Dan McLaughlin
About the Author
Dan McLaughlin is a senior writer at National Review Online and a fellow at National Review Institute.
The Archive
Biden's now-unmistakable mental weakness is an invitation for America's enemies to attack, attack, attack
June 28, 2024 | 8:01pmJoe Biden’s disastrous debate is a political crisis for his campaign and his party.
Dems fearing Trump's 'retribution' have only themselves to blame
June 6, 2024 | 6:48pmDemocrats and their allies in the press are melting down at Donald Trump’s talk of “retribution” through the legal system.
Joe Biden's reckless plan to take in Gazans won't even satisfy Israel-haters
May 1, 2024 | 6:39pmJoe Biden trying to lose the election is the best explanation for why his administration is actively considering letting refugees from Gaza into the United States.
Joe Biden can't get out of the hole he's already dug for himself
April 3, 2024 | 10:37pmAfter losing to President Joe Biden in 2020, polls consistently show Donald Trump leading ahead of the current president.
If Joe Biden is unfit to stand trial, he’s unfit to be president. It's that simple
February 13, 2024 | 8:10pmSpecial counsel Robert Hur’s nearly 400-page report is full of damning evidence of Biden’s carelessness with vital national-security secrets.
It's time for a serious talk about Veep Kamala Harris...
February 9, 2024 | 7:49pmKamala Harris currently has a 35.5% approval rating as her favorability has been under water in every single poll taken since August 2021.
Biden's primetime address isn't about Israel — it's for his terrible poll numbers
October 19, 2023 | 4:41pmPresident Joe Biden delivers remarks on the war between Israel and Hamas after meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
With removal of McCarthy, rogue Republicans just keep helping Democrats
October 3, 2023 | 6:34pmTuesday’s vote to remove Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House — the first such removal in American history — was an act of staggering stupidity and self-destruction.
Of course Menendez won't resign — corrupt politicians today are shameless
September 25, 2023 | 7:11pmSen. Bob Menendez is running for re-election. Of course he is. Doesn’t anybody have any shame anymore?
Senile Joe Biden rambles about pony soldiers, Vietnam and lies about 9/11
September 11, 2023 | 8:27pmPresident Joe Biden, who served in the Senate during the Vietnam War, was in Hanoi Sunday. His staff made the mistake of letting him talk to the press.
Criminal defendants make terrible candidates — the GOP must free itself from Trump
August 15, 2023 | 7:22pmNominating former President Donald Trump again would be a disaster for Republicans. The criminal charges are one of the biggest reasons why. Even if you think that’s unfair, it’s reality.
Liberal media bends over backward to dismiss new Joe Biden revelations
August 4, 2023 | 8:33pmI used to work as a lawyer. There’s a lot more money in defending criminals in the law than there is doing the same as a reporter. The whole point...
Trump indictment: Not everything that’s bad in politics is illegal
August 1, 2023 | 10:50pmMaybe Jack Smith thinks there’s so many charges against Trump now that nobody should care about the details. But in a nation of laws, the rules matter. Even for Donald...
Woke Hollywood cuts the nation a break — and cancels itself
July 14, 2023 | 6:00pmMaybe entertainment's writers and actors will learn something in their time off -- and maybe the country could use a break from them.
The Times tries to soft pedal Biden's age, but the details are damning
June 5, 2023 | 7:52pmIn case you haven’t noticed, Joe Biden is old. Really old.
Finally, a viable alternative to Donald Trump in 2024
May 24, 2023 | 11:45pmAfter seven years of Trump’s leadership of the party, Republican voters deserve a real choice. Now they have one. It’s on.
After Trump's CNN town hall, it's clear he and the flailing cable network deserve each other
May 10, 2023 | 11:44pmCNN’s Kaitlan Collins played host to Donald Trump Wednesday night in New Hampshire at what was billed as a voter town hall.
Democrats said McCarthy held no cards — he drew an inside straight with House win
April 27, 2023 | 7:57pmHouse Speaker Kevin McCarthy got his caucus to pass a plan that would give Biden his debt-ceiling increase but only attached to a laundry list of things Republicans want.
The Left knows all too well about ‘politicizing’ national tragedies for their own benefit
March 29, 2023 | 11:26pmEven now, where are the handwringing articles about the threat to Christian schoolchildren after three 9-year-olds were murdered along with their teachers just for being Christian schoolchildren?
Biden is not a king -- if he wants to pay student loans, he needs Congress
February 28, 2023 | 7:57pmWe used to teach our kids that the Constitution separates powers between Congress, which makes the laws, and the president, who carries them out.