Capitalism Makes Us Better Off by John Stossel
Last week, I debunked three myths about capitalism. Here are four more:
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June 23, 2021
June 22, 2021
Biden Economic Strategy: Put America Last By Stephen Moore
President Joe Biden's performance at the meeting with foreign leaders in Britain last week was a disgrace. Biden cut deals with Britain that sold out America's interests, and for doing so, he won the worshipful accolades of the Europeans, the Brits and the Canadians. It's amazing how popular you are at a party when you pay everyone's bills. Except Biden isn't spending his own money, of course. He's spending ours.
June 22, 2021
Will Bishops Deny Biden Communion? by Patrick J. Buchanan
Last week, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voted 168-55, more than 3-1, to provide new guidance for receiving Holy Communion.
June 18, 2021
This Juneteenth, Remember Americans Who Put Slavery on the Path to Extinction By Michael Barone
This week, the Senate unanimously passed a bill declaring Juneteenth a national holiday, commemorating June 19, 1865, when a Union general informed the last enslaved people in Texas that, thanks to the 13th Amendment, they were free. This was the denouement of a long process, begun more than four score years before and cruelly delayed for many decades.
June 18, 2021
Who Is Really Killing American Democracy? by Patrick J. Buchanan
By a vote of 30-1 in the House, with unanimous support in the Senate, Juneteenth, June 19, which commemorates the day in 1865 when news of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation reached Texas, has been declared a federal holiday
June 17, 2021
The New York City Mayoral Primary By Kyle Kondik and J. Miles Coleman
Breaking down the political geography of the nation’s largest city as voters digest a crowded and sometimes crazy campaign.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— New York City’s mayors have struggled in their recent efforts to win higher office, but they often become national figures anyway on account of their high-profile position.
— Ranked-choice voting as well as the many twists and turns of the race makes it difficult to predict a winner in next week’s Democratic primary.
— Republicans can win mayoral elections in New York, but the Democratic primary may very well end up being tantamount to election.
June 15, 2021
The Insurrection in Chicago by Stephen Moore
Almost exactly a year ago, race riots paralyzed more than a dozen of America's great cities, from New York to Seattle. The smoke hasn't gone away.
June 15, 2021
All Is Hype for the Biden-Putin Summit By Patrick J. Buchanan
History repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce.
June 14, 2021
Adolescents Need Constraints, Not Indulgence by Michael Barone
Letting adolescents have their way." That's one way to describe two public policies, advocated vociferously by woke liberals, opposed surely by most. One primarily affects young men, the other primarily young women.
June 11, 2021
Joe Manchin: Racist or Profile in Courage By Patrick J. Buchanan
In 1859, Abraham Lincoln related the tale of an Eastern monarch who charged his wise men with discovering words that would everywhere and always be true.
June 10, 2021
Forecasting the 2022 Midterm Election with the Generic Ballot By Alan I. Abramowitz
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— National House generic ballot polling can be a useful tool in projecting the overall results of House and Senate elections.
— The president’s party often loses ground in midterms, but the magnitude of those losses varies greatly depending on the national political environment and the seats held by each party prior to the election.
— A model using the generic ballot and seat exposure shows that a single digit lead on the generic ballot would give Democrats a good chance to keep control of the Senate. Given the expected impact of redistricting, however, Democrats probably need a larger lead to keep control of the House.
June 8, 2021
Sorry, Joe: Fixing Roads and Bridges Doesn't Cost $2 Trillion By Stephen Moore
The Biden White House is furiously trying to cajole congressional Republicans into signing off on his $2 trillion "infrastructure bill." So far, they've held firm in saying not just no but "hell, no" to new taxes and spending to pay for all this.
June 8, 2021
What Is America's Cause in the World? by Patrick J. Buchanan
"Take away this pudding; it has no theme," is a comment attributed to Winston Churchill, when a disappointing dessert was put in front of him.
June 7, 2021
Doctor Fauci’s Fabulous Fall from Fame By Brian C. Joondeph
Dr. Anthony Fauci, longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has been the face of the United States COVID-19 response. He has achieved godlike status within the media and celebrity smart set. His words are treated as gospel, to be accepted without question regarding all things COVID-19.
June 4, 2021
Facebook's Speech Suppression Argues for Repeal of Section 230 and a Facebook Stock Price of Zero by Michael Barone
"A lot of people have egg on their face" for dismissing the COVID-19 lab leak theory, tweeted ABC News ' Jonathan Karl this week. "Some things may be true even if Donald Trump said them."
June 4, 2021
Democratic Showdown: Kamala vs. Manchin By Patrick J. Buchanan
Speaking in Tulsa on the 100th anniversary of the racial atrocity there, Joe Biden belatedly turned to the issue of voting rights, to explain why he is having such difficulty winning passage of the party's priority legislation.
June 3, 2021
Differential Privacy and the Upcoming Process of Redistricting By Teresa A. Sullivan and Qian Cai
New method of protecting privacy in census may cause problems for drawing districts.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— The U.S. Census Bureau is required by law to protect the confidentiality of census respondents.
— The bureau is using a new method called “differential privacy” as part of the 2020 census to fuzz up the data in order to prevent individual respondents from being potentially identified.
— However, the use of differential privacy may cause problems in the upcoming redistricting process by injecting inaccurate information into the granular census data required to draw districts of equal sizes and to ensure fair racial representation.
June 2, 2021
Roundabouts Are Better by John Stossel
I hate waiting at traffic lights.
There's a solution: traffic circles, or roundabouts.
