Who Lost the World Bush 41 Left Behind? By Patrick J. Buchanan
George H.W. Bush was America's closer.
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December 7, 2018
December 7, 2018
The Most Successful One-Term President By Michael Barone
George H.W. Bush "gave the nation its most successful one-term presidency." He "was the best one-term president the country has ever had, and one of the most underrated presidents of all time."
So said two not impartial sources -- the late president's vice president, Dan Quayle, and his Houston friend and secretary of state, who was with him at the end, James Baker. But their assessments are entirely defensible.
December 6, 2018
Governors 2019-2020: Democrats Try to Hold the Line in Red-State Battles By Kyle Kondik
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— Following the 2018 election, Republicans now control 27 governorships to the Democrats’ 23, but a majority of the American public will live in states governed by Democrats starting next year.
— The 14 governorships at stake over the next two years feature some intriguing contests that will be held on mostly GOP-leaning turf.
— The most endangered governorship for either side is the open seat in Montana, which Democrats are defending.
December 5, 2018
The Creepy Line By John Stossel
This morning Google told me that it would not allow my YouTube video "Socialism Leads to Violence" to be viewed by young people. It violates "community guidelines," said the company in a computer-generated email.
December 5, 2018
Stop Partisan Corpse Abuse By Michelle Malkin
Impolite question, but it needs to be asked: Is there a Republican dead body that left-wing partisans won't use to bash Donald Trump?
December 4, 2018
Regaining Trust on Money Issues By Stephen Moore
Republicans need to regain the offensive on the fiscal issues. The GOP has somehow allowed big-spending Democrats to get to the right of them on the issue of financial responsibility and balanced budgets.
December 4, 2018
Will Paris Riots Scuttle Climate Accord? By Patrick J. Buchanan
In Katowice, Poland, all the signers of the 2015 Paris climate accord are gathered to assess how the world's nations are meeting their goals to cut carbon emissions.
Certainly, the communications strategy in the run-up was impressive.
November 30, 2018
Who's to Blame? Weak Leaders, Weak Institutions, Weak Voters? By Michael Barone
In the wake of the off-year elections, conservative analyst Yuval Levin saw no winners. "It is the weakness of all sides, and the strength of none, that shapes this moment."
November 30, 2018
Is Putin the Provocateur in the Kerch Crisis? By Patrick J. Buchanan
On departure for the G-20 gathering in Buenos Aires, President Donald Trump canceled his planned weekend meeting with Vladimir Putin, citing as his reason the Russian military's seizure and holding of three Ukrainian ships and 24 sailors.
But was Putin really the provocateur in Sunday's naval clash outside Kerch Strait, the Black Sea gateway to the Sea of Azov?
November 29, 2018
House 2020: The New Crossover Districts By Kyle Kondik
As of Wednesday afternoon, Democrats appeared likely to hold a 235-200 majority to start the next House, or a net gain of 40 seats, a handful more than it seemed like they had won in the immediate aftermath of the election. A lot of that has to do with the laborious and long vote count in California, where Democrats do better in the votes that are counted later in the process (there’s nothing new or unusual about this, by the way, so please look for conspiracies elsewhere). Earlier this week, engineer T.J. Cox (D) took the lead over Rep. David Valadao (R, CA-21), and as of this point Cox appears to be in the driver’s seat to win.
November 28, 2018
Silicon Valley Sharia By Michelle Malkin
This is a tale of two young, outspoken women in media.
November 28, 2018
Pro-Smoking Government By John Stossel
E-cigarettes let people get a hit of nicotine without burning tobacco.
November 27, 2018
Trump's Crucial Test at San Ysidro By Patrick J. Buchanan
Mass migration "lit the flame" of the right-wing populism that is burning up the Old Continent, she said. Europe must "get a handle on it."
November 27, 2018
The Recession Myth By Stephen Moore
There's an old saying that Wall Street economists have predicted eight of the last two recessions. The bears in the economics profession keep getting paid a lot of money misreading the nation's economic weather vanes -- whether it was the power and durability of the Reagan expansion in the 1980s, the ferocious bull market of the late 1990s, the after-effects of the 9/11 attacks, or most recently the phenomenal revival of growth in President Donald Trump's first years in office.
November 23, 2018
Crosscurrents on a Democratic Election Day By Michael Barone
Some random observations on the 2018 offyear elections, for Thanksgiving weekend pondering:
1. We hear constantly, and in some respects accurately, that Americans are deeply divided politically. Another way to look at it: The differences between north and south, visible for two or three centuries, are vanishing. As Real Clear Politics analyst Sean Trende tweeted, "Southern suburbs are starting to vote like northern suburbs, northern rurals/small towns starting to vote like Southern rurals/small towns."
November 22, 2018
Are the Saudi Princes True Friends? By Patrick J. Buchanan
The 633-word statement of President Donald Trump on the Saudi royals' role in the grisly murder of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi is a remarkable document, not only for its ice-cold candor.
November 21, 2018
First Step: Pro-Cop, Pro-Borders, Pro-Criminal Justice Reform By Michelle Malkin
The package of criminal justice reform proposals endorsed by President Donald Trump is not "soft" on crime. It's tough on injustice. And it's about time.
November 21, 2018
Grateful for Not Starving By John Stossel
When we celebrate Thanksgiving this week, I will give thanks for property rights.
November 20, 2018
Will Democratic Rebels Dethrone Nancy? By Patrick J. Buchanan
After adding at least 37 seats and taking control of the House by running on change, congressional Democrats appear to be about to elect as their future leaders three of the oldest faces in the party.
November 20, 2018
Charting the Danger of the Modern Left By Stephen Moore
No one understands the dysfunctions and debilitating impact of America's political system in the swamp better than Mark Melcher and Steve Soukup. For decades between them, they followed Washington for Wall Street at one of America's largest brokerage houses. For the last 16 years, the two have run their own, independent research shop, delivering political commentary and forecasting to the investment community, studying the intersection between politics and economics. This pushed them into a relentless pursuit of the new left -- measuring its deleterious impact on everything it touches -- most especially Western civilization.
