Erick Erickson

President Trump has backed off tariffs on toys made in China. His Commerce Secretary, Wilbur Ross, said the administration did not want to hurt Christmas. This is an admission against interest that th …

It sounds crazy. It probably is crazy. It is also funny and funny to see so many people melting down in spittle flying rage over the idea. But it is not actually a bad idea. President Trump has mentio …

Israel has handed a major PR win to the so-called “squad” by prohibiting two American congresswomen from entering their country as part of a congressional delegation. Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-M …

President Trump has shifted his rhetoric on Hong Kong in a positive direction and deserves thanks. I hope he will go further personally, but, for now, he is calling on China to deal “humanely” with th …

This is a very big deal from the Trump Administration and progressive activists are spitting mad about it. Under previous Obama era interpretations of law, religious organizations could not help the g …

This past week, Governor Brian Kemp unveiled his thoughts on education reform in the state. Central to his ideas is teacher pay raises. Another ares the Governor wants to focus on is Common Core. W …

The President tweeted yesterday wondering why so many conservatives react with condemnation towards someone harassing Chris Cuomo when progressives do that sort of harassment all the time. It is worth …

The painful truth is that the United States really cannot do much about Hong Kong. There is no will in Washington to provide physical assistant to Hong Kong. The Chinese would see any sort of such pro …

In seminary, I had a professor who came into class one day, looked me in the eyes as he did with other students, and asked a simple, cutting question — how is your prayer life? He had found, as he t …

The President of the United States has unfortunately referred to the current events in Hong Kong as “riots,” which multiple organizations and people in Hong Kong say has only emboldened the Chinese Co …

This morning at 9am, I will flip a switch and begin a syndicated radio show. I have wanted to do this for about six years and have had so many doors closed in my face I’m surprised my nose isn’t brok …

Oh how awful. The shooter in Texas used the same language the President and Rush Limbaugh have used to talk about the caravans of illegal aliens flooding our southern border. The particular word is &# …

Well this is a fun one. Teresa Tomlinson, running as a far left candidate in Georgia, says you cannot love the flag and hate the government. That should make progressives mad. If you love the flag, yo …

The case of Jimmy Al-Daoud is undoubtedly a tragedy. Al-Daoud is dead now. He is an immigrant from Iraq who never knew that country. He came here as an infant with his parents. He was deported not lon …

The nation seems to be in the midsts of a hostage crisis. We, the people, are having to decide which political party will be the hostage takers. Do we stay with the Republicans and the erratic leader …

It appears our national politics has reached a breaking point. Fellow members of Congress and members of the press are cheering on Joaquin Castro’s stunt because they want harm to befall Trump donors …

Joaquin Castro is the Texas Congressman who is trying to expose and shame President Trump’s donors. Come at me, jackass. I just donated more to Donald Trump and did so in your honor.

Every single Ame …

More often than not, what we as conservatives deal with from the media is a group trying to find controversy and weave narratives into politics that are not there. They work very, very hard to try to …

I’m sure this is going to go over well in Alabama.. Here is what Alabama Senate Candidate Tommy Tuberville has to say about President Trump: “I’m pissed off at Donald Trump that our vets can …

The shooter in Ohio is an Elizabeth Warren fan, which means the media will focus far more on the El Paso shooter. But the El Paso shooter, who is very anti-immigration and believes the country is unde …