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June 20, 2019

Senate 2020: The Primary Challengers By Kyle Kondik

No incumbents lost in 2014, 2016, or 2018. Who might be vulnerable in 2020?

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

— The postwar renomination rate for Senate incumbents is 96%. That’s a little bit lower than the rate in the House.

— However, no senators have lost renomination in 13 of the last 19 elections. So recent history does not necessarily suggest that there will be even a single Senate primary loser.

— A few senators appear to face challenges that could threaten them.

— Primary upsets could change the general election odds in some key races.

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June 19, 2019

Oberlin's Racial Hucksterism Comes Home to Roost By Michelle Malkin

As a right-wing alumna of far-left Oberlin College, I have four words for the administration in response to last week's ground-breaking $11 million jury verdict in the defaming of humble Gibson's Bakery:

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June 19, 2019

Moral Capitalism By John Stossel

Presidential candidates and the media keep telling people "it's immoral" that a few rich people have so much more money than everyone else.

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June 18, 2019

Without Mining There Is No 'Green Revolution' By Stephen Moore

The recent threats by Beijing to cut off American access to critical mineral imports have many Americans wondering why our politicians have allowed the United States to become so overly dependent on China for these valued resources in the first place.

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June 18, 2019

War With Iran Would Become 'Trump's War' By Patrick J. Buchanan

President Donald Trump cannot want war with Iran.

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June 14, 2019

The Not-Inevitable Candidate and His Not-Feasible Pet Project By Michael Barone

Will Joe Biden inevitably win the Democratic nomination for president? A month ago, many psephologists thought so, as national polls within two weeks of his April 25 announcement showed the former vice president with 41 percent of Democratic primary votes.

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June 14, 2019

Russiagate Is No Watergate By Patrick J. Buchanan

"History is repeating itself, and with a vengeance," John Dean told the judiciary committee, drawing a parallel between Watergate, which brought down Richard Nixon, and "Russiagate" which has bedeviled Donald Trump.

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June 13, 2019

SENATE 2020: THE PRIMARY CHALLENGERS By Kyle Kondik

The last time this current crop of senators, Class II, was up for election, in 2014, no senators lost their primaries. This represented a change from the previous two cycles, which featured significant primary upheaval, particularly on the Republican side.

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June 12, 2019

Biden Joining Dems in Left Field By Betsy McCaughey

Nineteen Democrats running for president took the stage in Iowa on Sunday to woo voters. It was a circus of left-wingers going bonkers for things most Americans don't want. The front-runners back abortion anytime before birth, abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement, outlawing gas-burning cars, shutting down fossil fuel industries that employ millions and redistributing wealth. These White House contenders are veering far left, even though polls show half their own party's voters aren't "liberal."

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June 12, 2019

Real X-Men By John Stossel

Soon, some of you will try to make "better babies."

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June 11, 2019

Tortured Logic at the Federal Reserve By Stephen Moore

I've been shouting from the rooftops for six months that the Federal Reserve is too tight on money and that this lack of dollar liquidity has cut into growth. So it is somewhat vindicating that Fed Chairman Jerome Powell seems to be finally coming around to that idea. The betting markets are now predicting at least one rate cut this year -- and perhaps two.

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June 11, 2019

Are Abortion & Gay Rights American Values? By Patrick J. Buchanan

"My religion defines who I am. And I've been a practicing Catholic my whole life," said Vice President Joe Biden in 2012. "I accept my church's position on abortion as ... doctrine. Life begins at conception. ... I just refuse to impose that on others."

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June 7, 2019

Hacking Dirty Government Secrets Is Not a Crime By Ted Rall

British goon cops acting at the request of the United States government entered Ecuador's embassy in London, dragged out WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and prepared to ship him across the pond. After this event last month, most of the mainstream media reacted with spiteful glee about Assange's predicament and relief that the Department of Justice had exercised self-restraint in its choice of charges.

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June 7, 2019

Barr Asking Questions the Media Don't Want Asked By Michael Barone

"I'm amused," Attorney General William Barr told CBS News' Jan Crawford, "by these people who make a living by disclosing classified information, including the names of intelligence operatives, wringing their hands about whether I'm going to be responsible in protecting intelligence sources and methods."

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June 7, 2019

Bernie & Joe: Two Old White Men Take the Lead By Patrick J. Buchanan

In 2018, a record turnout of women, minorities and young added 40 House seats to Democratic ranks and made Nancy Pelosi speaker.

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June 6, 2019

The Shadow of 1998 By Kyle Kondik

Revisiting and reassessing the GOP’s poor showing and the role of impeachment in the result.

KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE

— The 1998 election has invariably come up a lot as House Democrats consider whether to impeach President Donald Trump.

— That’s because Republicans had high expectations for that election but ended up flopping.

— While impeachment probably did hurt the Republicans in some districts, it may have been that Clinton’s popularity in a time of peace and prosperity would have insulated Democrats from big losses even if the GOP had held off on impeachment.

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June 5, 2019

From Convicted Murderer to Exoneree to Law Grad By Michelle Malkin

What would you do if you were falsely accused and convicted of a brutal rape and murder you didn't commit?

How would you handle a violent maximum-security prison, sentenced 16 years to life, at age 17?

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June 5, 2019

Paid Time Off By John Stossel

Both Republican and Democratic politicians want government to "do more" to give parents paid time off.

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June 4, 2019

Are Men Becoming Economically Expendable? By Stephen Moore

Almost all of the economic discussion of late has been on the "wage gap" between men and women. A case in point: California Sen. Kamala Harris wants to create a federal bureaucracy that will ensure the government has more influence over workers' pay than workers and employers themselves. This will open up a Pandora's box for trial lawyers as employers find themselves deluged with lawsuits over pay "gaps" real and imagined.

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June 4, 2019

Do Trump's Hawks Speak for Trump? By Patrick J. Buchanan

For a president who won his office by denouncing the Middle East wars into which George W. Bush and Barack Obama plunged the nation, Donald Trump has assembled the most unabashedly hawkish conclave of foreign policy advisers in memory. And he himself seems to concede the point.

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