Michael McKenna
Columns by Michael McKenna
COVID-19 lockdowns caused more deaths instead of reducing them, study finds
As we begin to pick through the rubble of the early days of the coronavirus, it is important that we assess our public health approaches to the disease. Published June 30, 2021
It’s time to call a slave a slave in China
An unwillingness to plainly describe and act on what is happening in China is betrayal, whether done by governments, companies or individuals. Published June 27, 2021
While celebrating June 19, remember that slavery still exists across the globe
It is good that the United States is celebrating the outcome of the Civil War again, after effectively trading President Lincoln's holiday for the Rev. Martin Luther King's holiday. Published June 23, 2021
Infrastructure bill mess shows why having a voter mandate matters
One of the problems with running a campaign about nothing, like the one run by President Biden, is that if you win, your mandate from the voters is to do nothing. Published June 19, 2021
Iowans fight back against government encroachment in opposing ethanol expansion mandate
Most gasoline sold in the United States is only about 90% gasoline. The other 10% is corn-based ethanol. Published June 16, 2021
Team Biden transforms into the ‘new Carter administration’
The Consumer Price Index report for May indicated a 5% increase in consumer prices over May 2020. The report suggests that the United States is on track to experience a 9.0% increase in consumer prices in 2021. Published June 12, 2021
Thanks to Manchin and moderate Dems, Biden administration slips into irrelevance
It was inevitable that President Biden's indifferent relationship to the truth eventually would catch up with him. At a recent event in Tulsa, Oklahoma, it did. Published June 9, 2021
Chinese communists too late to save regime with new birth policy
The Chinese Communist Party recently announced that it will now allow each family to have three children. Published June 5, 2021
Don’t believe the environmentalists’ hype
Recently, the environmental community and its allies in the media were in a tizzy over the change of two members of Exxon Mobil's board of directors. Published June 2, 2021
Expect Biden’s tax proposals to collapse
The good news today is that, despite the fears of some, the Biden administration is subject to the laws of entropy, decay, gravity and inertia. Published May 28, 2021
Culture wars are important to America and worth the political fight
Politics is downstream from culture. That insight, from the late Andrew Breitbart, is simple, true and powerful. Published May 26, 2021
Beware of Google’s interest in the electricity system
How excited would you be about the possibility of Google owning and operating your local electric utility? Or controlling how electricity gets to you? Published May 21, 2021
Trump midwifed a new GOP, but his moment is fading
A month ago, this column predicted that we had seen the peak of the Biden administration. Published May 19, 2021
Team Biden failing on climate change initiatives
If you blinked, you may have missed it, but as part of his climate summit in April, President Biden promised to reduce U.S. emissions of greenhouse gases by 50% by 2030. Published May 16, 2021
Let’s crowdsource a platform for the new Republican Party
In the last 12 months, the Republican National Committee and its cognates have declined to create a platform and seem uninterested in conducting an assessment of their losses. Published May 12, 2021
Thank Tim Scott for answering the question ‘Is America racist?’
Thanks in part to Sen. Tim Scott, it looks like we have hit the peak of the "America is a systemically racist country" craze. Published May 9, 2021
Biden’s tax and spending plans are laying the groundwork for an economic disaster
This may shock you, but the Biden administration is not telling the complete truth, or really much of the truth at all, when it comes to its proposed tax and spending increases. Published May 5, 2021
Lee Zeldin interview transcript
This is the transcript of an interview between Michael McKenna, columnist for The Washington Times, and Rep. Lee Zeldin, a New York Republican who is running to replace Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2022. Published May 2, 2021
Republicans would be wise to pick Zeldin in New York governor’s race
Rep. Lee Zeldin, a Republican who represents the eastern end of Long Island, in April announced his intention to run for governor of New Yo Published May 1, 2021
GOP’s shallow attacks on Biden and Dems will only lead to more losing
How many times can you call your competitors socialists, idiots, sleepy, etc., before ordinary voters discover you have nothing material to say and stop listening? Published April 28, 2021
