On the Latest Federal Budget Data
by D.J. McGuire The Treasury Department released the latest data on the budget for Fiscal Year 2019. Most of the focus was on the deficit figure, which rose to...
Ben Cline Betrays Conservatives and Beclowns Himself in Joining SCIF Stunt
by D.J. McGuire There was a time when conservatives in general – and Republicans in particular – took national security seriously. We can argue about when that era ended;...
Making Medicare For All Palatable For All
by Kevin Kelton The good news is that Elizabeth Warren has pledged to explain in detail how she would pay for her Medicare For All plan. The bad news...
Donald Trump Is a Coward
by D.J. McGuire Over the past year, it has become clear that the Stalinist regime in northern Korea has no intention of slowing – let alone reversing – its...
The Goldilocks Democrats
by Kevin Kelton I just watched a segment on Morning Joe in which the hosts were saying that the Democratic Party insiders they know are nervous because as much as...
Donald Trump Should Be Removed From Office
by D.J. McGuire The opinion expressed in the title of this post is almost certainly a minority position among the Bearing Drift editors and contributors. It is still my...
Will Ukraine Shift the Never-Trump Ground on Impeachment?
by D.J. McGuire House Democrats deciding whether or not to support impeaching President Trump have faced numerous pressures in either direction – usually, folks to their left all but...
There They Go Again: Fed Cuts Rates When It Shouldn’t Have
by D.J. McGuire Well, they didn’t listen to me – or at least most of them didn’t. Beset by admittedly strong recession concerns but unable to acknowledge loose monetary...
Did the New York Times Just Tilt the Election Scales to the Democrats?
by D.J. McGuire In an attempt to review a book on Justice Brett Kavanaugh by two of its reporters, The New York Times put up an excerpt that caused quite...
Michael Moore Is Hysterical (And Not In The Funny Way)
by Kevin Kelton A lot of Democrats are getting downright hysterical about 2020 – but not in the hysterically funny sense. Democrats seem to be losing their collective minds with...
If Trump’s Cancelled Meeting with the Taliban Makes You Angry…
by D.J. McGuire If you saw the President tweet about his plans to meet with the Taliban at Camp David and it angered you, that meant you recognized the...
Another Premature Withdrawal Leads to Another Terrorist Rebound
by D.J. McGuire “Stop us if this sounds familiar” – Ed Morrisey, Hot Air That particular quote begins Morrisey’s examination of a new report from the lead inspector general...
Confronting an Icon’s Flaw
by D.J. McGuire The day after the United Nations General Assembly voted to declare the Chinese Communist regime to be the rightful holder of the Chinese seat at the...
Impeachment Turmoil on Ukraine Cannot Distract Us From Putin’s Game There
by D.J. McGuire “You may not be interested in strategy, but strategy is interested in you.” – Leon Trotsky One of the apparent consequences of the impeachment inquiry into...