Michael McKenna

Bush’s failures radicalized an entire generation of GOP voters

In case you missed it, President George W. Bush re-entered American politics by equating Trump voters with the 19 murderers who hijacked the four planes and used them to kill 3,000 Americans. Published September 15, 2021

Americans should build U.S. Navy ships in the United States

In the House Armed Services Committee recently, something very terrible, very damaging, and very Washington happened. Published September 11, 2021

‘Devout’ Biden using Catholicism as a political tool

If the question about preserving innocent human life ever crossed President Biden's mind concerning the Texas law, he made sure no one knew about it. Published September 8, 2021

Let the incompetent Democrats own the shutdown

Lost in the mess that is the Biden administration and its enablers in Congress is the fact that Congress has yet to pass appropriations for the fiscal year 2022. Published September 6, 2021

Remembering Sept. 11: Each generation has to preserve all that has been gained

As the 20th anniversary of Sept. 11 approaches, and we are inundated with competing narratives about what should be remembered and learned from that day, it is important to take a moment and reflect on a few things. Published September 1, 2021

Next time you vote for a president, vote as if the lives of our soldiers depend on it

A few hours after the bombing of a checkpoint at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul last Thursday, President Biden presided over his version of a press conference. Published August 28, 2021

Team Biden tired of talking about Afghanistan

To borrow from a friend, Team Biden seems in some disarray. Published August 25, 2021

What Afghanistan tells us about Team Biden’s incompetence

Last year, during the presidential campaign, Joe Biden promised the American people his administration would be characterized by order, discipline, experience, and, above all, competence. Published August 22, 2021

Failure in Afghanistan: Undeclared wars can’t be won

In 105 AD, the Roman Emperor Trajan, anxious to control gold mines north of the Danube, built a bridge - the Bridge of Apollodorus -- just downstream from Belgrade. Published August 19, 2021

GOP senators that voted for infrastructure bill need to be held accountable

There are plenty of reasons not to like the infrastructure legislation that recently cleared the Senate. Published August 14, 2021

Making energy more expensive is regressive and stupid

You may have missed it or more likely not cared about it, but a few days ago, an outfit that calls itself the Climate Leadership Council suspended Exxon, which had been a member in good standing. Published August 11, 2021

Stop the infrastructure bill madness

A few days ago, the Congressional Budget Office was rude enough to release its assessment of the actual cost of the infrastructure legislation being considered by the United States Senate. Published August 6, 2021

Senate’s infrastructure bill is a disaster: New energy taxes, no new roads

In an attempt to (again) make their intention to raise consumers' energy prices as explicit and obvious as possible, a handful of Senate Democrats earlier this week announced legislation that would impose a carbon tax on large companies. Published August 4, 2021

The infrastructure deal stinks like a dead fish

This week, the United States Senate will debate, vote on amendments, and perhaps vote on final passage on "infrastructure" legislation that will spend at least $1.2 trillion of taxpayer money. Published July 30, 2021

America’s book burning: The time for silence about free thought and expression is over

There is an unfortunate and unhealthy debate raging over a book published by journalist Abigail Shrier about the surge in females under the age of 18 who have sought or are seeking medical interventions for gender reassignment. Published July 28, 2021