Cruel and Stupid By John Stossel
President Trump's attorney general, Jeff Sessions, ordered federal prosecutors to seek maximum penalties for drug-related crimes.
This is both cruel and stupid.
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May 17, 2017
May 16, 2017
Comey & The Saturday Night Massacre By Patrick J. Buchanan
History repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce, said Marx.
On publication day of my memoir of Richard Nixon's White House, President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey. Instantly, the media cried "Nixonian," comparing it to the 1973 Saturday Night Massacre.
May 13, 2017
Trump Voters' Message: We Exist by Ted Rall
I think it was over Thanksgiving dinner. My mother's best friend, a dear woman who has been nothing but good to me, decided to poke some gentle fun, Dayton Ohio-style, at me.
May 12, 2017
What Is America's Goal in the World? by Patrick J. Buchanan
For the World War II generation there was clarity.
May 12, 2017
James Comey Is the Latest Victim of the Clintons By Michael Barone
Why did President Donald Trump fire FBI Director James Comey now? The answer, as my Washington Examiner colleague Byron York has argued, is that he waited until after his impeccably apolitical deputy attorney general, Rod Rosenstein, was in place as Comey's direct superior. Rosenstein was confirmed April 25, and his memorandum titled "Restoring Public Confidence in the FBI" was appended to Trump's firing letter exactly two weeks later.
May 11, 2017
For Comey, a Creature of the Swamp, a Deserved Dunking By Charles Hurt
This is what happens if you mess with the swamp. All the swamp creatures begin snapping and writhing and yowling like angry cats in the dark.
For the better part of a year now, the only thing everyone in Washington could agree upon was that now-ex FBI Director Jim Comey was an overreaching, underperforming dolt.
May 11, 2017
House 2018: Health Care Vote Gives Democrats Another Midterm Argument By Kyle Kondik
Democrats are hopeful that Republicans’ vote last week to pass the American Health Care Act provides them an argument to use in next year’s election. Only 20 House Republicans voted against the bill, which is not polling well and which Democrats are angling to use as a cudgel against the GOP.
May 10, 2017
Can Cops Get a Fair Trial in America? by Michelle Malkin
Lock your doors. Hide your children. Police officers, be on alert:
May 9, 2017
Nixon and Trump, Then and Now by Patrick J. Buchanan
For two years, this writer has been consumed by two subjects.
May 6, 2017
Despite Everything, I Am Happy She Lost By Ted Rall
His fans hoped he was another Ronald Reagan. His critics thought he was Hitler. Who would have guessed that, 100 days into a presidency, few besides me saw coming, Donald Trump would look like Jesse Ventura?
May 5, 2017
How Berkeley Birthed the Right by Patrick J. Buchanan
In December 1964, a Silver Age of American liberalism, to rival the Golden Age of FDR and the New Deal, seemed to be upon us.
May 5, 2017
Cultural Appropriation: A Modest Proposal By Michael Barone
"Cultural appropriation" has become the latest evil denounced by soi-disant social justice warriors, on campus and off. Examples:
"I was taught that white people shouldn't listen to rap music because it's cultural appropriation and could be offensive to my classmates," writes Pomona College student Steven Glick in The Washington Post.
May 3, 2017
A Thinking Mom's Message for Jimmy Kimmel by Michelle Malkin
I feel your pain. But please use your brain.
May 3, 2017
Shut Up, Jimmy Kimmel, You Elitist Creep By Charles Hurt
This is why America hates Hollywood.
Late night “funny” man Jimmy Kimmel delivered a heart-wrenching monologue Monday night that every mother and every father could relate to.
May 2, 2017
Nixon's Revenge: The Fall of the Adversary Press By Patrick J. Buchanan
Saturday's White House Correspondents Association dinner exposed anew how far from Middle America our elite media reside.
May 1, 2017
'Tax Cuts for the Rich'? By Thomas Sowell
One of the painful realities of our times is how long a political lie can survive, even after having been disproved years ago, or even generations ago.
April 28, 2017
The Rise of the Generals By Patrick J. Buchanan
Has President Donald Trump outsourced foreign policy to the generals?
April 28, 2017
The New/Old Politics of Capital vs. Countryside by Michael Barone
Capital vs. countryside -- that's the new political divide, visible in multiple surprise election results over the past 11 months. It cuts across old partisan lines and replaces traditional divisions -- labor vs. management, north vs. south, Catholic vs. Protestant -- among voters.
