Behind Trump's Exasperation By Patrick J. Buchanan
At the G-7 summit in Canada, President Donald Trump described America as "the piggy bank that everybody is robbing."
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June 12, 2018
June 12, 2018
Putting America First Has Made USA No. 1 By Stephen Moore
The left is quickly running out of excuses for why Donald Trump's economic policies have caused a boom rather than the bust that they predicted with such great certainty.
June 9, 2018
Why Blended Primaries are an Assault on Democracy By Ted Rall
California's "jungle primary" system, in which the two candidates who win the most votes advance to the general election in November regardless of their party affiliation, might have resulted in several bizarre outcomes. Look out: given the state's role as a political trendsetter, this weirdness could go national someday.
June 8, 2018
Is Mayor de Blasio an Anti-Asian Bigot? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"Though New York City has one of the most segregated schools systems in the country," writes Elizabeth Harris of The New York Times, until now, Mayor Bill de Blasio "was all but silent on the issue."
June 8, 2018
California Results Suggest Blue Wave Has Crested and Ebbed By Michael Barone
The nation is just past halftime in the 2018 primary election cycle. Twenty states -- containing the majority, 228 of 435, of House districts -- have held their primaries, and all but the three with runoffs have chosen their nominees.
June 7, 2018
Virginia’s Busiest Federal Primary Day in Modern History By Geoffrey Skelley
As in other Republican primaries around the country, the Virginia primary for Senate features candidates racing to show the most support for President Donald Trump. All three entrants — Prince William County Board of Supervisors Chairman Corey Stewart (R), state Del. Nick Freitas (R), and minister E.W. Jackson (R) — back the president, but offer contrasts in intensity of support and style. Stewart has claimed in the past that he was “Trump before Trump,” and served for a time as chair of Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign in Virginia (he was later fired). Jackson rivals Stewart in the earnestness of his stated support for the president, including in an ad where Jackson says, “Unlike Tim Kaine, I’ll be a senator who stands with President Trump instead of against him.” Freitas has been a less vocal Trump backer, though a review of Freitas’ social media and media appearances suggests that he does back Trump. But Freitas’ campaign principally emphasizes his commitment to limited government (e.g. his campaign hashtag is #LibertyRising) and his overall conservatism. Understandably, Freitas has drawn endorsements from more libertarian-minded, small-government Republicans such as Sens. Rand Paul (R-KY) and Mike Lee (R-UT) as well as the libertarian-conservative advocacy group FreedomWorks.
June 6, 2018
No Pardon for Partisan Hypocrisy By Michelle Malkin
Quick, grab the smelling salts and clear the fainting couches.
June 6, 2018
Crony Developments By John Stossel
"Are you on the take?"
When I tried to get Edgewater, New Jersey, politicians to answer that question, the mayor wouldn't discuss it, ultimately telling me, "You may sit down."
June 5, 2018
Boehner's Right -- It's Trump's Party Now By Patrick J. Buchanan
"There is no Republican Party. There's a Trump party," John Boehner told a Mackinac, Michigan, gathering of the GOP faithful last week. "The Republican Party is kind of taking a nap somewhere."
June 5, 2018
6 Reasons to Still Hate Obamacare By Stephen Moore
Remember Obamacare? The fight is far from over on the future of the Obama-era health insurance overhaul. Republicans are making a last-ditch effort this year to turn the program and the money over to the state. This isn't full Obamacare repeal, but it would make a world of sense. States would be free to experiment and find ways to reduce costs and provide better services.
June 1, 2018
Is America's Racial Divide Permanent? By Patrick J. Buchanan
For Roseanne Barr, star of ABC's hit show "Roseanne," there would be no appeal. When her tweet hit, she was gone.
June 1, 2018
Danger of Authoritarianism May Come From the Center, Not the Right By Michael Barone
"Across Europe and North America, centrists are the least supportive of democracy, the least committed to its institutions and the most supportive of authoritarianism." So wrote political researcher David Adler in The New York Times after analyzing responses to two multi-country surveys on values.
May 31, 2018
Step One to Stop False Accusations: Exposure By Michelle Malkin
Incontrovertible fact: People lie.
May 31, 2018
A Post-Memorial Day Status Report By Kyle Kondik
In a bygone political era, the symbolic end of summer — Labor Day — denoted the unofficial start of the campaign season. In our current era, one might be tempted to say that the symbolic start of summer — Memorial Day — now represents the campaign season kickoff, though American politics is in a state of perpetual campaigning. As soon as one campaign concludes with an election, candidates for the next election start to emerge. That will be the case after this November’s election, when one would expect the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination to begin in earnest.
May 30, 2018
The Mojo of Trumponomics By Stephen Moore
T.S. Eliot famously wrote that April is the cruelest month, but when it comes to America's fiscal picture, nothing could be further from the truth about this April. The latest government numbers confirm that last month was a blockbuster for growth, federal revenues and deficit reduction.
May 30, 2018
Against Higher Education By John Stossel
Today, all Americans are told, "Go to college!"
May 29, 2018
What Is America's Cause in the World Today? By Patrick J. Buchanan
After being sworn in for a fourth term, Vladimir Putin departed the Kremlin for Annunciation Cathedral to receive the televised blessing of Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church.
The patriarch and his priests in sacred vestments surrounded Putin, who, standing alone, made the sign of the cross.
May 26, 2018
#MeToo: A Cultural Workaround to a Legal Failure By Ted Rall
Then there was Eric Schneiderman.
May 25, 2018
Is US Bellicosity Backfiring? By Patrick J. Buchanan
U.S. threats to crush Iran and North Korea may yet work, but as of now neither Tehran nor Pyongyang appears to be intimidated.
May 25, 2018
Obama Administration's Spying on Trump a Departure From Norms By Michael Barone
"F.B.I. Used Informant to Investigate Russia Ties to Campaign, Not to Spy, as Trump Claims," read the headline on a lengthy New York Times story May 18. "The Justice Department used a suspected informant to probe whether Trump campaign aides were making improper contacts with Russia in 2016," read a story in the May 21 edition of The Wall Street Journal.
