Kevin D. Williamson

1 month ago | newsobserver.com | Kevin D. Williamson

Republicans sometimes denounced Barack Obama as a low-key authoritarian, and that's defensible as a purely descriptive matter-he could be decidedly illiberal and anti-democratic where it suited him, all that diktat by "a pen and a phone" business, as with illegal immigrants-but he didn't have the soul of a Leninist, even back when he was younger and more radical. (And now, radicalism is something Obama cannot afford: He's too rich.) He is not a radical man, and not a cruel man-he is a smug man.

1 month ago | centredaily.com | Kevin D. Williamson

TORONTO, ON - February 3 - Flags outside the Fairmont Royal York in downtown Toronto, February 3, 2025. U.S. President Donald Trump says he may not impose tariffs on Mexico if a longer-term deal can be reached on border security, but he held out little hope for a deal to avoid tariffs on Canada.

1 month ago | mercedsunstar.com | Kevin D. Williamson

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with US Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett as Trump arrives to address to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 4, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images From the Wanderland on The DispatchC. S.

1 month ago | kansascity.com | Kevin D. Williamson

Elon Musk-who is, let us not forget, one of those "unelected bureaucrats" Donald Trump raged against on Tuesday night-has sent Democrats to the fainting couch by referring to Social Security as a "Ponzi scheme," an ancient and bog-standard piece of libertarian rhetoric that, while not entirely accurate, captures the spirit of the thing.

1 month ago | myrtlebeachonline.com | Kevin D. Williamson |Kevin Williamson

"Here I am, then. I have come home." So said Pope John Paul II after landing in Warsaw in 1983, bending to kiss the soil of his native country. The mood was patriotic and defiant. "Poland for the Poles!" came the shouts from the crowd-union men, priests, fathers and their sons.