The Democrats Divide on Impeachment By Patrick J. Buchanan
The release of the Mueller report has left Democrats in a dilemma. For consider what Robert Mueller concluded after two years of investigation.
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April 23, 2019
April 20, 2019
For Journalists, Self-Censorship Is Credibility Suicide By Ted Rall
What is the job of the news media? To report the news. Everyone agrees on that. But some well-intentioned self-imposed ethical guidelines that members of the news media take for granted are getting in the way of the industry's fundamental mission: telling everything they know to a public whose right to know is sacred.
April 19, 2019
Is Bernie Stealing Trump's 'No More Wars' Issue? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"The president has said that he does not want to see this country involved in endless wars... I agree with that," Bernie Sanders told the Fox News audience at Monday's town hall meeting in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
April 19, 2019
Stopping the Campusfication of American Life By Michael Barone
Many people, years after they graduate from high school and college, have nightmares about taking exams for a course for which they have done none of the reading and are totally unprepared. They wake up full of anxiety and relax only when they realize they left school years ago.
April 18, 2019
Trump’s Primary Goal: Avoiding a New Hampshire Hiccup By Kyle Kondik
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— President Trump remains a huge favorite to win renomination as the Republican presidential nominee, although he will have at least some opposition.
— The New Hampshire primary has historically tested the strength of presidential incumbents.
— In the primary’s modern history, incumbents who won easy victories went on to renomination and reelection, while those who struggled lost in the fall or didn’t run again.
— That said, we’re only talking about a dozen total contests, so don’t make any strong predictions based on the president’s New Hampshire showing. But depending on the circumstances, Trump’s eventual performance may provide some clues for the general election.
April 17, 2019
Questions for Chase (Away) Bank By Michelle Malkin
I have been a Chase Bank customer for years. Who knows how much longer it'll be? Will the company's thought police come for me next? How about you? If you are a non-leftist who does business with the financial giant owned by J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., you need to ask questions and get answers.
April 17, 2019
Right to Print Arms By John Stossel
Are you very afraid? 3D-printed guns are coming.
"Virtually undetectable!" shrieked CNN.
April 16, 2019
Is America Running Out of Workers? By Stephen Moore
If you want one number that encapsulates the enormity of the economic turnaround under President Donald Trump, it is this: In America, as of the end of February, there were 7.1 million unfilled jobs, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. This number is larger than the entire population of the state of Indiana. That is how powerful and relentless the hiring spree has been under Trump policies.
April 16, 2019
Mayor Pete and the Crackup of Christianity By Patrick J. Buchanan
"(T)here is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so," said Hamlet, who thereby raised some crucial questions:
April 12, 2019
Where Trump's and Bibi's Interests Clash By Patrick J. Buchanan
On Monday, President Donald Trump designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization, the first time the United States has designated part of another nation's government as such a threat.
April 12, 2019
What Does History Tell Us About 2020? Not Very Much By Michael Barone
What does history tell us about the 2020 presidential election? Not as much as we'd like to know. We're an old republic and our two political parties are the oldest and third oldest in the world. But we've only had a limited number of presidential elections.
April 11, 2019
The Democratic Nomination: It Doesn’t Have to be a Long Slog By Kyle Kondik
The size of the Democratic field, combined with the party’s proportional allocation of delegates and other factors, raises the possibility of a very long nomination process that may not be decided until the convention.
April 10, 2019
False Accuser Shaun Lying King's Record of Harm By Michelle Malkin
This week, "journalist, activist and humanitarian" Shaun King will give a keynote speech at the annual Innocence Network conference in Atlanta, Georgia. The theme of the event, whose attendees work to prevent and undo wrongful convictions, is "The Presumption of Innocence."
April 9, 2019
Trump is Popping in the Polls By Brian C. Joondeph
Watch most cable or network news shows and the message is clear -- President Donald Trump is unpopular, especially compared to the dozens of fresh faces attempting to challenge him for the White House in 2020. Some of the faces are not so fresh as three of the leading contenders -- Biden, Sanders, and Warren are septuagenarians.
April 9, 2019
How to Prevent the Next Financial Crisis By Stephen Moore
What caused the financial crisis and Great Recession? A decade later, economists still don't have a good answer. Of course, the financial bubble in the housing market was the proximate cause, but this begs the question of what inflated the bubble that burst in the first place.
April 9, 2019
Already Deep in the Politics of Hate By Patrick J. Buchanan
During an Iowa town hall last week, "Beto" O'Rourke, who had pledged to raise the level of national discourse, depicted President Donald Trump's rhetoric as right out of Nazi Germany.
April 5, 2019
Will Black Voters Keep Democrats From Going Too Far to the Left? By Michael Barone
Which of the two dozen or so Democratic presidential candidates is going to carry black voters next year? The answer to that question is likely to be identical to the answer to the question "Which candidate is going to be the Democratic nominee, and maybe the president?"
April 5, 2019
2020: Socialist America or Trump's America? By Patrick J. Buchanan
In the new Democratic Party, where women and people of color are to lead, and the white men are to stand back, the presidential field has begun to sort itself out somewhat problematically.
April 5, 2019
Polling Critics Who Work in Glass Houses Shouldn’t Throw Stones. By Richard Baris
In 1948, Gallup had Democratic President Harry S. Truman trailing Republican Thomas E. Dewey by 5 points, 49.5% to 44.5%. President Truman won the popular vote 49.6% to 45.1%, and the Electoral College 303 to 189.
It would be six decades before Gallup misfired again, when they underestimated Barack Obama’s support in 2012.
