A Revealing Clue by Thomas Sowell
Even those of us who are not supporters of either Donald Trump or Jeb Bush can learn something by comparing how each of these men handled people who tried to disrupt their question-and-answer period after a speech.
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September 1, 2015
September 1, 2015
Another Impossible Thing May Happen: Change in Partisan Alignments By Michael Barone
In my last column, I looked at the possibility of two impossible things -- impossible things in the sense used by Alice and the Red Queen -- happening in the already turbulent 2016 presidential cycle. Here I'll look at another: the possibility that the partisan division lines that have endured with little change for two decades might suddenly shift and change.
August 28, 2015
Two Impossible Things That Could Happen in 2016 by Michael Barone
One can't believe impossible things, Alice objected.
August 28, 2015
Denver Corruptocrats' Chick-fil-A Smokescreen By Michelle Malkin
Holier-than-thou liberals on the Denver city council are waging war on Chick-fil-A in the name of tolerance and diversity. Now, let me tell you what the squawking is really all about: It's a distraction, a feint, a mile-high smokescreen.
August 27, 2015
The Donald went down to ‘Bama By Charles Hurt
In the sad, soul-cratered world of desperation politics, size matters. It really, really matters. And nowhere does size matter more than inside the distortion machine that is our national political media.
August 27, 2015
Democrats 2016: The Primary Map Still Favors Clinton By Geoffrey Skelley
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been under siege for months as additional revelations and developments regarding her use of a private email account continue to drip out. Last week, the Crystal Ball explored what might happen should Clinton drop out of the Democratic primary or, as the rumors swirl about the possibility, if Vice President Joe Biden enters the race.
August 26, 2015
What Is Obama's Top Population-Control Freak Hiding? By Michelle Malkin
The most transparent administration in American history is at it again -- dodging sunlight and evading public disclosure.
Joining former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her secret servers, former IRS witch hunt queen Lois Lerner and her secret email accounts, former EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson and her Internet alter egos, and former Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and his non-public email account is White House science czar John Holdren.
August 25, 2015
Hillary Clinton and 'Black Lives Matter': An Unproductive Confrontation By Michael Barone
Reporters and voters have so far gotten few glimpses of Hillary Clinton speaking candidly. One of the few examples available is in the videotape and transcript of her meeting with Black Lives Matter protesters in New Hampshire last week.
August 25, 2015
Sorting the Candidates By Thomas Sowell
Despite a nuclear Iran looming on the horizon, the media seem to be putting most of their attention on two candidates for their respective parties' presidential nominations next year. Moreover, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump each make their own party nervous.
If next year's election comes down to Clinton versus Trump, a lot of people may simply stay home in disgust.
August 21, 2015
This Is What Tourette Syndrome Looks Like by Michelle Malkin
"Are you sure?" I asked my daughter before writing this column.
August 20, 2015
Donald Trump's Half-Serious, Half-Fantasy Immigration Plan By Michael Barone
Donald Trump's six-page platform on immigration may not be, as Ann Coulter wrote, "the greatest political document since the Magna Carta." But given the issue's role in elevating the candidate to leading Republican polls, it merits serious attention.
August 20, 2015
Immigration Excuses By Thomas Sowell
One of the most lame excuses for doing nothing is that we can't do everything. Such excuses have been repeated endlessly, even by some conservatives, when it comes to illegal immigration.
August 20, 2015
Trump Quickly Grasps Immigration Problem By Charles Hurt
“First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.” — Mahatma Gandhi (or somebody)
That giant sucking sound you hear right now is the entire political establishment reacting in shock to Donald Trump’s deeply informed and comprehensive plan to address the rampant illegal immigration that has plagued America for more than a quarter century.
August 20, 2015
Democrats 2016: Biden His Time By Kyle Kondik
It’s time to ask a question, the answer to which we do not know: Will former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s private email server scandal do fatal damage to her campaign?
August 19, 2015
Obama's Toxic Environmental Pollution Agency By Michelle Malkin
Here in my adopted home state of Colorado, orange is the new Animas River thanks to the blithering idiots working under President Obama's Environmental Protection Agency.
August 19, 2015
Breaking the Rules By John Stossel
Humans need rules. Rules make life more predictable. But when the rules multiply, the world needs some rule-breakers.
August 18, 2015
The Strange Death of the Center-Left by Michael Barone
In 1935 George Dangerfield published "The Strange Death of Liberal England, 1910-1914," a vivid account of how Britain's center-left Liberal Party, dominant for a century, collapsed amid conflicts it could not resolve.
August 18, 2015
Random Thoughts By Thomas Sowell
Random thoughts on the passing scene:
Stupid people can cause problems, but it usually takes brilliant people to create a real catastrophe.
