What Matters Most to Nations and Peoples? By Patrick J. Buchanan
Speaking in Conroe, Texas, last weekend, former President Donald Trump accused his successor of allowing millions of migrants to enter the country illegally across our Southern border.
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February 4, 2022
February 3, 2022
Why Voter Suppression Probably Won’t Work By Alan I. Abramowitz
Voting procedures, turnout, and vote margins in the 2020 election.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— In the aftermath of the high-turnout 2020 election, many Republican-controlled state governments have passed legislation that Democrats believe will harm their party’s voter turnout.
— However, voting rules did not appear to have much impact on turnout and had no measurable impact on vote margins at the state level in the 2020 presidential election.
— Both voter turnout and voting decisions in 2020 were driven by the strong preferences held by the large majority of voters between the major party candidates.
February 1, 2022
The Greatest Government Failure in American History by Stephen Moore
The tally for how much the federal government spent to combat COVID-19 is now estimated to be $5 trillion. It is more than the combined costs of World Wars I and II. The left is celebrating that politicians in Washington saved us. Really? From what exactly?
February 1, 2022
NATO -- Strategic Asset or Liability? By Patrick J. Buchanan
Is the territorial integrity of Ukraine a cause worth America's fighting a war with Russia?
January 28, 2022
Voters Oppose 'Transformative' Policies, Want Reform of Dysfunctional Bureaucracies By Michael Barone
Do Americans really want transformative change? The evidence accumulates that they don't.
January 28, 2022
Is Democracy Dying or America Disintegrating? by Patrick J. Buchanan
"What do we mean by the Revolution? The war? That was no part of the revolution; it was only an effect and consequence of it. The revolution was in the minds of the people."
January 27, 2022
The Challenges of Electing Governors and Lieutenant Governors Separately By Louis Jacobson
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— In almost half the states, governors and lieutenant governors are either nominated separately, or else the official who is next in the line of succession is elected separately.
— This makes it reasonably common for the governor and lieutenant governor to come from separate parties. Currently, Louisiana, North Carolina, and Vermont fall into this category. Sometimes these pairings work smoothly; other times, they don’t.
— Even governors and lieutenant governors from the same party can have relationships that range from distant to acrimonious. There are recent examples of this phenomenon in Idaho and Rhode Island.
— In states where gubernatorial candidates cannot choose their running mates, it may be harder for them to win the governorship in the first place.
January 26, 2022
Sick City By John Stossel
San Francisco's liberal mayor declared a "state of emergency" to try to deal with the city's "nasty streets."
January 25, 2022
The Most Dangerous Virus Today Is Runaway Government Spending By Stephen Moore
When I came to Washington, D.C., in 1985, Ronald Reagan was president. I was working for the Reagan budget office. We did something we weren't very proud of at the time. We introduced the first $1 trillion budget in American history, which was unthinkable. One trillion dollars. There are 12 zeroes in a trillion. A trillion is a million dollars times a million. The budget deficit hit $200 billion and 6% of our entire GDP. Again, unthinkable.
January 25, 2022
Is Biden Right? Does the Left Own the Future? by Patrick J. Buchanan
Before he appeared at his first solo news conference of 2022, President Joe Biden knew he had a communications problem he had to deal with.
January 21, 2022
Abolish Parenthood? No, Family Trumps 'Equity' by Michael Barone
"California should abolish parenthood, in the name of equity." That's the headline of a Ventura County Star column by Zocalo Public Square's Joe Mathews. "Want true equity?" the San Francisco Chronicle headlined the same column three days later. "California should force parents to give away their children."
January 21, 2022
By the Numbers, a Failing President By Patrick J. Buchanan
If the left believed that draping the Capitol riot of Jan. 6, 2021, around the neck of former President Donald Trump and the party that refused to repudiate him would sink the GOP, it appears to have miscalculated.
January 20, 2022
Five Warning Signs for Biden as He Marks First Anniversary in Office By Kyle Kondik and J. Miles Coleman
Reviewing Biden's (and Democrats') numbers after a turbulent first year.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— As Joe Biden marks a year in office, he has found himself in a perilous position, and there are no obvious signs of improvement.
— Among Biden’s challenges is an apparently weakened position among nonwhite voters as well as younger voters, two immensely important pillars of the Democratic coalition.
— Inflation has re-emerged as an important problem for what appears to be the first time in decades, and Biden has work to do to persuade the public that he’s taking it seriously.
January 19, 2022
Evil Florida by John Stossel
Omicron spreads. The media say, "Governments must act!"
January 18, 2022
Remember US Energy Independence Day? By Stephen Moore
Once, during a meeting with then-presidential candidate Donald Trump inside Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in New York, we discussed energy policy. I told Trump that if we went all out to produce America's abundant supply of oil, gas and coal, the United States could be energy independent in four years.
January 18, 2022
Biden Should Declare NATO Membership Closed by Patrick J. Buchanan
In 2014, when Russian President Vladimir Putin responded to a U.S.-backed coup that ousted a pro-Russian regime in Kyiv by occupying Crimea, President Barack Obama did nothing.
January 14, 2022
Joe Biden's Deplorable Lies May Not Even Be in His Partisan Interest by Michael Barone
How do you explain why an ultra-experienced politician makes a major speech on the behalf of a legislative goal that is both doomed to fail and unpopular with voters? Especially when his speech is boycotted by the bill's chief backers and consists of one big lie after another?
January 14, 2022
Biden: Bull Connor's GOP Imperils Democracy By Patrick J. Buchanan
"The next few days ... will mark a turning point in this nation's history," said President Joe Biden in his Atlanta speech to reframe the debate in Congress on voting rights legislation and the filibuster.
January 13, 2022
House Republicans’ Drive to 35 By Kyle Kondik and J. Miles Coleman
What it would take for the GOP to build its biggest majority since the Great Depression?
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— With some key national factors seemingly in their favor, Republicans could win a healthy majority in the House in 2022 — perhaps even their biggest in nearly a century.
— However, compared to past Republican midterm wave cycles, specifically 1994 and 2010, Republicans probably have less room for growth.
— As a majority of states have enacted new maps, we can chart out what a banner night for House Republicans may look like.
