Government: Here to Help! By John Stossel
Government wants you to think it helps you at every turn. Every time you make a decision, a purchase, government wants to be there, looking essential.
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September 23, 2015
September 22, 2015
The Left Has Its Pope By Thomas Sowell
Pope Francis has created political controversy, both inside and outside the Catholic Church, by blaming capitalism for many of the problems of the poor. We can no doubt expect more of the same during his visit to the United States.
September 22, 2015
Are Our Familiar Political Alignments Suddenly Changing? by Michael Barone
As the 2016 presidential selection process proceeds, there is increasing evidence that the political patterns we have grown used to, that we have come to consider permanent, might be suddenly changing.
September 18, 2015
Why "The View" Is Bombing By Michelle Malkin
You would think that a groundbreaking TV show for women hosted by women would do its best every day to respect and uplift women.
September 18, 2015
There Is No 'Flood' of Syrian Migrants By Ted Rall
Of all the stupid things people say while talking about politics, the one whose stupidity never ceases to astound me is that we're all out of room for new immigrants.
Haven't the nativists ever flown cross-country? Grab a window seat! If America has anything, it's space.
September 18, 2015
Europe's Humanitarianism Is, Sadly, Not Humanitarian By Michael Barone
Human beings are hard-wired to protect young children. That's the easiest explanation of the rush of Europeans -- especially, but not only, elites -- to welcome huge numbers of refugees after publication of the picture of a dead three-year-old boy on a Turkish beach.
September 17, 2015
Hollywood Lib Matt Damon's "Diversity" Drama By Michelle Malkin
Oh, this is schadenfreude-licious. Outspoken celebrity Democratic activist/donor Matt Damon opened his mouth and let the truth about the left's superficial commitment to "diversity" slip out.
September 17, 2015
The Reagan Rumble By Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley
It was a debate with winners (certainly Carly Fiorina) and losers (sorry, Scott Walker). Mainly, though, the Reagan Rumble reinforced the strengths and weaknesses that voters already associate with each of the candidates. Already, millions tuned in mainly to cheer for their current choice.
September 16, 2015
How Obama Has Fundamentally Transformed American Politics by Michael Barone
In this presidential cycle, voters in both parties, to the surprise of the punditocracy, are rejecting experienced political leaders. They're willfully suspending disbelief in challengers who would have been considered laughable in earlier years.
September 16, 2015
Dear Donald Trump: Stay refreshing, back off Carly Fiorina and Ben Carson By Charles Hurt
You have run a near-flawless campaign.
At every turn, your originality and unpredictability have outsmarted the most highly touted minds in the political world today. Every time they count you out, you gain 10 more points in the polls. It is, as you yourself might say, a-MAAAAAAAAZ-ing.
September 15, 2015
Why Have Elections? By Thomas Sowell
In a country with more than 300 million people, it is remarkable how obsessed the media have become with just one -- Donald Trump. What is even more remarkable is that, after six years of repeated disasters, both domestically and internationally, under a glib egomaniac in the White House, so many potential voters are turning to another glib egomaniac to be his successor.
September 11, 2015
America's Reckless Refuge for Jihad by Michelle Malkin
On the anniversary week of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, President Obama is rolling out the welcome mat to tens of thousands of Syrian Muslim refugees. What could go wrong?
September 11, 2015
In Praise of Monarchy By Michael Barone
Some time in the early evening of Wednesday, London time, Queen Elizabeth II broke a record: she became the longest-serving monarch in British history, beating her great-great-grandmother Victoria's reign of 63 years and 216 days. She is also, at 89, by a solid stretch the longest-lived British monarch.
September 10, 2015
Obama’s half answers bolster mullahs By Charles Hurt
You may not like ex-Vice President Dick Cheney and you may not miss former President George W. Bush but you have to give them credit. They did not do things halfway.
September 10, 2015
The Real Presidential Deadlines By Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley
The presidential fields on both sides are so much in flux that rumors of new candidates entering the race continue. For the Democrats, the whispers about Vice President Joe Biden making a late charge into the fray have become roars. Biden made a campaign-style appearance at a Labor Day rally in Pittsburgh and otherwise seems to be strongly considering a run as frontrunner Hillary Clinton’s polling has dipped significantly (though to us she remains the clear favorite for the Democratic nomination).
September 9, 2015
Meet Candy Carson: The Anti-Michelle Obama by Michelle Malkin
After nearly eight years of the East Wing's politics of mope and complain, it's refreshing to see a presidential candidate's spouse who is always smiling.
September 9, 2015
Cutting Red Tape By John Stossel
I'm upset that the presidential candidates, all of them, rarely mention a huge problem: the quiet cancer that kills opportunity -- regulation. The accumulated burden of it is the reason that America is stuck in the slowest economic recovery since the Depression.
I understand why candidates don't talk about it: Regulation is boring. But it's important.
September 8, 2015
Black Lives Matter's Agenda Is Costing Black Lives By Michael Barone
I've seen this movie before. And for the last 25 years, I thought I'd never have to watch it again. But now it's playing, not in theaters, but all over mainstream media, with something like rave reviews from the president and his administration.
