Will Tribalism Trump Democracy? By Patrick J. Buchanan
On July 19, the Knesset voted to change the nation's Basic Law.
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July 31, 2018
July 28, 2018
The Russia-Trump Collusion Conspiracy Theory is a Dead Letter By Ted Rall
The Democrat-led anti-Trump "Resistance" and its numerous media mouthpieces have been promoting their "Russia hacked the election" narrative for two years. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi fired the biggest recent salvo in this campaign after Trump invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit Washington.
July 27, 2018
Did Tariffs Make America Great? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"Make America Great Again!" will, given the astonishing victory it produced for Donald Trump, be recorded among the most successful slogans in political history.
July 27, 2018
Will the Trend of Low Birth Rates Be Reversed? By Michael Barone
Sometimes a society's values change sharply with almost no one noticing, much less anticipating the consequences. In 1968, according to a Gallup survey, 70 percent of American adults said that a family of three or more children was "ideal" -- about the same number as Gallup surveys starting in 1938. That number helps explain the explosive baby boom after Americans were no longer constrained by depression and world war.
July 25, 2018
Shared Wisdom on a Silver Anniversary By Michelle Malkin
To commemorate my 25th wedding anniversary this week to my husband, Jesse, I asked readers on Facebook to share their own secrets to a long happy marriage.
July 25, 2018
Less-Communist Cuba By John Stossel
While self-proclaimed "democratic socialists" win Democratic primaries in America, actual socialists in Cuba are finally backing away from some of the ideas that kept Cubans poor.
July 24, 2018
Liberal War on Work By Stephen Moore
Once upon a time, "work for welfare" was a pretty accepted notion. In 1996, Bill Clinton signed a strict workfare bill, which was so popular that it helped him get reelected. A Brookings Institute study by welfare scholar Ron Haskins proved those reforms moved more than half of those on welfare (mostly young single moms) into the workforce, and millions eventually gained economic self-sufficiency.
July 24, 2018
Is Putin's Russia an 'Evil Empire'? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"History repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce," a saying attributed to Karl Marx, comes to mind in this time of Trump.
July 21, 2018
The Outlook For Democrats In 2020 By Ted Rall
First: No. It's not too early to discuss the 2020 election. The Iowa caucuses are only a year and a half away. Any presidential hopeful who hasn't begun chatting up donors by now will find it nearly impossible to mount a viable campaign.
July 20, 2018
Time to Junk Racial Quotas in Higher Education By Michael Barone
"It's time for enlightened America to hit reset on affirmative action once and for all," writes Columbia University linguistics professor John McWhorter in The American Interest. By affirmative action, of course, he means the racial quotas and preferences that most selective college and university admissions departments employ.
July 20, 2018
Trump Stands His Ground on Putin By Patrick J. Buchanan
"Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors."
July 19, 2018
Three Republican Governors Face Increasingly Tough Election Contests By Geoffrey Skelley
Arizona and Iowa have few obvious things in common, but they do both have incumbent Republican governors seeking election in November. Another commonality is that the Crystal Ball now views both states’ gubernatorial contests as increasingly competitive, prompting ratings changes that move the Arizona race from Likely Republican to Leans Republican and the Iowa race from Leans Republican to Toss-up. In addition to these two changes, we are also shifting Illinois’ gubernatorial contest from Leans Democratic to Likely Democratic, another downgrade for Republicans.
July 18, 2018
Boston University's Fake-O-Nomics Darling By Michelle Malkin
It costs a pretty penny to earn a diploma in stupid.
July 18, 2018
Banning Straws By John Stossel
Want to sip a refreshing beverage this summer?
If environmental zealots and sycophants get their way, you won't be allowed to sip it through a plastic straw.
July 17, 2018
How Trump Can Lower Drug Prices By Stephen Moore
One of Donald Trump's more memorable promises on the campaign trail was to lower the cost of prescription drugs. Polls show this issue remains popular with Americans, especially lower-income families, who are worried about high drug prices.
July 17, 2018
Trump Calls Off Cold War II By Patrick J. Buchanan
Beginning his joint press conference with Vladimir Putin, President Trump declared that U.S. relations with Russia have "never been worse."
He then added pointedly, that just changed "about four hours ago."
July 13, 2018
Is a Coming NATO Crisis Inevitable? By Patrick J. Buchanan
Of President Donald Trump's explosion at Angela Merkel's Germany during the NATO summit, it needs to be said: It is long past time we raised our voices.
July 13, 2018
The Kavanaugh Confirmation Kabuki By Michael Barone
Theater, much like Japan's Kabuki -- that's all the Supreme Court confirmation process is. Donald Trump's presentations of his two nominees, Judge Neil Gorsuch last year and Judge Brett Kavanaugh on Monday, were uncharacteristically graceful -- a worthy theatrical innovation, in the view of even some Trump critics.
July 12, 2018
Registering by Party: Where the Democrats and Republicans Are Ahead By Rhodes Cook
This is not the best of times for the Democratic Party. No White House; no Senate; no House of Representatives; and a clear minority of governorships and state legislatures in their possession. Yet the Democrats approach this fall’s midterm elections with an advantage in one key aspect of the political process — their strength in states where voters register by party.
July 11, 2018
Dads Needed By John Stossel
Warren Farrell was once considered a feminist leader. He hung around with Gloria Steinem and wrote about why men and women should break out of rigid old gender roles.
