by Matthew Friedman | Aug 14, 2019 | Commentary, Politics
O ye wha are sae guid yoursel’, Sae pious and sae holy, Ye’ve nought to do but mark and tell Your neibours’ fauts and folly! – Robert Burns *** There are few things so rank as self-righteous ignorance, and Scott Gilmore’s op-ed article in...
by Matthew Friedman | Jul 5, 2019 | Commentary, Politics
We all heard it. In his 4th of July speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, looking out over the reflecting pool in the National Mall, the 45th president of the United States praised the brave patriots of the Continental Army who “took over the airports” from...
by Matthew Friedman | Jun 19, 2019 | Commentary, Politics
I don’t really know what to say to Rep. Liz Cheney. She lashed out yesterday after Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez commented that the American government was operating “concentration camps on the southern border of the United States for immigrants, where they are being...
by Matthew Friedman | Jun 7, 2019 | Commentary, Politics
There was good news for the progressive Left Wednesday when the Social Democratic Party, led by 41-year-old Mette Frederiksen, won an impressive victory in Denmark’s parliamentary elections. Frederiksen will be become Denmark’s youngest-ever prime minister, and only...