The Real Crimes of Russiagate By Patrick J. Buchanan
For a year, the big question of Russiagate has boiled down to this: Did Donald Trump's campaign collude with the Russians in hacking the DNC?
And until last week, the answer was "no."
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July 18, 2017
July 14, 2017
Russia Baiters and Putin Haters By Patrick J. Buchanan
"Is Russia an enemy of the United States?" NBC's Kasie Hunt demanded of Ted Cruz. Replied the runner-up for the GOP nomination, "Russia is a significant adversary. Putin is a KGB thug."
To Hillary Clinton running mate Tim Kaine, the revelation that Donald Trump Jr., entertained an offer from the Russians for dirt on Clinton could be considered "treason."
July 14, 2017
Anti-Trump Overreach Could Backfire By Michael Barone
Overreach. Donald Trump seems to have an uncanny knack for prompting overreach by his opponents and critics. This often hurts him and the country. But it has the potential to hurt those doing the overreach as well.
July 13, 2017
The New Dominion: Virginia’s Ever-Changing Electoral Map By Geoffrey Skelley
In 2008 Barack Obama carried Virginia’s 13 electoral votes, becoming the first Democratic presidential nominee since Lyndon Johnson in 1964 to win the Old Dominion. Obama’s victory broke a run of 10 consecutive Republican victories in the commonwealth, and 13 of 14 going back to 1952. The 2008 presidential election started a new Democratic streak, which has now seen the party carry Virginia three consecutive times, with Hillary Clinton winning it by 5.3 percentage points in 2016.
July 12, 2017
Long Live President Trumpopov! By Charles Hurt
You don’t have to be a seasoned Kremlinologist steeped in the chicanery of klepto-thugocracies to realize that America really dodged a bullet in last year’s presidential election.
July 12, 2017
The Crisis in America's Crime Labs By Michelle Malkin
Junk science endangers lives. Forensic junk science in the hands of overzealous prosecutors, ignorant police detectives and reckless experts threatens liberty.
July 11, 2017
Alone Perhaps, but Is Trump Right? by Patrick J. Buchanan
At the G-20 in Hamburg, it is said, President Trump was isolated, without support from the other G-20 members, especially on climate change and trade.
July 7, 2017
Patching It Up With Putin By Patrick J. Buchanan
President Donald Trump flew off for his first meeting with Vladimir Putin -- with instructions from our foreign policy elite that he get into the Russian president's face over his hacking in the election of 2016.
July 7, 2017
Will Trump Republicans Avoid the Off-Year Curse? By Michael Barone
Curious fact, and one disquieting for Republicans looking ahead to 2018: In the past 65 years, starting with 1952, the president's party has managed to win a majority of seats in an off-year election only four times. In the other 12 off-year elections, the opposition party won a majority.
July 6, 2017
Keeping Freedom and Growth in the Fourth by Lawrence Kudlow
What is the Fourth of July? It's a wonderful time. We're outdoors. We're with family and friends. We're playing golf or fishing. There are barbecues and baseball games and fireworks and all that good stuff.
And beneath it all, supporting it all, there is freedom. Freedom. The Fourth of July is about freedom, if nothing else. America's freedom, of course. But a freedom that extends to all people. One that leads to greatness and prosperity. A freedom that has become the backbone of the world.
July 6, 2017
Generic Ballot Model Gives Democrats Early Advantage in Battle for Control of House By Alan I. Abramowitz
Results of recent special elections have fueled speculation about whether Democrats have a realistic chance to regain control of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 2018 midterm elections. Although Republican candidates have won recent special elections for seats vacated by President Donald Trump’s Cabinet appointees in Georgia, Kansas, Montana, and South Carolina, the GOP victory margins in all four contests have been much smaller than those for the former Republican incumbents in 2016.
July 5, 2017
Independence By John Stossel
Did you think about the signing of the Declaration of Independence this week?
July 5, 2017
Trump Seizes Moral High Ground in Charlie Gard Case By Charles Hurt
The secret to President Trump’s remarkable outsider success is his fearless willingness to walk into the most politically fraught situations, redefine every long-held prejudice and seize the moral high ground by embracing the simplest truth.
July 4, 2017
Is America Still a Nation? By Patrick J. Buchanan
In the first line of the Declaration of Independence of July 4, 1776, Thomas Jefferson speaks of "one people." The Constitution, agreed upon by the Founding Fathers in Philadelphia in 1789, begins, "We the people..."
And who were these "people"?
June 30, 2017
Democrats -- and Republicans -- Lack Credibility on Economic Issues By Michael Barone
Liberal writers and political operatives, now that it's finally dawning on them that no one is going to find evidence that Donald Trump conspired with Russia to steal the presidential election, are turning to giving advice to the Democratic Party.
June 30, 2017
An America First Korea Policy By Patrick J. Buchanan
"The North Korean regime is causing tremendous problems and is something that has to be dealt with, and probably dealt with rapidly."
June 28, 2017
The Brutal Battle Against Medical Kidnappers by Michelle Malkin
BOSTON -- On the day Boston Children's Hospital celebrated being named "the number one pediatric hospital in the nation" by U.S. News & World Report, I was interviewing Dana Gottesfeld in nearby Somerville, Massachusetts. Dana is the young wife of Martin "Marty G" Gottesfeld, an imprisoned technology engineer/activist who used his skills to fight against medical child abuse committed at Boston's Children's Hospital.
June 27, 2017
Are Illinois & Puerto Rico Our Future? By Patrick J. Buchanan
If Gov. Bruce Rauner and his legislature in Springfield do not put a budget together by Friday, the Land of Lincoln will be the first state in the Union to see its debt plunge into junk-bond status.
