Is Democracy a Dying Species? By Patrick J. Buchanan
What happens when democracy fails to deliver? What happens when people give up on democracy?
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October 22, 2019
October 22, 2019
Washington Subsidies Not Helping the Wind Industry By Stephen Moore
Last week, the lobbying arm of the wind energy industry made an unsurprising, though somewhat embarrassing, announcement. It wants a longer lifeline with federal subsidies. So much for wind being the low-cost energy source of the future.
October 21, 2019
38% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-eight percent (38%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending October 17.
October 21, 2019
Pollsters Push Sketchy Polls Again By Brian C. Joondeph
Pollsters are at it again, pushing sketchy polls, not to reflect public opinion, but to shape it. This is called propaganda, a popular tool for dictators who want to control the information flow from an all-powerful government to their subjects, the people.
October 21, 2019
Biden Holds His Lead Nationally Among Democrats
Despite his lukewarm performance at the most recent Democratic presidential debate, Joe Biden holds a near two-to-one lead over Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren among his fellow Democrats nationally.
October 19, 2019
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending October 19, 2019
In surveys last week, this is what America told Rasmussen Reports...
October 18, 2019
Voters Still Suspect High-Level Crimes Against Trump But Doubt Anyone Will Pay
Just over half of voters still believe in the likelihood of an illegal high-level effort to stop the Trump presidency, but not nearly as many expect anyone to be punished for it. Voters are evenly divided over which of the major 2016 presidential campaigns is more likely to have had illegal foreign help.
October 18, 2019
Westerville Debate Leaves Democratic Race Wider Open By Michael Barone
The world's oldest political party set an all-time record Tuesday night, with 12 presidential candidates on a single stage in Westerville, Ohio. That's a suburb of Columbus, the fastest-growing big metro area in the Midwest, in Franklin County, which voted Republican in every presidential election but one for a half century (1944-92) but has voted Democratic in the six elections since.
October 18, 2019
Is Putin the New King of the Middle East? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"Russia Assumes Mantle of Supreme Power Broker in the Middle East," proclaimed Britain's Telegraph. The article began:
October 17, 2019
Most Plan for A Flu Shot Again This Year
Fewer Americans suffered through the flu last winter, and most plan to get a flu shot to make sure they duck it again.
October 17, 2019
Americans Agree Religion Is Under Punishing Assault
Most Americans who value their faith agree with Attorney General William Barr’s strongly worded speech last week declaring that religion is under heavy cultural attack.
October 17, 2019
The Democrats Descend on Ohio By Kyle Kondik
But will they next year?
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— As the Democrats debate in Ohio, questions loom about how important the state will be in next year’s presidential election.
— Two key demographic indicators help explain why the state swung toward the Republicans in 2016 and why it seems likely to again vote to the right of the nation in 2020.
— The state remains competitive, but it’s far more important now to Republicans than Democrats.
October 16, 2019
Democrats Value Syria A Lot More Than GOP, Unaffiliated Voters
Nearly half of voters still regard Syria as important to America’s well-being, but Democrats feel that way much more strongly than other voters.
October 16, 2019
Beltway Bidenspawn-Ship Has Its Privileges By Michelle Malkin
I wrote the book on the Obama administration's "Culture of Corruption" 10 years ago, including a thick and sordid chapter on the Beltway swamp creatures of the Biden family. See-no-evil liberals scoffed at my catalogue of back-scratching, shady Delaware deals and Wall Street funny money: What nepotism? What ethical lapses? What corruption?
October 16, 2019
Different Sexes By John Stossel
The media keep telling us: There's no difference between male and female brains.
October 15, 2019
Voters See Trump, Democrats With Plans for the Future
Voters remain sure that President Trump and the Democratic Party know where they’re headed, but they’re less confident that Republicans have a similar focus.
October 15, 2019
19% of Democrat Debate Watchers Have Switched Candidates
Even Democrats aren’t overly thrilled about their party’s presidential debates so far, but one-in-five who’ve followed the debates say they’ve switched candidates since they began.
October 15, 2019
Is the Interventionists' Era Over for Good? By Patrick J. Buchanan
President Donald Trump could have been more deft and diplomatic in how he engineered that immediate pullout from northeastern Syria.
Yet that withdrawal was as inevitable as were its consequences.
October 15, 2019
It's a Middle-Class Boom By Stephen Moore
How much of the monetary gains from the Trump economic speedup have gone to the middle class? If you ask Democratic senators and presidential candidates Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris and Bernie Sanders, the answer to that question is ... almost none.
October 14, 2019
39% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Thirty-nine percent (39%) of Likely U.S. Voters think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending October 10.
