Michael McKenna

New York Times asleep at the switch over journalistic ethics

In the late first century after the birth of Christ, the Roman poet Juvenal asked a simple question: "Quis custodes ipsos custodiet?" Who will guard the guardians themselves? Published October 28, 2020

Doug Collins the right candidate to fill Georgia’s Senate seat

Governors tend to be lousy judges of political talent, at least with respect to appointed senators. Published October 24, 2020

Handful of indicators suggest Trump can win election

We have yet to hear a single responsible adult come right out and say that Joseph R. Biden will be the next president. Why? Because even at this late date, there are several indications that President Trump still has a chance to win. Published October 21, 2020

Senate COVID-19 relief fight really about control of Republican Party

For the last six months, Republicans in the Senate, ably led by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, have been remarkably consistent about their unwillingness to expand the strike zone for COVID-19 relief. Published October 18, 2020

Biden will eventually have to answer to the media and the public about his ‘nothing’ campaign

Why won't Democratic presidential candidate Joseph R. Biden answer the simple question about whether he is in favor or opposed to packing the Supreme Court? Published October 14, 2020

Were COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns worse than doing nothing?

One of the more informative moments of last week's debate was Sen. Kamala Harris's inability to identify anything that Biden would have done differently than Trump with respect to the coronavirus. Published October 11, 2020

Tracking surveys show presidential race closer than one-off polls suggest

The media is placing an unfortunate amount of emphasis on results from single surveys and single survey questions about the presidential election. Any specific survey can be wrong, and any survey question can be taken out of context. Published October 7, 2020

Trump must stop talking and let Biden expose himself as empty vessel being filled by far-left

Many times in life, the hardest thing to do is to remain quiet, listen and let someone else talk. That's especially difficult when the other person is talking nonsense. Published October 2, 2020

Supreme Court with Amy Coney Barrett would strengthen a broken Congress

Congress is a broken, fading, branch of government. Fortunately, if she is confirmed, federal appeals court Judge Amy Coney Barrett will help fix that and strengthen Congress. Published September 30, 2020

Forget Dems griping, if you have the votes Mr. McConnell, call the vote for Supreme Court nominee

There has been an excessive amount of talk about the U.S. Senate, Judge Merrick Garland, and the pending confirmation of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's replacement. Published September 27, 2020

Ginsburg’s death punctures Biden’s carefully crafted ‘Seinfeld’ campaign

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death poses the most daunting challenge to the Biden campaign's careful and brilliant strategy. Published September 23, 2020

Mike Pompeo deserves credit for the Abraham Accords

The Abraham Accords signed last week, normalizing relations between Israel and two more Arab states, are rightly considered a triumph for the Trump administration. Published September 18, 2020

Donald Trump still has pathways to Electoral College victory

Despite President Trump's steady and durable deficit in nationwide surveys, a closer look at the Electoral College map indicates that his pathways to victory remain open. Published September 16, 2020

Normalizing trade with China back in 2000 was a colossal mistake

Saturday marks the 20th anniversary of arguably the worst congressional vote in this century. On that day in 2000, the Senate approved Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) with the People's Republic of China by a vote of 83-15. Published September 11, 2020

Trump must give voters who drove him to victory in 2016 a roadmap for future

In the long run, it may not matter much who wins the presidential election. That is, of course, heresy among pundits, consultants and the political class, but it is at least as accurate as any other thing being said about the race at the moment. Published September 9, 2020