2020: Year of the Democrats? Maybe Not By Patrick J. Buchanan
If Democrats are optimistic as 2019 begins, it is understandable.
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December 28, 2018
December 28, 2018
As in Kipling's Day, Military Deployments Needed to Prevent Unknowable Threats By Michael Barone
The numbers are small, the terrain unfamiliar, the cast of characters chaotic and the clash of interest hard to decipher.
December 26, 2018
Beware Silicon Valley Santas in the Schools By Michelle Malkin
When it comes to Silicon Valley Santas bearing gifts for our children, I am a big Scrooge. Every responsible parent should be, too.
December 26, 2018
And Peace Online By John Stossel
My New Year's resolution: Make a careful distinction between speech and violence.
America's First Amendment says "yes" to most speech, including speech that criticizes, insults -- even speech that promotes hate. But the law applies only to government.
December 25, 2018
Fire the Fed By Stephen Moore
In one of the most remarkable Abbott and Costello routines in modern times, the economic wizards at the Fed again raised interest rates on Tuesday. Their crackerjack logic for doing so is to steer America on a course toward recession so they have the tools in hand to end the recession that they themselves created. Can anyone tell us who's on first?
December 25, 2018
Christmas 2018: Not the Worst of Times By Patrick J. Buchanan
"Deck the halls with boughs of holly," goes the old Christmas carol. "'Tis the season to be jolly." Yet if there were a couplet less befitting the mood of this capital city, I am unaware of it.
December 22, 2018
Liberals Used to Feel Your Pain. Now They Inflict It. By Ted Rall
Liberals are supposed to feel other people's pain. Now, they seem more intent on inflicting it.
December 21, 2018
Will Trump Hold Firm on Syrian Pullout? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there," wrote President Donald Trump, as he ordered the withdrawal of all U.S. forces from Syria, stunning the U.S. foreign policy establishment.
December 21, 2018
American Fertility Headed to All-time Low By Michael Barone
In 1957, 4.3 million babies were born in the United States. In 2017, 60 years later, the number was 3,853,472. That's an 11 percent decline, in a nation whose population has nearly doubled over those six decades. And though there are a few days left in 2018, the number for this year is sure to be lower.
December 20, 2018
Moderation in the Pursuit of Reelection May Not Help: Evidence from the 2018 House Elections By Alan I. Abramowitz
In my book, The Great Alignment: Race, Party Transformation and the Rise of Donald Trump, I argue that the United States has entered a new era of electoral competition in the 21st century. The most important characteristics of 21st century elections are partisan polarization and nationalized elections, and the results of the 2018 House elections provide striking evidence of both. The outcomes of House contests in 2018 were overwhelmingly determined by two factors — the partisan composition of House districts and the unpopularity of President Trump in many of those districts, including some that had supported him in 2016.
December 19, 2018
Three Good Men; Three Great Kids' Books By Michelle Malkin
Men get a bad rap. They're blamed collectively for rape culture, violence, war, poverty, climate change and all other manner of global suffering. They're forced to apologize on college campuses for their chromosomes, anatomy and athleticism. They're vilified incessantly in women's magazines, on women's talk shows and at women's confabs promoting the male-bashing #MeToo movement.
December 19, 2018
Capitalists vs. Capitalism By John Stossel
It's bad enough when leftists smear capitalism. I hate it more when capitalists do it, too.
I'd hoped for more from the world's current richest man, Jeff Bezos.
December 18, 2018
O Little Poll of Washington...By Brian C. Joondeph
A popular Christmas carol is “O Little Town of Bethlehem.” In keeping with the Christmas season, and the ongoing efforts by the Washington, D.C. elites and ruling classes to destroy anything and everything related to President Trump, it’s time to review some current opinion polls.
December 18, 2018
Follow the (Climate Change) Money By Stephen Moore
The first iron rule of American politics is: Follow the money. This explains, oh, about 80 percent of what goes on in Washington.
December 18, 2018
Can America Fight Two Cold Wars at Once? By Patrick J. Buchanan
Kim Jong Un, angered by the newest U.S. sanctions, is warning that North Korea's commitment to denuclearization could be imperiled and we could be headed for "exchanges of fire."
December 14, 2018
What Lies Behind the Malaise of the West? By Patrick J. Buchanan
Is it coincidence or contagion, this malady that seems to have suddenly induced paralysis in the leading nations of the West?
December 14, 2018
Parties Need to Up Their Game By Michael Barone
Two weeks ago in this column, I asked what is to blame for the weakness of the heads of government here and in Western Europe, institutional failure, voter fecklessness, leaders' personal weaknesses or some combination of all three?
December 13, 2018
Senate 2020: Republican Exposure on Paper, But Not Necessarily in Practice By Kyle Kondik
In the 2018 cycle, the big story was that the Democrats faced a historically difficult map of Senate races. They had to defend 26 of the 35 seats being contested, including Democratic incumbents in several dark red states. Ultimately, Democrats won 24 of the 35 races, nearly 70% of those on the ballot. But Republicans netted two seats overall, boosting their majority from 51 seats to 53 seats when the new Senate convenes next month. Democrats will hold 47 seats, a total that includes independent Sens. Angus King of Maine and Bernie Sanders of Vermont.
December 12, 2018
An Ethics Lesson for USA Today's 'Queer' Bullies By Michelle Malkin
This week, I did something that USA Today's executive leadership apparently hadn't done lately: I read the newspaper's "principles of ethical conduct for newsrooms."
December 12, 2018
Liberty Gifts By John Stossel
Struggling to find gifts to get for loved ones? How about a book?
