S.E. Cupp Columns category, Page 9

On the Democratic National Convention’s second night, Joe Biden’s wife, Jill, took America inside her longtime marriage to the presidential nominee. These things usually strike me as schmaltzy and inauthentic — pre-packaged montages about political leaders and their families, their personal trials and triumphs, their “normal” lives, old photos of...

If we women weren’t already so jaded about the way powerful men are excused for their bad behavior, this might seem totally unbelievable. Bill O’Reilly, the former Fox News host who was accused by multiple women of sexual harassment and ultimately reached legal settlements with at least six worth a...

The job of the vice president hasn’t gotten much respect over the years. Benjamin Franklin is rumored to have suggested that the title be renamed “His Superfluous Excellency.” Vice President John Nance Garner — aka, “who?” — said the role “is not worth a bucket of warm spit!” Even “Hamilton,”...

August is usually when we try to get one final vacation in, find fun ways to beat the heat and take our last licks of summer. But this year, August is different. For those of us who have school-age children, the potential return to class hangs over us; we count...

Back in October 2018, music and fashion mogul Kanye West took a trip to the Oval Office, ostensibly to discuss criminal justice reform with the president. What happened instead was a three-ring circus in front of rolling cameras and millions of television viewers at home. West veered from one unrelated...

Like thousands and thousands of others, I spent 2½ hours watching the streaming version of “Hamilton” on Disney+ with my family for the first time. I was gobsmacked. I had a hunch that I’d like it — I’m a fan of most musicals and, until recently, a regular theatergoer. But...

If you’re a white supremacist, racist or just feeling insecure about your status as a white man in America, the president of the United States sure wants you to know, he’s got your back. Over the past few weeks, President Trump has stoked racial divisions by making steady, clumsy and...

As we slowly start to test the waters of reopening the country after months of pandemic shutdowns, we’re getting a much-needed taste — albeit in bite-sized portions — of life as we once knew it. Restaurants, stores, salons and small and socially distant gatherings are returning to our weekly routines,...

There are endless reasons to believe President Trump will be unceremoniously kicked out of the White House in November after a four-year experiment in utter lunacy. The most compelling is this administration’s flagrant incompetence in the hands of one of the worst managers in political history. From bumbling a global...

It’s easy to forget, with the unending cavalcade of life-altering news, that we are deep in the midst of an election year. There are just 146 days until Nov. 3, and it’s shaping up to be one like no other. Around this time in 2016, Hillary Clinton had secured President...

It’s only been a little about two weeks since the death of an unarmed black man named George Floyd in Minneapolis, and yet it feels like a year’s worth has happened. American cities and churches burned. Peaceful protesters tear-gassed and shot at. Stores and small businesses destroyed and looted. Journalists...

“Punch up, not down.” Whether in comedy or politics, the consensus precept has provided helpful parameters in which to acceptably swing at rivals or targets. The idea is, pick on someone your own size. I can think of no better — meaning worse — example of punching down than one...

With the president’s stunning admission last week he has been taking hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malaria drug most medical experts say should not be used to treat or prevent coronavirus, the questions tumbled out. Was Trump lying about taking the drug he’s long been touting to combat covid-19, just to own the...

The so-called “newsy” bit read: “And while I am generally loathe (sic) to wish physical harm on those I disagree with, and while I do wish Katie a speedy recovery, I’m comfortable shedding whatever objectivity I have here to say I desperately hope Stephen Miller contracts covid-19.” It was a...

Despite an obstacle- strewn ascension similar to a “Game of Thrones” episode, former Vice President Joe Biden managed to slay every metaphorical dragon he faced in becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, from old policy specters to campaign trail gaffes to a primary opponent who was stubborn to concede. But...

On Tuesday night, I called to check in on my friends in San Francisco. One is a lawyer; his grandfather died this month. His partner is a doctor on the front lines of covid-19. In short, they’ve been through it. I asked the doctor, “How is work?” “Thank God we’re...

When Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders finally announced he was suspending his campaign — but oddly, that he will remain on the ballot and collect delegates — the news hit his supporters understandably hard. Despite Sanders’ clear lack of viability over the past month, and a pandemic that paralyzed his and...