Michael Thau

Michael Thau


  • April 8, 2020

    God Help Us All: Dr. Fauci Knows Exactly What He's Doing

    Last Thursday, the scientific mastermind behind the economic carnage and spirit-crushing isolation now constituting the two main pillars of America's ingenious new public health strategy delivered some bad news.  Dr. Fauci says we'l...

  • March 26, 2020

    COVID-19 Probably Won't Destroy Society, but the Government's Reaction Might

    The Washington Post recently touted "an alarming new scientific model" that warns that treating COVID-19 like a somewhat more severe strain of flu won't cut it.  The model predicts over a million U.S fatalities unless we shut ...

  • January 10, 2020

    Strange Gloom and Doom about Trump Taking Out Soleimani

    Even if you agree with Tucker Carlson and Ann Coulter that America should get out of the Middle East, it's still hard to understand their immediate and very negative reactions to Trump's fatal air strike on Iranian general Qassem Soleimani. ...

  • May 15, 2019

    Obama's Other Investigation

    It’s apparent to all but President Trump’s most deranged critics that Obama’s FBI was indeed spying on his campaign. So, it’s worth pointing out that, in addition to the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane operation, the Obama adm...

  • May 11, 2019

    Some bad reasons for skepticism about Mueller's report

    Craig Murray's recent article at ZeroHedge was subheaded, "Mueller is either a fool or deeply corrupt.  I do not think he's a fool." Murray makes many good points about the weakness and dishonesty of the ...

  • July 30, 2018

    Once upon a Time, Small Business Made America Great

    In just a year and a half, President Trump appears to be turning his slogan, "Make America Great Again," into that rarest of things: a campaign promise fulfilled. The U.S. economy grew at slightly over 4.1 percent in the second quarter o...

  • August 19, 2017

    The Forbidden Faction: Stigmatizing White Identity Politics

    In his response to last Saturday's horrific events in Charlottesville, President Trump became the first Republican politician to stand up to the bullying tactics the corporate press uses to enforce its delusional narrative about political hatred ...

  • July 6, 2017

    Even the President's Friends Sometimes Fail to Understand Him

    Of all of his many remarkable tweets, President Trump’s infamous one from last Thursday mocking Mika Brzezinski now has the distinction of being the most viewed and covered.  Much of the coverage has been decidedly negative and, as on...

  • June 23, 2017

    Bath towel rationality

    One of the great pleasures of being out on one's own for the first time is finally having the freedom to break all the pointless rules and rituals imposed in the parental domicile. However, such pleasure is often short-lived. I spent my whole ...

  • June 21, 2017

    NYT columnist thinks who should be deported?

    In what may very well go down as the most repulsive newspaper column of 2017, NYT columnist Bret Stephens argues that certain American citizens pose a bigger threat to our country than illegal aliens do.  He sarcastically suggests that this grou...

  • June 15, 2017

    At least there's no doubt about the assassin's motivation

    The Bernie Sanders supporter who attempted to murder a dozen or so Republican senators and congressmen yesterday at least did us one favor.  He left us no possible doubt about his motivation.  In a March 12 post on his Facebook pa...

  • June 13, 2017

    Immunizing fake news

    In case you haven't heard the latest report of calamity in and around the oval office, Politico had a story up Sunday headlined "Trump gives Priebus until July 4th to clean up White House." Of course, the mainstream media and their i...

  • November 30, 2016

    The Decline and Fall of Higher Education

    Nearly everyone outside academia knows that America’s colleges and universities are doing a poor job of preparing their charges for adult life.  Undergraduate education, nonetheless, continues to enjoy tremendous prestige. Few upper middle...