Revolutionary Bernie Sanders By John Stossel
Bernie Sanders leads the race for the Democratic nomination.
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February 19, 2020
February 18, 2020
Trump's Critics on the Economy: So Wrong, So Often By Stephen Moore
There's an old saying about baseball and life that no one ever had a 1.000 batting average. It turns out that's not exactly true. At least when it comes to the Trump economy, anti-Trumpers defied the near-impossible statistical odds and somehow have batted 1.000 on their predictions. They managed to get it wrong every time.
February 18, 2020
If Duterte Wants Us Out, Let's Go By Patrick J. Buchanan
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has just given us notice he will be terminating the Visiting Forces Agreement that governs U.S. military personnel in the islands.
February 14, 2020
Another Year of the Interloper? By Michael Barone
It's a familiar plotline. An interloper runs for a party's presidential nomination and, with an anti-insider pitch, scores wins and near-wins in the first contests with vote pluralities.
February 14, 2020
An Establishment in Panic By Patrick J. Buchanan
From the day he entered the race, Joe Biden was the great hope of the Democratic establishment to spare them from the horrifying prospect of a 2020 race between The Donald and Bernie Sanders.
February 13, 2020
For Sanders, New Hampshire was a Glass Both Half-Full and Half-Empty By Kyle Kondik and J. Miles Coleman
The battle is breaking in his favor, even as his own performance has not been that strong.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— There are mixed signals from Bernie Sanders’ narrow victory in New Hampshire, but for now he’s supplanted Joe Biden as a weak frontrunner for the nomination.
— Overall, though, the race remains very uncertain as the scene shifts to the more diverse states of Nevada and South Carolina.
— Center-left candidates got substantially more support than progressive ones in New Hampshire, but the center-left vote split in such a way that Sanders was able to win. Pete Buttigieg has slightly more delegates so far, though.
February 12, 2020
Tyranny of the Tamiflunatics By Michelle Malkin
Beware of clickbait character assassins masquerading as "journalists."
February 12, 2020
Trump: Good, Bad, Ugly By John Stossel
President Donald Trump "saved the United States," says former Trump adviser Steve Bannon.
February 11, 2020
Defusing the Debt Bomb By Stephen Moore
President Donald Trump's new budget confirms that without corrective action, trillion-dollar deficits will be with us for years and perhaps decades to come. Trump's budget plan has many smart and urgent spending reforms. But will Congress ignore them once again?
February 11, 2020
Long Before Trump, We Were a Divided People By Patrick J. Buchanan
In a way, Donald Trump might be called The Great Uniter.
February 8, 2020
Democrats' Wimpy Impeachment Has Made Trump Stronger Than Ever By Ted Rall
"Many Democrats fear that Trump may be laying an impeachment trap," Stephen Collins wrote for CNN last May. "It's possible that the wider political divides get, the more Trump benefits. The spectacle would help him charge up the political base he needs to turn out in droves in 2020 with claims their 2016 votes were being stolen by political elites."
February 7, 2020
Democrats' Blunders Help Create Favorable Winds for Trump By Michael Barone
Are we watching a great political party commit suicide?
February 7, 2020
Are the Bells Tolling for Amy, Liz & Joe? By Patrick J. Buchanan
By the end of February, the race for the Democratic nomination may have come down to a choice of one of three white men.
February 6, 2020
The Iowa Chaos: A Preview of July? By Kyle Kondik
Muddled, delayed, and confusing result could end up contributing to more of the same down the road.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— As of this writing, days after Iowa, the ultimate outcome there was still unclear.
— Joe Biden’s poor showing probably forecloses the possibility of him winning the nomination quickly.
— The odds of a rare, contested convention probably went up, although there’s still time for the race to sort itself out.
February 5, 2020
What Will It Take to Stop Google's Kiddie Predators? By Michelle Malkin
How much more evidence do we need to compile before the federal government protects our children and fully deplatforms Google from American public schools?
February 5, 2020
Bad Law By John Stossel
A law in South Carolina bans playing pinball if you're under 18. That's just one of America's many ridiculous laws restricting freedom.
February 4, 2020
Failed Coup of a Failing Establishment By Patrick J. Buchanan
It has been a bad few days for the establishment, really bad.
In a 51-49 vote, the Senate refused to call witnesses in the impeachment trial of Donald Trump and agreed to end the trial Wednesday, with a near-certain majority vote to acquit the president of all charges.
February 4, 2020
Don't Regulate the Rail Industry By Stephen Moore
President Donald Trump rightly touts the economy-wide savings from his deregulation initiatives. But one federal agency didn't get the memo. Some members of the Surface Transportation Board, which has oversight over the nation's network of freight railroads, wants to resurrect price controls on the industry.
February 3, 2020
The Road to Milwaukee: How the Democratic Primary Will Unfold By Kyle Kondik
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— At long last, the primary season begins tonight in Iowa.
— The calendar is frontloaded, with the heart of the action coming from March 3-17.
— If there is not a clear leader by St. Patrick’s Day, and especially by the end of April, the primary electorate may not actually be able to crown a clear winner.
February 1, 2020
Corporate Crap That Doesn't Kill Bernie Just Makes Him Stronger By Ted Rall
On Jan. 19, The New York Times oddly co-endorsed Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar for the Democratic presidential nomination. Two days later, a poll on the key New Hampshire primary showed Warren down 4 points. Bernie Sanders' surge continued. What happened?
