Trump, the 'Nuclear Option' of Presidents, Awakens the Comfortable in the Senate By Charles Hurt
One of the greatest decisions of the 20th Century was the unflinching order by President Harry S. Truman to drop two bombs on Japan.
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April 10, 2017
April 8, 2017
Why is Trump So Hated? It's The Tribalism by Ted Rall
This one is in post-9/11 cadence: why do liberals hate Trump so much?
April 7, 2017
Mistrust of Trump Threatens Political Corrosion and Rule of Law by Michael Barone
Donald Trump's unorthodox campaign and unexpected victory have produced a culture of mistrust permeating our politics and threatening to undermine the rule of law. That's not healthy, whatever you think of Trump or his political opponents.
April 7, 2017
Nixon, LBJ & the First Shots in the Judges' War By Patrick J. Buchanan
The Democrats' drive to defeat Neil Gorsuch is the latest battle in a 50-year war for control of the Supreme Court -- a war that began with a conspiracy against Richard Nixon by Chief Justice Earl Warren, Justice Abe Fortas and Lyndon Johnson.
April 5, 2017
Enough Protection Already by John Stossel
"Trump may have just signed a death warrant for our planet!" warns CNN host Van Jones.
April 5, 2017
Susan Rice Somehow Manages to Make Benghazi Cover-up Seem Minor By Charles Hurt
Well, that explains the deafening silence from President Obama.
All these months, it turns out, it was his right-hand hatchet gal and exposed serial prevaricator Susan Rice who was behind the scenes in his administration working all the levers of the most powerful espionage machine on planet Earth to spy on Mr. Obama’s political enemies.
April 5, 2017
The Northwestern University Rape Outbreak That Wasn't By Michelle Malkin
Campus feminists whipped up a Category-5 frenzy over sexual assault allegations at a Northwestern University fraternity in February. But last week, the school's Vice President for Student Affairs Patricia Telles-Irvin was forced to muster up her best impression of "Saturday Night Live's" classic foot-in-mouther, Emily Litella.
April 4, 2017
Why Is Kim Jong Un Our Problem? by Patrick J. Buchanan
"If China is not going to solve North Korea, we will."
April 1, 2017
Middle-Income Wage Earners Need a W -- Cut Business Taxes First By Lawrence Kudlow
After the breakdown of health care reform, both President Trump and the Republican Congress need a W -- a win.
April 1, 2017
Five Things Democrats Could Do To Save Their Party (But Probably Won't) By Ted Rall
Coupla weeks ago, I speculated that we may soon witness the end of the Democratic Party as we know it. I was kind. I didn't mention the fact that the party is all out of national leaders. I mean, can you name a likely, viable Democratic candidate for president in 2020? Can you name three?
March 31, 2017
Why the Curious Silence From Obama Over Tapped Trump Tower? By Charles Hurt
What is with this curious — now deafening — silence from former President Barack Obama on these charges that his administration spied on a political opponent at the very height of a presidential campaign?
March 31, 2017
Is Putin the 'Preeminent Statesman' of Our Times? by Patrick J. Buchanan
"If we were to use traditional measures for understanding leaders, which involve the defense of borders and national flourishing, Putin would count as the preeminent statesman of our time.
March 31, 2017
Doesn't Anybody Know How to Play This Game? By Michael Barone
"Dare I suggest," writes the economist and blogger Tyler Cowen, "that the quality of governance in this country has taken a downward turn of late?" Or as Casey Stengel, while managing the New York Mets on their way to a 40-120 season in 1962, reportedly asked, "Can't anybody here play this game?"
March 30, 2017
Rooting for Failure By Kyle Kondik
It’s been nearly a week since the Republican plan to dramatically alter the Affordable Care Act died without a vote in the House of Representatives. It’s 84 weeks until the next national election, the 2018 midterm.
March 29, 2017
Benjamin Crump: TV's Rising Fake News Star By Michelle Malkin
He's the new Al Sharpton on steroids -- and he's coming to a TV near you.
March 29, 2017
Trumpcare Failure a Sign of Real Change in Congress by Charles Hurt
It sure ain’t pretty, but this is what “post-partisan” politics looks like. And despite all the caterwauling you hear from the political press here in Washington, that is a good thing.
“Ryancare” or “Trumpcare,” or whatever the hell you want to call it, is dead.
March 29, 2017
Free Market Care by John Stossel
The law mandates benefits and offers subsidies to more people. Insurers must cover things like:
March 28, 2017
The Ryancare Rout -- Winning by Losing? by Patrick J. Buchanan
Did the Freedom Caucus just pull the Republican Party back off the ledge, before it jumped to its death? A case can be made for that.
March 24, 2017
The Obama Plot to Sabotage Trump by Patrick J. Buchanan
Devin Nunes just set the cat down among the pigeons.
March 24, 2017
The Base's Rage Ill Serves the Democratic Party By Michael Barone
In a week chock-full of news, the party that on the night of Nov. 8 found itself, much to its surprise, very much out of power has been having difficulty finding a way to return.
