By the Time Abortion Makes the Ballot, the Battle's Over By Daniel McCarthy
The fight over abortion in America is as much a religious contest as a political one.
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November 14, 2023
November 14, 2023
The Nat Cons Are Dead Wrong: Middle-Class America Is Much Better Off Today Than in the Past By Stephen Moore
In the last several months, I have debated some of the intellectual leaders of a group called the "national conservatives."
November 10, 2023
Young Voters Spring (Contradictory) Political Surprises By Michael Barone
What's with young voters? It's a question prompted by two surprising and perhaps contradictory developments that are out of line with conventional wisdom and prevailing expectations among political observers.
November 9, 2023
Elections 2023: Democrats Enjoy a Strong Night By Kyle Kondik and J. Miles Coleman
They score victories in five of the six key races we were watching, although off-year elections do not necessarily predict the following year.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— Democrats won five of the six key races we were watching in Tuesday night’s elections, turning in a strong showing just a couple of days after a series of bad polls for President Joe Biden left some Democrats shook as the presidential race looms next year.
— The 2023 elections have limited predictive value, in large part because of the key differences between the Tuesday night results and what we should expect next year in the states we were watching.
November 8, 2023
Canceling Cancel Culture By John Stossel
"I was not genuine in my own beliefs," says 23-year-old Rikki Schlott in my new video. "I self-censored."
November 7, 2023
War in the Democratic Party -- and at the Opera By Daniel McCarthy
Joe Biden's party is at war with itself.
Scenes last weekend of protesters scaling the White House fence and shouting down Sen. Cory Booker at a Democratic rally in New Jersey are only outward manifestations of a deeper inner turmoil.
November 7, 2023
When Will Politicians Learn Banning Cigarettes Will Never Work? by Stephen Moore
One of the most enduring lessons of American history is that the banning of liquor sales and consumption ("the noble experiment") was a colossal failure. Drinking didn't go down much, but the profits ended up going not to legitimate businesses but bootleggers and the mob, while the murder rate soared to all-time highs in American history. It was the policy that made America's most famous gangster, Al Capone, famous -- and rich.
November 3, 2023
Is a Trump Renomination Really Inevitable? By Michael Barone
Is it inevitable that Donald Trump will be the second person in history -- Richard Nixon was the first -- to win the Republican Party's nomination for president three times? Many thoughtful observers, and others as well, think so.
November 2, 2023
A 2023 Election Mega-Preview By J. Miles Coleman and Kyle Kondik
Places to watch in Kentucky, Mississippi, Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— The key races we’re watching next week are gubernatorial races in Kentucky and Mississippi, the state legislative contests in Virginia, an abortion-related ballot issue in Ohio, and a state Supreme Court race in Pennsylvania.
— We continue to favor incumbent Govs. Andy Beshear (D-KY) and Tate Reeves (R-MS) in next week’s gubernatorial elections, even as upsets are possible in either.
— If the abortion rights vote in Ohio is close, some key Obama-to-Trump counties may tell the tale of the election, while partisan loyalties in Pennsylvania may be a bit weaker in the court race than in a federal race.
November 1, 2023
The Food Insecurity Lie By John Stossel
President Joe Biden says 24 million Americans "suffer from food insecurity!"
October 31, 2023
Don't Let Refugees Be Used as a Weapon By Daniel McCarthy
It's been called the population weapon, and it's an effective way to blackmail Europe.
October 31, 2023
The Great 'Green Energy Transition' That Wasn't by Stephen Moore
One of the textbook marketing flops of all time was the Ford Edsel sedan, which was heralded as the hot new car in the late 1950s.
All the automotive experts and Ford executives said it was a can't-miss. Henry Ford (the car was named after his son) guaranteed hundreds of thousands of sales.
October 27, 2023
Can a New Speaker Reinstate an Old Norm? By Michael Barone
After a little more than three weeks, House Republicans have finally elected a speaker. He's Mike Johnson, first elected to the House in 2016 from a district in northwest Louisiana. He's almost unknown to the public, has a right-wing voting record, and has been a supporter of Donald Trump. He grills witnesses effectively but calmly, with no visible anger.
October 26, 2023
The Third Party Wild Card By Kyle Kondik
Recent non-major party vote strongest out west -- and not in the states likeliest to decide 2024.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— Potentially weak major party nominees paired with a long list of third party candidates could lead to a higher-than-usual level of third party voting in 2024.
— Recent third party performance has generally been strongest in western states and weakest in the South.
— The states that are most likely to decide the 2024 election have not had high average third party voting this century.
October 25, 2023
COVID Deception By John Stossel
Remember when Sen. Rand Paul accused Dr. Anthony Fauci of funding China's Wuhan virus lab?
October 24, 2023
America's Top National Security Threat Is Our Runaway Debt y Stephen Moore
After spending $6 trillion on social welfare and a Green New Deal spending spree and running our national debt up to $33 trillion, President Joe Biden is asking to whip out the federal credit card yet again for $100 billion more in military assistance for Ukraine and Israel and "humanitarian" aid.
October 24, 2023
Israel's Lesson for 2024: A Liberal Crackup By Daniel McCarthy
Conventional wisdom says voters don't care about foreign policy.
October 20, 2023
Time to Stop Appeasing Terrorist Iran By Michael Barone
The 2020s are starting to look like the 1930s, as I wrote last week in the wake of Hamas' unprecedentedly vicious attack on Israel.
October 19, 2023
No Border, No Country By Brian Joondeph
America’s national border is a border in name only. Just ask the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency as they are by statute charged with controlling America’s borders.
October 18, 2023
California Crushes Pennsylvania By John Stossel
Pennsylvania's Peter Brothers Trucking delivers goods all across America. Owner Brian Wanner says Pennsylvania bureaucrats now are driving him out of his home state.
