WATCH: Donald Trump's Hypocritical Stance on Mexico Called Out
GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump is known for his aggressive stance on immigration issues, so his supporters might be surprised to learn that the businessman does quite a bit of business in...
View ArticleCruz-Fiorina Taking Shape Today?
For what it’s worth, some reporters are hearing that Ted Cruz’s big 4 p.m. announcement is indeed that he intends to pick Carly Fiorina as his running mate if nominated.Sources confirm to myself &...
View ArticlePrecriminations
Sean Trende has been arguing for some time against the idea that Republicans who oppose Trump should mount a third-party run if he’s the Republican nominee. The other day he suggested that this course...
View ArticleCruz to Name Fiorina as Running Mate
Ted Cruz will announce today his selection of Carly Fiorina as his running mate for the presidency, a source familiar with the decision tells National Review.It could not be confirmed what precise...
View ArticleTrump's Foreign Policy Speech: Not Horrible
No, I’m not wavering in my opposition to the man, but I think his speech today was okay. I did have several objections. It was full of platitudes and generalizations. He gave no clear idea about how he...
View ArticleActually, It Was Pretty Terrible
Trump’s speech, which I read rather than watched, seemed like a mass of contradictions and empty boasts. We’re going to start trade wars, make freeloading countries pay their own way, and have better...
View ArticleTrump's Foreign Policy Speech: Naive
Jonah calls Trump’s foreign policy speech “not horrible.” In his extended piece on the homepage, Andy calls it “incoherent and shallow.” I’d call it naive.Whenever a nation elects foreign policy...
View ArticleThe Fiorina Pick
Two immediate impacts of Ted Cruz’s picking Carly Fiorina as his running mate — in April, three months before the convention, while trailing in the delegate race — are obvious. One, Cruz gets a day’s...
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 ArticleTrump’s Populist Contradictions
As displayed in his foreign policy speech today, Donald Trump has the populist’s penchant for supporting what he has opposed and opposing what he has supported. Rather than coherent principles, he...
View ArticleTrump Still at Sea on Asia
In his widely touted foreign-policy address today, sponsored by the Center for the National Interest, Donald Trump wandered all over the map, literally and figuratively. Amid swipes at the D.C....
View ArticleHow Not to Attack Donald Trump's Foreign Policy Speech
Donald Trump’s use of the phrase “America First” is yielding ridicule and scorn. Per The Hill:Allies of Hillary Clinton ridiculed Donald Trump on Wednesday for describing his foreign policy vision as...
View ArticleCarly Fiorina Is a Guided Missile Aimed Right at Donald Trump
Ted Cruz’s vice presidential pick is mostly about beating Donald Trump. Cruz can’t be president unless he beats Trump, and in choosing Fiorina he chose last fall’s most effective (and sometimes only)...
View ArticleShould We Arrest Louis C. K.?
Louis C.K. is doing a show to help Bill de Blasio, New York City’s incompetent Sandinista mayor, raise money for his reelection bid.I like Louis C. K., but shouldn’t we arrest him?I am a First...
View ArticleThe Earthquake Lottery for Illegal Aliens, Ecuador Edition
Almost every natural disaster in the Third World is followed by calls for amnesty for illegal aliens from the afflicted country. Such amnesties are de facto permanent, despite their label: Temporary...
View ArticleCruz-Fiorina
You can say that he didn’t mean it, but I think what he said is true. Richard Nixon discussed the three questions you ask when picking a vice-presidential nominee. In order of importance, they are,...
View ArticleThe Divide
There is a gap between people who think that Donald Trump ought to be president, or is fit to be president, and those who don’t. And that gap, I’m afraid, is unbridgeable.I’m reminded of another issue...
View ArticleQuiz Whiz
In Britain, there is a quiz show called “University Challenge.” It’s my favorite TV show. I watch it on YouTube, at night. My predilection, as it were.On my latest Q&A podcast, I have a star of the...
View ArticleTrump vs. Cruz-Fiorina Is Now the GOP's Choice About Women Voters
From the Thursday Morning Jolt . . . Another Big Curveball in an Unpredictable Year: The Cruz-Fiorina OptionWhat people are saying about the potential Ted Cruz–Carly Fiorina ticket . . . Our Eliana...
View ArticleOne Thing We Now Know — Pundits Would Make Terrible Coaches
The mainstream media is deriding Ted Cruz’s decision to name Carly Fiorina as a “Hail Mary pass” or a “halfcourt shot at the buzzer” (the Washington Post has a nice roundup of tweets and commentary)....
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