Beware the Popping of the Housing Bubble by Stephen Moore
Washington never learns. Never. Politicians are like collective Alzheimer's disease patients. They have no short-term memories.
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May 10, 2022
May 10, 2022
Is Ukraine's War Now America's War? By Patrick J. Buchanan
Last week, sources leaked to The New York Times that, in Ukraine's targeting and killing of Russian generals and the sinking of Russia's Black Sea flagship, the Moskva, U.S. intelligence played an indispensable role.
May 6, 2022
Redistricting Proved To Be Much Ado About Not Very Much by Michael Barone
The congressional redistricting wars are mostly over. Much of the hoopla surrounding it is proving overheated.
May 6, 2022
Alito 5 Must Stay the Course By Patrick J. Buchanan
Whoever leaked Alito's draft, it was a violation of an oath, an unethical act and a betrayal that ought to see the perpetrator fired in disgrace and disbarred permanently from the practice of law.
May 5, 2022
How Abortion Might Motivate or Persuade Voters in the Midterms By Kyle Kondik, Larry Schack, and Mick McWilliams
Project Home Fire data reveal partisan attitudes on abortion.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— The end of Roe vs. Wade could potentially give Democrats a better chance to motivate their own voters and/or persuade Republican-leaning swing voters.
— Public opinion on abortion is nuanced, although more are likelier to take the pro-abortion rights side on a couple of key questions.
— It’s unclear whether abortion opinions would outweigh the public’s opinions about other issues where Democrats are vulnerable.
May 4, 2022
Home Theft John Stossel
Did you know that in some states, if you miss one tax payment, local politicians will take your home, sell it and keep all the profits?
May 3, 2022
Canceling Student Loan Debt Would Make College More Expensive by Stephen Moore
It might be the biggest giveaway in American history. President Joe Biden wants to cancel more than $1 trillion of outstanding student loan debt. Biden has already delayed for more than a year student loan repayment, and under his new rules, most delinquent and deadbeat borrowers would NEVER have to repay.
May 3, 2022
Are Biden Democrats Holding a Losing Hand? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"Sometimes nothing is a real cool hand."
April 29, 2022
People Are Fleeing the Self-harm Progressives Inflicted on Their Own Cities by Michael Barone
In recent weeks, I've noted how, as COVID-19 mask mandates fall by the wayside, the nation has been moving away from what now seems excessive risk aversion. And I've described the National Bureau of Economic Research paper assessing how the costs of the lockdowns have exceeded the benefits.
April 29, 2022
Will Putin Submit to US-Imposed 'Weakening'? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"Once war is forced upon us, there is no alternative than to apply every available means to bring it to a swift end. War's very object is victory -- not prolonged indecision."
April 28, 2022
How Minority Parties (Might) Compete in One-Party States By Louis Jacobson
Playing in other party’s primary or backing an independent candidate are two possible options.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— In an increasingly polarized nation, one party often dominates in a state while the other is seemingly consigned to permanent irrelevance. In such states, primary voters for the dominant party are able to flex their muscles to nominate a comparatively extreme candidate, who is all but assured a victory in the general election.
— One creative way that minority parties in at least some of these states could fight back is to stop running candidates for major offices like senator and governor, and instead encourage their voters to vote for the more moderate candidate in the dominant party’s primary. This is at least theoretically possible in states where primaries are “open” to all voters, rather than just those registered to the party in question.
— Another is to back an independent candidate instead of nominating their own candidate, as Democrats recently chose to do in Utah.
April 27, 2022
Wikipedia Bias By John Stossel
I love Wikipedia. I donated thousands of dollars to the Wikimedia Foundation.
April 26, 2022
Another High-tech Titan Falters by Stephen Moore
You've probably heard of the high-flying Big Tech FAANG stocks -- Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google. Among the five of them, their market cap reached $6 trillion last year, which is more than the GDP of all but a small handful of entire countries. Moreover, their net worth is larger than the entire annual output of India, with more than 1 billion people.
April 26, 2022
The French Center Holds -- In a World Coming Apart By Patrick J. Buchanan
"Things fall apart; the center cannot hold."
April 22, 2022
The Yankee Reform Impulse Gets Some Issues Right, Some Wrong by Michael Barone
People talk about culture war politics as if it were a recent development -- a novelty, an exception to a historic rule that American politics is mostly about economics (who gets how much) and only occasionally gets sidetracked into culture (what people should or shouldn't be allowed to do).
April 22, 2022
First Priority -- Avoid US War With Russia By Patrick J. Buchanan
Asked if the U.S. should send troops to fight beside the Ukrainians, Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., said Sunday the time may have come.
April 21, 2022
Notes on the State of the Senate By Kyle Kondik and J. Miles Coleman
The overall picture for November, and the looming primaries in May.
The small stuff versus the big stuff
There is a push and pull in the race for control of the U.S. Senate between the big picture electoral environment, which clearly benefits Republicans, and the day-to-day developments on the campaign trail, which do not always clearly benefit Republicans.
April 20, 2022
Uber Clueless By John Stossel
The media's ignorance about basic economics is galling.
April 19, 2022
'Open Borders' Biden Is Remaking America By Patrick J. Buchanan
"The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion."
April 15, 2022
The Verdict on Lockdowns: High Cost, Minimal Benefits by Michael Barone
What were the benefits and costs of the COVID-19 restrictions implemented over the last two years? It's a good time to ask that question, especially now that the masks are coming off and the lockdowns are canceled.
