Hospital By John Stossel
I write this from the hospital. Seems I have lung cancer.
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April 20, 2016
Ted Cruz Fails to Heed Own Advice, Get Out of Race He Can’t Win By Charles Hurt
What strange bedfellows and broken pretzels politics do make!
April 20, 2016
Yes, We Need a Canadian Border Wall By Michelle Malkin
Canada's sloppy, rushed and reckless Syrian refugee resettlement program is America's looming national security nightmare.
April 19, 2016
New York Exceptionalism and Donald Trump By Michael Barone
Noo Yawk. That's the state with this week's presidential primary, in which candidates who have spent time in New York recently are currently running ahead, according to polls.
April 19, 2016
Winners or Whiners? By Thomas Sowell
If there is one pattern that is emerging from this year's political campaigns, it is that rhetoric beats reality -- in both parties.
April 19, 2016
Is the GOP Risking Suicide? By Patrick J. Buchanan
Donald Trump has brought out the largest crowds in the history of primaries. He has won the most victories, the most delegates, the most votes. He is poised to sweep three of the five largest states in the nation -- New York, Pennsylvania and California.
April 15, 2016
Inside the Media Bubble, No One Can Hear Us Scream By Ted Rall
"New York Times" headline, April 12: "Donald Trump, Losing Ground, Tries to Blame the System."
April 15, 2016
America's Imperial Overstretch By Patrick J. Buchanan
This week, SU-24 fighter-bombers buzzed a U.S. destroyer in the Baltic Sea. The Russian planes carried no missiles or bombs.
April 15, 2016
Donald Trump's Insincere Process Arguments By Michael Barone
"Gestapo tactics." That's how Donald Trump's recently installed campaign manager, Paul Manafort, characterized the Ted Cruz campaign's successful effort to win all 34 of Colorado's pledged national convention delegates at the long-scheduled Republican congressional district and state conventions.
April 14, 2016
House 2016: How a Democratic Wave Could Happen By Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley
Pennsylvania’s Seventh Congressional District, which forms a misshapen U linking Greater Philadelphia in the east to the outskirts of Lancaster and Reading to its west and north, provides a vivid example of the challenges Democrats face on the current U.S. House map.
April 13, 2016
American Workers Matter: A Chicago Wake and Wake-Up Call by Michelle Malkin
Circle this date on your calendar: April 22. I'll be in Chicago that day attending what may be a very significant milestone in American politics and domestic policy. It's going to be a wake and a wake-up call, part memorial and part protest.
April 13, 2016
Another Libertarian Moment? By John Stossel
The Libertarian Party might get more votes this year.
April 13, 2016
Those Words You Hear From Paul Ryan Don’t Herald the Arrival Of a Knight in Shining Armor By Charles Hurt
Here in Washington, nothing ever goes “bump” by itself. Which leads us to the question, “What is Paul Ryan up to?”
April 12, 2016
Will Trump Be Swindled in Cleveland, Too? By Patrick Buchanan
In the race for the Republican nomination, Donald Trump would seem to be in the catbird seat. He has won the most states, the most delegates and the most votes -- by nearly two million.
April 12, 2016
The 'Voice of the People' Fallacy By Thomas Sowell
We hear many fallacies in election years. The fallacy that seems to be most popular this year is that, if Donald Trump comes close to getting the 1,237 delegates required to become the Republican nominee, and that nomination goes instead to someone else, then the convention will have ignored "the voice of the people."
April 12, 2016
The Tragic Deterioration of Washington's Great Society Subway by Michael Barone
If you live any distance beyond the Capital Beltway you probably didn't notice, but an important part of government in Washington shut down on Wednesday, March 16. That's when the Metro subway system's recently installed general manager, Paul Wiedefeld, ordered a one-day shutdown of the entire 117-mile system for emergency inspection of track-based power cables.
April 8, 2016
Can the GOP Get Together in Cleveland? By Patrick J. Buchanan
After winning only six delegates in Wisconsin, and with Ted Cruz poaching delegates in states he has won, like Louisiana, Donald Trump either wins on the first ballot at Cleveland, or Trump does not win.
April 8, 2016
Wisconsin Republicans Bid No Trump by Michael Barone
"Donald J. Trump withstood the onslaught of the establishment yet again." That's the first sentence in a Trump campaign statement tweeted out Tuesday night by the Washington Post's Robert Costa. It's also a strange way to respond to a solid defeat, reminiscent of the Monty Python knight who insists he is winning after both his arms are hacked off.
April 7, 2016
Senate/Governor 2016: Several Ratings Move Toward Democrats By Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley
When you look at the big picture of presidential elections, and you try to discern the connection between the White House contest and the 34 Senate elections on the same ballot, it becomes obvious there are two types of years.
April 6, 2016
Requiem for a VA Victim by Michelle Malkin
What does a suffering military veteran have to do to force an unresponsive government to change its ways?
