Trump Now Needs 63.5 Percent of Remaining Bound Delegates
Per delegate-maven Josh Putnam:Post-NY update on the percentage of remaining bound delegates active candidates need to get to 1237. pic.twitter.com/CWLItR7GrK— Josh Putnam (@FHQ) April 20, 2016 Donald...
View ArticleCongrats EPPC
The Ethics and Public Policy Center celebrated its 40th anniversary at a gala dinner in Washington last night. It was a terrific evening, with EPPC’s president Ed Whelan getting well-deserved praise...
View ArticleStanding Up for America (While the MSM Lays Down)
Eliana Johnson has a wonderful pitch for our Spring Webathon, explaining how, unlike much of the rest of the media, National Review’s coverage of the 2016 elections is so obviously about putting...
View Article"Far Right" in Arizona
The New York Times ran a story the other day about the Speaker of the Arizona house of representatives, David Gowan. In the third sentence of the story, we learn that Gowan has been “putting his own...
View ArticleNR Danube Cruise Cabin Available
Our sold-out upcoming seven-night cruise on the Danube River (NR has chartered the AMA Sonata, and we have with us Jonah, Rich, Jay, Ramesh, JOS, Mona, Charles Murray, DPJ, and other NR stars aboard)...
View ArticleWhat Worked for Trump Won't Work for Any Other Republican
Tevi Troy asks whether Trump’s campaign could end up completely reshaping the Republican Party.There’s an element missing from the Trump phenomenon as a broad political movement, as opposed to a...
View ArticleDo Not Weep for Andrew Jackson
Politico reports that Treasury Secretary Jack Lew is set to announce that Alexander Hamilton will get a reprieve and remain on the $10 bill, while Harriet Tubman will replace Andrew Jackson on the face...
View ArticleThe Assault on Freedom of Belief Is Not Confined to Religion
David French’s fine article yesterday points out how radical and aggressive the Left’s assault on religious liberties has become. The latest example is the statement of the U.S. Commission on Civil...
View ArticleThe RNC Should Schedule More Debates
Yesterday on The Michael Medved Show, Medved asked Reince Priebus whether we would see any more Republican debates. Priebus said that the debate committee will be taking up the question at the RNC’s...
View ArticleYour Gubernatorial Taster
You may have heard that Rick Snyder is going to drink Flint water, and only Flint water, for a month.LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder will drink Flint water at home and at work for at...
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Occupational Licensing Laws Benefit Licensees
The Department of Labor seems to have just discovered that when you restrict the supply of something the price of that thing tends to go up. Case in point: The special interests who push for...
View ArticleThe NR Mole in the Cuban Dictatorship
Bruno Rodríguez is the Castros’ Molotov, their foreign minister. He said something weird and interesting about our president, Obama. (Consult this article.) Listen to him: “Obama came here to dazzle...
View ArticleTrumpism's Missing Middle
Jim Geraghty writes:There’s an element missing from the Trump phenomenon as a broad political movement, as opposed to a presidential campaign. The Trump movement has its base — the 37 percent of GOP...
View ArticleCommuning
Years ago, I noticed something about journalism. When reporters wanted to tell you that a congressman was black, they did not say he was black. They said he was “a member of the Congressional Black...
View ArticleGrip ’n’ Grin
I commend to you a little item in the Daily Caller. It’s about Switzerland. There, they apparently have a tradition in school: Students shake hands with their teacher. Two Muslim boys, from immigrant...
View ArticleAnn Arbor vs. Boulder
Every once in a while, I make fun of my lefty hometown, Ann Arbor, Mich. I don’t do this too often. No more than twice a day, as a rule.In 2010, I wrote a blogpost about Ann Arbor and a sister city....
View ArticleCruz, Kasich Snipe at Each Other at RNC Meeting
Hollywood, Fla. — Ted Cruz and John Kasich are getting on each other’s nerves.The two presidential hopefuls spent the day here at the Diplomat Resort, to pitch their candidacies to the RNC members. But...
View ArticleL.A. Diary: Stoners for Trump, and a Case of ‘Cruz-mentum’
When I was a lad, I very much enjoyed the comedy of Cheech& Chong. Tonight, at the Novo by Microsoft theatre in downtown Los Angeles, I got to see them live. Their humor comes from a gentler, and...
View ArticleTzipi Livni, Smelling Like a Rose
Have you been following the latest fun and games out of Harvard Law School? There are many accounts and treatments, but try here.Tzipi Livni spoke at a forum. She is the Israeli politician who has been...
View ArticleWe Can’t Afford to Keep Obama’s Policies or His Persona in the White House
From the Thursday edition of the Morning Jolt:We Can’t Afford to Keep Obama’s Policies or His Persona in the White HouseA point or two to add to this morning’s column on the Kobayashi Maru choice that...
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