Michael McKenna

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

May 21, 2021