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June 15, 2016

Americans See Gas Prices on the Rise

With the summer driving season at hand, Americans are much more pessimistic about gas prices than they were last summer.

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June 15, 2016

Florida: America's Jihad Playground By Michelle Malkin

The home of the "Happiest Place on Earth" has been breeding killer jihadists and Muslim zealots for years.   

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June 15, 2016

My Lunch with Hillary by John Stossel

I had lunch with Hillary Clinton.

June 15, 2016

Would You Rather Have a Beer With Clinton or Trump?

Voters, especially men, would rather have a beer with Donald Trump, but they're evenly divided over which of the major presidential candidates they would invite home for dinner.

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June 14, 2016

Will Orlando Change Anything? By Thomas Sowell

However great the shock of the massacre in Orlando, it is only a matter of time before we start hearing again the fact-free dogma that "diversity is our strength."  

June 14, 2016

Americans Strongly Disagree With Stanford Rape Sentence

The trial of a Stanford University freshman charged with sexually assaulting an unconscious woman has drawn widespread criticism for the perceived leniency of the judge’s sentencing. An overwhelming number of Americans agree that the six-month jail sentence is too easy, and most say cases like Stanford are fair game for politicians to discuss publicly.

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June 14, 2016

Islam & the West: Irreconcilable Conflict? by Patrick J. Buchanan

On Saturday night, Omar Mateen was a loner and a loser.

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June 14, 2016

Possible Errors in Exit Polls Suggest More Election Surprises Ahead By Michael Barone

Are the exit polls, on which just about every elections analyst has relied, wrong? That's a question raised by New York Times Upshot writer Nate Cohn -- a question whose answers have serious implications for how you look at the 2016 general election.

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June 14, 2016

Obama whiffs on national security, blames guns By Charles Hurt

Well, thank goodness we have President Obama on the case. He will get to the bottom of it and finally put a stop to all this murder, madness and mayhem.

June 14, 2016

Democrats Are Biggest Fans of Restoring Felons’ Voting Rights

Democrats are much more enthusiastic than other voters about giving felons back their right to vote after they’ve served their time.

June 13, 2016

27% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction

Twenty-seven percent (27%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending June 9.

June 13, 2016

Americans Saw the Orlando Terror Attack Coming

Radical Islamic terrorism raised its ugly head again this weekend, but most Americans saw the horror in Orlando coming nearly three months ago.

June 11, 2016

What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending June 11, 2016

This has been Hillary Clinton’s week.

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June 11, 2016

How the Media Manipulated the Democratic Primary By Ted Rall

Though it might not always seem like it, the news media is composed of human beings. Humans aren't, can't be and possibly shouldn't be objective. Still, there's a reasonable expectation among consumers of political news that journalists of all political stripes strive to be as objective as possible.

June 10, 2016

Most Remain Willing to Vote For a Woman President

With Hillary Clinton poised to become the first woman nominated by a major U.S. political party to be president, most voters still say they’re willing to vote for a woman president and are slightly more confident that those close to them will do the same. But voters are less enthusiastic about a women candidate in general if her opponent is a man.

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June 10, 2016

Bernie Sanders Wins, Even While Losing By Michael Barone

Bernie Sanders is not going gently into that good night, at least not yet.

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June 10, 2016

Why Trump Must Not Apologize By Patrick J. Buchanan

"Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl."

Donald Trump has internalized the maxim Benjamin Jowett gave to his students at Balliol who would soon be running the empire.

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June 9, 2016

Hillary, the blushing bride, stalks history on her husband’s coattails By Charles Hurt

NEW YORK — Hillary wore white.

Stepping into the klieg lights, she was — finally! — the blushing bride of the Democratic Party. Smiling, waving, tilting her head, clutching her fist to her chest as she surveyed her adorable fans. She stepped to the lectern and gazed lovingly into the teleprompter.

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June 9, 2016

Are Pro Sports Taking Concussions Seriously?

Despite growing concern about the danger to athletes of receiving too many concussions, Americans question whether professional sports organizations are doing enough about it.

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June 9, 2016

Not Trump or Clinton By John Stossel

Finally! Voters have another choice. The Libertarian Party nominated two socially tolerant but fiscally conservative former governors, Gary Johnson and Bill Weld.