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How did top U.S. scientists get so much wrong about COVID-19?

Don't wear a mask. Wait, wear a mask. Better, wear two masks. Wash your hands a lot. Disinfect everything nonstop. Wait, never mind. Six-foot social distancing is science. Hang on, maybe not. Published April 13, 2021

Here’s why you can never trust the U.S. news media again

More than a century ago, way back in 1906, Mark Twain said, "There are only two forces that can carry light to all the corners of the globe -- only two -- the sun in the heavens and the Associated Press down here." Published April 6, 2021

Behind the scenes at Biden’s bizarre press conference

After 64 days without a press conference -- the longest span of any new president in a century -- President Biden last week finally held a presser and it was, uh ... just plain weird. Published March 30, 2021

White House keeps changing excuse for why Biden fell on Air Force One stairs

After President Biden on Friday stumbled repeatedly while mounting the stairs of Air Force One, the jokes almost wrote themselves. Published March 23, 2021

Washington Post officially becomes nothing more than birdcage liner

The Post took a single source and leveled hugely serious charges against the president -- no proof, no corroboration, just a claim that Mr. Trump had uttered the words. Published March 16, 2021

So much for bringing dogs back to the White House

The U.S. media went crazy when Mr. Biden won the presidency, writing breathless stories about dogs returning to the White House after four years of a dogless Trump administration. Published March 9, 2021

Buckle your seatbelt: Is AOC right on the minimum wage?

Maybe Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the former bartender turned top leader of the progressive movement within the Democratic Party, is right about the minimum wage. Published March 2, 2021

Media’s softball coverage of Biden turns absolutely surreal

Don't bother looking for a fact check. Those don't exist any more -- not while Joe Biden is president. Published February 23, 2021

Rocky Psaki: New White House press secretary has bumpy start

Jen Psaki, a veteran political spokesman who served in the Obama White House as a deputy press secretary, is off to a rocky start in her new and improved role. Published February 9, 2021

Unity? Biden can’t even keep his own party together

President Biden said the word "unity" eight times in his inaugural address, but he's already having a tough time unifying his own party and keeping his longtime allies in friendly unions happy. Published February 2, 2021

Biden’s stumbling, bumbling first steps on COVID-19 expose his weak, feeble plan

Right out of the chute, President Biden made a big blunder. Just hours after taking the oath of office, the new president and his family headed over to the Lincoln Memorial for a little nighttime photo-op. Published January 26, 2021

Soon-to-be ex-President Trump wants a 21-gun farewell salute … of course

Donald J. Trump sure is a piece of work, isn't he? Published January 19, 2021

Poof: The day President Trump’s entire legacy disappeared forever

All of President Trump's achievements -- and they were real and significant -- have gone up in a puff of smoke. Published January 12, 2021

Ignore the histrionics; Democrat lawmakers have objected to last three GOP presidents

To hear the mainstream media and bleeding-heart liberals tell it, Republicans who plan to object to Electoral College votes in the 2020 presidential election are all but committing treason. Published January 5, 2021

At Christmastime, George W. Bush was Santa, Obama was Scrooge

This article is a slightly edited version of a column that first ran Dec. 30, 2013. Every year around Christmas, I think about George W. Bush. Published December 22, 2020

Wags on social media and liberals take aim at Trump’s presidential library

With the Electoral College on Monday officially making Joseph R. Biden the winner of the 2020 presidential election, President Trump is going to exit the White House in little more than a month. Published December 15, 2020

Neera Tanden just a sacrificial lamb for other Biden picks

Is Neera Tanden, Joe Biden's pick to become director of the Office of Budget and Management (OMB), the worst nominee in history? Published December 8, 2020

Media go gaga over Biden’s dogs, even calling on a pet psychic for a reading

After four years of a dogless White House under President Trump, Democrat Joe Biden, who appears set to be elected president when the Electoral College votes Dec. 14, is bringing two "friends" with him. Published December 1, 2020

Biden will be the most sheltered, least seen president since FDR

With Joe Biden now well on his way to moving into the White House on Jan. 20, 2021, America is set to go from the most over-exposed president in history to the least seen commander in chief in decades. Published November 24, 2020

Barack Obama bashes America (again)

As if he needs more money, former President Barack Obama is out hawking a new book. But Mr. Obama's latest book is raising eyebrows because he is (once again) bashing America. Published November 17, 2020