What Do The Democrats Want? by Ted Rall
In the 1970s, when I was a kid, I asked my mother to explain the difference between the two major parties. "Democrats," she explained, "are the party of the working man. Republicans represent big business."
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May 30, 2017
May 30, 2017
Breakup of the West? By Patrick J. Buchanan
By the time Air Force One started down the runaway at Naval Air Station Sigonella in Sicily, to bring President Trump home, the Atlantic had grown markedly wider than it was when he flew to Riyadh.
May 26, 2017
Trump Acts Like a Competent, Conventional President Abroad By Michael Barone
What a difference a week makes. On May 19, President Donald Trump took off in Air Force One for the Middle East and Europe. He left behind a Washington and a nation buzzing about his firing of FBI Director James Comey, the multiple reasons he had given for doing so, the meeting he'd had with the Russian foreign minister a day later and his statement that Comey is a "nut job."
May 26, 2017
After the Confederates, Who's Next? By Patrick J. Buchanan
On Sept. 1, 1864, Union forces under Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, victorious at Jonesborough, burned Atlanta and began the March to the Sea where Sherman's troops looted and pillaged farms and towns all along the 300-mile road to Savannah.
May 24, 2017
The Forgotten Slaughters of the Innocents By Michelle Malkin
For now, everyone knows the sonorous name and cherubic face of 8-year-old Saffie Rose Roussos.
May 24, 2017
So, the Fate of the Republic Rests on Trump's Choice of Adjectives? By Charles Hurt
Have you heard the latest scandal involving President Trump?
During a speech in Saudi Arabia, Mr. Trump applauded Middle East leaders for a series of steps they have taken to confront radical Islamic terrorism.
May 24, 2017
Times' Green Baloney by John Stossel
The New York Times' hostility to industry gets worse every day.
May 23, 2017
A Special Prosecutor for Criminal Leaks by Patrick J. Buchanan
Who is the real threat to the national security?
May 20, 2017
Don't Bet Against Tax and Health Care Reform in 2017 By Lawrence Kudlow
If the smart money folks on Wall Street think a special counsel to oversee the Russian probes spells defeat for business tax cuts, they're leaning well over their skis.
May 19, 2017
Security Is Ruining The Internet by Ted Rall
Another major cyberattack has me thinking about European ruins. Those medieval fortresses and castles had walls 10 feet thick made of solid stone; they were guarded by mean, heavily armored men. The barbarians got in anyway.
May 19, 2017
Rosenstein Joins the Posse by Patrick J. Buchanan
"With the stroke of a pen, Rod Rosenstein redeemed his reputation," writes Dana Milbank of The Washington Post.
May 19, 2017
The Demotic Politics of Theresa May -- and Donald Trump By Michael Barone
DURHAM, England -- When I first visited England to cover a British election 20 years ago this month, there were striking similarities between British and American politics.
May 18, 2017
Stepping Up: How Governors Who Have Succeeded to the Top Job Have Performed Over the Years by Geoffrey Skelley
On Monday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) moved to end debate on the nomination of Gov. Terry Branstad (R-IA) as the next U.S. ambassador to China. While the exact timeline is uncertain — Democrats could try to stall the appointment — Branstad’s confirmation for the diplomatic post is expected very soon. Upon becoming ambassador, Branstad will resign the Hawkeye State governorship and hand the reins over to Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds (R), who will become Iowa’s first woman governor. Once she takes office, Reynolds is expected to run for a full term in 2018 as a gubernatorial incumbent, albeit a “successor incumbent” rather than an elected one.
May 18, 2017
Can the Polling Industry Learn From Its Mistakes? By Robert Barnes
The American Association for Public Opinion Research convenes today for its 72nd annual conference. The first such conference took place in 1945, right before the last presidential election that led to widespread concern about the science and art of polling. But buried within that 1948 election were the seeds of the rebirth of polling as a credible profession for the next six decades. After the disastrous polling in the last presidential election, another rebirth is in order.
May 17, 2017
Who Has Absolute Health Care Moral Authority? by Michelle Malkin
Here is what happens if you try to tell health care stories that defy big government orthodoxy:
May 17, 2017
Inspirational Trump Tripped Up By His Own Administration By Charles Hurt
As with his campaign, Donald Trump’s presidency is developing into yet another epic tome, “The Tale of Two Trumps.”
This past weekend, President Trump delivered his first graduation speech as president at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. It was nothing short of spectacular.
May 17, 2017
Cruel and Stupid By John Stossel
President Trump's attorney general, Jeff Sessions, ordered federal prosecutors to seek maximum penalties for drug-related crimes.
This is both cruel and stupid.
May 16, 2017
Comey & The Saturday Night Massacre By Patrick J. Buchanan
History repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce, said Marx.
On publication day of my memoir of Richard Nixon's White House, President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey. Instantly, the media cried "Nixonian," comparing it to the 1973 Saturday Night Massacre.
May 13, 2017
Trump Voters' Message: We Exist by Ted Rall
I think it was over Thanksgiving dinner. My mother's best friend, a dear woman who has been nothing but good to me, decided to poke some gentle fun, Dayton Ohio-style, at me.
May 12, 2017
What Is America's Goal in the World? by Patrick J. Buchanan
For the World War II generation there was clarity.
