How Long Can Biden Stay in His Basement? By Patrick J. Buchanan
Where Barack Obama achieved notoriety for "leading from behind," Joe Biden, these last two months, has been leading from the basement.
And, one must add, doing so quite successfully.
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May 5, 2020
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Save America. Throw the Landlords Under the Bus By Ted Rall
We can save the economy.
We have to throw the landlords under the bus to do it.
May 1, 2020
Time for Reopening By Michael Barone
Time for reopening? Let's reframe the question. Time for what to reopen? With what precautions? In which states and counties and communities? Mandatory reopening or voluntary?
And who really decides? Governors, mayors, the president? Business owners or consumers? Does anyone really expect what economist Arnold Kling calls "patterns of sustainable specialization and trade" to snap back into pre-COVID-19 shape?
May 1, 2020
Will Depression II Dictate Trump's Fate? By Patrick J. Buchanan
As of April 30, the coronavirus pandemic has killed 61,500 Americans in two months and induced the worst economic collapse since the Great Depression.
And if history is our guide, the economic crisis, which has produced 30 million unemployed Americans in six weeks, may prove more enduring, ruinous and historic than the still-rising and tragic death toll.
April 30, 2020
The Senate: Looking Beyond the “Core Four” By Kyle Kondik and J. Miles Coleman
There is a widespread consensus that, in the battle for the Senate, there are four races that may effectively decide the majority.
Dubbed the “core four” by one operative, the races in Republican-held Arizona, Colorado, Maine, and North Carolina are the ones that the Democrats seem to have the best chance of flipping. (For sports fans, the “core four” term may ring a bell: It describes the four players at the heart of the New York Yankees’ dynasty of the late 1990s and early 2000s.)
April 29, 2020
Notes on the Coming Meat Shortage By Michelle Malkin
The Great Toilet Paper Scare of 2020 has come to end, but don't breathe a sigh of relief just yet. The Spring Meat Stampede is here.
April 29, 2020
Let People Try Gelsolin! By John Stossel
We need new drugs to fight COVID-19 and other diseases. But our government's approval process makes that too hard.
This year's pandemic got regulators to say they'll speed the approval process. The FDA adopted Emergency Use Authorization to speed up approval of some tests, medical equipment and ventilators.
April 28, 2020
China Deserves Stringent Financial Penalties for its Role in the COVID-19 Outbreak By Stephen Moore
We've known for years that China lies and cheats and steals when it comes to international trade. Now we've learned that it also spread the deadly disease COVID-19. Donald Trump ran for president five years ago as the ultimate China hawk on trade, and he was way ahead of the curve for protecting against China's devious behavior. He saved countless lives here in the United States by shutting down travel from China back in February.
April 28, 2020
Up for a New Cold War -- With China? By Patrick J. Buchanan
Is America, in lockdown, with 26 million unemployed and entering a new depression, up for a confrontation and Cold War with China?
For that appears to be where the GOP wishes to lead us.
April 24, 2020
Don't Look for Coronavirus Consensus By Michael Barone
In the clashing commentary about whether lockdowns and stay-at-home orders should continue, or whether businesses and stores should be reopened, one senses a yearning for consensus. Why can't everybody just agree?
April 24, 2020
The One Certain Victor in the Pandemic War By Patrick J. Buchanan
"War is the health of the state," wrote the progressive Randolph Bourne during the First World War, after which he succumbed to the Spanish flu.
America's war on the coronavirus pandemic promises to be no exception to the axiom. However long this war requires, the gargantuan state will almost surely emerge triumphant.
April 23, 2020
The Democrats’ House Polling Lead: Remarkably Steady By Kyle Kondik
Generic ballot, money edge point to retained blue majority; seven rating changes.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— The Democratic lead in House generic ballot polling has been very consistent over the course of Donald Trump’s presidency.
— Democrats also have a significant money edge in the lion’s share of their most vulnerable districts. Money is not everything, but it can help.
— We have seven House rating changes, four in favor of Republicans and three in favor of Democrats.
— Put it all together, and Democrats remain favored to hold their House majority.
April 22, 2020
Piercing Illusion of Trump's 'Immigration Ban' By Michelle Malkin
President Donald Trump unleashed his "April surprise" on Monday night, sending shock waves from the Beltway Swamp to Silicon Valley with a long-overdue announcement: "In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens," he declared, "I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States!"
April 22, 2020
Government Goes Too Far By John Stossel
I'm "social distancing." I stay away from people.
I do it voluntarily.
April 21, 2020
Save Our Energy Industry by Slashing Royalty Payments and Energy Taxes Now By Stephen Moore
America's domestic energy producers are under siege. The price of oil fell to below $5 a barrel on Monday, down from roughly $50 a barrel a year ago. This 90% drop in price is sending nearly the entire oil and gas industry into bankruptcy.
What is going on here?
April 21, 2020
What Will Be the New American Cause? By Patrick J. Buchanan
After the Great Pandemic has passed and we emerge from Great Depression II, what will be America's mission in the world?
What will be America's cause?
April 18, 2020
Why We Need a New Progressive Party and How We Can Create It By Ted Rall
There is no room for progressives in the Democratic Party.
No matter how many votes he or she gets, no progressive will be permitted to be the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party.
April 17, 2020
Colleges and Universities Threatened By COVID-19 By Michael Barone
Some of America's most beautiful spaces -- our colleges and university campuses -- are closed and empty these days. Schools have canceled their spring semesters and commencements because of the COVID-19 virus; classrooms, dormitories and athletic facilities have been closed.
Students at many institutions are told that they can continue to access instruction online. But exams and grades have been canceled in many cases, and one suspects that online viewership will be sporadic and concentration intermittent.
April 17, 2020
Will COVID-19 Retire the World's Policeman? By Patrick J. Buchanan
For declaring in March that the U.S. economy might be reopened by Easter, President Donald Trump was roundly mocked.
Yet, it appears his political instincts were correct. He was more in tune with his country than were his critics.
April 16, 2020
Wisconsin’s Supreme Court Race: Don’t Project it Forward to the Fall By Kyle Kondik and J. Miles Coleman
Wisconsin is one of perhaps the two or three likeliest states to vote for the winning presidential candidate this fall, so it is no surprise that anything that happens politically in the Badger State attracts widespread attention.
