Michael McKenna

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

July 28, 2021

The importance of education in the Virginia governor’s race

July has been an eventful month for education in Virginia, although if you get your news from the mainstream media, you might have missed it.

July 25, 2021

Eric Holder and Democrats’ gerrymandering

When it comes to gerrymandering -- the practice of representatives choosing their voters rather than voters choosing their representatives - there's a lot of propaganda out there.

July 21, 2021

Republicans must vote no to the $3.5 trillion fleecing of U.S. taxpayers

Last week, the Democratic Party reaped the fruits of outsourcing its budget-writing to self-identified socialist Bernie Sanders.

July 18, 2021

Florida Republicans lead way out of wilderness

In the wake of last year's election, there was a sense on the right that the Republicans would never win another election and that the nation was doomed to a bleak and ever-deteriorating future.

July 14, 2021

‘Woke’ Fed, SEC care more about Democratic donors than the American public

Financial regulators should do their jobs and leave social engineering to Congress.

July 11, 2021

America’s defense of Taiwan key to containment of Chinese communist regime

In June 1948, in an effort to bring Berlin to its knees, the Soviets closed off all ground access to the city.

July 7, 2021

Greenpeace’s deceitful videos only expose the obvious about Exxon Mobil

Environmental group's trick videos of oil execs show company advocating for its interests, in no surprise to anyone

July 3, 2021

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

June 12, 2021