Is the American Empire Worth the Price? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight," Samuel Johnson observed, "it concentrates his mind wonderfully."
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August 11, 2017
August 10, 2017
Alabama’s Long History With Senate Special Elections By Geoffrey Skelley
The 2017 Alabama special election for the U.S. Senate kicks off with party primaries this coming Tuesday (Aug. 15). Should one or both parties have no candidate win a majority that day, a primary runoff will take place on Sept. 26. Both sides have crowded fields, but given the dark red hue of the state, most expect the eventual Republican nominee to hold the seat for the GOP. The appointed incumbent, Sen. Luther Strange (R), appears somewhat vulnerable, at least in the Republican primary.
August 9, 2017
How Did the Dems' IT Scandal Suspects Get Here? by Michelle Malkin
Here is a radical proposition: The public has a right to know the immigration status and history of foreign criminal suspects. Their entrance and employment sponsorship records should not be treated like classified government secrets -- especially if the public's tax dollars subsidized their salaries.
August 9, 2017
Under Trump, Homeland Security Actually Gets Around to Securing the Homeland By Charles Hurt
Are you tired of winning yet?
In the long march to remaking American greatness, President Trump has certainly attracted plenty of scorn and ridicule from all the predictable and boring corners over all the predictable and boring nonissues.
August 9, 2017
Regulating Guns By John Stossel
Have a gun license? Plan to bring your gun to my hometown? Don't.
August 8, 2017
After the Coup, What Then? by Patrick J. Buchanan
That the Trump presidency is bedeviled is undeniable.
August 4, 2017
Is Trump's Russia Policy Being Hijacked? By Patrick J. Buchanan
In crafting the platform in Cleveland on which Donald Trump would run, America Firsters inflicted a major defeat on the War Party.
August 4, 2017
Ignoring the Lessons of Effective Presidents by Michael Barone
Who have been the most successful presidents in the past 80 years? Most successful, that is, in framing issues and advancing their policies, achieving foreign policy success, winning re-election and maintaining high job approval.
August 3, 2017
Forecast Model Suggests Democratic Gains Likely in 2018 Gubernatorial Contests By Alan I. Abramowitz
In addition to the entire U.S. House of Representatives and about one-third of the U.S. Senate, Americans will be choosing 36 state governors in 2018. Control of statehouses is crucial not only because many important policy decisions are made at the state level, but because the governors elected next year will, in many cases, play key roles in redrawing congressional and state legislative district lines after the 2020 census.
August 2, 2017
Procter & Gamble's Identity-Politics Pandering By Michelle Malkin
Once upon a time, brothers-in-law William Procter and James Gamble sold candles and soap. Their 19th-century family business grew into the largest consumer goods conglomerate in the world -- launching the most recognizable brands on our grocery shelves, including Tide, Pampers, Crest, Nyquil and Old Spice.
August 2, 2017
Health Care Debate Hasn’t Dulled Trump’s Political Instincts by Charles Hurt
Even amid the cosmic chaos that is this White House, President Trump maintains the laser focus of his wickedly sharp political instincts.
August 1, 2017
Shall We Fight Them All? By Patrick J. Buchanan
Saturday, Kim Jong Un tested an ICBM of sufficient range to hit the U.S. mainland. He is now working on its accuracy, and a nuclear warhead small enough to fit atop that missile that can survive re-entry.
July 28, 2017
Is Trump Entering a Kill Box? by Patrick J. Buchanan
Given the bravery he showed in stepping out front as the first senator to endorse Donald Trump, Jeff Sessions deserves better from his boss than the Twitter-trashing he has lately received.
July 27, 2017
Democrats and Trump: Both Behaving Irrationally By Michael Barone
What is it about Russia -- some vestige of all those Cold War spy films, perhaps -- that makes so many people, on all political sides, behave so irrationally when it's mentioned?
July 27, 2017
House 2018: How Big Is The Playing Field? by Kyle Kondik
If Democrats do have a chance to win the House next year, it might be because they translated a currently big field of announced candidates into credible opportunities to flip not just some of the top seats on their list of targets, but also some seats that, on paper, might not seem like they should be competitive. If that’s what happens — a big if at such an early point in the cycle despite President Trump’s unpopularity and the usual midterm trends that favor the party that does not hold the White House — it would mirror what happened when the Democrats last won the House from Republican control in 2006.
July 26, 2017
Recusal or Not, Trump’s Attacks on Sessions No Way to Help Drain the Swamp By Charles Hurt
Forget loyalty to Attorney General Jeff Sessions.
July 26, 2017
Who Owns Border Death Truck Tragedy? Mexico! by Michelle Malkin
Florida truck driver James Matthew Bradley isn't the mastermind of the human smuggling ring that led to the grisly deaths of 10 illegal immigrants in his rig, which authorities found at a San Antonio Walmart over the weekend.
July 26, 2017
$2 Million Bathroom By John Stossel
Did you see the $2 million dollar bathroom? That's what New York City government spent to build a "comfort station" in a park.
