Joe Biden's Bid to Remake America By Patrick J. Buchanan
If Joe Biden's American Jobs Program, outlined in Pittsburgh, is enacted, then the federal government will take a great leap forward toward irreversible control of the destiny of the Republic.
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Demographics and Expectations: Analyzing Biden and Trump’s Performances By Lakshya Jain
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— The predictive power of demographics makes county margins strongly correlated and thus inferable from each other. Comparing the actual results to the expected results based on county demographics gives us a better idea of candidate performance.
— In the 2020 presidential election, Democrats overperformed in states with high numbers of educated white voters, such as Texas, Arizona, and Georgia. They also began to show signs of hitting their electoral floors in much of Appalachia.
— Strong Republican showings with evangelicals, non-college whites, and Hispanics helped Trump overperform in Florida, Iowa, and Ohio.
March 31, 2021
Woke Colleges by John Stossel
Did you take the SATs to try to get into college? Your kids may not have to.
March 30, 2021
Are Democrats Dangerous to Your Health? by Stephen Moore
Rep. Jack Kemp used to say that minority voters "don't care what you know until they know that you care." Democrats have cleaned up with Black and Hispanic voters (although a little less so with each passing election) by professing how much they care.
March 30, 2021
Autocracy vs. Democracy or China vs. America? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"I've known Xi Jinping for a long time. ... He doesn't have a democratic -- with a small 'd' -- bone in his body," said Joe Biden in his first press conference as president, and then he ambled on:
March 26, 2021
Can the Biden Administration Stop China? by Michael Barone
The acrid atmosphere last week at the Captain Cook Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska, with its vivid murals of the 18th-century British seafarer James Cook's discoveries throughout the Pacific, sounds very much like the acrid atmosphere almost exactly 60 years ago in the Beaux-Arts American and Soviet embassies in Vienna: grim, at least for the United States.
March 26, 2021
Why Putin's Pipeline Is Welcome in Germany By Patrick J. Buchanan
During a joint interview with Jens Stoltenberg, the Norwegian secretary-general of NATO, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, fresh from his bout with the Chinese in Anchorage, took on Angela Merkel and the Germans.
March 25, 2021
The House: Unclear Lines, Clear Expectations By Kyle Kondik
Redistricting delays cloud the seat-by-seat picture, but midterm history suggests a Republican edge.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— Delays in the redistricting process mean that we won’t be releasing Crystal Ball House district ratings for the foreseeable future.
— However, midterm history along with GOP advantages in redistricting make the Republicans clear, though not certain, favorites to win the House next year.
— Recent midterm history helps illustrate some of the Democratic vulnerabilities if this cycle breaks against the White House, as it did in the past four midterms.
March 24, 2021
Get Off My Property! by John Stossel
Before dawn, dozens of union activists invaded a strawberry farm, shouting through bullhorns. This frightened workers and infuriated the farm's owner, Mike Fahner, who thought that in America, owning property means you have a right to control access to that property -- your home is your castle, and all that.
March 23, 2021
The Fall of Chile Is a Warning to America by Stephen Moore
Back in the 1970s, the nation of Chile embarked on one of the boldest sets of free market economic reforms in history. The government called in the Chicago Boys, as they were called, led by Milton Friedman and other University of Chicago free market economists.
March 23, 2021
Why Is Biden Creating His Own Crises? By Patrick J. Buchanan
Our mainstream media largely ignored it, the world media did not.
March 19, 2021
What Explains Biden's Chameleonlike Transformation? by Michael Barone
How to explain Joe Biden's ideological transformation over the years? Perhaps it's the same as the explanation of why the chameleon's complexion changes when he moves from desert to forest: adaptation to local terrain.
March 19, 2021
Do We Not Have Enough Enemies? By Patrick J. Buchanan
Asked bluntly by ABC's George Stephanopoulos if he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin is "a killer," Joe Biden answered, "Uh, I do."
March 18, 2021
How Mid-Decade Redistrictings Saved the Democratic House Majority By J. Miles Coleman
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— Though new congressional lines are typically put into effect for election years ending in “-2”, four states adopted new maps at later points during this last decade.
— In North Carolina, Florida, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, Republican-friendly maps were thrown out mid-decade in favor of plans that were more amenable to Democrats.
— If those pro-Republican maps were still in place, there’s a good chance that House Republicans would be in the majority now.
March 16, 2021
Don't Force Workers to Join a Union by Stephen Moore
In 1978, when I was 17 years old, I worked as an usher at concerts and sporting events earning $2.25 an hour, the minimum wage. I had to surrender about 15 cents of this meager hourly wage to a union I was forced to join. I could never understand what a union was doing to help me since the company had the legal requirement to pay me $2.25. I was infuriated over the principle of this confiscation by labor bosses I had never met.
March 12, 2021
Biden Moves Forward With Open-Doors Immigration Policy. Why? by Michael Barone
"BIDEN," say the young demonstrators' T-shirts, imitating his campaign logo, "PLEASE LET US IN!" The picture ran in The New York Times, but one wonders whether whoever paid for the tees got his money's worth, for President Joe Biden's administration seems determined to let in as many immigrants as want to come.
March 12, 2021
Is a Cold War II with China Inevitable? By Patrick J. Buchanan
Today, the four premier leaders of The Quad -- the U.S., Australia, India and Japan -- conduct their first summit, by teleconference.
March 11, 2021
2022 Gubernatorial Races: A Baseline By J. Miles Coleman
Aside from Maryland, no statehouses are initially favored to flip -- but surprises are surely coming.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— 38 states will see gubernatorial races over the next two years; Democrats currently hold 18 of the seats that will be contested while the GOP holds 20.
— Maryland, where popular Gov. Larry Hogan (R-MD) is term-limited, will be hard for Republicans to hold. With a Leans Democratic rating, the Crystal Ball expects a Democrat to flip the seat.
— We’re starting the cycle off with five Toss-ups: Arizona, Georgia, Kansas, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Not coincidentally, four of those gave President Biden very narrow margins last year.
— Democrats are clear favorites to retain governorships in three of the nation’s most populous states — California, Illinois, and New York — but they could be better-positioned in each.
— In the Senate, Sen. Roy Blunt’s (R-MO) retirement nudges that contest from Safe Republican to Likely Republican.
March 10, 2021
The Real Experts by John Stossel
The vaccine rollout crawls forward. Most of us will spend weeks, or months, waiting.
