Michael McKenna

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

Voters backed Trump to fix the economy and the border, not obsess over wars abroad

It is not uncommon for presidents, especially as their tenure progresses, to spend more time on foreign policy than on domestic policy.

October 22, 2025

Trump, the presidency and an American system that holds back absolute power

On Thursday, I found myself at the baptism of one of my great-nephews.

October 19, 2025

Time for Trump and Congress to reset immigration policy

If our politics were not irreparably broken, President Trump's efforts to secure the border would be the opening act of a bipartisan agreement on how best to deal with immigration.

October 15, 2025

Kabuki theater shutdown proves politicians’ addiction to drama over duty

Right before the most recent government shutdown/lapse/whatever, both sides were supremely confident that they finally had the other guys by the short hairs and would achieve ultimate victory.

October 12, 2025

For the left, Jay Jones talking about killing his rivals is just everyday chitchat

In August 2022, Jay Jones, a former member of the Virginia House of Delegates, the oldest legislative body in the United States, was listening to delegates pay tribute to Democrat Joe Johnson.

October 8, 2025

Greenpeace wants to destroy the U.S. Constitution

For almost 240 years, the Constitution has been the law of the land and American courts have been the final arbiters of legal disputes in the United States.

October 5, 2025