Michael Brendan Dougherty

Many Irish explain their attitude toward Israel as a commitment to international law or as the reflex of a former colony. This doesn’t hold up under scrutiny.

The U.K.’s vote in favor of medically assisted suicide may force another society to confront the reality, and significance, of frailty.

I’m pretty sure that Kennedy is a crank, generally. But he’s not wrong when it comes to some basic arguments about food and nutrition in America.

Normalize Melania.

It’s time to take my own side of the argument.

A revolutionary Irishman provides inspiration for how to handle present-day suppression of views.

We will be forced to pare down our global ambitions because we simply lack the resources to back all our commitments.

Middle age would suck right now without this childhood game.

Progressives have bet a little too much on this idea.

An interview with historian Sean McMeekin.

A lame duck with evident signs of dementia is the last person to match up against Vladimir Putin.

How the former president can hold his ground, and gain some, against the new Democratic nominee.

Every step forward she takes, the more vulnerable she appears.

Instead of being the bumbling screw-up and colossal failure of five months ago, Kamala Harris is now the front-runner. Pardon my skepticism.

Liberal groupthink makes American life creepy and could cost Democrats the election.

She was duly elected vice president, and the elected president is no longer competent to do the job. Simple as.

Or the felon, because the other guy is a corpse.

Rumor has it that men around Pope Francis want to finally extirpate the Latin Mass. They will fail.

Everyone knew. Now everyone can say it.

Two administrations that bungled the Covid crisis are going to pretend it never really happened.

Global capitalism talks about diversity and multiculturalism, but we are all modernizing toward conformity.

The people we miss around the table.

During a year in which it was an unrepentant geopolitical arsonist, China is emerging stronger than ever.

My Christmas time spent with Nat King Cole, G. K. Chesterton, and Mickey Mouse.

The sheer endlessness of this is mind-numbing.

So comes a close to five years of vain wishing.

Unlike most Republicans, Trump has done it. It’s a necessary first step. The next steps will be harder.

Why I’d be surprised, but not shocked, if Trump pulls off another upset victory.

The president’s notorious difficulties with recruiting and managing staff could become even worse if he’s reelected.

The next two debates will be better. They almost have to be.