Michael McKenna
Columns by Michael McKenna
Mike Pence makes strong opening bid for president with Freedom Agenda
Last week, Mike Pence and his experienced team at Advancing American Freedom released their thoughts about what the Republicans need to do in the event they ever again control some portion of the federal government. Published April 3, 2022
We need to reassess the conduct of the CIA, FBI, DHS and DOJ
In 1975, Sen. Frank Church, a Democrat from Idaho, gaveled in a new committee constructed specifically to examine legal and other transgressions engaged in by the CIA and other elements of the American foreign policy apparatus. Published March 30, 2022
Voters reject Team Biden’s energy policies
There has been a lot of talk lately about rising energy prices, the supposed energy transition and the federal government mandating electric vehicles. Published March 26, 2022
Lia Thomas and Rachel Levine are men
Last week, Adm. Rachel Levine and Lia Thomas -- both of whom are men in any measurable, objective way -- were given awards specifically designated for women and denominated as awards for women. Published March 23, 2022
Yale law students and Putin line up against free speech
The students at Yale Law School and Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine have recently given us a peek into the troubled relationship that some have with free speech. Published March 19, 2022
What China is learning from Biden’s response to the invasion of Ukraine
What lessons is the acquisitive and aggressive communist regime in China taking from the war in Ukraine and our response to the equally acquisitive and aggressive Russians? Published March 16, 2022
Team Biden gaslights us on energy prices
Over the next few months, Team Biden will try to convince us that the answer to rising energy prices is to accelerate the rush toward alternative sources of energy (wind and solar). Published March 11, 2022
Why are we all watching the war in Ukraine?
The invasion of Ukraine has turned out to be pretty good television and great media content. Ratings for both cable and network news have increased dramatically. Published March 9, 2022
America’s energy problem was not the death of the Keystone pipeline
In the last few weeks, much of the rhetoric about energy has focused on the president's cancellation of the Keystone pipeline and his de facto suspension of new oil and gas leases. Published March 5, 2022
The confidence of Sen. Rick Scott
Representative government is pretty simple. Candidates explain to voters what they will try to do once in office. Voters decide whether they think those things are good or bad and proceed accordingly. Published March 2, 2022
The end days of climate hysteria
In the last few weeks, it seems as if the entire intellectual and propaganda infrastructure of climate alarmism has crumpled. Published February 26, 2022
Patrick Morrisey: The most consequential West Virginian
Many people no doubt believe that Senate Democrat Joe Manchin is the West Virginian who will have the greatest influence on national policy and the federal government in the coming years. Maybe. Maybe not. Published February 23, 2022
It’s George Washington’s birthday, not Presidents Day
In the deep of a cold night almost 250 years ago, the remnants of an army waited for their turn to cross a river and head toward their enemy in hopes of surprising them on Christmas. Published February 20, 2022
What it will take for California to meet its climate goals
Southern California Gas, which is North America's largest gas distribution utility, announced that it intends to construct what it is calling the Angeles Link. The Link is a project designed to transport green hydrogen. Published February 17, 2022
Was Jan. 6 really a ‘violent insurrection’?
The Department of Justice likes to remind us occasionally that, since Jan. 6, 2021, more than 725 people have been arrested for crimes related to the events of that day. Published February 12, 2022
Team Biden comes for your cars
Who should decide what cars you buy? Is it right for some consumers to subsidize the purchases of others? Published February 9, 2022
Some senators think voters are idiots
Last week, 10 United States senators, all Democrats, sent a letter to Jennifer Granholm, the secretary of energy, asking her to limit the export of American natural gas to other nations. Published February 6, 2022
Biden and his pro-criminal Democrats
For two years, we have endured what the media has described efforts to defund, reform or otherwise neuter the police. Published February 2, 2022
China’s genocide games and the American establishment
As we wander toward the start of the genocide Olympics later this week, it might be worth thinking about what the business and political elites in the U.S. have done and are doing to enable the Chinese Communist Party. Published January 29, 2022
The failure of the White House whiz kids
Washington is a company town, and companies love to have meetings. Published January 26, 2022
