Robert McLaughlin, Author at The Santiago Times

An Iowa Congressman, White Supremacy, and the Origins of Western Greatness

June 7, 2020 Robert McLaughlin

On Tuesday June 2nd, Iowa Congressman Steve King lost his bid for reelection in that state’s primary. In recent years, King’s racist and incendiary statements about western civilization and white supremacy have produced angst among […]

“He Seems More Amenable Toward Dictators than Democrats”

February 26, 2019 Robert McLaughlin

“He was all too often more amenable to dictators than democrats.” One would hardly be remiss in thinking this passage referred to Donald Trump, particularly given the way he conducts himself, for example picking fights […]

Trump’s Immigration Policy and Why Americans Distrust Government

July 16, 2018 Robert McLaughlin

“I was the only Republican who had run a presidential campaign and not gone to jail.” Surprisingly enough, for the time being, those words were not uttered by Corey Lewandowski or Paul Manafort, but rather […]

Trump’s Nixonian Presidency

February 20, 2018 Robert McLaughlin

“I think the FBI must be brought under brutal control.” “The trouble is that some of these Democratic senators… These bastard traitors we have in this country… are now trying to deprive you of any […]