Tuesday links
The first shots of the Civil War were fired on April 12, 1861 at Fort SumterThese unlucky people have names that break computersI keep hearing ads on the radio for this: The McDonalds Monopoly Fraud:...
View ArticleSanders: The Panama Papers Prove I’m Right, and Also, Time Travel
From the Tuesday edition of the Morning Jolt:Sanders: The Panama Papers Prove I’m Right, and Also, Time TravelBernie Sanders seems to think everything he doesn’t like is connected.“We now know, as a...
View ArticleBoeing Continues to Whine about the Ex-Im Bank
Last week, Boeing executive Dennis Muilenburg called for the restoration of his company’s entire set of Ex-Im subsidies. See, while the Boeing Bank’s charter was renewed at the end of last year, most...
View ArticleHow Not to Fight North Carolina's New Religious Liberty Laws
Opponents of North Carolina’s new religious liberty law have concocted a cunning plan, almost guaranteed to yield the measure’s repeal. The Huffington Post reports:There’s a new kink in North...
View ArticleMcCarthy Coming Soon to Utah
NRI senior policy fellow Andy McCarthy will be speaking at Utah State University on Friday, April 15, discussing “The Future of American Foreign Policy in the Middle East.” Andy’s talk is cosponsored...
View ArticleNo Justice for Family of Italian Tortured to Death in Egypt
The murder of Giulio Regeni is a frightening example of the misrule practiced in Egypt but which might just as well have occurred in any other Arab country. Regeni was a 28-year-old Italian who was at...
View ArticleVox and Samantha Bee Discover That Things That Are for Sale Are Easier to...
Vox with the scoop:Samantha Bee had an easier time buying a gun arsenal than a costume of the NRA’s mascot.Gosh, that sounds outrageous! What’s the story?:Full Frontal host Samantha Bee had a dream: to...
View ArticleRyan to Shut Down Presidential Talk
Later this afternoon, Speaker Paul Ryan is expected to forcefully disclaim any interest in the Republican presidential nomination. This seems like a wise move on his part. If he sought the nomination...
View ArticleCooke Coming to Holy Cross Next Week
NR staff writer Charles C.W. Cooke will be speaking at the College of the Holy Cross (my alma mater!) on Tuesday, April 19, discussing “What’s Wrong with the Right?”. Charlie’s talk is cosponsored by...
View ArticleGarland's 'Moderation'
If Merrick Garland were the best-case scenario for an Obama nomination to the Supreme Court, Republicans still would do well to let his nomination die on the vine as a strike against Barack Obama’s...
View Article‘I do not want, nor will I accept, the nomination for our party.’
Ryan was the definition of Shermanesque. With his press conference today he signaled unmistakably that it is time for the establishment to move on to another fantastic alternative to Trump or Cruz....
View ArticleIt Will Be a Cruz Convention
Maybe the Trump campaign will radically improve its delegate-selection game or perhaps Cruz hurts himself in some fundamental way in coming weeks, but barring those things or some unforeseen event, it...
View ArticleRubio & Cruz
I wrote the other day how it’s very odd that Rubio hasn’t endorsed Cruz. I should note that there is some concern that if Rubio endorsed him, the Florida senator would lose control of his delegates,...
View ArticleDelegate Update
Josh Putnam of Frontloading HQ has the latest break-down:Post-CO update on the percentage of remaining bound delegates active candidates need to get to 1237. pic.twitter.com/S9uhansevK— Josh Putnam...
View ArticlePaul Ryan, a Drama in One Act
There’s never been a better time to be a theater critic writing about politics, at least since 1865. For a substantial portion of the conservative movement — the portion that hosts radio programs and...
View ArticleCan We Handle the Truth About Saudi Arabia and 9/11?
This weekend CBS’s 60 Minutesran a fascinating report on the now-famous 28 pages redacted from the joint congressional report on intelligence activities before and after the 9/11 attacks. There are...
View ArticleEqual Pay Day’s Misleading Math
Earlier today, I wrote about the false premise of Equal Pay Day. Feminists championing this pseudo holiday imply that the wage gap statistic compares two coworkers, one man and one woman. But that’s...
View ArticleDarkness and Light with John Kasich
Kasich, Feb. 13: “I don’t want to get into all this fighting tonight because people are frankly sick of the negative campaigning. . . . I would suggest why don’t we take off all the negative ads, and...
View ArticleCompleting the Chicago Gun Violence Puzzle — the 'Ferguson Effect' Rides Again
Two weeks ago I wrote about the horrifying surge in Chicago gun violence— with murders up 84 percent over the same period last year. At the same time, police reported fewer gun seizures and far fewer...
View ArticleMarino Talks Trump Efforts in Pennsylvania
Writing about the GOP presidential campaigns’ courtship of delegates in Pennsylvania, I’d reached out to Representative Tom Marino (R), one of Donald Trump’s top backers in Pennsylvania. Marino got...
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