Obama Lied. My FOURTH Health Plan Died. By Michelle Malkin
Cue the funeral bagpipes. My fourth health insurance plan is dead.
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October 11, 2017
October 10, 2017
Kevin Hassett Spanks the Tax Policy Center By Lawrence Kudlow
President Trump's new chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, Kevin Hassett, walked into the lion's den last week with his first official speech. He used the moment to pound the leftist Tax Policy Center. It was a wonderful sight.
October 10, 2017
Trump Embraces the Culture War By Patrick J. Buchanan
To attend the Indianapolis Colts game where the number of the legendary Peyton Manning was to be retired, Vice President Mike Pence, a former governor of Indiana, flew back from Las Vegas.
October 6, 2017
Hugh Hefner Said His Critics Were Prudes And Puritans By Ted Rall
No one has ever accused Ross Douthat of excessive astuteness. "Donald Trump isn't going to be the Republican nominee," wrote in January 2016. Dude is paid to prognosticate politics. Even so, Douthat probably pulls down six figures at The New York Times, which doesn't grant me the courtesy of a rejection letter. So people pay attention to him.
October 6, 2017
The Dead Soul of Stephen Paddock By Patrick J. Buchanan
What was his motive? Why did he do it?
October 6, 2017
Both Parties' Extremists Seem Determined to Lose the Next Elections By Michael Barone
Almost no one disagrees that our two major political parties, the oldest and third-oldest in the world, have become increasingly extreme and estranged over the past decade. It's a startling contrast with the state of political conflict in the dozen or so years after the fall of the Soviet empire.
October 5, 2017
The Republican Senate Edge By Kyle Kondik
The U.S. Senate is a curious, unique legislative body for a lot of reasons. It has arcane rules, such as the filibuster, which limits the passage of most legislative items unless 60 members vote yes. Representation in the Senate is not based on population; instead, each state gets two and only two senators, meaning that California (the most populous state) and Wyoming (the least populous) have equal say in the Senate. Each get 2% of the Senate’s membership — two out of 100 senators — even though California has 12% of the nation’s people while Wyoming only has 0.2%. And unlike the House, where the entire membership is on the ballot every two years, only a third of the Senate’s membership is on the ballot each federal election cycle.
October 4, 2017
We Need Fallacy Control Now! By Michelle Malkin
Enough is enough. It's epidemic. It's dangerous. And the time has come to demand its end.
October 4, 2017
Get Out of the Way By John Stossel
The hurricane devastation is severe. What should the federal government do?
October 4, 2017
Puerto Rico the Latest Crisis Democrats See As Too Good to Let Go to Waste by Charles Hurt
Is there no third rail of American politics this president fears? Obviously not.
October 3, 2017
Trump's Incentive-Packed Tax Plan By Lawrence Kudlow
Much as he did in his command performance before the United Nations, when he took back control of U.S. foreign policy, President Donald Trump has seized and energized the tax cut issue. Almost daily, he is pounding away on the themes of faster economic growth and more take-home pay, arguing that his plan will make America's economy great again.
October 3, 2017
Moment of Unity in a Disintegrating World By Patrick J. Buchanan
"An act of pure evil," said President Trump of the atrocity in Las Vegas, invoking our ancient faith: "Scripture teaches us the Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit."
September 29, 2017
To Limit Gerrymandering, Supreme Court Needs Just to Reaffirm Equal Population Requirement By Michael Barone
Next week, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Gill v. Whitford, a case challenging Wisconsin's legislative district lines as an unconstitutional Republican gerrymander. It's attracted attention because many high-minded commentators have blamed partisan gerrymandering for today's highly polarized politics -- and for the fact that Republicans have won majorities in 67 of the 98 houses of state legislatures and in 10 of the past 12 elections in the U.S. House of Representatives.
September 29, 2017
Judge Moore & God's Law By Patrick J. Buchanan
"A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law, or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law. To put it in the terms of St. Thomas Aquinas, an unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal and natural law."
September 28, 2017
When the Out Party Runs Out of Luck By Kyle Kondik
The dominant theme in next year’s Senate elections is the confluence of two competing forces: The huge number of seats the Democrats are defending versus the usual boost that the non-presidential party, in this case the Democrats, enjoys in midterm elections.
September 27, 2017
NFL Pigskins at the Public Trough By Michelle Malkin
I'm calling foul on all the leftists rushing to protect the NFL's protest crusaders from President Donald Trump's criticism of their national anthem antics.
September 27, 2017
Critics Call Trump ‘Self-interested’ Like It's a Bad Thing By Charles Hurt
Nakedly transactional. Egotistical. Self-interested.
These are the slurs you hear echoing throughout the swamp about President Trump and his political motivations.
September 27, 2017
Disabled by Government By John Stossel
A third threat to free speech at University of California, Berkeley has led to more censorship than political rioters or college administrators.
September 26, 2017
Will NFL Demand Respect for Old Glory? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"America refuses to address the pervasive evil of white cops killing black men, and I will not stand during a national anthem that honors the flag of such a country!"
That is the message Colin Kaepernick sent by "taking a knee" during the singing of "The Star Spangled Banner" before San Francisco '49s games in 2016. No NFL owner picked up his contract in 2017. But a few players began to copy Colin and to "take a knee."
September 22, 2017
No Man Is Above The Law -- Except On College Campuses By Ted Rall
Freshman orientation, Columbia University, New York City, fall 1981: Speeches. A blur of upperclassmen, professors and deans welcomed us, explained campus resources and laid out dos and don'ts. At one point, the topic of the campus drug policy came up. "You can do whatever you want in your dorm room," we were told, "just make sure it's OK with your roommate." A ripple of surprise swept the audience. Several students asked for elaboration of this don't-ask-don't-tell policy on illegal narcotics, and were told that they'd heard correctly.
