Michael McKenna

Voters care about affordable energy, not climate change

Over the last week or so, some House Republicans have made it clear that they want to "do something" about climate change. That is both bad and not surprising news.

April 24, 2021

America really began on Lexington Green on April 19, 1775

If you love America, and you have a moment today, remember the men at Lexington and Concord.

April 21, 2021

Republican Party and corporate America embark on a long divorce

Fundraising numbers are sometimes informative.

April 17, 2021

Biden administration may have already hit its peak of accomplishments

Every administration has a moment of maximum accomplishment and a moment when it seems unstoppable. We may have already seen that moment with the Biden administration.

April 14, 2021

Feds should keep their noses out of running elections

Whatever you think of the 2020 elections, it seems prudent to be concerned about the quality and integrity of the process.

April 9, 2021

Are Republicans finally ready to win the health care fight?

One of the longstanding concerns with the debate over health insurance is that those who work on the issue sometimes think of themselves as priests and priestesses of a religion.

April 7, 2021

China poses a major threat to American investors

The current craze among the cool crowd is making sure that corporations commit to certain environmental, social and governance criteria.

April 3, 2021

Jesus’ life, teachings have driven humanity for 2,000 years

This weekend, the world's two and half billion Christians will celebrate the torture, execution and resurrection of an obscure Jewish carpenter.

March 31, 2021

Biden showing weakness both at home and abroad

Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld once noted: "If history has taught anything, it's that weakness is provocative. It entices people into doing things that they otherwise would not do."

March 27, 2021

Republicans need a new team to guide party

Have you ever heard of Tim Kraft? John White? Hamilton Jordan? How about Robert Mosbacher? Rich Bond? Bob Teeter?

March 24, 2021

Tossing the filibuster bad for Senate, good for voters

Senate rules exist to protect both the institution and individual senators. They do not exist to protect voters. The filibuster is no exception.

March 20, 2021

To achieve climate goals, Biden needs long-term plan for threat of China

The Biden administration has pegged much of its environmental agenda on electricity being generated almost exclusively by wind, solar, nuclear and other carbon dioxide-free sources by 2035.

March 17, 2021

Calls for unity really mean ‘stop disagreeing with Biden’

Religion is divisive. That was the sum of a Twitter comment to a news story that President Biden, like a billion or so of his fellow Catholics, had gone to Mass recently.

March 14, 2021

Republicans must get serious about opposing Democrats expanding welfare state

It turns out that the royal family of our previous rulers is having some troubles.

March 10, 2021

Mike Pence the leading GOP candidate for 2024 nomination

In the likely event that Donald Trump decides to forego running again, the party will need someone who can capture his best traits and avoid his worst ones.

March 5, 2021

Affordable Care Act: The bad idea that will not die

Like many things tried by the federal government, the Affordable Care Act has been a failure.

March 3, 2021

Real failure in Texas blackouts is the failure of responsibility

The recent blackouts in Texas killed at least 80 people, left millions of ratepayers at substantial financial risk, and damaged thousands of companies and small businesses.

February 27, 2021

Forget the border wall. To reduce illegal immigration, jail employers who hire ineligible workers

The Republicans are learning quickly how to be in the minority in Congress, and that's good news.

February 24, 2021

The new cold war: U.S. must stop China from stealing its intellectual property

One of the most important issues of our competition with the Chinese Communist Party is its theft of intellectual property from leading universities and research institutions in the United States.

February 19, 2021

Republican voters are tired of a party that simply wants to ‘hold the line’

The intramural tussle between Republicans is not going to be settled by pundits or party platforms or people who write columns. It is going to be settled by candidates and voters and elections.

February 17, 2021