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January 2, 2020

Markey vs. Kennedy: Welcome To The Most Unusual Senate Primary In Decades By Louis Jacobson

There hasn't been another recent Senate primary challenge quite like it.

KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS ARTICLE

— Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) is facing a strong primary challenge from Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D, MA-4) in 2020. While challenges to entrenched incumbent senators aren’t an everyday occurrence, the Markey-Kennedy race is especially unusual in recent Senate history

— Most senators who attract primary challenges are weakened in some way — they face questions about their advanced age, their party loyalty, or a brush with scandal — or else face a challenge on ideological grounds. Yet none of these factors fit the Markey-Kennedy contest.

— Over the past three decades, even the top-performing primary challengers had a no better than one-in-nine chance of ending up in the Senate. Yet at this point, Kennedy — bucking history — seems like a modest favorite in the race.

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January 1, 2020

3 Tips for 2020 By John Stossel

I learned three new things this year that made my life better!

I share them with you here, hoping they make your 2020 easier.

My "life hacks" are about popcorn, iPhones and butter.

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January 1, 2020

20 Years: A Syndication Anniversary Reflection By Michelle Malkin

I live to write. I write to live.

The close of 2019 marks two full decades since I entered national newspaper syndication. You are reading the 1,571st column I've filed with Creators Syndicate. The years have flown and so have the words: More than one million of them carefully marshaled each week for the past 1,043 weeks to enlighten, entertain and enrage.

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December 31, 2019

Democrats Peddle Doom, but the Middle Class Never Had It So Good By Stephen Moore

These days, when you listen to the gloom of the media and many of the presidential candidates, you have to wonder what country these Debbie Downers are talking about.

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December 31, 2019

Will War Derail Trump's Reelection? By Patrick J. Buchanan

"It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future," Yogi Berra reminded us.

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December 27, 2019

We're Living in the (Almost) Best of Times By Michael Barone

The best of times, the worst of times. Your instinct on which one we're living through is affected by your basic temperament, but it also depends on how well you're observing -- and quantifying -- things in the world around you.

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December 27, 2019

Is 'Little Rocket Man' Winning? By Patrick J. Buchanan

As of Dec. 26, Kim Jong Un's "Christmas gift" to President Donald Trump had not arrived. Most foreign policy analysts predict it will be a missile test more impressive than any Pyongyang has yet carried off.

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December 25, 2019

Jill Biden, Meet Cpl. Ronil Singh and Deputy Brian Ishmael By Michelle Malkin

The last time I checked, Joe Biden was running for president of the United States. But his wife, Jill Biden, demonstrated where the beltway Democratic couple's allegiance and compassion are rooted this Christmas season: Mexico.

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December 25, 2019

Give, Don't Govern By John Stossel

This week, children may learn about that greedy man, Ebenezer Scrooge. Scrooge is selfish until ghosts scare him into thinking about others' well-being, not just his own.

Good for the ghosts.

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December 24, 2019

The Fed Monopoly Shouldn't Compete With Private Banks By Stephen Moore

If there is any lesson we have learned about the Federal Reserve system in the last few years, it is that the supposed oracles who run our central bank are anything but infallible.

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December 24, 2019

Today France, Tomorrow the USA? By Patrick J. Buchanan

As that rail and subway strike continued to paralyze travel in Paris and across France into the third week, President Emmanuel Macron made a Christmas appeal to his dissatisfied countrymen:

"Strike action is justifiable and protected by the constitution, but I think there are moments in a nation's life when it is good to observe a truce out of respect for families and family life."

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December 21, 2019

The Media Is Down in the Gutter With Trump By Ted Rall

How you respond to an attack defines you. Keep your cool, remain civil, and others will respect the way you handle yourself, even if they disagree with you. Lower yourself to your assailant's level and -- at best -- spectators will dismiss your dispute as a he-said-she-said between two jerks.

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December 20, 2019

'One-Nation' Conservatism Wins Again in Britain By Michael Barone

Last week the world's second-oldest political party showed, and not for the first time, its capacity to regenerate itself and win an impressive majority in difficult circumstances.

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December 20, 2019

Is Impeachment Backfiring on Democrats? By Patrick J. Buchanan

"We're gonna impeach the (expletive deleted)."

Thus did the member from Michigan, Rashida Tlaib, declare last January to be the goal of the 2019 House Democratic Caucus.

December 20, 2019

Deck the Polls with Boughs of Folly By Brian C. Joondeph

Christmas is rapidly approaching. Traditional Christmas carols have been replaced by insipid pop ballads played incessantly on “holiday” radio stations. As “Deck the Halls” is now politically incorrect with its reference to donning one’s gay apparel, I took some liberty with the song title to review recent opinion polls.

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December 19, 2019

2019: The Year of Stability By Kyle Kondik

Big events of the year, including impeachment, don’t materially change the odds in races for president, Congress.

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

— Impeachment is an unusual occurrence marked by usual partisanship. It is hard to argue that it has dramatically altered perceptions of the president.

— Overall, our outlook for the races for president and for Congress are pretty similar to what they were at the start of the year.

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December 18, 2019

Out of the Shadows... and Into the Voting Booth? By Michelle Malkin

My teenage son is a law-abiding American citizen. To obtain his driver's permit this year, he brought his birth certificate, Social Security card, passport and verification that he completed an approved driver's school course. It took a half-dozen trips back and forth between various government agencies to clear all the paperwork hurdles.

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December 18, 2019

The Case Against Socialism By John Stossel

Sen. Rand Paul just wrote a book, "The Case Against Socialism."

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December 17, 2019

A Cheer for the Trump Uranium Plan By Stephen Moore

Our sources are telling us that President Trump is nearing a decision on how to revive the all-but-dormant American uranium industry. This proposed plan would create a reserve of domestically mined uranium stored in a "Federal Uranium Security Stockpile." One option on the table is for the Department of Defense to purchase uranium through the 1950 Defense Production Act.

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December 17, 2019

Will the Secessionist Epidemic Ever End? By Patrick J. Buchanan

Fresh from his triumphal "Get Brexit Done!" campaign, Prime Minister Boris Johnson anticipates a swift secession from the European Union.

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