Michael McKenna
Columns by Michael McKenna
It’s George Washington’s birthday, not Presidents Day
In the deep of a cold night almost 250 years ago, the remnants of an army waited for their turn to cross a river and head toward their enemy in hopes of surprising them on Christmas. Published February 20, 2022
What it will take for California to meet its climate goals
Southern California Gas, which is North America's largest gas distribution utility, announced that it intends to construct what it is calling the Angeles Link. The Link is a project designed to transport green hydrogen. Published February 17, 2022
Was Jan. 6 really a ‘violent insurrection’?
The Department of Justice likes to remind us occasionally that, since Jan. 6, 2021, more than 725 people have been arrested for crimes related to the events of that day. Published February 12, 2022
Team Biden comes for your cars
Who should decide what cars you buy? Is it right for some consumers to subsidize the purchases of others? Published February 9, 2022
Some senators think voters are idiots
Last week, 10 United States senators, all Democrats, sent a letter to Jennifer Granholm, the secretary of energy, asking her to limit the export of American natural gas to other nations. Published February 6, 2022
Biden and his pro-criminal Democrats
For two years, we have endured what the media has described efforts to defund, reform or otherwise neuter the police. Published February 2, 2022
China’s genocide games and the American establishment
As we wander toward the start of the genocide Olympics later this week, it might be worth thinking about what the business and political elites in the U.S. have done and are doing to enable the Chinese Communist Party. Published January 29, 2022
The failure of the White House whiz kids
Washington is a company town, and companies love to have meetings. Published January 26, 2022
Why are we rushing to defend Ukraine?
The military-industrial complex and its clients sprinkled throughout both political parties seem to have decided that the next place we need to go and kill people is Ukraine, assuming that Russia decides to slice off a section of its former province. Published January 22, 2022
Sens. Dole, Reid compared: Why it’s easy to hate Washington
Two men were recently granted the honor of being laid in state in the Capitol. Their lives were each instructive in their own way. Published January 19, 2022
American financial institutions’ hypocrisy on China
One of the latest fads on the left is the "environmental, social and governance" or ESG movement. Published January 16, 2022
All the fact-checkers in the world can’t save the public health community’s clown show
Last week I wrote, and The Washington Times ran, a column arguing that, whatever else they are, the "vaccines" are not vaccines like you and I understand that term. Published January 12, 2022
Joe Biden, the 33% man
The reporting on President Biden's approval rating is a steady-state feature of our national discourse. Right now, Mr. Biden is, depending on who you believe, anywhere from 8 to 17 points underwater. Published January 8, 2022
COVID-19 shots are not vaccines
What is a vaccine, anyhow, and at what point is the public health community gaslighting us? Published January 5, 2022
Projections for 2022
With Yogi Berra's cautionary note in mind, let's think about the coming year. Published January 2, 2022
Year in review: 2021 has been a dumpster fire
A female friend of mine said recently: "Every woman knows there's one eye where your makeup looks great and another where it looks like a mess. The front end of 2021 was the good eye; the back end was the other eye." Published December 29, 2021
The melancholy of Christmas
Christmastime is characterized by parties and celebrations, and dinners with friends and family. Why, then, is part of it characterized by melancholy? Published December 25, 2021
What is Christmas really about?
God's message of hope and optimism delivered and remembered most pointedly each Christmas endures precisely because it is the antidote to the pathologies and problems we see around us and in us. Published December 22, 2021
Rep. Gary Palmer interview transcript
This is the transcript of an interview between Michael McKenna, columnist for The Washington Times, and Rep. Gary Palmer, an Alabama Republican who is chair of the House Republican Policy Committee. Published December 20, 2021
Republicans need solid policies and thoughtful leaders in Congress
It is likely that we are going to suffer through a year of triumphalism among some Republicans in anticipation of the party winning control of the House and probably the Senate next November. Published December 18, 2021
