Is Macron the EU's Last Best Hope? by Patrick J. Buchanan
For the French establishment, Sunday's presidential election came close to a near-death experience. As the Duke of Wellington said of Waterloo, it was a "damn near-run thing."
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April 25, 2017
April 21, 2017
What A Real Passenger Bill Of Rights Should Look Like by Ted Rall
The violent ejection of a United Airlines passenger from a flight bound from Chicago to Louisville appears to have marked a long-awaited turning point. Dr. David Dao, 69, suffered a broken nose, lost two teeth and faces reconstructive sinus surgery. At last, America's long-suffering flying public is crying as one; have you commercial airlines no shame?
April 21, 2017
Is Democracy in a Death Spiral? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"You all start with the premise that democracy is some good. I don't think it's worth a damn. Churchill is right. The only thing to be said for democracy is that there is nothing else that's any better. ...
April 21, 2017
Reading the Kansas 4 and Georgia 6 Tea Leaves By Michael Barone
What to make of the results of the first two of this spring's special House elections? Start off by putting them in perspective. They pose a challenge to both political parties, but especially to Republicans, who have been used to an unusually stable partisan alignment, an alignment that has become scrambled by Donald Trump.
April 20, 2017
Initial 2018 Gubernatorial Ratings By Geoffrey Skelley and Kyle Kondik
Those looking for electoral drama in the 2018 cycle should pay attention to the 38 gubernatorial races being held this year and next. In our initial ratings of these contests, more than half of them — 20 of 38 — start in the competitive Toss-up or Leans Republican/Democratic categories. That includes a whopping 10 Toss-ups: five of those are currently controlled by Republicans, four by Democrats, and one by an independent (Bill Walker of Alaska).
April 19, 2017
Chelsea Clinton's Cheerleading Cult by Michelle Malkin
How thirsty does Variety look begging readers to join it in doing high V cheerleading moves for Chelsea Clinton?
April 19, 2017
Earth Day Dopes By John Stossel
Expect more craziness this weekend. Earth Day is Saturday. This year's theme: Government must "do more" about climate change because "consequences of inaction are too high to risk."
April 19, 2017
Donald Trump's Political Death Being Reported (and Greatly Exaggerated) By Charles Hurt
The river of fake news continues to run unabated.
It’s not even 100 days into the Trump presidency, and already the man is finished. Unprecedented turmoil and mayhem. Chronic infighting. Can’t get anything done. Even Republicans in Congress are turning on him.
April 18, 2017
War Cries Drown Out 'America First' by Patrick J. Buchanan
"Why would I call China a currency manipulator when they are working with us on the North Korean problem?" tweeted President Donald Trump on Easter Sunday.
April 14, 2017
Our Three Presidents Born in 1946 By Michael Barone
With the inauguration of Donald Trump this year, we have now had, for the first time in our history, three American presidents who were born in the same year. There have been three pairs of presidents born in the same year -- the very dissimilar John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson, in 1767; Richard Nixon and his surprise successor, Gerald Ford, in 1913; and Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush, in 1924.
April 14, 2017
Will Christianity Perish in Its Birthplace? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? (My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?)" Those are among Jesus' last words on the Cross that first Good Friday.
April 13, 2017
Special Circumstances By Kyle Kondik
Whatever happens in the first round of voting in the special election in Georgia’s Sixth Congressional District on Tuesday, it seems like a safe bet that the result will get a fair amount of national attention because of what it may tell us about the 2018 midterm. But before getting into what those lessons may be, let’s remember that this is a special election — and thus it features special circumstances.
April 12, 2017
Who's Unsafe on Campus? By Michelle Malkin
Springtime may be in bloom, but snowflakes never go out of season at America's most prestigious colleges and universities.
April 12, 2017
Remember When the Establishment Thought Trump Was Crazy? By Charles Hurt
Remind me again: Who is the impulsive, trigger-happy pugnacious brute who cannot be trusted with the nuclear codes?
April 12, 2017
Warrior Trump by John Stossel
Somehow, firing Tomahawk missiles at Syria suddenly changed people's opinions of President Trump. Now they call him a "serious" leader.
April 11, 2017
Tactical Nuclear Option Inside Reconciliation By Lawrence Kudlow
"Drain the swamp." It was one of President Trump's most powerful messages on the way to victory. Shake up Washington, D.C. Break a few eggs to create a new omelet. Overturn the establishment.
April 11, 2017
Is Trump Enlisting in the War Party? by Patrick J. Buchanan
By firing off five dozen Tomahawk missiles at a military airfield, our "America First" president may have plunged us into another Middle East war that his countrymen do not want to fight.
April 10, 2017
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.
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.
