No Pardon for Partisan Hypocrisy By Michelle Malkin
Quick, grab the smelling salts and clear the fainting couches.
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June 6, 2018
June 6, 2018
Crony Developments By John Stossel
"Are you on the take?"
When I tried to get Edgewater, New Jersey, politicians to answer that question, the mayor wouldn't discuss it, ultimately telling me, "You may sit down."
June 5, 2018
Boehner's Right -- It's Trump's Party Now By Patrick J. Buchanan
"There is no Republican Party. There's a Trump party," John Boehner told a Mackinac, Michigan, gathering of the GOP faithful last week. "The Republican Party is kind of taking a nap somewhere."
June 5, 2018
6 Reasons to Still Hate Obamacare By Stephen Moore
Remember Obamacare? The fight is far from over on the future of the Obama-era health insurance overhaul. Republicans are making a last-ditch effort this year to turn the program and the money over to the state. This isn't full Obamacare repeal, but it would make a world of sense. States would be free to experiment and find ways to reduce costs and provide better services.
June 1, 2018
Is America's Racial Divide Permanent? By Patrick J. Buchanan
For Roseanne Barr, star of ABC's hit show "Roseanne," there would be no appeal. When her tweet hit, she was gone.
June 1, 2018
Danger of Authoritarianism May Come From the Center, Not the Right By Michael Barone
"Across Europe and North America, centrists are the least supportive of democracy, the least committed to its institutions and the most supportive of authoritarianism." So wrote political researcher David Adler in The New York Times after analyzing responses to two multi-country surveys on values.
May 31, 2018
Step One to Stop False Accusations: Exposure By Michelle Malkin
Incontrovertible fact: People lie.
May 31, 2018
A Post-Memorial Day Status Report By Kyle Kondik
In a bygone political era, the symbolic end of summer — Labor Day — denoted the unofficial start of the campaign season. In our current era, one might be tempted to say that the symbolic start of summer — Memorial Day — now represents the campaign season kickoff, though American politics is in a state of perpetual campaigning. As soon as one campaign concludes with an election, candidates for the next election start to emerge. That will be the case after this November’s election, when one would expect the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination to begin in earnest.
May 30, 2018
The Mojo of Trumponomics By Stephen Moore
T.S. Eliot famously wrote that April is the cruelest month, but when it comes to America's fiscal picture, nothing could be further from the truth about this April. The latest government numbers confirm that last month was a blockbuster for growth, federal revenues and deficit reduction.
May 30, 2018
Against Higher Education By John Stossel
Today, all Americans are told, "Go to college!"
May 29, 2018
What Is America's Cause in the World Today? By Patrick J. Buchanan
After being sworn in for a fourth term, Vladimir Putin departed the Kremlin for Annunciation Cathedral to receive the televised blessing of Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church.
The patriarch and his priests in sacred vestments surrounded Putin, who, standing alone, made the sign of the cross.
May 26, 2018
#MeToo: A Cultural Workaround to a Legal Failure By Ted Rall
Then there was Eric Schneiderman.
May 25, 2018
Is US Bellicosity Backfiring? By Patrick J. Buchanan
U.S. threats to crush Iran and North Korea may yet work, but as of now neither Tehran nor Pyongyang appears to be intimidated.
May 25, 2018
Obama Administration's Spying on Trump a Departure From Norms By Michael Barone
"F.B.I. Used Informant to Investigate Russia Ties to Campaign, Not to Spy, as Trump Claims," read the headline on a lengthy New York Times story May 18. "The Justice Department used a suspected informant to probe whether Trump campaign aides were making improper contacts with Russia in 2016," read a story in the May 21 edition of The Wall Street Journal.
May 24, 2018
Clues From the Upcoming California Primary By Kyle Kondik
House analysts know that handicapping results in individual seats can be tricky for a lot of reasons, including the lack of independent polling in most districts. Yes, the party committees, campaigns, and other outside groups will survey the districts, but many of these polls will never see the light of day, or will only be leaked to make one side look better than the other
May 23, 2018
Crapweasel of the Week: Educrat Arne Duncan By Michelle Malkin
Educrat (ED-yoo-krat) noun, usually pejorative. A government school official or administrator whose primary function is to spend tax dollars telling other parents what to do with their children.
May 23, 2018
The Innocence Project By John Stossel
On TV crime shows like "CSI," "NCIS" and "Law & Order," science gets the bad guys.
In real life, "science" often ensnares the innocent.
May 22, 2018
Trade Deals Must Protect Intellectual Property Rights By Stephen Moore
Donald Trump is now deep into trade negotiations with China and NAFTA 2.0 negotiations with Canada and Mexico. We are strong free traders, but we believe that Trump's plans to negotiate better trade agreements that reduce trade barriers abroad are right on the mark. He also has to make sure those deals fully protect U.S. intellectual property, or what is commonly called know-how.
May 22, 2018
Can a Pope Change Moral Truth? By Patrick J. Buchanan
That joking retort we heard as children, "Is the pope Catholic?" is starting to look like a serious question.
May 18, 2018
A Trump Doctrine for Singapore and Beyond By Patrick J. Buchanan
After Pyongyang railed this week that the U.S.-South Korean Max Thunder military drills were a rehearsal for an invasion of the North, and imperiled the Singapore summit, the Pentagon dialed them back.
