Will Russiagate Backfire on the Left? by Patrick J. Buchanan
The big losers of the Russian hacking scandal may yet be those who invested all their capital in a script that turned out to based on a fairy tale.
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March 21, 2017
March 20, 2017
Judge Gorsuch and The Corpse Flower by Charles Hurt
Every few years, the botanical garden down on the National Mall proudly boasts its prized “corpse flower.” In years when our federal swamp gets hot and icky enough, the foul-smelling plant turns a throbbing purple and blooms.
March 17, 2017
The Splitting Up Of The Democratic Party by Ted Rall
Before the election, some pundits were predicting that a Trump defeat would cause the Republican Party to split into at least two discrete new parties -- one representing the old GOP's business establishment, the other for the populist firebrands of the Tea Party. As the fight over gutting Obamacare reveals, those factions are in an uncomfortable marriage. But a full-fledged rupture doesn't appear imminent.
March 17, 2017
Perceptions Are That Trump's Policies Are Working By Michael Barone
Perceptions matter. People make decisions, even life-altering decisions, based on what they perceive as likely to happen. To the extent that public policy affects such decisions, the perception of likely policy change can affect behavior even before the change happens -- even if it ends up never happening.
March 17, 2017
Is McCain Hijacking Trump's Foreign Policy? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"The senator from Kentucky," said John McCain, speaking of his colleague Rand Paul, "is working for Vladimir Putin ... and I do not say that lightly."
What did Sen. Paul do to deserve being called a hireling of Vladimir Putin?
March 16, 2017
Initial 2018 House Ratings By Kyle Kondik
Democrats have a path to winning a House majority next year, but that possibility is highly dependent on variables over which they have effectively no control. That’s the takeaway from our initial ratings of 2018’s House races, a list that is heavy on Republicans who start this cycle only mildly endangered.
March 15, 2017
To Make the AHCA Better, the GOP Has to Practice Bipartisanship Within Itself by Lawrence Kudlow
The good should never be the evil of the perfect. House Speaker Paul Ryan's health care bill is a very good first step. Massive repeal of Obamacare tax hikes will be great for the economy. Getting rid of the Affordable Care Act mandates will be great for health care. Private-sector competition and choice are always better than government-run anything. The Republican Party has to practice bipartisanship within itself.
March 15, 2017
The Dirty Dem Dogs of Disruption by Michelle Malkin
Here come the hyperpartisan hounds.
March 15, 2017
Democrats Need to Help Fix the Disastercare They Created By Charles Hurt
Remember how for years after President Obama first got elected we had to hear all about how Republicans destroyed the economy?
March 14, 2017
Is Turkey Lost to the West? By Patrick J. Buchanan
Not long ago, a democratizing Turkey, with the second-largest army in NATO, appeared on track to join the European Union.
March 10, 2017
Is a Korean Missile Crisis Ahead? by Patrick J. Buchanan
To back up Defense Secretary "Mad Dog" Mattis' warning last month, that the U.S. "remains steadfast in its commitment" to its allies, President Donald Trump is sending B-1 and B-52 bombers to Korea.
March 10, 2017
America's High-Risk Complacent Class by Michael Barone
"Most Americans don't like change very much," writes economist and Marginal Revolution blogger Tyler Cowen, "unless it is on terms that they manage and control." That's just one of many provocative sentences you can mine from the riches threaded through his new book, "The Complacent Class."
March 8, 2017
Killing Big Bird by John Stossel
Next week, Donald Trump releases his new budget. It's expected to cut spending on things like the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
March 8, 2017
Obama Wiretapping Trump Evidence of Former President's Agenda By Charles Hurt
Once again bypassing the hopelessly jaundiced media, President Trump announced that he just learned that his predecessor in the White House bugged Trump Tower during the last election.
“This is McCarthyism!” he declared, in 140 characters or less.
March 8, 2017
A Day Without American Tech Workers By Michelle Malkin
Last month, there was a national "Day Without a Latino." This week, the demonstration du jour shutting down schools and shops is a "A Day Without a Woman." Here's my question for all the virtue-signaling protesters who pay lip service to better jobs and wages:
March 7, 2017
The Beltway Conspiracy to Break Trump By Patrick J. Buchanan
At Mar-a-Lago this weekend President Donald Trump was filled "with fury" says The Washington Post, "mad -- steaming, raging, mad."
March 3, 2017
Facts on the Ground Moving Immigration in Trump's Direction by Michael Barone
The afternoon before President Donald Trump's Tuesday night speech to Congress, Twitter watchers were treated to a flurry of tweets, inspired by comments at the traditional lunch with network anchors, that the president was going to endorse something very much like the "comprehensive" immigration bills that foundered in Congress in 2006, 2007 and 2013.
March 3, 2017
It's Trump's Party, Now By Patrick J. Buchanan
Before the largest audience of his political career, save perhaps his inaugural, Donald Trump delivered the speech of his life.
March 3, 2017
Democrats Go Off the Deep End, Can't Conceal Their Contempt for U.S. Military By Charles Hurt
It’s not like they leave much room for doubt about how much contempt they hold for military service and the immeasurable sacrifice that comes with it.
