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Michael McKenna

Michael McKenna

Michael McKenna, a columnist for The Washington Times, is the president of MWR Strategies. He was most recently a deputy assistant to the president and deputy director of the Office of Legislative Affairs at the White House. He can be reached at mike@mwrstrat.com.

Columns by Michael McKenna

Out-of-control federal government spending consequences illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Money is really what matters in Washington

A few years back, I was talking to about three dozen Republican Senate staff members about the size of government. I asked them how much the federal government had spent in the previous fiscal year.

January 27, 2025
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., speaks during a media availability on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023 in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Democrats have a Patty Murray problem

President Trump has launched his second term without any of the resistance or mayhem that characterized the first few months of his first term.

January 22, 2025
Elon Musk illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Elon Musk is not your friend

It is difficult to pinpoint why Elon Musk has joined the new administration. Perhaps he wants to preserve and expand his advantages in space exploration or protect his investments in China.

January 1, 2025
Biden's liquefied natural gas (LNG) permits pause illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Trump should signal U.S. energy dominance early

Last week, in an attempt to make lies sound truthful, the Biden administration issued a study that suggested the production and export of liquefied natural gas might (or might not) exacerbate climate change.

December 25, 2024
A Syrian man flashes victory signs on a top of a government forces tank, that was left on a street, as he celebrates during the second day of the take over of the city by the insurgents in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Syria and the failure of the Western elites

With the disappearance of the Assad regime from Syria, the Middle East returns again to what it was before the last couple of centuries of combined Anglo and American hegemon.

December 11, 2024
This image made available by the Library of Congress shows a reproduction of a painting by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris titled "First Thanksgiving" made between 1900-1920. (J.L.G. Ferris/Library of Congress via AP) ** FILE **

The story of Richard Warren: A true Thanksgiving tale

In 1621, Richard Warren scuffled for survival on the western edge of the North Atlantic along with the small group of Pilgrims at Plymouth, almost half of whom died in that first year from disease and privation.

November 27, 2024