Biden’s laptop, “might have had on the election” if it “received wider circulation,” notes The Wall Street Journal’s Gerard Baker. But it “so alarmed” “enough influential…

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#Pricey gas? Blame your state and other commentary

#Pricey gas? Blame your state and other commentary

“Pricey gas? Blame your state and other commentary” Energy beat: Pricey Gas? Blame Your State Gas prices across US states vary by as much as $2 a gallon, reports Steve Malanga at City Journal, with state taxes and regulations playing “a significant role” in determining the “burden consumers face.” The highest prices are mainly “in…

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