Mark A. Neels is a History Teacher at Chaminade College Preparatory School. This interview is based on his new book, Lincoln’s Conservative Advisor: Attorney General Edward Bates (Southern Illinois University Press, 2024). JF: What led you to write Lincoln’s Conservative Advisor? […]
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Trump and RFK Jr. just lost the New York Post
One of the nations oldest and most conservative newspapers, the New York Post, opposes Donald Trump’s pick of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to run the Department of Health and Human Services. Here is a taste of its editorial: The overriding […]
Peggy Noonan: “As for Matt Gaetz being nominated as attorney general—well, this is just straight-out trolling, right?”
Here is the former Reagan speechwriter and current Wall Street Journal columnist: The first wave of nominees to the Trump administration announced this week included normal Republicans—Susie Wiles as chief of staff, Elise Stefanik as ambassador to the United Nations, Lee Zeldin at the […]
“Gabbard is stunningly unqualified for almost any Cabinet post…but especially for ODNI. She has no qualifications as an intelligence professional—literally none.”Â
Tom Nichols is a former professor of strategy at the U.S. Naval War College and is now a writer a The Atlantic. Here is his take on Donald Trump’s appointment of former Democratic representative Tulsi Gabbard as director of national […]
Matt Gaetz for attorney general?
For Donald Trump it is all about loyalty, and Florida congressman Matt Gaetz is a Trump loyalist. Trump said he wanted to use the presidency to go after his enemies. It looks like he really meant it. Gaetz once said […]
Trump nominates a Fox News weekend host as Secretary of Defense
Hegseth is not good enough to be a Fox & Friends weekday host, but he IS good enough to be Secretary of Defense. 😉 Hegseth is a graduate of Princeton University where he wrote for the Princeton Tory and averaged […]
What a 2025 Trump cabinet might look like
Axios is reporting that Trump is already considering cabinet appointments. For Vice-President, Trump is considering Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, failed Arizona gubernatorial candidate and election denier Kari Lake, South Dakota governor Kristi Noem, Florida representative […]