Michael McKenna
Columns by Michael McKenna
Lessons from the 2021 elections
How you assess the results of last Tuesday's elections depends in some measure on your personal biases. Published November 6, 2021
Republican State Leadership Committee helped pave the way to wins in Virginia
On Tuesday, Republicans in Virginia won all three statewide races (Governor, Lt. Governor, and. Attorney General) and, as importantly, regained control of the House of Delegates by picking up seven seats held by Democrats. Published November 3, 2021
Nobel Committee refuses to honor Trump and Pompeo’s Abraham Accords
The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2021 to two journalists -- Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov -- for "their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace." Published October 30, 2021
Virginia and New Jersey turn ugly for the Democrats
Govs. Terry McAuliffe and Phil Murphy seem to need a lot of help. Published October 27, 2021
Democrats’ time for magical energy thinking is over
Unfortunately for the United States, one of its political parties has become the home of magical thinking with respect to energy. Here's a hint: it's not the Republicans. Published October 23, 2021
Death awaits in Europe this winter
As Team Biden prepares to go to Glasgow at the end of October, it is worth noting that more than a few people in Europe will likely die this winter because of their governments' fixation on climate change. Published October 20, 2021
America’s strength doesn’t reside in the system, it resides in the people
Most of the public discourse in this country is about what is wrong, what needs fixing. This is as it should be. Things that are going well should be mostly left alone. Published October 17, 2021
Progressives want the State to own your child
The addition of suburban moms to the list of domestic terrorist threats seems a bit excessive, even for the crew that brought you Ruby Ridge and Waco. Published October 13, 2021
Republicans should be in favor of getting rid of the filibuster
This week, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell postponed a legislative showdown over the debt ceiling and took one ugly and difficult chore off the plate of congressional Democrats by making a deal to raise the debt ceiling. Published October 9, 2021
Virginia voters can stop congressional Democrats’ entire legislative agenda
Published October 6, 2021
For progressives, takedown of infrastructure legislation makes perfect sense
Why are the progressives in the House prepared to turn down free money in the infrastructure legislation? Published October 3, 2021
Time for Trump and GOP to get over 2020 election
The party and the man both need to get back into the fight and stop worrying about yesterday's game. The 2020 elections were lost. Published September 29, 2021
Sen. Bernie Sanders’ takeover of American health care
The reconciliation legislation has so many bad features, it is easy to lose track of some of them. Published September 25, 2021
House Democrats voted for child slave labor (you read that right)
As we careen downhill towards the finish line of reconciliation/debt ceiling/FY 2022 appropriations, things happen that make you wonder. Published September 22, 2021
Politicizing January 6th: Fences versus the Constitution
Last Thursday, in a bit of theater fit for our times, Congressional leadership ordered the fencing around the Capitol reinstalled, ostensibly to protect against the several dozen protestors anticipated on Saturday. Published September 17, 2021
Bush’s failures radicalized an entire generation of GOP voters
In case you missed it, President George W. Bush re-entered American politics by equating Trump voters with the 19 murderers who hijacked the four planes and used them to kill 3,000 Americans. Published September 15, 2021
Americans should build U.S. Navy ships in the United States
In the House Armed Services Committee recently, something very terrible, very damaging, and very Washington happened. Published September 11, 2021
‘Devout’ Biden using Catholicism as a political tool
If the question about preserving innocent human life ever crossed President Biden's mind concerning the Texas law, he made sure no one knew about it. Published September 8, 2021
Let the incompetent Democrats own the shutdown
Lost in the mess that is the Biden administration and its enablers in Congress is the fact that Congress has yet to pass appropriations for the fiscal year 2022. Published September 6, 2021
Remembering Sept. 11: Each generation has to preserve all that has been gained
As the 20th anniversary of Sept. 11 approaches, and we are inundated with competing narratives about what should be remembered and learned from that day, it is important to take a moment and reflect on a few things. Published September 1, 2021
