Are Republicans Born Wimps? By Patrick J. Buchanan
Republican leaders are "a bunch of wimps," said Jerry Falwell Jr.
Conservatives and Christians need to stop electing "nice guys."
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October 2, 2018
October 1, 2018
Dress Rehearsal for Impeachment By Patrick J. Buchanan
Judge Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court was approved on an 11-10 party-line vote Friday in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Yet his confirmation is not assured.
September 29, 2018
The Brett Kavanaugh Sex Scandals Teach Us that Extremism, Even Supporting Torture, Are A-OK By Ted Rall
What is wrong with us? Specifically: What is wrong with liberal Democrats?
September 28, 2018
How Abortion Polarized America By Michael Barone
Here's my question," tweets legal scholar Jeffrey A. Sachs, obviously in response to the controversy over Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. "what is the alternative reality where Roe was never decided, levels of partisan polarization are identical to our own, and the SCOTUS appointments process is markedly better?"
September 27, 2018
The Senate: How 2018 Sets Up 2020 By Kyle Kondik
Keeping an eye on the next map in this cycle’s closing stretch
September 26, 2018
Stop Google's Kiddie Data Predators By Michelle Malkin
No consent. No disclosure. No escape.
September 26, 2018
Leaving the Left By John Stossel
Watching this video upset me. Students and even faculty members won't let Dave Rubin speak. They constantly interrupt, shouting "hate speech!" and "black lives matter!"
September 25, 2018
Saving the Republican Congress By Stephen Moore
Even at this late hour, President Donald Trump can save the Republican Congress in November -- if they want to be saved. To understand how, we need to rewind back to this time last year.
September 25, 2018
The Huge Stakes of Thursday's Confrontations By Patrick J. Buchanan
Thursday is shaping up to be the Trump presidency's "Gunfight at O.K. Corral."
September 22, 2018
Why Christine Ford Vs. Brett Kavanaugh Is a Train Wreck You Can't Look Away From By Ted Rall
Christine Blasey Ford has accused Brett Kavanaugh of trying to rape her during a party while they were teenagers. The political stakes are high: If Kavanaugh's confirmation vote fails in the Senate and Democrats win the body back in November, conservatives will watch their dream of a solidly reliable 5-4 majority go up in smoke.
September 21, 2018
Has Russia Given Up on the West? By Patrick J. Buchanan
By the end of his second term, President Ronald Reagan, who had called the Soviet Union an "evil empire," was strolling through Red Square with Russians slapping him on the back.
September 21, 2018
The Air Has Seeped out of the Russia-Collusion Balloon By Michael Barone
"I did not, and of course I looked for it, looked for it hard." That was Bob Woodward, promoting his book on the Trump White House, "Fear," replying to talk radio host and columnist Hugh Hewitt's question "Did you, Bob Woodward, hear anything in your research, in your interviews, that sounded like espionage or collusion?"
September 20, 2018
Ratings Changes: House and Governors By Kyle Kondik
Affluent suburban seats looking dicier for GOP, but their numbers in the House are not all bad; Colorado, Michigan gubernatorial races shift to Democrats.
September 19, 2018
Prices Should Rise By John Stossel
Officials in states hit by Hurricane Florence are on the lookout for "price gouging."
September 19, 2018
'Believe Women' Is Perilous Baloney By Michelle Malkin
I have a message for virtue-signaling men who've rushed to embrace #MeToo operatives hurling uncorroborated sexual assault allegations into the chaotic court of public opinion.
September 18, 2018
How Solar and Wind Mandates Tax the Poor and Middle Class By Stephen Moore
Liberals love to talk about helping the poor and the middle class, and they are obsessed with reducing income inequality. So why is it that across the country they are pushing one of the most regressive taxes in modern times?
September 18, 2018
The Late Hit on Judge Kavanaugh By Patrick J. Buchanan
Upon the memory and truthfulness of Christine Blasey Ford hangs the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh, his reputation, and possibly his career on the nation's second highest court.
September 15, 2018
All the Anonymous BS That's Fit to Print: Self-Serving Newspapers Ditch Their Own Ethics Rules By Ted Rall
The most disturbing aspect of The New York Times op-ed by an anonymous "senior official in the Trump Administration" isn't its content.
The content isn't significant enough to make an impression.
September 14, 2018
A Cold Wind off Lake Michigan -- for Chicago and America By Michael Barone
"It's the Lord of the Flies on LaSalle Street," wrote columnist John Kass in the Chicago Tribune. In case the references are unclear, whether because high schools haven't been assigning the William Golding novel in the last few decades or because out-of-towners unaccountably don't realize that Chicago's City Hall front is on LaSalle Street, the curmudgeonly Kass was writing about Mayor Rahm Emanuel's announcement that he won't run for a third term as mayor next February.
September 14, 2018
The Unpardonable Heresy of Tucker Carlson By Patrick J. Buchanan
Our diversity is our greatest strength.
After playing clips of Democratic politicians reciting that truth of modern liberalism, Tucker Carlson asked, "How, precisely, is diversity our strength? Since you've made this our new national motto, please be specific."
