Author: Hugo Gurdon Washington Examiner

The recent release of documents on the Donald Trump-Russia hoax makes plainer than ever the damage former President Barack Obama has inflicted on our democracy. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard referred the matter to the Justice Department for possible criminal prosecutions because, she says, “there is irrefutable evidence that details how President Obama and…

Hunter Biden’s expletive-filled diatribe against almost every senior Democrat was the kind of rant people answer ironically with, “Why don’t you tell us what you really think?” Talking to YouTuber Andrew Callaghan, the former president’s son demonstrated the same lack of impulse control that made him a drug addict in the past. He lacerated former…

The Democrats’ nomination of Zohran Mamdani for New York City mayor draws attention to the ideological unity of Marxist economics, post-Marxist hatred of Israel, and antipatriotic rejection of America. Mamdani, the likely winner this November, wants to “globalize the intifada” and “seize the means of production,” which, as campaign guru Karl Rove notes, will allow…

In a way, Benjamin Disraeli, 19th-century founder of Britain’s Conservative Party, got it wrong when he said, “Finality is not the language of politics.” What he meant was that politics keeps moving along, changing things, so no referendum, election, or other isolated event is the last word on any matter of public opinion or policy.…

A powerful opponent of school choice, the National Education Association, made a great case against itself recently by secretly deciding to refer to President Donald Trump always as a fascist. America’s biggest teachers union, a propaganda and organizational arm of the Democratic Party, hid its convention decisions, but Corey DeAngelis, senior fellow of the American…

Betting on appearances over reality is a weak long-term strategy, especially when those appearances are false. Fictions quickly wear thin, allowing people to see through to reality, to facts that stay stubbornly in place. President Abraham Lincoln put it more pithily: “You can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of…