Michael McKenna

Predictions for 2026 (and some commentary)

In the famous words of Yogi Berra (or Niels Bohr): "It is tough to make predictions, especially about the future."

December 31, 2025

What I got right (and wrong) about 2025

A friend recently pointed out to me that I needed to take responsibility for my less-than-good predictions from last year, as well as make some preemptive mistakes heading into the new year.

December 28, 2025

We’re all redeemable

Christmas is about the hope of salvation.

December 24, 2025

Memphis Allies’ proves one-soul-at-a-time approach can reverse tide of urban gun violence

Over the past 10 years, there have been well more than 100,000 shooting deaths of Black people in America.

December 21, 2025

China’s illegal electronic cigarette infiltration

In addition to its destructiveness toward Western economies and freedoms, the regime in Beijing and its allies in Chinese industry have found time to export illegal vapes and e-cigarettes to the U.S.

December 17, 2025

American solar manufacturing rises in Texas

An Texas-based company is trying to bring solar manufacturing back to the United States, after a generation-long effort on the part of the Chinese Communist Party to destroy it.

December 14, 2025

Save consumers, shrink government, repeal CAFE standards

The Trump administration last week perpetuated one of the most pointless federal policies: an updated set of corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards.

December 10, 2025

The melancholy of Christmas

There is a pervasive myth that suicide rates spike during Christmas time.

December 7, 2025

Deadly National Guard attack and British grooming gang scandal demonstrate immigration gone wrong

Last week, in the capital of the free world and about two blocks from the White House, an Afghan national who had fought on behalf of U.S. interests in Afghanistan shot two National Guard members.

December 3, 2025

Republicans face a radical, generational shift the establishment refuses to recognize

Lots of ink has been spilled about the Nick Fuentes appearance on Tucker Carlson's podcast.

November 30, 2025

Thanksgiving offers the perfect time to reconnect with friends and extended family

A few weeks ago, one of my best friends from high school -- who I had lost track of in the long and busy tunnel of time -- died while in Europe from complications associated with Parkinson's disease.

November 26, 2025

Thanksgiving gratitude must include hardship, not just harvest

The first Thanksgiving on American soil probably occurred in May 1541 near what is now Canyon, Texas, where Father Juan de Padilla said Mass for an army of 1,500 soldiers.

November 23, 2025

Why America remains the world’s greatest nation

I was asked recently why I was such a homer for the United States despite our numerous and obvious defects.

November 19, 2025

The filibuster: Essential to a free Congress’ survival

Upon returning from foreign travel and discovering that Congress had not yet settled on a solution to the shutdown, President Trump suggested that Senate Republicans amend Senate Rule 22.

November 16, 2025

Another government shutdown, another pointless waste of time

Given the noise from the left, it is now obvious that a pretty significant chunk of the Democrats didn't really have a plan, or even the intention, to end the government shutdown.

November 12, 2025

United States remains mankind’s last, best hope

For most of our history, Americans have been relentlessly positive and optimistic. Unfortunately, that may be changing.

November 9, 2025

People are voting with their feet

I began a recent column by noting that over the last decade, the state of New York had lost approximately 2 million people while New Jersey and Illinois had each lost around 500,000.

November 5, 2025

Gerrymandering, migration and political violence set the stage for America’s great unraveling

We live in uncertain times, and three key features of the current landscape increase the likelihood of political violence.

November 2, 2025

Republicans should attack on health care

Why haven't voters been more concerned about the shutdown, lapse, or whatever? Part of the answer is that 80% of government functions keep sailing right along, more or less on autopilot.

October 29, 2025

The Nigerian holocaust

When you hit church on Sunday, in between prayers for your family and neighbors and the state of your own wretched soul, take a moment to pray for the Christians in Nigeria.

October 26, 2025