0JJosh Hammer· Opinion · 5 min · Oct 19, 2025StoryJOSH HAMMER: Democrats Still Haven’t Learned Any LessonsOn Thursday, Senate Democrats voted for the 10th time to prolong the federal government shutdown. They also voted against funding the military, thereby necessitating that the Pentagon initiate some innovative accounting…0 commentsShare
0JJosh Hammer· Opinion · 5 min · Sep 13, 2025StoryJOSH HAMMER: The Martyrdom Of My Friend Charlie KirkIt is difficult enough to write about the most high-profile political assassination in this country since the Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy killings of 1968. It is considerably more difficult to do so…0 commentsShare
0JJosh Hammer· Opinion · 5 min · Sep 6, 2025StoryJOSH HAMMER: Trump’s National Guard Deployment And The Art Of The 80-20 IssueDonald Trump’s recent floated proposal to deploy the National Guard to crime-overrun blue cities like Chicago and Baltimore has been met with howls of outrage from the usual suspects. For many liberal talking heads and…0 commentsShare
0JJosh Hammer· Opinion · 6 min · Aug 31, 2025StoryJOSH HAMMER: Yes, President Trump Has Authority To Fire Lisa CookOn Monday, President Donald Trump moved to fire Lisa Cook, a Biden-nominated member of the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors. He moved to fire Cook for “cause,” and that cause is clear enough: According to William…0 commentsShare
0JJosh Hammer· Opinion · 5 min · Jul 19, 2025StoryJOSH HAMMER: Intersectional Communist Zohran Mamdani Shows Democrats Can’t Quit ObamaismIt has been painfully obvious, ever since the presidential election last November, that the Democratic Party’s brand is in tatters. This week, a Quinnipiac University poll revealed that congressional Democrats have a…0 commentsShare
0JJosh Hammer· Opinion · 5 min · Jul 12, 2025StoryJOSH HAMMER: Log Off Social Media And Return To The Real ThingsA lot of people online have been very, very upset over the Trump Department of Justice’s two-fold conclusion, announced last Sunday, that Jeffrey Epstein’s death in jail in 2019 was a suicide and that the Federal Bureau…0 commentsShare
0JJosh Hammer· Opinion · 6 min · May 4, 2025StoryJOSH HAMMER: The Art Of A Second Iran DealPresident Donald Trump’s first 100 days, which he celebrated this week with a characteristically electric campaign-style rally in Michigan, were the fastest and most frenzied 100 days in modern presidential history. And…0 commentsShare
0JJosh Hammer· Opinion · 6 min · Apr 12, 2025StoryJOSH HAMMER: Trump’s Life’s Work Culminates In Confronting Communist ChinaOn Wednesday, President Donald Trump abruptly announced a 90-day pause on most of his planned country-specific “reciprocal” tariffs– with the notable exception of the People’s Republic of China. In so strikingly…0 commentsShare
0JJosh Hammer· Opinion · 6 min · Apr 6, 2025StoryJOSH HAMMER: The Dismal Science And Trumpian Tariff HullabalooWhenever the subject of trade comes up, many right-leaning free traders and left-leaning neoliberals alike trot out the same talking point: “The economists all agree tariffs are terrible!” And perhaps they do — or at…0 commentsShare
0JJosh Hammer· Opinion · 6 min · Mar 9, 2025StoryJOSH HAMMER: Dems Still Can’t Figure Out Why Americans Don’t Like ThemYogi Berra, the mid-century New York Yankees Hall of Fame catcher known for his pithy and often humorous life observations, once famously quipped: “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.” It was sound advice…0 commentsShare
0JJosh Hammer· Opinion · 6 min · Feb 16, 2025StoryJOSH HAMMER: Trump’s Judicial Foes Set Themselves Up For Utter HumiliationAmerica, unfortunately, has long been suffering from a crisis of civics. Put simply, many Americans are woefully ignorant about the structure and features of their government. But every so often, an opportunity emerges…0 commentsShare
0JJosh Hammer· Opinion · 5 min · Feb 9, 2025StoryJOSH HAMMER: There May Be More To Trump’s Gaza Plan Than Meets The EyeDays after shocking the world with his upset victory in the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump espoused his hope of negotiating the “ultimate deal” between Israel and the Palestinian Arabs to resolve the “war that…0 commentsShare
