After years and years of hanging around the news business, thereĢƵ one trick I admit I’ve never learned: I don’t quite know how to fashion a conspiracy out of thin air.I can say with confidence that I’ve witnessed the shoddiest of the conspiracy merchants these past few months.I’m ...
“I want to look the president in the eye,” House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said the other day, “and [have him] tell me thereĢƵ not one dollar of wasteful spending in government.“Who believes that? The American public doesn’t believe that.”Of course, McCarthy, the Republican leader, ...
I used to enjoy a good political scandal.Finding misplaced government documents doesn’t count.Back when they found hundreds of classified documents down there at Mar-A-Lago, that was a nice, juicy, eye-rollable event worthy of a column or two.But since President Biden and ex-vice president ...