Against the Religion of 'Woke Anti-Racism' by Michael Barone
"If you pull the camera back and think about 1965, and think about last week, there's been massive improvement. The question is why so many people pretend that that's not true."
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December 17, 2021
December 17, 2021
Biden Holds a Losing Hand By Patrick J. Buchanan
As President Joe Biden's poll numbers sank this fall, and the presidentially ambitious in his party began to stir, the White House put out the word.
December 15, 2021
Deadly Delays by John Stossel
COVID-19 deaths are up. Politicians tell us to wear masks and get vaccinated.
December 14, 2021
The Greatest Financial Swindle of All Time By Stephen Moore
One of the most popular provisions of the 1994 Contract with America was a rule requiring Congress to live by the same laws that families and businesses are subject to.
December 14, 2021
Are Autocrats Always Adversaries? By Patrick J. Buchanan
When did the political systems of 193 nations become the business of the government of the United States? And who elected us Americans to write the moral code for the regimes that rule other lands?
December 10, 2021
Redistricting Helps Republicans but Doesn't Guarantee Control By Michael Barone
Here's a suggestion for those who think that partisan redistricting -- or, as is often the case with these plaints, partisan redistricting by Republicans -- threatens to destroy American democracy. Take a look at "The Long Red Thread," the recent history by Sabato's Crystal Ball analyst Kyle Kondik of House of Representatives elections from 1964 to the present decade.
December 10, 2021
Biden's Full Plate -- Ukraine, Taiwan, Tehran By Patrick Buchanan
One day after warning Russian President Vladimir Putin he would face "severe" economic sanctions, "like ones he's never seen," should Russia invade Ukraine, President Joe Biden assured Americans that sending U.S. combat troops to Ukraine is "not on the table."
December 9, 2021
Incumbency vs. Environment in 2022’s Gubernatorial Races Rating changes in four races by Kyle Kindik and J. Miles Coleman
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
-- Amid a promising national environment for Republicans, we are changing ratings in 4 gubernatorial contests -- 3 of which are in the GOP’s favor.
-- The power of gubernatorial incumbency will be tested in 2022, both by a plethora of Republican primary challengers to sitting GOP governors and, for Democrats, by the national political climate in next year’s general election.
-- This election will feature a relatively high number of incumbents running for reelection compared to many previous midterm years (midterms are when the bulk of the gubernatorial elections are held).
-- Despite playing defense in many vulnerable races across the country, Democrats have the 2 clearest gubernatorial pickup opportunities.
December 7, 2021
Will Congress Take Away Your Credit Card? by Stephen Moore
How would you feel about Congress snatching away your credit card or preventing you from participating in credit card reward programs?
December 7, 2021
Putin to Biden: Finlandize Ukraine, or We Will By Patrick J. Buchanan
Either the U.S. and NATO provide us with "legal guarantees" that Ukraine will never join NATO or become a base for weapons that can threaten Russia -- or we will go in and guarantee it ourselves.
December 3, 2021
A Post-Roe Abortion Political 'Revolution' Is Unlikely By Michael Barone
The Supreme Court, as this is written, is hearing oral arguments in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, challenging Mississippi's law banning, with a few exceptions, abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. There's a powerful argument that the Court can't logically uphold this statute, which is less restrictive than most other nations' abortion laws, without overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 case that overturned all 50 states' abortion laws.
December 3, 2021
The West's Fear That Dare Not Speak Its Name by Patrick J. Buchanan
With the drowning deaths of 27 migrants crossing the Channel from France to England, illegal migration from the Third World is front and center anew in European politics.
December 2, 2021
A Tale of Two Midwestern Gerrymanders: Illinois and Ohio by Kyle Kondik and J. Miles Coleman
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
-- Gerrymanders by Democrats in Illinois and Republicans in Ohio seek to build upon their dominance of their respective states.
-- The Ohio Supreme Court could intervene against the GOP gerrymander there, which perhaps helps explain why Republicans were not as aggressive as they could have been, even though Republicans can reasonably hope that the map they drew will perform for them as intended.
-- Massachusetts Democrats and Oklahoma Republicans also recently finalized maps that should allow both to maintain their monopolies on House seats in their respective states.
-- Gov. Charlie Baker’s (R-MA) retirement pushes the Massachusetts gubernatorial race from Likely Republican all the way to Likely Democratic.
November 30, 2021
Remember When Travel Bans Were Xenophobic? by Brian C. Joondeph
In the early days of COVID-19, health officials knew little other than that this virus was contagious, lethal for some, and originated in China. In late January 2020, President Donald Trump banned U.S. entry to foreign nationals who recently visited China, a common sense measure of turning off the faucet to avoid an overflowing sink of illness in America.
November 30, 2021
Joe Biden's Dirty Little Secret: He Wants Higher Gasoline Prices By Stephen Moore
When he announced last week that he would release more oil from the American Strategic Petroleum Reserve, President Joe Biden told the American people he is doing everything possible to bring down gas prices at the pump.
November 30, 2021
Return of the 'Law and Order' Issue By Patrick J. Buchanan
According to Gallup, on the issue of crime, President Joe Biden is 18 points underwater. While 57% of Americans disapprove of how he is handling crime, only 39% approve.
November 23, 2021
We Need a Little More Milton Friedman Right About Now by Stephen Moore
Not long ago, President Joe Biden made an offhanded comment that "Milton Friedman isn't running the show anymore."
