When President Donald Trump convened a roundtable today to warn against the dangers of “antifa,” he put on yet another made-for-TV performance about an issue without substance. Trump said federal law enforcement will be “very threatening” as it goes after…
Is it fair to compare MAGA to Nazis?
Vice President JD Vance demands Democrats “stop telling your supporters that everybody who disagrees with you is a Nazi” if they want to end political violence in the United States. I think President Donald Trump, Vice President Vance and MAGA world have their…
On the indictment of James Comey
Donald Trump always has been brutally honest about his intentions to get even with his enemies. In a speech to business leaders, Trump said: “You know in all fairness to Wharton, I love ’em, but they teach you some stuff…
Here’s the real context for understanding Charlie Kirk
Charlie Kirk supporters have spent the better part of a week lambasting writers like me for allegedly quoting him “out of context,” so I’m giddy at the prospect of discussing context. The No. 1 criticism received at BNG over the…
Donald Trump is the epitome of violent speech
After the murder of Charlie Kirk, President Donald Trump said rhetoric from “the radical left” is “directly responsible for the terrorism that we’re seeing in our country today.” Trump wasted no time fanning the flames of violence: “My administration will…
Was Charlie Kirk a martyr?
The idea of making Charlie Kirk a martyr never would have occurred to me because he espoused an ideology I find unacceptable and un-Christian. He didn’t deserve to die, but dying doesn’t make one a Christian martyr. The idea was…
We are all complicit in Charlie Kirk’s death
The devastating news that Charlie Kirk has been murdered at an event at Utah Valley University seems beyond belief. The evening news carried the awful news. A single bullet ended Kirk’s life. Perhaps Shakespeare’s most famous lines weigh heavily on…
The ‘crackers’ are cracking up over Cracker Barrel rebrand
The uber-sensitive MAGA universe thinks Cracker Barrel, the country food chain restaurant dotting America’s interstates, has gone woke. According to my MAGA sources, the problem lies with the corporate executives changing the Cracker Barrel logo. I used the disparaging word…
Please don’t call the TheoBros Christians
Mira Fox recently had an article for MSN called “The Podcasters Making Antisemitism Christian Again.” She explained antisemitism is rising among certain evangelical Christians. The theme of the “Stone Choir” blog she watched: “Satan is using the Hebrew language to…
Donald J. Trump’s ‘Greatest Show on Earth’
President Donald Trump may be the world’s greatest salesman. His greatest skill is offering political analysis in the language of a profane oaf. He sold the American voter on his toughness by being vulgar, crude and lacking in decorum. In…
American politics: Where courage goes to die
Since Donald Trump returned to power Jan. 20, I have watched people and institutions cave to demands of the president. Are we witnessing a growing tribe of neo-cowards? Has cowardice become a political necessity? As the Master of Wakefield asked,…
Evangelicals turning on Chip and Joanna is about disgust, not love
Chip and Joanna Gaines, a beloved Christian couple and reality television celebrities, stand accused by fellow evangelicals of being traitors to the MAGA evangelical understanding of Christian faith. Their act of betrayal: Casting a gay couple with twin boys on…