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Jennifer Harper

Jennifer Harper

jharper@washingtontimes.com

Jennifer Harper wrote the daily Inside the Beltway column for The Washington Times.

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A border fence located in Columbus, New Mexico, provides a sharp demarcation between the United States and Mexico. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Chants of ‘Biden, Biden’ at the border

While social unrest continues to percolate in the U.S., the hopes of many people to enter the U.S. by the southern border have not disappeared. They appear to be increasing in intensity, with a plea directed toward President-elect Joseph R. Biden himself, according to a new report.

January 5, 2021
A talk radio columnist notes that "nobody can" replace talk radio host Rush Limbaugh. Guests hosts have been filling in since late December. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: ‘Who will replace Rush?’

The 15.5 million people who have been faithful listeners of talk-radio kingpin Rush Limbaugh are praying that he will return to the airwaves following his poignant sign-off in late December. Guests hosts have been filling in since then as Mr. Limbaugh continues to battle cancer.

January 4, 2021
Shirley & McVicker, a political strategy and media group, have established the "2020 Winners and Losers List" of Washington, told from a conservative view point. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Pelosi, CNN, polls on ‘losers list’

Who won, who lost? Shirley & McVicker Public Affairs has assembled the "2020 Winners and Losers List" — a refreshing roster of those who triumphed and those who tumbled in 2020. Some canny political and media strategists at the Virginia-based group determined these winners and losers — and they made their judgments from a conservative perspective.

January 3, 2021
An online tool has users enter personal data to receive a calculation suggesting when they’ll be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal via Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Transhumanist Zoltan Istvan is vexed by the COVID-19 vaccine

A former independent presidential hopeful is vexed at the COVID-19 vaccine at the moment, and for multiple reasons. That would be Zoltan Istvan, a self-described transhumanist candidate who was billed as the "cyborg who is running against President Trump" in press reports throughout 2020. The California hopeful -- who ran in the Republican primary -- based his campaign on a futuristic message of fusing radical technology with daily life under the motto "Upgrade America."

December 28, 2020
Surgeon General of the U.S. Jerome Adams, left, elbow-bumps Emergency Room technician Demetrius Mcalister after Mcalister got the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination at Saint Anthony Hospital in Chicago, on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020. (Youngrae Kim/Chicago Tribune via AP, Pool)

The handshake falls victim to COVID-19

The coronavirus has affected yet another aspect of society. Over half of Americans now say they would be happy "to never shake someone's hand again" because of their health and safety concerns about the virus.

December 28, 2020
A poll found that only 2% of Americans said investigating President Trump should be a top priority for the incoming Biden administration. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: Americans reject more Trump investigations

Americans are not interested in any more Democratic investigations of President Trump and his administration. Such investigations, in fact, rank last as a priority on a wish-list of issues for President-elect Joseph R. Biden to address in the very near future. So says a new USA Today/Suffolk University poll which asked respondents to rank the importance of the issues that will confront the Biden White House in the coming months.

December 27, 2020
George Washington's personal recipe for eggnog is strong indeed, according to The Old Farmer's Almanac. (Associated Press)

Inside the Beltway: The real deal: George Washington’s eggnog

Even America's first president had a penchant for sumptuous eggnog at Christmas time -- and an eggnog with a mighty kick in it. What follows is said to be George Washington's original recipe for the libation, penned out by the man himself some time after 1789. Our source is the Old Farmer's Almanac -- which warns that it will "knock your socks off."

December 24, 2020