Big Spending Trump By John Stossel
Last week, I tallied Joe Biden's spending plans. This week, President Trump's.
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August 26, 2020
August 25, 2020
A Tale of Two Tax Cuts By Stephen Moore
Democrats keep attacking President Donald Trump's idea of a payroll tax cut for 140 million American workers. At the Democratic National Convention, Joe Biden said it would endanger Social Security. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York rejects the tax cut as "unworkable." House Speaker Nancy Pelosi dismisses the plan as a "tax cut for major corporations."
August 25, 2020
A Most Consequential Presidency By Patrick J. Buchanan
As Donald Trump is about to be nominated for a second term, how his presidency has already altered the orientation of his party is on display.
August 22, 2020
Never Trump. Never Biden. The Progressive Case for Voting Third Party or Boycotting the Election By Ted Rall
Republicans will vote for President Donald Trump no matter what. Democrats will vote for Joe Biden no matter what. This column is for progressives weighing the pros and cons of succumbing to the two-party trap and voting for Biden.
August 21, 2020
Blue and Red America Differences Could Hurt Democrats By Michael Barone
Give Politico's chief Washington correspondent, Ryan Lizza, some credit. After Michelle Obama's speech capping the first night of the Democrats' virtual convention, he tweeted: "Story of an era in two convention speeches: Barack 04: 'There's not a black America and white America . ... there's the United States of America.' Michelle 20: 'my message won't be heard by some people' because 'we live in a nation that is deeply divided.'"
August 21, 2020
Will the Catholic Bishops Call Out Joe? By Patrick J. Buchanan
As a cradle Catholic and recipient of Notre Dame's Laetare Medal, Joe Biden is outspoken in declaring that the principles and beliefs of his Catholic faith guide his public life.
August 20, 2020
States of Play: Wisconsin By J. Miles Coleman
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— Even without the optics that come from hosting the Democratic National Convention, Wisconsin will be a crucial state this fall.
— Joe Biden’s apparent strength with older voters may buoy him in rural parts of the state, though Donald Trump also may have some room to improve even after his tremendous rural showings four years ago.
— Aside from the presidential contest, the state will see few competitive major races.
August 19, 2020
Give Them Hugs and Let Them Play By Michelle Malkin
I still can't get over the creepy spectacle of Dr. Marc Siegel, a New York University professor of medicine, vehemently hawking "No Hugs Please" buttons for all schoolchildren last week.
August 19, 2020
Big Spending Biden By John Stossel
Which presidential candidate will bankrupt America first, Donald Trump or Joe Biden?
August 18, 2020
Is the Media Gaming The Polls for a Post-DNC ‘Surprise’? By Brian C. Joondeph
Conventional wisdom suggests that presidential election polls will tighten as the election approaches. In the summer ahead of an election, most voters are not paying close attention to the campaign, and opinion polls many months ahead of the election are designed more to influence rather than reflect public opinion.
August 18, 2020
V-Shaped Economic Recovery Requires Freer Trade, Not Tariffs By Stephen Moore
It seems obvious that President Donald Trump is going to need a blockbuster economic revival if he hopes to win reelection in November.
Part of the equation to achieve that spring back is to resist trade protectionist temptations. But will he?
August 18, 2020
The Progressive Racism of the Ivy League By Patrick J. Buchanan
If the definition of racism is deliberate discrimination based on race, color or national origin, Yale University appears to be a textbook case of "systemic racism."
August 14, 2020
Is Biden-Harris on Tom Dewey's Path? By Patrick J. Buchanan
Accused of being a serial harasser in 2019, Joe Biden did what comes naturally. He apologized for perceived past misbehavior, and, to appease his accusers, pledged to choose a woman for a Biden ticket.
August 14, 2020
Biden-Harris/Trump-Pence Race 'Tightening' By Michael Barone
Just as Joe Biden announced Kamala Harris as his vice presidential nominee, and a week before the Democrats' virtual national convention is scheduled to begin at various sites, the basement strategy he's been pursuing, hailed as the political equivalent of "The Emperor's New Clothes," was starting to look tattered and torn.
August 13, 2020
Biden-Harris: A Predictable Pairing By Larry J. Sabato, Kyle Kondik, and J. Miles Coleman
The presumptive Democratic nominee plays it safe.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— Kamala Harris, long seen as a frontrunner to be Joe Biden’s running mate, represents a vetted, qualified, and safe VP choice.
— Harris is the latest in a long line of Democratic senators who have become running mates. If she becomes vice president, Democrats should not have any real obstacles to keeping her seat.
— Biden’s new running mate has only been in the Senate for less than four years, but she was California’s statewide elected attorney general before that — though she almost lost in 2010.
August 12, 2020
Is Biden-Loving Comcast Meddling in Loomer's Campaign? By Michelle Malkin
There's bad blood between President Donald Trump and Comcast. It's no secret.
August 12, 2020
Anti-Racist Racists By John Stossel
Black Lives Matter protests led many people to want to do something useful to reduce racial injustice. Racial justice groups are being flooded with money.
Big companies made multimillion-dollar donations.
August 11, 2020
Investor Immigrants Will Stimulate the Economy By Stephen Moore
One way President Donald Trump built the best economy in 30 years was by attracting nearly $1 trillion of foreign capital to these shores. This money got invested in new business startups and expanded existing Made-in-America businesses. This "repatriation tax holiday" worked like a charm. Millions of jobs were created -- and this was a major contributing factor to the American economic sonic boom.
August 11, 2020
The Real World Reasserts Itself By Patrick J. Buchanan
Since the death of George Floyd beneath the knee of a cop in Minneapolis on Memorial Day, the nation has been instructed by its cultural elites that this is the daily reality that a racist America has too long ignored.
August 8, 2020
Delay the Election? Presidents Often Do Things They Can't Do By Ted Rall
The stock response to President Donald Trump's suggestion that the general election might be delayed because voting during a pandemic would involve a record number of mail-in ballots, a format he argues is unreliable and susceptible to fraud, is that he doesn't have that power.
