Dump Duterte -- for Starters By Patrick J. Buchanan
Alliances are transmission belts of war.
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October 25, 2016
October 25, 2016
Immigration Controversies By Thomas Sowell
Despite controversies that rage over immigration, it is hard to see how anyone could be either for or against immigrants in general. First of all, there are no immigrants in general.
October 25, 2016
The Politics These Two Unpopular Nominees Hath Wrought by Michael Barone
In last week's third and (thank goodness) final presidential debate, each candidate did an excellent job of presenting convincing arguments for why people shouldn't vote for the other.
October 21, 2016
The Four Things Hillary Could do to Close the Deal Against Trump By Ted Rall
She's ahead in the polls by roughly three to four points. Given her opposition, however, Hillary Clinton ought be doing a lot better than that.
Consider Clinton's structural advantages over Donald Trump.
October 21, 2016
An Establishment in Panic By Pat Buchanan
Pressed by moderator Chris Wallace as to whether he would accept defeat should Hillary Clinton win the election, Donald Trump replied, "I will tell you at the time. I'll keep you in suspense."
October 21, 2016
Despite Trump, Demotic Protest Politics Doesn't Always Fail by Michael Barone
2016 has been a big year for protest politics -- not just in the United States, what with Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump getting over 40 percent of primary votes, but also all over Europe and Latin America, where voters have been rejecting the advice of their nations' political, financial and media establishments.
October 20, 2016
With 19 Days to Go, Clinton’s Lead Is Bigger Than Ever by Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik, and Geoffrey Skelley
The mist is lifting from the map of the United States and the moment of clarity for the 2016 general election campaign has arrived. Yes, there is still uncertainty about some states in the Electoral College. But nearly all of it comes in states that Mitt Romney won in 2012 or a couple of Barack Obama states that Hillary Clinton doesn’t need to win.
October 19, 2016
Despite All the Slime and Party Traitors, Donald Trump Still Has a Chance By Charles Hurt
Donald Trump is still in this race, and he can still win it.
October 19, 2016
Debate Depressive Disorder By Michelle Malkin
How many more broadcast bust-ups will it take before America finally decides to make its presidential election debates tolerable again? I can't take it anymore. Can you?
October 18, 2016
The Left and the Masses By Thomas Sowell
The greatest moral claim of the political left is that they are for the masses in general and the poor in particular. That is also their greatest fraud. It even fools many leftists themselves.
October 18, 2016
Is the System Rigged? You Betcha. by Patrick J. Buchanan
"Remember, it's a rigged system. It's a rigged election," said Donald Trump in New Hampshire on Saturday.
October 18, 2016
Which Party Will Hold the Senate and House? By Michael Barone
Which party is going to control the House and hold a majority in the Senate in January 2017? Even if you regard the presidential contest as over -- a proposition for which there is powerful evidence, including Donald Trump's current campaign message choices -- the answers to those questions are, respectively, mildly and very unclear.
October 14, 2016
Trump's Guerilla Politics are Here to Stay By Ted Rall
Donald Trump is a cat with 12 or 13 lives.
October 14, 2016
Anti-Catholics & Elitist Bigots by Patrick J. Buchanan
Will Hillary Clinton clean out the nest of anti-Catholic bigots in her inner circle? Or is anti-Catholicism acceptable in her crowd?
October 14, 2016
Donald Trump's Invisible Shackles By Michael Barone
"It is so nice that the shackles have been taken off me and I can now fight for America the way I want to," Donald Trump tweeted at the reasonable hour of 10 a.m. on Tuesday.
October 13, 2016
Mixed Signals In The Race For The House by Kyle Kondik
This may be a particularly bad time to write an update on the House. But we’re going to do so anyway, if only to explain why that is.
October 12, 2016
What Candidates Won't Say By John Stossel
Catch politicians in private moments and you might hear what they really believe: Donald Trump "can do anything" to women because he's powerful. Hillary Clinton's "private" positions aren't the same as her "public" ones.
October 12, 2016
Donald Trump, in the Lion’s Den, Bites Back: Put Hillary in Jail by Charles Hurt
Well, the stakes just got real around here!
October 12, 2016
Obama Lied. My Third Health Plan Just Died. By Michelle Malkin
Once was a shock. Twice was an outrage. Thrice is a nightmare that won't end.
