Michael McKenna
Columns by Michael McKenna
An open letter to President Biden
Mr. President, many of us who share your Catholic faith are worried about the condition of your soul. Published October 21, 2022
Pete Stauber is not your typical member of Congress
Minnesota Republican Pete Stauber is the kind of person that the Framers had in mind when they thought about the House of Representatives. Published October 19, 2022
Memorializing the failures of the ruling class on the National Mall
Sometimes what Americans choose to memorialize is difficult to understand. Published October 14, 2022
Politicians’ ‘achievements’ at the expense of taxpayers
A few days ago, Ben Bernanke, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, overseer of the financial meltdown in 2007 won the Nobel Prize in economics. Published October 12, 2022
Don’t let holiday hijackers discount Christopher Columbus’ contributions
As we wander into another Columbus Day, we have to listen to the usual suspects who want to hijack Columbus Day for their own petty political purposes. Published October 9, 2022
Why Tiffany Smiley can beat Washington’s incumbent Sen. Patty Murray
Perhaps the most interesting Senate race this cycle is between Tiffany Smiley -- a rookie candidate -- and Patty Murray, a grizzled 30-year Senate veteran. Published October 5, 2022
Don’t be gaslit by the left: Hurricane Ian is not an indicator of the apocalypse
You had to expect that a major hurricane striking the state that has become ground zero of the opposition to the current regime would eventually become an occasion for political opportunism of the rankest sort. Published October 2, 2022
Americans will get the economy they vote for, so be careful
Survey results this election cycle have repeatedly indicated that voters consistently identify inflation and cost of living as the most important issue facing the United States Published September 28, 2022
The assault on national conservatism
There are no coincidences in politics, which is why when three different people attacked the idea of national conservatism from three directions in the span of a day last week, it was worth noting. Published September 25, 2022
Ernie Christian: An evangelist for American exceptionalism in all its forms
Washington, D.C. is a terrible place. It is a company town dominated by grasping, aggressive, trivial courtiers who spend their time thinking about the calculus of power. Published September 21, 2022
Forget Biden’s propaganda and his unity summits
Lost in the penumbra of the idiocy of Team Biden's celebration of yet another terrible number on inflation was President Joe Biden's "United We Stand" Summit. Published September 18, 2022
Why aren’t more Americans defending free speech and the rule of law?
It has been suggested that those on the right have been a bit too energetic in defending the previous president. Published September 14, 2022
Rarely observed, Constitution Day honors the founding of America’s greatest document
This year, we will celebrate the 235th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution. Published September 13, 2022
Democrats don’t help the poor and won’t tax the rich
Remember back in January 2021 when Democrats spent all their time talking about how now was the moment to use the power of the government to address a variety of troubling societal problems? Published September 11, 2022
California decides what cars and trucks Americans can buy
On August 25th, an obscure but powerful agency - the California Air Resources Board - voted to ban the sale of gasoline-powered cars and trucks in California by 2035. Published September 7, 2022
President Biden’s fear of irrelevancy
President Joe Biden's speech last Thursday, in which he declared war on those who voted against him in 2020, gave us a peek into the actual status of the 2022 election cycle. Published September 5, 2022
Who is the real threat, Biden or Republicans?
President Joe Biden is going to Philadelphia on Thursday to talk about democracy in America and its challenges. Published August 31, 2022
The Constitution’s simple but powerful preamble frames the nation’s governance, liberties
As we careen toward the end of the 2022 campaign season, a season now marked by one political party trying its best to disqualify the other party as fascists, it might be worthwhile to reflect on the preamble -- or mission statement -- of the Constitution and the collective and communal nature of the government that it created. Published August 30, 2022
The real polarization in the United States
By shifting the burden of paying back $20,000 from each person who incurred student loan debt to taxpayers, Team Biden exacerbated the political polarization of the United States. Published August 27, 2022
Failed energy policies are already killing people
There were two bits of news last week from the energy world that gave us a peek into the dangerous delusions about energy and how they have led to death. Published August 24, 2022
