Mollie Hemingway

The swine flu of 2009 was no fun, as my husband can attest, but it resulted in only 273,304 hospitalizations and 12,469 deaths in the United States. The Wuhan virus hospitalizations and deaths have eclipsed those numbers many times over.

Within the small crew of people who hold the media's many 'NeverTrump' positions, the Ethics and Public Policy Center's Pete Wehner doesn't get enough credit for writing the same thing over and over and over and over and over again.

Media outlets treat conservative Americans as second-class citizens whose arguments don't need to be listened to or engaged with.

McConnell is praised throughout the Republican Party for his focus on confirming originalist judges to federal courts. It's easily his greatest legacy, and one I wrote about at length in 'Justice On Trial,' my book with Carrie Severino.

Journalists aren't known for their courage so much as their belief that there is safety in crowds.

Republican establishment figures have fallen for the claim that suburban mothers can be turned Democrat by attacks on Republicans as racist. They haven't figured out that not only does cowering in the face of media and partisan bullies make you appear weak and unworthy of political alignment, but a lot of voters resent it.

Unfortunately, Republicans are too often tone-deaf to the concerns of black Americans.

Policy proposals to ensure the integrity of ballots are routinely presented by Democrats as not just racist but as having no function other than racism.

This schtick of calling Republicans racist when they do, well, anything is not new.

People who care about facts and truth must remember to seek out original sources rather than trust mendacious reporters and media outlets.

We need a steely resolve, not simpering fear. Nothing is going to stop us. Not polio, not Nazis, not gravity! Nothing. We're America.

America is in an epic battle with the Wuhan coronavirus. It's not fun. It's been messing with us. It behaves oddly. But Americans should want America to win.

When the Asian flu hit the United States in 1957, during the Eisenhower administration, it was just the latest contagion college students had faced in a lifetime of contagious diseases.

Publishing identical NeverTrump columns about Trump 'unraveling' month after month and year after year is yet another way to treat conservative Americans as second-class citizens.

The House Republican conference can tolerate a member who caters to the Democratic media complex in order to further her personal agenda. However, she can't be in leadership.

The daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney worked at the State Department during the presidency of George W. Bush. While in Congress, Cheney has focused on pushing a Bush-era foreign policy, particularly in support of continuing the Afghanistan and Iraq wars indefinitely.

When various Democrats up to and including Sen. Barbara Boxer objected to previous Electoral College votes in 2004 and 2016, they were not the victim of cancel mobs. In fact, they were praised by the media and Democratic Party leaders.

The 'Russia collusion' narrative caused untold damage to the Trump administration and its policy goals. It sparked a years-long special counsel probe that pursued scores of Trump associates but found none who had colluded with Russia to steal the 2016 election.

While it's lovely that political media are so encouraging and supportive of Biden operatives, the contrast with their posture toward Trump officials is difficult to ignore.

The trumpeting of false claims that are beneficial to Biden and other Democrats while ignoring the achievements of Trump and Republicans is typical for many media corporations.

Throughout his administration, women have been many of President Trump's top advisors and communications leaders.

The Trump White House would be known for its high placement of females in key roles if the media were even remotely honest about the facts.

Trump's biggest success in his first term has been his foreign policy agenda.

Pundits talk as if polls are always right, but if they were, pundits wouldn't have jobs.

One shouldn't always assume polls are wrong, but if anyone learned anything from 2016 and 2018, it's that polls are not always right.

There is no Republican in existence who handles media malfeasance as well as Trump.

In what sense is The New York Times not the propaganda arm of the Democratic National Committee?

Despite the belief of many career bureaucrats that elected political leadership works for them, our system is built on the idea that the permanent bureaucracy, such as it exists, works for the elected leadership, which in turn works for and represents the American public.

Efforts to steal an election in 2000 or overturn one from 2016 should be met not with passive compliance but a righteous defense of the ballot box.

The Federalist was one of the only publications to consistently express skepticism toward the Resistance's conspiracy theory that Donald Trump was a traitor who had colluded with Russia to steal the 2016 election.

I love all of my colleagues here at The Federalist, but everyone knows that David Harsanyi is my favorite. I will be forever grateful for the guidance and support he gave me when we started this enterprise. He is a rock. His work is consistent, productive, done to a high standard. He is supportive of his colleagues.

When children are conceived, both parties have duties and obligations toward all involved.

Many presidents have battled with Congress over their executive privilege and what it covers, but the idea that the debate is cause for impeachment is remarkably weak.

One of the reasons President Trump won in 2016 was his opposition to the way we fight wars. At the same time, he is willing to use American force to advance American interests. This confuses the foreign policy groups at either extreme.

Limbaugh has taught millions of Americans about conservative ideology, emphasizing the Constitution and the country's founding ideals, and suffered attacks from the left as a result. He is a folk hero who is beloved in part because he defends tens of millions of Americans against attacks.

What GOP Senators should have learned in 2018 is that they're stronger when they work together.

One of the best family traditions is creative ways mothers and fathers discipline children while in church. My mother was an expert at the 'dig her fingernails into my arm while continuing to smile and sing' trick.

One thing about virtual church is that you can attend easily from anywhere. I've dropped in on my childhood congregation in California and the congregations of various friends and family members.

Even if Donald Trump had lost the 2016 election, instead of won it in a surprise, the media's coverage of his campaign and supporters would have been a horrific failure. They presented that race as unwinnable for Trump and as if his support was inexplicable.

It is rather absurd on its face to suggest that the president of the United States should not be managing his own press conferences no matter the situation.

The deadly Coronavirus must be fought lest it overwhelm hospitals.

The Coronavirus pandemic has three major battle fronts: public health, economic, media. Whatever his flaws, Trump understands that all three battles must be waged.

Once many in the media finally began paying attention to the Wuhan coronavirus in a non-dismissive way, they swung wildly into another direction of hyping models that predicted millions of dead Americans, and millions of dead in other countries.

A good leader should balance what the coronavirus-limited 'experts' are arguing for with all other health, safety, security, and well-being concerns. Too few realize that.

Trump flourishes the more the White House press corps is riddled with political activists posing as journalists. But the country might fare better with more informed questions from reporters able to think through issues less politically.

Trump needs the media to act the way they do so he can dunk on them and look good by comparison. The media are enjoying the short-term rush of their war with Trump, wearing his abuse as a badge of honor among their peers.

Brett Kavanaugh was a very difficult Supreme Court nominee for liberals to oppose. He had a stellar reputation, an impeccable record, and a genial disposition.

Whether it relates to sexual harassment claims, or Coronavirus policies, the media play by two different sets of rules. To get good coverage as a Republican, in this and all other storylines, one must typically condemn conservatives or President Donald Trump.

As the Coronavirus spread from Wuhan, China, to the United States, most governors quickly acquiesced to the media's demand that they force a governmental shutdown of their states in order to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed.

During the 2016 campaign, editors and bookers at media outlets claimed they couldn't find any good writers or TV pundits to discuss the appeal of Trump. That was always a lie.