Erik Rush
Keep Calm & Cloister On
As the reader will likely have noticed, there’s a common theme playing out in the response to the COVID-19 pandemic on the part of some of our elected officials. Here, I refer to the emergence of little tin…
COVID-19 Proves Lowering The Bar Is Never The Answer
With all of the furor over social distancing, widespread fear, conspiracy theories and opportunistic political grandstanding attendant to the COVID-19 pandemic vying for our attention, just above the radar, we’re hearing calls for investigations into how the novel coronavirus was…
COVID-19 Underscores The Blight Of Globalism
Last week in this space, I highlighted an object lesson in the stupidity attendant to people of color embracing the left’s racialist orthodoxy in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. People of color are obviously not the only group…
‘Stupid’ Won’t Serve People Of Color In Fighting Pandemic
As Americans observe social distancing guidelines and quarantines during the coronavirus pandemic, it is important that we acknowledge the efforts and the dedication of those who are laboring against the virus, whether those in public service or health…
Governor Andrew Cuomo: Bush League Player In A Major League Game
With the specter of the coronavirus pandemic looming, we are getting to experience some of the pitfalls of having extremely high population densities in our major urban areas. While we can’t boast some of the high populations of…
Nothing’s Too Grave To Dislodge The Left’s Vile Ambitions
During the impeachment proceedings held against President Donald Trump earlier this year, I was at first tempted to refer to the high-profile House Democrats who were driving the process (House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam…
The Perfect Time To Have A Non-Politician President
Over the last few years, I’ve heard more and more casual acquaintances complain that they no longer have any idea of where to go to for reporting they can actually believe. These were not supporters of President Donald…
Why Sleepy Joe Is The Democrats’ Ideal Nominee
A few weeks ago, I deconstructed an interview featuring Democratic strategist James Carville, wherein he bemoaned the prospect of Bernie Sanders becoming the Democratic presidential nominee. Generally, Carville believes that Sanders as the nominee will all but guarantee a…
It’s A Wonder More Youth Aren’t Supporting Sanders
Earlier this week, CNBC’s Jake Novak penned a column entitled “Bernie Sanders is the front-runner because of how we raised our kids.” Not surprisingly, the piece has garnered a respectable amount of attention from conservative commentators and has fired discussions…
The 5-Year Descent & Crash Of The Boy Scouts
This week, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after mounting sexual abuse claims and allegations of sexual misconduct by adults within the organization. Apparently, sexual abuse settlements have severely strained the BSA’s finances; this…
At Least James Carville Is Being Honest About His Deceit
Following the chaos surrounding last week’s Iowa caucus and the subsequent infighting among Democrats over the party’s direction, longtime Democratic strategist James Carville engaged in a rant on MSNBC Feb. 4 that wound up going viral. Carville’s beef, as it…
LGBTQ Sex Ed For Kindergarteners: More Capitulation
In the 1978 Vietnam War drama “The Deer Hunter,” Michael (Robert DeNiro) employs a rifle cartridge in an attempt to explain objective reality to his childhood friend Stan (John Cazale). “This is this,” Michael says, holding the cartridge…
Failing To Drain The Swamp: Slap On The Wrist For Deep State Criminal?
This week, a former top Treasury Department official pleaded guilty in federal court on conspiracy charges for leaking confidential banking reports associated with members of the 2016 Trump campaign. Prior to October 2018 – when she was arrested with…
Did Trump Just Assassinate Gandhi?
It started during the Vietnam War, of course; popular support for the Democrat-escalated campaign was waning dramatically as the 1960s came to a close. There had been no real progress on the battlefield in half a decade, nor…
Anti-Semitism in America: Reaping What We’ve Sown
The Dec. 10 shootings in Jersey City, New Jersey, which left six people, including the two gunmen and a veteran detective dead, and which began at a local cemetery and ended at a kosher market, have given rise to…
Deep State Interests Keep Saudis In Good Graces
It would appear that one doesn’t have to look too far these days to find a controversial news story with Deep State ties. A few weeks ago in this space, I detailed how the case of the late billionaire and…
Homosexuality & Transgenderism Are Dysfunction. Period
There’s little chance that the spate of so-called transgender people coming out of the woodwork and clamoring for accommodation of one sort or another in recent months has escaped most Americans’ notice. The aggressive push of the LGBTQ lobby to…
