Michael McKenna
Columns by Michael McKenna
Predictions for 2024: Trump will win the election, and the Dow will close above 40,000
Everyone makes predictions, but only a few of us are foolish enough to write them down. So here goes. Published January 3, 2024
Colorado and Maine bumbling U.S. into an election civil war
Right after Christmas, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley threw up on her shoes trying to answer a typically simple question from a typically simple voter in New Hampshire: What was the Civil War about? Published December 31, 2023
How well this columnist’s predictions for 2023 reflected reality
In the interests of full disclosure and a correct record, it is important to assess how well this columnist's predictions for 2023 (originally published Dec. 31, 2022) reflected reality. Published December 27, 2023
Christmas is a season of hope and salvation
In case my friend Luke isn't clear enough here, Christmas is about the hope of salvation. Published December 24, 2023
The sadness of Christmas
It's OK to be reflective and a little sad at Christmastime. Published December 20, 2023
Why is the Christmas song ‘Silent Night’ so popular?
In 1816, near the starving and ruined city of Salzburg, Austria, a 24-year-old priest named Joseph Mohr suffered, along with his parishioners, in the wreckage of the Napoleonic Wars. Published December 17, 2023
Power corrupts: Speech codes for universities is a dangerously subversive idea
Here's what bothers me about the debate over the performance of the presidents of the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at last week's congressional hearing. Published December 13, 2023
Republicans and the lack of free speech
Last week, the House Committee on Education held a hearing at which the presidents of Harvard, MIT and Penn testified about the hatred and invective and sometimes actions directed at Jews on the campuses of those schools. Published December 9, 2023
Biden’s ‘defending democracy’ narrative is just plain dangerous
Last week, the House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to prevent the Biden administration from shipping $6 billion to the regime in Iran. Published December 6, 2023
Republicans’ weakness on China: Congress more interested in caressing the problem than solving it
Why are some Republicans so consistently weak on the slaving, genocidal regime in China? Published December 1, 2023
Two paths: Will Trump or DeSantis win the GOP presidential nomination?
As we careen toward the Iowa caucuses, now about 45 days away, and the New Hampshire primary, only eight days after that, the campaign for the Republican presidential nomination has been reduced to its essentials. Published November 29, 2023
Abortion access and 2024 elections
The recent defeat of the pro-life cause in Ohio has been identified as the ratification of a new moment in American politics, one in which red states ultimately are turned blue over the issue of access to abortion. Published November 26, 2023
Richard Warren’s brave journey to America and the miracle of Thanksgiving
As we celebrate another Thanksgiving, it is worth reflecting on how we got here, literally. Published November 22, 2023
Expect Youngkin to run for president in 2028 after GOP progress in 2023 elections
Expectations are what demoralize people. Published November 19, 2023
The most important election of our lifetime: 2024 edition
As we wander toward yet another most important election of our lifetime, there are a lot of things worth thinking about. Published November 15, 2023
Why national conservatism resonates with so many Americans
A few days ago, in its excellent daily newsletter the Hotline, the Committee to Unleash Prosperity stated that data suggests that, with respect to income, things have been pretty good for members of the middle class. Published November 10, 2023
Will Kim Reynolds be the most important woman in 2024 election cycle?
Apologies to former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, but this week, and probably for the next two months, the most important woman in the 2024 presidential race is Kim Reynolds, the governor of Iowa. Published November 8, 2023
Senate Democrats announce their support for higher energy prices
Democrats, particularly those in the Biden administration, are directly responsible for the run-up in oil and gas prices in the last three years. Published November 5, 2023
Biden will negotiate with mullahs and communists, just not Sen. Tuberville
Since they arrived on the scene, and for reasons known only to them, Team Biden has proceeded as if the regime in Tehran is the right answer in the Middle East. Published November 1, 2023
Agitators and provocateurs: Comparing Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Donald Trump
Last week, Robert Kennedy Jr. gave a speech that was supposed to last for 10 minutes but wound up going on and on and on, ultimately taking 40 minutes from the lives of his listeners. Published October 28, 2023
