Where Are the 'High Crimes'? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors."
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November 5, 2019
November 1, 2019
50 Years Ago: The Day Nixon Routed the Establishment By Patrick J. Buchanan
What are the roots of our present disorder, of the hostilities and hatreds that so divide us? When did we become this us vs. them nation?
November 1, 2019
Boris Johnson Headed to Big Brexit Victory? By Michael Barone
It has been 1,225 days since an all-time-high turnout of British voters chose, by a 52 to 48% margin, to Leave rather than Remain in the European Union. Now with a general election set for Dec. 12, it looks like Britain is finally about to escape the EU's "ever closer union."
October 31, 2019
Election 2019 Mega-Preview: Political Conformity Seeks Further Confirmation By Kyle Kondik and J. Miles Coleman
Looking ahead to next week’s elections in Kentucky, Mississippi, New Jersey, and Virginia; House ratings changes.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— Nationalized politics points to a Democratic edge in next week’s Virginia state legislative elections, and a Republican advantage in the Kentucky and Mississippi gubernatorial races.
— Yet, there remains uncertainty in all of those key contests as local factors test the durability of larger partisan trends.
— Unrelated to next week’s action, we have two House rating changes to announce, both benefiting Republicans. The pending CA-25 special election moves from Likely Democratic to Leans Democratic following Rep. Katie Hill’s (D) decision to resign, and Rep. Conor Lamb (D, PA-17) moves from Safe Democratic to Likely Democratic.
— However, what appears to be a pending court-ordered congressional remap in North Carolina should benefit Democrats.
October 30, 2019
Radical Spawn Chesa Boudin: Nation's Most Toxic DA Candidate By Michelle Malkin
Socialist Bernie Sanders just endorsed the bleeding-heart candidate for San Francisco District Attorney who makes President Obama's Attorney General, Eric Holder, look like Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
October 30, 2019
Ending Wars By John Stossel
Four years ago, the media were talking about a "Libertarian Moment."
October 29, 2019
Trump Economy Surges, Biden and Obama Hog the Credit By Stephen Moore
Joe Biden is at it again -- living in his own parallel universe. The same former vice president who says that his son Hunter was hired by a Ukrainian oil and gas company because of his expertise in energy policy is now claiming that President Donald Trump has "squandered" the strong Obama economy he inherited.
October 29, 2019
Is Trump Facing a 1960s-Style Revolt? By Patrick J. Buchanan
Sunday morning, President Trump announced that the world's worst terrorist, the head of the ISIS caliphate who had raped an American woman, had received justice.
October 26, 2019
Generation X Faces a Bleak, Impoverished Old Age By Ted Rall
In 1991, demographers Neil Howe and William Strauss published their awkwardly titled tome "13th Gen," about Generation X -- the Americans born between 1961 and 1981. If Xers had paid attention, they would have committed suicide.
October 25, 2019
Imperial Capital but America-First Nation By Patrick J. Buchanan
"Let someone else fight over this long blood-stained sand," said President Donald Trump in an impassioned defense of his decision to cut ties to the Syrian Kurds, withdraw and end these "endless wars."
Are our troops in Syria, then, on their way home? Well, not exactly.
October 25, 2019
The Perils of Downscale Political Parties By Michael Barone
Political parties, and their travails, have been much on my mind recently as I've been speaking to radio and television interviewers about my new book, "How America's Political Parties Change (And How They Don't)."
October 24, 2019
The Trade War’s Risks for Trump By Louis Jacobson
Agriculture and manufacturing are significant industries in 2020’s most important states.
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— Farmers and manufacturers account for a particularly large share of the economy in key battleground states, including ones that President Donald Trump won in 2016 and would need to win again in 2020 to secure a second term.
— However, the farm and factory sectors are facing economic strains from Trump’s trade policies. Agricultural output declined between 2017 and 2018 in all but one battleground state, and while manufacturing output increased in these states across the board between 2017 and 2018, it showed signs of slowing in most states during the first quarter of 2019.
— That said, anecdotal evidence suggests that cultural issues are outweighing economic factors, with these solidly Republican demographic groups sticking with the GOP, at least for now.
October 23, 2019
Laura Loomer: Disrupter for Congress By Michelle Malkin
The Beltway swamp is clogged with miserable crapweasels: smug incumbents, status quo lemmings, Constitution infringers of all flavors, Silicon Valley lackeys, jihad apologists, open borders freaks and, oh, that Trump-deranged lurker, Mitt "Pierre Delecto" Romney.
October 22, 2019
Is Democracy a Dying Species? By Patrick J. Buchanan
What happens when democracy fails to deliver? What happens when people give up on democracy?
October 22, 2019
Washington Subsidies Not Helping the Wind Industry By Stephen Moore
Last week, the lobbying arm of the wind energy industry made an unsurprising, though somewhat embarrassing, announcement. It wants a longer lifeline with federal subsidies. So much for wind being the low-cost energy source of the future.
October 21, 2019
Pollsters Push Sketchy Polls Again By Brian C. Joondeph
Pollsters are at it again, pushing sketchy polls, not to reflect public opinion, but to shape it. This is called propaganda, a popular tool for dictators who want to control the information flow from an all-powerful government to their subjects, the people.
October 18, 2019
Westerville Debate Leaves Democratic Race Wider Open By Michael Barone
The world's oldest political party set an all-time record Tuesday night, with 12 presidential candidates on a single stage in Westerville, Ohio. That's a suburb of Columbus, the fastest-growing big metro area in the Midwest, in Franklin County, which voted Republican in every presidential election but one for a half century (1944-92) but has voted Democratic in the six elections since.
October 18, 2019
Is Putin the New King of the Middle East? By Patrick J. Buchanan
"Russia Assumes Mantle of Supreme Power Broker in the Middle East," proclaimed Britain's Telegraph. The article began:
October 17, 2019
The Democrats Descend on Ohio By Kyle Kondik
But will they next year?
KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE
— As the Democrats debate in Ohio, questions loom about how important the state will be in next year’s presidential election.
— Two key demographic indicators help explain why the state swung toward the Republicans in 2016 and why it seems likely to again vote to the right of the nation in 2020.
— The state remains competitive, but it’s far more important now to Republicans than Democrats.
