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October 3, 2018

Seriously Mentally Ill By John Stossel

They live on the street, often foraging through dumpsters. Some threaten us. Occasionally, they assault people.

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October 2, 2018

A Trillion-Dollar Blunder By Stephen Moore

I have spent some three decades railing against faulty budgetary scoring of tax bills, but the latest charade from the Congressional Budget Office and Joint Tax Committee takes the cake. The story of fiscal phony math is so indefensible when it comes to the Trump tax cut that you may not believe it could be true. Alas, it is.

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October 2, 2018

Are Republicans Born Wimps? By Patrick J. Buchanan

Republican leaders are "a bunch of wimps," said Jerry Falwell Jr.

Conservatives and Christians need to stop electing "nice guys."

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October 1, 2018

Dress Rehearsal for Impeachment By Patrick J. Buchanan

Judge Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court was approved on an 11-10 party-line vote Friday in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Yet his confirmation is not assured.

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September 29, 2018

The Brett Kavanaugh Sex Scandals Teach Us that Extremism, Even Supporting Torture, Are A-OK By Ted Rall

What is wrong with us? Specifically: What is wrong with liberal Democrats?

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September 28, 2018

How Abortion Polarized America By Michael Barone

Here's my question," tweets legal scholar Jeffrey A. Sachs, obviously in response to the controversy over Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. "what is the alternative reality where Roe was never decided, levels of partisan polarization are identical to our own, and the SCOTUS appointments process is markedly better?"

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September 27, 2018

The Senate: How 2018 Sets Up 2020 By Kyle Kondik

Keeping an eye on the next map in this cycle’s closing stretch

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September 26, 2018

Stop Google's Kiddie Data Predators By Michelle Malkin

No consent. No disclosure. No escape.

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September 26, 2018

Leaving the Left By John Stossel

Watching this video upset me. Students and even faculty members won't let Dave Rubin speak. They constantly interrupt, shouting "hate speech!" and "black lives matter!"

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September 25, 2018

Saving the Republican Congress By Stephen Moore

Even at this late hour, President Donald Trump can save the Republican Congress in November -- if they want to be saved. To understand how, we need to rewind back to this time last year.

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September 25, 2018

The Huge Stakes of Thursday's Confrontations By Patrick J. Buchanan

Thursday is shaping up to be the Trump presidency's "Gunfight at O.K. Corral."

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September 22, 2018

Why Christine Ford Vs. Brett Kavanaugh Is a Train Wreck You Can't Look Away From By Ted Rall

Christine Blasey Ford has accused Brett Kavanaugh of trying to rape her during a party while they were teenagers. The political stakes are high: If Kavanaugh's confirmation vote fails in the Senate and Democrats win the body back in November, conservatives will watch their dream of a solidly reliable 5-4 majority go up in smoke.

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September 21, 2018

Has Russia Given Up on the West? By Patrick J. Buchanan

By the end of his second term, President Ronald Reagan, who had called the Soviet Union an "evil empire," was strolling through Red Square with Russians slapping him on the back.

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September 21, 2018

The Air Has Seeped out of the Russia-Collusion Balloon By Michael Barone

"I did not, and of course I looked for it, looked for it hard." That was Bob Woodward, promoting his book on the Trump White House, "Fear," replying to talk radio host and columnist Hugh Hewitt's question "Did you, Bob Woodward, hear anything in your research, in your interviews, that sounded like espionage or collusion?"

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September 20, 2018

Ratings Changes: House and Governors By Kyle Kondik

Affluent suburban seats looking dicier for GOP, but their numbers in the House are not all bad; Colorado, Michigan gubernatorial races shift to Democrats.

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September 19, 2018

Prices Should Rise By John Stossel

Officials in states hit by Hurricane Florence are on the lookout for "price gouging."   

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September 19, 2018

'Believe Women' Is Perilous Baloney By Michelle Malkin

I have a message for virtue-signaling men who've rushed to embrace #MeToo operatives hurling uncorroborated sexual assault allegations into the chaotic court of public opinion.

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September 18, 2018

How Solar and Wind Mandates Tax the Poor and Middle Class By Stephen Moore

Liberals love to talk about helping the poor and the middle class, and they are obsessed with reducing income inequality. So why is it that across the country they are pushing one of the most regressive taxes in modern times?

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September 18, 2018

The Late Hit on Judge Kavanaugh By Patrick J. Buchanan

Upon the memory and truthfulness of Christine Blasey Ford hangs the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, his reputation, and possibly his career on the nation's second highest court.

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September 15, 2018

All the Anonymous BS That's Fit to Print: Self-Serving Newspapers Ditch Their Own Ethics Rules By Ted Rall

The most disturbing aspect of The New York Times op-ed by an anonymous "senior official in the Trump Administration" isn't its content.

The content isn't significant enough to make an impression.