Trump has a rival for Republican affections
Being publicly identified as a culture war enemy by Democrats confirms Ron DeSantis’s rapid ascent to the status of the most popular Republican in the US – after You Know Who.
Gerard Baker
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Progressives disdain US but love being free to do so
Gwen Berry, an African-American athlete, qualified to represent her country at the Olympics. When the national anthem was played, she covered her head. Imagine if a Chinese athlete did that.
US counts bloody cost of defunding police
Black Americans are paying the highest price for cuts to officer numbers that have led to a surge in violent crime.
How media protects progressive missionaries
As long as you further the narrative, no bad behaviour or corruption of the truth will go unrewarded.
US Covid groupthink worked like China’s repression
Marching in ideological lockstep is less forgivable in a society where one has a choice in the matter.
If Covid leaked, the China rise narrative is in tatters
No longer a fringe theory – growing evidence the virus escaped from a Wuhan lab shatters the global notion of Beijing’s ascendancy that’s infecting the West.
America is no longer united behind Israel
Left-wing Democrats who equate the Palestinian cause with Black Lives Matter are now piling the pressure on Joe Biden.
Did Biden peak on Inauguration Day?
Covid confusion, Mideast chaos and the threat of inflation – Joe Biden doesn’t have many victories to point to.
Republicans heading for implosion
The party’s biggest challenge is not schism but that changes in politics have left it ideologically and politically hollowed out, ready for takeover by a persuasive conman.
Facebook’s Trump ban is a threat to free speech
With its censorship of the former president, the social media giant is behaving increasingly like a national government.
Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/author/gerard-baker/page/19