At Age 70, Time to Rethink NATO By Patrick J. Buchanan
"Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last."
So said President Charles De Gaulle, who in 1966 ordered NATO to vacate its Paris headquarters and get out of France.
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January 18, 2019
January 16, 2019
Procter & Gamble's Toxic Sanctimony By Michelle Malkin
One of the world's most successful brands committed ideological hara-kiri this week. Recognized around the world as a symbol of manly civility for more than a century, Gillette will now be remembered as the company that did itself in by sacrificing a massive consumer base at the altar of progressivism.
January 16, 2019
Shutdown 'Crisis' By John Stossel
This government shutdown is now longer than any in history. The media keep using the word "crisis."
"Shutdown sows chaos, confusion and anxiety!" says The Washington Post. "Pain spreads widely."
January 15, 2019
Is Bolton Steering Trump into War with Iran? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"Stop the ENDLESS WARS!" implored President Donald Trump in a Sunday night tweet.
Well, if he is serious, Trump had best keep an eye on his national security adviser, for a U.S. war on Iran would be a dream come true for John Bolton.
January 15, 2019
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez vs. JFK By Stephen Moore
Oh how far the Democratic Party has fallen. In recent days, we've seen the new darling of the Democrats, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, crusading for a 70 percent income tax rate.
January 11, 2019
A Stalemate as Trump Goes Factual, Democrats Illogical By Michael Barone
The televised presidential address from the Oval Office, a staple of communication between the chief executive and the people in the second half of 20th century, has recently been in desuetude. Former President Barack Obama delivered only three such addresses in his eight years in office. President Donald Trump this week delivered his first one, just days short of completing half his term.
January 11, 2019
Memo to Trump: Declare an Emergency By Patrick J. Buchanan
In the long run, history will validate Donald Trump's stand on a border wall to defend the sovereignty and security of the United States.
Why? Because mass migration from the global South, not climate change, is the real existential crisis of the West.
January 10, 2019
The Wandering Voters: How 2018’s Gubernatorial Results Reflected 2016’s Presidential Trends By Noah Rudnick
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— 2018 governors’ races continued along the same realignment patterns that emerged in the 2016 presidential election.
— An analysis of protest third-party votes for president in 2016 indicates those voters were likelier to pick the Democrats’ side in the 2018 election.
January 9, 2019
Legal Weed By John Stossel
Ten states and Washington, D.C., have now legalized adult use of marijuana.
January 9, 2019
Border Wall: Monument for the People, Not Pols By Michelle Malkin
Profligate politicians have never met a multibillion-dollar infrastructure project they didn't like -- except when it comes to President Donald Trump's border wall.
Think about it.
January 8, 2019
No, This Is Not JFK's Democratic Party By Patrick J. Buchanan
Speaker Nancy Pelosi's House has more women, persons of color and LGBT members than any House in history -- and fewer white males.
January 8, 2019
Navigating the Great Divide By Stephen Moore
In the months after the election of Donald Trump, there was a mini-political movement in California to get the Golden State to secede from the Union.
January 5, 2019
Death to the DIY Society By Ted Rall
I admit it: My bias derived from self-interest. I was a bag boy. But that didn't make me wrong when I reacted to the news that supermarkets would make customers bag their own groceries. This, I told my friends at the time, is the first brick in a road to perdition.
January 4, 2019
Trump & The Post: Whose Side Is Mitt On? By Patrick J. Buchanan
If there is a more anti-Trump organ in the American establishment than The Washington Post, it does not readily come to mind.
January 4, 2019
Think Things Are Bad Now? They Were Lots Worse in 1919 By Michael Barone
The hundredth anniversary of the Armistice that ended the fighting of World War I in Europe came and went with surprisingly little notice last Nov. 11. Commemoration was muted for a conflict that took the lives of some 15 to 19 million soldiers and civilians -- estimates vary widely -- including, in just 19 months, more than 116,000 Americans.
January 2, 2019
Sweden Isn't Socialist By John Stossel
For years, I've heard American leftists say Sweden is proof that socialism works, that it doesn't have to turn out as badly as the Soviet Union or Cuba or Venezuela did.
January 2, 2019
Say His Name: RIP Cpl. Ronil Singh By Michelle Malkin
In the still of the last night of 2018, the silence of California Dems chilled the air and airwaves.
December 28, 2018
2020: Year of the Democrats? Maybe Not By Patrick J. Buchanan
If Democrats are optimistic as 2019 begins, it is understandable.
December 28, 2018
As in Kipling's Day, Military Deployments Needed to Prevent Unknowable Threats By Michael Barone
The numbers are small, the terrain unfamiliar, the cast of characters chaotic and the clash of interest hard to decipher.
December 26, 2018
Beware Silicon Valley Santas in the Schools By Michelle Malkin
When it comes to Silicon Valley Santas bearing gifts for our children, I am a big Scrooge. Every responsible parent should be, too.
