Hating DeVos By John Stossel
People hate Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos.
When she spoke at the Kennedy School of Government, students held up signs calling her a "white supremacist."
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May 9, 2018
May 8, 2018
Are Voters More Secretive About Their Ballot This Year?
Democrats are more likely than Republicans and unaffiliated voters to boast about how they are going to vote in the upcoming congressional midterm elections.
May 8, 2018
The Internet Under Siege By Stephen Moore
What is it about the internet that makes it so the government just can't seem to keep its greedy paws off of it?
May 8, 2018
Don't Trash the Nuclear Deal! By Patrick J. Buchanan
This next week may determine whether President Trump extricates us from that cauldron of conflict that is the Middle East, as he promised, or plunges us even deeper into these forever wars.
May 8, 2018
GOP Voters Less In Sync With Their Leaders Than Democrats Are
Most Republicans continue to think voters in their party are moving away from the GOP leadership ideologically. For Democrats, their leadership is a better fit these days.
May 7, 2018
42% Say U.S. Heading in Right Direction
Forty-two percent (42%) of Likely U.S. Voters now think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending May 3.
May 7, 2018
Voters Say Trump In Charge of D.C. But Who's Next?
Even more voters now believe that President Trump sets the agenda inside the Beltway, with the national media coming in at a distant second.
May 7, 2018
Americans See a Brighter Future for College Grads
College graduation season is upon us, and while Americans continue to think it will be tough out there for new graduates, they’re far more optimistic than past years, and fewer are touting the importance of a college degree.
May 5, 2018
America Insults Intelligent and Educated People By Ted Rall
There was controversy about it, but the Inuit famously and really do have at least 50 words for snow. The Scots have 241!
May 5, 2018
What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls - Week Ending May 5, 2018
While the Mueller investigation stumbles on from one news leak to the next, a lot of voters appear to be feeling pretty good about life in Donald Trump’s America.
May 4, 2018
Voters Say Trump Reelection More Likely, Reject Impeachment As Strategy
Voters see more chance for President Trump’s reelection these days and strongly believe that impeachment is not the best strategy for Democrats running for Congress.
May 4, 2018
Democrats' Dangerous Case of Trump Derangement Syndrome By Michael Barone
Isaac Newton's third law of motion states that for every action in nature, there is an equal and opposite reaction. It can operate in politics, too. For example, Harvard law professor Jack Goldsmith recently wrote, "It is part of Trump's evil genius that he elevates himself by inducing his critics to behave like him."
May 4, 2018
Memo to Trump: Defy Mueller By Patrick J. Buchanan
If Donald Trump does not wish to collaborate in the destruction of his presidency, he will refuse to be questioned by the FBI, or by a grand jury, or by Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his malevolent minions.
May 4, 2018
How Many Voters Think Trump Is One of Them?
Just over half of Republicans - and one-third of all voters - say they see eye-to eye politically with President Trump. The rest tend to believe he's too conservative. Few accuse him of being too liberal.
May 3, 2018
38% of Voters See Better U.S.-Israeli Relations Under Trump
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week attempted to convince President Trump to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal, one of the only major world leaders to do so. A plurality of voters thought after the 2016 election that Trump would improve relations with Israel, and many now think that has come to fruition.
May 3, 2018
Voters Don’t Think Their Views Align With Congress
Few voters believe the average congressional representative shares their views. But Democrats are more likely than Republicans to say their views are more closely aligned to the representatives in their own party.
May 3, 2018
Ohio’s Primary: The Heart Of It All By Kyle Kondik
Coming off his second term as state attorney general, Mike DeWine (R) has been a clear frontrunner to be the GOP’s gubernatorial nominee for the past several years. DeWine, a former U.S. senator (1995-2007) who has held posts at all levels of government, started the primary season with three major challengers: Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted (R), Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor (R), and U.S. Rep. Jim Renacci (R, OH-16). The attorney general has faced criticism in the past from conservative activists for various perceived apostasies, such as backing a deal over judicial confirmations during the Bush administration and being insufficiently pro-gun for some during his tenure in the Senate. But DeWine’s time as attorney general has allowed him to repair some of these relationships, particularly with pro-gun forces.
May 3, 2018
Americans Say No to Banning BFFs
A Massachusetts preschool has banned students from using the term “best friend,” saying it can make others feel excluded. But most Americans balk at prohibiting the use of “best friends” and think parents are far more influential in a child’s future than anyone else anyway.
May 2, 2018
Trump’s Full-Month Approval Back Up in April
When tracking President Trump’s job approval on a daily basis, people sometimes get so caught up in the day-to-day fluctuations that they miss the bigger picture. To look at the longer-term trends, Rasmussen Reports compiles the numbers on a full-month basis, and the results for Trump’s presidency can be seen in the graphics below.
May 2, 2018
The 'Uncle Tom' Card Is Dead By Michelle Malkin
Here is a short list of prominent conservatives and independent thinkers who've been accused by their critics of being an "Uncle Tom" or some other vitriolic variation on the overplayed left-wing theme of being a traitor to their race or gender ("Aunt Tomasina," "Uncle Juan," "Aunt Jemima," "Uncle Wong," etc.):
