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November 28, 2017

The Case for Roy Moore By Charles Hurt

Whence goeth that Yellow Dog?

Once upon a time, even a Yellow Dog could get elected in places like Alabama — so long as he was a Democrat.

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November 25, 2017

Sexual Harassment And The End Of Team Politics By Ted Rall

Until the 1990s, American electoral politics were divided ideologically, between the opposing ideas of liberalism and conservatism. Now we have Team Politics: Democrat versus Republican, my party right or wrong.

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November 24, 2017

Merkel -- and Davos -- Rebuked in Germany By Michael Barone

It's been a tough era for Davos Man, the personification of the great and the good who meet in the World Economic Forum in that Swiss ski resort every January. The rebukes just keep coming. The European debt crisis. Brexit. Donald Trump. And now, and once again unexpectedly, Angela Merkel's failure to form a German government.  

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November 24, 2017

The US-Saudi Starvation Blockade By Patrick J. Buchanan

Our aim is to "starve the whole population -- men, women, and children, old and young, wounded and sound -- into submission," said First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill.    

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November 22, 2017

Dumb Sensors, Deadly Consequences By Michelle Malkin

The circumstances of U.S. Border Patrol agent Rogelio Martinez's death this week remain murkier than the Rio Grande River.   

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November 22, 2017

Thankful for Property By John Stossel

Ready for Thanksgiving? Before you eat that turkey, I hope you think about why America has turkeys for you to eat. Most people don't know.

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November 21, 2017

Unserious Nation By Patrick J. Buchanan

How stands John Winthrop's "city upon a hill" this Thanksgiving?

How stands the country that was to be "a light unto the nations"?

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November 20, 2017

Democrats' Depravity Laid Bare By Bill Clinton By Charles Hurt

With profiles in courage like Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in powerful positions of authority around here, is it any wonder that men and women of America are living in such respectful bliss and harmony with one another?

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November 17, 2017

Will Political Setbacks Unite the Republican Party? By Michael Barone

The inexorable workings of the political marketplace seem to be enforcing some discipline over hitherto fissiparous Republican politicians. The question is whether this is happening too late to save the party's declining prospects in the 2018 midterm elections.

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November 17, 2017

Is America Up for a Second Cold War? By Patrick J. Buchanan

After the 19th national congress of the Chinese Communist Party in October, one may discern Premier Xi Jinping's vision of the emerging New World Order.

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November 16, 2017

Alabama Senate: Jones Now Narrowly Favored By Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley

It’s amazing to write, and there’s time for our outlook to change, but here goes: A Democrat is now a narrow favorite to win a Senate special election in Alabama. We’re changing our rating of the Dec. 12 special election from Likely Republican all the way to Leans Democratic.

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November 15, 2017

Silence on Sleaze-Bob Menendez By Michelle Malkin

The verdict is in.   

I pronounce Democrat leaders, left-wing feminists and Beltway journalists guilty of gross negligence and hypocrisy over a dirty rotten sleazeball in their midst.   

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November 15, 2017

Legalize Sex Work By John Stossel

Who owns our bodies? I think, we do.

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November 14, 2017

Reining in the Rogue Royal of Arabia By Patrick J. Buchanan

If the crown prince of Saudi Arabia has in mind a war with Iran, President Trump should disabuse his royal highness of any notion that America would be doing his fighting for him.

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November 13, 2017

A Pro-Growth Tax Bill Is on the Way By Lawrence Kudlow

As the House and Senate work their way through the tax cut and reform effort, let me make one thing clear: Both plans are pro-growth, with the economic power coming from the business side. And where it comes from the personal side, there will be very little growth. That was always been the bet.     

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November 13, 2017

Democrats Using Texas Tragedy to Advance Agenda By Charles Hurt

What kind of demonic soul walks into a church a murders 26 innocent people, including several children, at point-blank range?

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November 11, 2017

The Weird Politics Of Sexual Harassment By Ted Rall

When the Kevin Spacey story first broke, he stood accused of one act of wrongdoing: aggressively hitting on a 14-year-old boy.

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November 10, 2017

2016 Is Looking Like the New Normal By Michael Barone

If you wanted to predict the results of Tuesday's gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey, you would have been wise to ignore the flurry of polls and campaign events. You would have paid no heed to the conventional wisdom that Republican Ed Gillespie had a solid chance to beat Ralph Northam in Virginia.

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November 10, 2017

That Bloodbath in the Old Dominion By Patrick J. Buchanan

The day after his "Silent Majority" speech on Nov. 3, 1969, calling on Americans to stand with him for peace with honor in Vietnam, Richard Nixon's GOP captured the governorships of Virginia and New Jersey.

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November 9, 2017

Democratic Domination in the Old Dominion By Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley

Tuesday represented the best non-presidential election night Democrats have had since 2006. They swept the statewide ticket in Virginia for the second election in a row, and they picked up the New Jersey governorship. They also won a crucial, majority-making state Senate election in Washington state, so they won complete control of state government in two states (New Jersey and Washington).