Will the Oligarchs Kill Trump? by Patrick J. Buchanan
Narrow victories in the Kentucky caucuses and the Louisiana primary, the largest states decided on Saturday, have moved Donald Trump one step nearer to the nomination.
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March 4, 2016
FBI vs. Apple is Really About Edward Snowden By Ted Rall
The fight between Apple and the FBI has been framed as an epic battle between big tech and big government. Apple, says the Obama Administration, is siding with "its business model and public brand marketing strategy" ahead of public safety. That's not it, says Apple CEO Tim Cook. He says his company is "a staunch advocate for our customers' privacy and personal safety."
March 4, 2016
Can Donald Trump Be Stopped? Maybe By Michael Barone
The Republican race goes on after Super Tuesday. In ordinary years, Donald Trump's wins in seven of the 11 Super Tuesday contests after three out of four wins in February, together with his delegate lead, would make him the nominee. Politicians would hurry to back the apparent winner.
March 3, 2016
The Trumpmare: Can the Republicans Save the Senate? By Larry J. Sabato and Kyle Kondik
Let’s have some speculative fun, if such a thing is possible in this election year. After recent primaries, it’s not a stretch to imagine Donald Trump as the Republican presidential nominee; in fact, the odds at the moment favor this outcome. Now, add a second, more controversial projection: Trump loses the general election handily to Hillary Clinton. If you’re a Trump supporter, you will vigorously object.
March 2, 2016
The 2016 GOP Debate Debacle By Michelle Malkin
When the dust settles on this wild and wacky GOP primary season, there will be at least one clear Biggest Loser: the Republican National Committee.
March 2, 2016
Regulating the Future By John Stossel
Government pretends it's the cause of progress. Then it strangles innovation.
March 2, 2016
Trump’s Winning Streak Baffles GOP Losing Club for Losers By Charles Hurt
It is true. You simply cannot trust a politician as far as you can throw them.
March 2, 2016
Tuesday’s Super for Trump and Clinton By Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley
As the dust settles from Super Tuesday, we think the race is the same now as it was before the voting: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are the favorites to win their respective nominations.
March 1, 2016
Last Chance for America? By Thomas Sowell
The "Super Tuesday" primaries may be a turning point for America -- and quite possibly a turn for the worse. After seven long years of domestic disasters and increasing international dangers, the next President of the United States will need extraordinary wisdom, maturity, depth of knowledge and personal character to rescue America.
March 1, 2016
Is a New GOP Being Born? by Patrick J. Buchanan
The first four Republican contests -- Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada -- produced record turnouts.
March 1, 2016
Arizona, Not Trump, Shows Republicans the Way on Immigration By Michael Barone
In last Thursday's slam-bang Republican debate everyone saw Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz do a fine job of demonstrating Donald Trump's ignorance and inconsistencies. But many may not have noticed Cruz's citation of a Feb. 9 Wall Street Journal article that casts light on the immigration issue -- and suggests strongly that Cruz's and Rubio's serious immigration policies could prove more effective than Trump's bombast about building a wall and getting Mexico to pay for it.
February 26, 2016
Hillary vs. The Donald by Patrick J. Buchanan
In a Hillary Clinton vs. Donald Trump race -- which, the Beltway keening aside, seems the probable outcome of the primaries -- what are the odds the GOP can take the White House, Congress and the Supreme Court?
February 26, 2016
Trump's Rivals Must Make the Case for Themselves By Michael Barone
Does Donald Trump's big win in the Nevada caucuses mean he's the inevitable Republican nominee? He has made himself the favorite and could sew up the nomination with the first winner-take-all primaries March 15. But it's not inevitable that he will become the nominee. The question is how others can prevent it.
Trump won 46 percent in Nevada; Marco Rubio won 24 percent, and Ted Cruz won 21 percent. That's in line with polling, which showed Nevada to be one of the best Trump states.
February 25, 2016
Democrats 2016: From South Carolina to the Ides of March, Part Two By Kyle Kondik
This is the second part of a two-part series analyzing the flood of primaries and in both parties from now through March 15. Last week we looked at the Republicans, and this week we look at the Democrats.
February 24, 2016
Starving on the Prosciutto-and-Brie Poverty Diet by Michelle Malkin
Heed the cry of an entitled young American hipster: Woe is me, me, me, me, me!
February 24, 2016
Establishment seeks U.S.S. Marco Rubio to save it from Donald Trump By Charles Hurt
The Donald Trump Derangement Syndrome treatment facilities simply cannot handle the patient load. By Super Tuesday, there will be no beds left and white people wearing Brooks Brothers suits and tassel loafers will be wandering the streets of New York and D.C. with bloodshot eyes.
February 24, 2016
Joy and Bad Law By John Stossel
According to Betfair.com, Jennifer Lawrence probably won't win best actress at the Oscars Sunday. I'm rooting for her, though -- not because of her acting, but because the movie she stars in, "Joy," celebrates the difficulty of entrepreneurship.
February 23, 2016
Paranoid Politics By Thomas Sowell
Amid all the media analyses of the prospects of each of the candidates in both political parties, there is remarkably little discussion of the validity -- or lack of validity -- of the arguments these candidates are using.
February 23, 2016
February Clarifies Both Parties' Nomination Races By Michael Barone
In 2008, Barack Obama's great victories in February primaries -- Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Virginia and Wisconsin -- gave him an unstoppable delegate lead for the Democratic nomination. In 2012, Mitt Romney's wins in Florida (technically on Jan. 31) and Michigan sent him on his way to the Republican nomination.
