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May 11, 2017

House 2018: Health Care Vote Gives Democrats Another Midterm Argument By Kyle Kondik

Democrats are hopeful that Republicans’ vote last week to pass the American Health Care Act provides them an argument to use in next year’s election. Only 20 House Republicans voted against the bill, which is not polling well and which Democrats are angling to use as a cudgel against the GOP.

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May 10, 2017

Can Cops Get a Fair Trial in America? by Michelle Malkin

Lock your doors. Hide your children. Police officers, be on alert:

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May 10, 2017

Improved Health Bill by John Stossel

The House repealed Obamacare!

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May 9, 2017

Nixon and Trump, Then and Now by Patrick J. Buchanan

For two years, this writer has been consumed by two subjects.

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May 6, 2017

Despite Everything, I Am Happy She Lost By Ted Rall

His fans hoped he was another Ronald Reagan. His critics thought he was Hitler. Who would have guessed that, 100 days into a presidency, few besides me saw coming, Donald Trump would look like Jesse Ventura? 

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May 5, 2017

How Berkeley Birthed the Right by Patrick J. Buchanan

In December 1964, a Silver Age of American liberalism, to rival the Golden Age of FDR and the New Deal, seemed to be upon us.

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May 5, 2017

Cultural Appropriation: A Modest Proposal By Michael Barone

"Cultural appropriation" has become the latest evil denounced by soi-disant social justice warriors, on campus and off. Examples:

"I was taught that white people shouldn't listen to rap music because it's cultural appropriation and could be offensive to my classmates," writes Pomona College student Steven Glick in The Washington Post.

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May 3, 2017

A Thinking Mom's Message for Jimmy Kimmel by Michelle Malkin

I feel your pain. But please use your brain.

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May 3, 2017

Shut Up, Jimmy Kimmel, You Elitist Creep By Charles Hurt

This is why America hates Hollywood.

Late night “funny” man Jimmy Kimmel delivered a heart-wrenching monologue Monday night that every mother and every father could relate to.

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May 3, 2017

Break the Chains By John Stossel

My head spins.   

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May 2, 2017

Nixon's Revenge: The Fall of the Adversary Press By Patrick J. Buchanan

Saturday's White House Correspondents Association dinner exposed anew how far from Middle America our elite media reside.

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May 1, 2017

'Tax Cuts for the Rich'? By Thomas Sowell

One of the painful realities of our times is how long a political lie can survive, even after having been disproved years ago, or even generations ago.

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April 28, 2017

The Rise of the Generals By Patrick J. Buchanan

Has President Donald Trump outsourced foreign policy to the generals?

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April 28, 2017

The New/Old Politics of Capital vs. Countryside by Michael Barone

Capital vs. countryside -- that's the new political divide, visible in multiple surprise election results over the past 11 months. It cuts across old partisan lines and replaces traditional divisions -- labor vs. management, north vs. south, Catholic vs. Protestant -- among voters.

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April 26, 2017

Muddy Maxine Waters: What a Riot By Michelle Malkin

Are you freaking kidding me? Thirteen-term Democratic Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Beltway barnacle permanently affixed to USS Government, is now the fresh-faced "rock star" of the Democratic Party. 

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April 26, 2017

Congress Has Been Stalling Border Wall Funding By Charles Hurt

A full decade after voting to construct a secure barrier along the U.S. border with Mexico, Congress continues to refuse to lay out the money required to build the damned wall.

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April 26, 2017

The Next President by John Stossel

Will Donald Trump be re-elected in 2020?

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April 25, 2017

Is Macron the EU's Last Best Hope? by Patrick J. Buchanan

For the French establishment, Sunday's presidential election came close to a near-death experience. As the Duke of Wellington said of Waterloo, it was a "damn near-run thing."

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April 21, 2017

What A Real Passenger Bill Of Rights Should Look Like by Ted Rall

The violent ejection of a United Airlines passenger from a flight bound from Chicago to Louisville appears to have marked a long-awaited turning point. Dr. David Dao, 69, suffered a broken nose, lost two teeth and faces reconstructive sinus surgery. At last, America's long-suffering flying public is crying as one; have you commercial airlines no shame?

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April 21, 2017

Is Democracy in a Death Spiral? By Patrick J. Buchanan

"You all start with the premise that democracy is some good. I don't think it's worth a damn. Churchill is right. The only thing to be said for democracy is that there is nothing else that's any better. ...