America's Imperial Overstretch By Patrick J. Buchanan
This week, SU-24 fighter-bombers buzzed a U.S. destroyer in the Baltic Sea. The Russian planes carried no missiles or bombs.
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April 15, 2016
April 15, 2016
Donald Trump's Insincere Process Arguments By Michael Barone
"Gestapo tactics." That's how Donald Trump's recently installed campaign manager, Paul Manafort, characterized the Ted Cruz campaign's successful effort to win all 34 of Colorado's pledged national convention delegates at the long-scheduled Republican congressional district and state conventions.
April 14, 2016
House 2016: How a Democratic Wave Could Happen By Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley
Pennsylvania’s Seventh Congressional District, which forms a misshapen U linking Greater Philadelphia in the east to the outskirts of Lancaster and Reading to its west and north, provides a vivid example of the challenges Democrats face on the current U.S. House map.
April 13, 2016
American Workers Matter: A Chicago Wake and Wake-Up Call by Michelle Malkin
Circle this date on your calendar: April 22. I'll be in Chicago that day attending what may be a very significant milestone in American politics and domestic policy. It's going to be a wake and a wake-up call, part memorial and part protest.
April 13, 2016
Another Libertarian Moment? By John Stossel
The Libertarian Party might get more votes this year.
April 13, 2016
Those Words You Hear From Paul Ryan Don’t Herald the Arrival Of a Knight in Shining Armor By Charles Hurt
Here in Washington, nothing ever goes “bump” by itself. Which leads us to the question, “What is Paul Ryan up to?”
April 12, 2016
Will Trump Be Swindled in Cleveland, Too? By Patrick Buchanan
In the race for the Republican nomination, Donald Trump would seem to be in the catbird seat. He has won the most states, the most delegates and the most votes -- by nearly two million.
April 12, 2016
The 'Voice of the People' Fallacy By Thomas Sowell
We hear many fallacies in election years. The fallacy that seems to be most popular this year is that, if Donald Trump comes close to getting the 1,237 delegates required to become the Republican nominee, and that nomination goes instead to someone else, then the convention will have ignored "the voice of the people."
April 12, 2016
The Tragic Deterioration of Washington's Great Society Subway by Michael Barone
If you live any distance beyond the Capital Beltway you probably didn't notice, but an important part of government in Washington shut down on Wednesday, March 16. That's when the Metro subway system's recently installed general manager, Paul Wiedefeld, ordered a one-day shutdown of the entire 117-mile system for emergency inspection of track-based power cables.
April 8, 2016
Can the GOP Get Together in Cleveland? By Patrick J. Buchanan
After winning only six delegates in Wisconsin, and with Ted Cruz poaching delegates in states he has won, like Louisiana, Donald Trump either wins on the first ballot at Cleveland, or Trump does not win.
April 8, 2016
Wisconsin Republicans Bid No Trump by Michael Barone
"Donald J. Trump withstood the onslaught of the establishment yet again." That's the first sentence in a Trump campaign statement tweeted out Tuesday night by the Washington Post's Robert Costa. It's also a strange way to respond to a solid defeat, reminiscent of the Monty Python knight who insists he is winning after both his arms are hacked off.
April 7, 2016
Senate/Governor 2016: Several Ratings Move Toward Democrats By Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley
When you look at the big picture of presidential elections, and you try to discern the connection between the White House contest and the 34 Senate elections on the same ballot, it becomes obvious there are two types of years.
April 6, 2016
Requiem for a VA Victim by Michelle Malkin
What does a suffering military veteran have to do to force an unresponsive government to change its ways?
April 6, 2016
Freedom to Disagree By John Stossel
"Should a Jewish baker be forced to bake a cake for a Nazi wedding?"
April 6, 2016
Recent ‘Conservative’ Presidents Expanded Government By Charles Hurt
In the past 28 years America has elected two presidents from the “conservative” party, the one that claims to stand for lower taxes, responsible spending and limited government. Both have been named Bush.
April 5, 2016
What Trump Has Wrought By Patrick J. Buchanan
As Wisconsinites head for the polls, our Beltway elites are almost giddy. For they foresee a Badger State bashing for Donald Trump, breaking his momentum toward the Republican nomination.
April 5, 2016
Are Trump Voters Really Victims? By Michael Barone
What you hear when you listen to many fervent supporters of Donald Trump is that they are victims -- victims of globalization and trade agreements that have sent their jobs to Mexico or China. Victims of competition from illegal immigrants from Mexico willing to work for starvation wages. Victims of a Republican establishment that promised to get rid of lots of things they don't like and then failed to deliver.
April 5, 2016
Dangerous Donald Trump by Thomas Sowell
Donald Trump's victories in the Republican primaries may make him seem like a sure winner. But those victories have been achieved by receiving either somewhat less than 40 percent of the votes or somewhat more than 40 percent, but never a majority.
April 1, 2016
Lock Out the Establishment in Cleveland! by Patrick J. Buchanan
The Wisconsin primary could be an axle-breaking speed bump on Donald Trump's road to the nomination.
April 1, 2016
Will Britain Leave or Remain in the European Union? By Michael Barone
On June 23, when Donald Trump will or will not have won the 1,237 delegates he needs to be nominated, voters in Britain will decide an issue as divisive as Trump's candidacy: whether the United Kingdom will remain in or leave the European Union.
