Keep It Closed! By John Stossel
The government is open again. That's too bad.
One day, one of these shutdowns should be permanent. We would still have far more government than the Founding Fathers envisioned.
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January 24, 2018
January 24, 2018
Home Schooling Is Not a Crime By Michelle Malkin
It's elementary. Education control freaks will use any excuse to crack down on competition. With two million K-12 students now educated at home (including our 9th grade son), the temptation to exploit the most marginal cases of alleged child abuse by home-schoolers has proven irresistible to statist politicians and government apologists.
January 23, 2018
Is Democracy on the Way Down? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"The Western democratic system is hailed by the developed world as near perfect and the most superior political system to run a country," mocked China's official new agency.
"However, what's happening in the United States today will make more people worldwide reflect on the viability and legitimacy of such a chaotic political system."
January 22, 2018
Jeff Flake's Attack on President Trump Isn't Just Fake News - It's Stupid News By Charles Hurt
Here is a MAGA riddle: What is even worse than Fake News? That’s right. Flake News.
January 20, 2018
So What if President Trump is a Jerk? By Ted Rall
President Trump is under fire and we're all "shocked" that his s---hole mouth called the (predominantly black) nations of Africa "s---holes," helpfully comparing them to (predominantly blonde) Norway to make sure nobody missed the point. To drive home just how angry people are about this (and rightly so), Trump's comment overshadowed news that the government accidentally told the citizens of Hawaii they were about to get nuked. As George W. Bush would say, "that's some weird s---."
January 19, 2018
Tough Road Ahead for Trump in Year 2 By Michael Barone
As we reach, gingerly, the anniversary of Donald Trump's inauguration as president, none of the disasters feared by critics has come to pass. The economy has turned at least mildly upward rather than plummet to depression. The executive branch has obeyed court orders. No military disaster has occurred. Fears that seemed plausible to many have proved unjustified.
January 19, 2018
A US-Turkish Clash in Syria? By Patrick J. Buchanan
The war for dominance in the Middle East, following the crushing of ISIS, appears about to commence in Syria -- with NATO allies America and Turkey on opposing sides.
January 18, 2018
Open Season in the House By Kyle Kondik
KEY POINTS IN THIS ARTICLE:
— So far there are 46 House seats where an incumbent won’t be running for reelection in November. That is already above the postwar average, and more open seats are likely.
— The current list of retirees includes 31 Republicans and 15 Democrats. Wave years sometimes but not always feature such a disparity between parties.
January 17, 2018
Selling Hate By John Stossel
Who will warn Americans about hate groups? The media know: the Southern Poverty Law Center.
January 17, 2018
Big Brother on America's Fishing Boats By Michelle Malkin
Salt water. Seagulls. Striped bass.
January 16, 2018
Trump: In Immigration Debate, Race Matters By Patrick J. Buchanan
President Trump "said things which were hate-filled, vile and racist. ... I cannot believe ... any president has ever spoken the words that I ... heard our president speak yesterday."
So wailed Sen. Dick Durbin after departing the White House.
January 15, 2018
CNN's Stephen Miller Incident Proves How Fake News Ignorantly Smears Conservatives By Charles Hurt
Behold, the anatomy of a “fake news” smear.
January 13, 2018
'The Post': No Way Today's Newspapers Would Publish The Pentagon Papers By Ted Rall
Steven Spielberg's new movie "The Post" depicts a newspaper's decision to defy the government, risk its financial health and imprisonment of its editors in order to report a hard truth and defend the press' First Amendment rights by publishing the Pentagon Papers.
January 12, 2018
Little Rocket Man Wins the Round By Patrick J. Buchanan
After a year in which he tested a hydrogen bomb and an ICBM, threatened to destroy the United States, and called President Trump "a dotard," Kim Jong Un, at the gracious invitation of the president of South Korea, will be sending a skating team to the "Peace Olympics."
January 12, 2018
Is 'Fire and Fury' Fizzling? By Michael Barone
The most disappointed people in America this past week must be those Trump execrators who opened their Amazon package only to find that the copy of "Fire and Fury" they had ordered was subtitled "The Allied Bombing of Germany, 1942-1945." It's a well-regarded 2009 volume by University of Toronto historian Randall Hansen, who is surely grateful for the unanticipated royalties.
January 11, 2018
The Governors: Judge 2018 by the Big States By Kyle Kondik
Democrats should end the year with more governorships than they hold now. One reasonable way to measure Democrats’ success is whether they get into the 20s — they have 16 governorships now, so that would mean a gain of four or more.
January 10, 2018
Punish Poor People By John Stossel
Store owner Kamal Saleh was just hit with thousands of dollars in fines.
January 9, 2018
Bannon Goes Belly up, and the Stock Market Soars By Lawrence Kudlow
There were two big money-and-politics stories in the first week of the new year: The Dow Jones industrial average soared 577 points, and former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon ended his political career.
January 9, 2018
What Is America's Mission Now? By Patrick J. Buchanan
Informing Iran, "The U.S. is watching what you do," Amb. Nikki Haley called an emergency meeting Friday of the Security Council regarding the riots in Iran. The session left her and us looking ridiculous.
France's ambassador tutored Haley that how nations deal with internal disorders is not the council's concern. Russia's ambassador suggested the United Nations should have looked into our Occupy Wall Street clashes and how the Missouri cops handled Ferguson.
