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January 24, 2019

2020 Electoral College: Why the Republicans’ Magic Number is Probably 269, Not 270 By Kyle Kondik

Despite Democratic takeover, Republicans still hold an edge if the House has to pick the president

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

— There is at least one plausible Electoral College scenario that produces a 269-269 tie, which would throw the presidential election to the House of Representatives elected in 2020.

— If the House decides the presidency, you might think that Democrats would have the advantage, given their new majority. But it’s the Republicans that hold — and are likely to maintain — the advantage.

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January 23, 2019

The Covington Rorschach Test By Michelle Malkin

Sometimes, a three-point celebration is just a three-point celebration. Sometimes, a pep rally is just a pep rally. Sometimes, a smile is just a smile. And sometimes, a hat is just a hat.

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January 23, 2019

School Choice By John Stossel

It's School Choice Week.

School choice is a noble cause. In much of America, parents have little or no control over where their kids attend school. Local governments assign schools by ZIP code.

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January 22, 2019

Now Pelosi Owns the Shutdown By Stephen Moore

On Saturday, Donald Trump shrewdly flipped the table on Nancy Pelosi in the government shutdown standoff. He has now proposed a grand bargain on immigration: legalization of some 1 million so-called Dreamers -- the foreigners who were brought into the U.S. illegally by their parents -- and an immediate end to the shutdown, if she agrees to expand funding to $5.7 billion for the wall.

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January 22, 2019

When Democracy Fails to Deliver By Patrick J. Buchanan

"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible ... make violent revolution inevitable," said John F. Kennedy.     

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January 18, 2019

Will Elites Ever Respect Voters' Decisions on Brexit and Trump? By Michael Barone

It was no coincidence that Donald Trump scheduled a trip to Britain to promote one of his golf courses in Scotland, on June 23, 2016. That was the day of the Brexit referendum in which 52 percent of the electorate --17.4 million voters, more than any party has ever won in a general election -- voted for the UK to leave the European Union.

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January 18, 2019

At Age 70, Time to Rethink NATO By Patrick J. Buchanan

"Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last."

So said President Charles De Gaulle, who in 1966 ordered NATO to vacate its Paris headquarters and get out of France.

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January 16, 2019

Procter & Gamble's Toxic Sanctimony By Michelle Malkin

One of the world's most successful brands committed ideological hara-kiri this week. Recognized around the world as a symbol of manly civility for more than a century, Gillette will now be remembered as the company that did itself in by sacrificing a massive consumer base at the altar of progressivism.

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January 16, 2019

Shutdown 'Crisis' By John Stossel

This government shutdown is now longer than any in history. The media keep using the word "crisis."

"Shutdown sows chaos, confusion and anxiety!" says The Washington Post. "Pain spreads widely."

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January 15, 2019

Is Bolton Steering Trump into War with Iran? By Patrick J. Buchanan

"Stop the ENDLESS WARS!" implored President Donald Trump in a Sunday night tweet.

Well, if he is serious, Trump had best keep an eye on his national security adviser, for a U.S. war on Iran would be a dream come true for John Bolton.

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January 15, 2019

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez vs. JFK By Stephen Moore

Oh how far the Democratic Party has fallen. In recent days, we've seen the new darling of the Democrats, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, crusading for a 70 percent income tax rate.

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January 11, 2019

A Stalemate as Trump Goes Factual, Democrats Illogical By Michael Barone

The televised presidential address from the Oval Office, a staple of communication between the chief executive and the people in the second half of 20th century, has recently been in desuetude. Former President Barack Obama delivered only three such addresses in his eight years in office. President Donald Trump this week delivered his first one, just days short of completing half his term.   

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January 11, 2019

Memo to Trump: Declare an Emergency By Patrick J. Buchanan

In the long run, history will validate Donald Trump's stand on a border wall to defend the sovereignty and security of the United States.

Why? Because mass migration from the global South, not climate change, is the real existential crisis of the West.

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January 10, 2019

The Wandering Voters: How 2018’s Gubernatorial Results Reflected 2016’s Presidential Trends By Noah Rudnick

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

— 2018 governors’ races continued along the same realignment patterns that emerged in the 2016 presidential election.

— An analysis of protest third-party votes for president in 2016 indicates those voters were likelier to pick the Democrats’ side in the 2018 election.

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January 9, 2019

Legal Weed By John Stossel

Ten states and Washington, D.C., have now legalized adult use of marijuana.    

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January 9, 2019

Border Wall: Monument for the People, Not Pols By Michelle Malkin

Profligate politicians have never met a multibillion-dollar infrastructure project they didn't like -- except when it comes to President Donald Trump's border wall.

Think about it.

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January 8, 2019

No, This Is Not JFK's Democratic Party By Patrick J. Buchanan

Speaker Nancy Pelosi's House has more women, persons of color and LGBT members than any House in history -- and fewer white males.   

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January 8, 2019

Navigating the Great Divide By Stephen Moore

In the months after the election of Donald Trump, there was a mini-political movement in California to get the Golden State to secede from the Union.

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January 5, 2019

Death to the DIY Society By Ted Rall

I admit it: My bias derived from self-interest. I was a bag boy. But that didn't make me wrong when I reacted to the news that supermarkets would make customers bag their own groceries. This, I told my friends at the time, is the first brick in a road to perdition.

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January 4, 2019

Trump & The Post: Whose Side Is Mitt On? By Patrick J. Buchanan

If there is a more anti-Trump organ in the American establishment than The Washington Post, it does not readily come to mind.

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