Trump and the Long-Delayed $1 Million Donation to Veterans
From the midweek edition of the Morning Jolt:Donald Trump and the Long-Delayed $1 Million Donations to VeteransOn January 20, 2016, Donald Trump and his campaign issued the following statement.(New...
View ArticleThe Mind of Donald J. Trump, Cont.
In a post below, Charles Krauthammer is quoted on the subject of Donald Trump and Susana Martinez. Trump went after her — according to Trump himself — because she had not been “nice” to him. Her...
View ArticleWill California's Leftist K-12 Curriculum Go National?
California is on the verge of approving a new and sharply left-leaning K-12 curriculum framework for history and social sciences. The move has national implications, since textbooks retooled to fit...
View ArticleMore Thoughts on the Torricelli Solution
In response to my “Torricelli Solution” column on Hillary Clinton’s imploding candidacy, Jonah makes a strong case that the scenario I envision (as John Fund did last week) would be tough to pull off...
View ArticleTwo Bad Arguments Against a Universal Basic Income
Eduardo Porter takes up the idea of a “universal basic income,” which would have the government send checks of, say, $10,000 to everyone. He’s against it, and makes some good points in response to it:...
View ArticleA Word on David French
I don’t know whether he will decide to run or not. I do know that he is one of the finest people I have ever known. If patriotism and personal integrity were all it took to win the presidency, David...
View ArticleFetal Stem Cell Company Goes Defunct
This is a warning about investor trolling, media hype, and the realities attendant to regenerative medicine.Whenever a stem cell company–particularly one dealing with controversial tissues such as...
View ArticleIndiana — the Primary that Changed Everything
For this phase of the campaign, Indiana was a key pivot point. Trump put away his competitors and could concentrate on trying (more or less) to unify his party, while Bernie demonstrated his staying...
View ArticleDitto . . .
. . . to what Rich said about David French. He represents the best of America — at a time when the country is in sore need of reminding about what this is. I don’t know whether he’ll offer himself for...
View ArticleWhy Is Anti-Semitism Growing in France?
Some inexplicable response seems to take hold of the French when the subject concerns Jews in general, and Israel in particular. Whatever has induced the French government to choose this moment to hold...
View ArticleUnified Republicans, Divided Democrats, and a Tied Race
There has been a lot of optimism about Trump’s chances this fall, which is understandable. He climbed in the polls, first those of Republican primary voters and then those of the electorate as a whole;...
View ArticleFavreau: Obama's All About Compromising and Assuming Good Faith!
Jon Favreau, Obama’s former chief speechwriter, offers an assessment of Obama’s presidency that most Republicans will perceive as science fiction:Democracy is not about I or us vs. them. Democracy, as...
View ArticleWhy Americans Don’t Trust Government
Larry Summers had an interesting piece in the Washington Post last week about why Americans don’t trust the government. He first links to an op-ed he wrote about the scandalous cost overruns and delays...
View ArticleWiki What?
Today, we publish Part III of my “Oslo Journal” — notes from the Oslo Freedom Forum. The first person I discuss today is Jimmy Wales, the co-founder of Wikipedia. I’d like to add a note here in the...
View ArticleBRexit . . . or BRemain
Our pal Dan Hannan profiles 10 consequences (i.e., problems) that Britain will face if it votes to remain in the EU. Brexit -- Daniel Hannan
View ArticleThe Fractured Republic: Video Edition
Yuval Levin spoke last night at AEI on his excellent new book, The Fractured Republic. Following his remarks, we had a discussion that touched on how he reads and follows the public debate, why he...
View ArticleHillary Clinton Isn't Closing the Deal in the California Primary
From the Thursday edition of the Morning Jolt:Hillary Clinton Isn’t Closing the Deal in the California PrimaryThe Democrats are in trouble. Remember that fed-up feeling a few weeks ago, when you just...
View ArticleHillary Won't Say Whether Dylann Roof Should Face the Death Penalty
Hillary Clinton won’t say whether she thinks prosecutors should seek the death penalty for Charleston mass murderer Dylan Roof:For nearly a week now, Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign has refused...
View ArticleBack to the Neshoba County Fair
Dan McLaughlin has an informative post about the liberal claim that Reagan started his 1980 campaign by touting “states’ rights” at the site of the murder of three civil-rights activists. This part was...
View ArticleOn Hiring Liberal-Arts Majors
David Kalt writes in the Wall Street Journal that he has changed his mind: He used to think tech companies should hire employees with computer-science and engineering degrees, but his experience has...
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