Political Commentary

February 19, 2018

Trump Needs a Return to King Dollar By Lawrence Kudlow

The Trump administration and the Republicans in Congress have passed one of the best pro-growth tax bills ever. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ranks in the all-time hall of fame along with former President Reagan's 1981 and 1986 tax acts, and former President Kennedy's posthumous tax cuts in 1964. The announcements by Apple, FedEx, AT&T, Fiat Chrysler and over 300 companies with multibillion dollar investments in the United States are early lead indicators of good things to come from the tax-rate cuts.

February 17, 2018

On The One Hand, Gun Violence; On The Other Hand, Gun Control By Ted Rall

On the one hand, because it's the 18th school shooting so far this year, the news that another psychologically damaged man shot 17 schoolchildren to death with an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle is not news. Put it on page 27 below the fold, maybe?

February 16, 2018

The Motives Behind the Massacre By Patrick J. Buchanan

"Enough is enough!" "This can't go on!" "This has to stop!"

February 16, 2018

What's Oozing out of Campuses Is Polluting Society By Michael Barone

In a 1989 article in New Republic, Andrew Sullivan made what he called "a (conservative) case for gay marriage." Today same-sex marriage is legal everywhere in America, supported by majorities of voters and accepted as a part of American life.

February 14, 2018

Success Academy By John Stossel

Kids who attend New York City's Success Academy charter schools do remarkably well.

February 14, 2018

Science, Secrecy and Lies in Oklahoma By Michelle Malkin

As the Oklahoma attorney general's office fights to keep hidden from public view the results of secret hearings on the DNA science flaws and falsehoods in former Oklahoma City police officer Daniel Holtzclaw's case, two prominent experts have stepped forward to shed bright light on the government's myriad mind-boggling failures.

February 13, 2018

Is US Being Sucked Into Syria's War? By Patrick J. Buchanan

Candidate Donald Trump may have promised to extricate us from Middle East wars, once ISIS and al-Qaida were routed, yet events and people seem to be conspiring to keep us endlessly enmeshed.

February 12, 2018

Swamp Creatures Stir to Life As Big Spending Sparks Bipartisanship By Charles Hurt

Any time you hear Washington talk about bipartisan agreement, America, grab your wallet and run!

February 10, 2018

Why Do The Democrats Take Trump's Trolling Lying Down By Ted Rall

This is advice for the Democrats. Democrats never take my advice. So why do I keep giving it to them?

February 9, 2018

Gentry Liberals Own the Democratic Party By Michael Barone

Amid the brouhahas about the Nunes memo and immigration, an item from Greg Hinz of Crain's Chicago Business caught my eye. Demographers crunching census data estimate that Chicago's black population fell to 842,000, while its white non-Hispanic population increased to 867,000. National political significance: In our three largest cities -- New York, Los Angeles and Chicago -- gentry liberals have become the dominant political demographic.

February 9, 2018

Trump -- Middle American Radical By Patrick J. Buchanan

President Trump is the leader of America's conservative party.

February 8, 2018

Senate 2018: Republicans Still Have Plenty of Targets By Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley

The victory by Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) in a special election in December did provide Democrats a potential path to a Senate majority, albeit a narrow one. The Democrats need to defend all 26 of the 34 seats they currently hold,[1] and then flip two of the eight Republican-held seats. Those would most likely be Arizona, an open seat, and Nevada, where Sen. Dean Heller (R) is seeking a second term.

February 7, 2018

Memo to Dan Rather: Shut Up About Memos By Michelle Malkin

Old liberal media liars never fade away. They just rage, rage against the dying of their dinosaur industry's light.

February 7, 2018

Silk Road By John Stossel

Ross Ulbricht was a quiet nerd -- an Eagle Scout who never cursed.

February 6, 2018

Nunes Duels the Deep State By Patrick J. Buchanan

That memo worked up in the Intel Committee of Chairman Devin Nunes may not have sunk the Mueller investigation, but from the sound of the secondary explosions, this torpedo was no dud.

February 3, 2018

Democrats Could Lose Again This Fall By Ted Rall

You're reading this, so you probably follow political punditry. And if you follow political punditry, you've been hearing the usual corporate suspects predict that one of two things will happen in this fall's midterm elections: either the Democrats will win big (win back the Senate), or they'll win really big (the House, too). Outta the way, Congressional Republicans: here comes the Big Blue Wave!

February 2, 2018

A Never-Trump Press in Near Panic By Patrick J. Buchanan

"All the News That's Fit to Print" proclaims the masthead of The New York Times. "Democracy Dies in Darkness," echoes The Washington Post.

February 2, 2018

Toward a Trump Republicanism By Michael Barone

Donald Trump's surprisingly good State of the Union speech got a record 70 to 75 percent positive approval rating from those who watched. Even if you discount (as you should) for the Trump haters who can't bear to watch him and chose another of their 100-plus cable channels, that's not chopped liver.

February 1, 2018

The Districts That Will Determine The Next House Majority By Kyle Kondik

Charting out the Democrats’ path to 218 seats, district by district

January 31, 2018

'Dreamers' and Demons By Michelle Malkin

Xinran Ji, 24, had big dreams. But demons demolished them.

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