Demography Wasn't Destiny
Nate Cohn writes in the New York Times:Demographic shifts weren’t so important: [Obama] would have been re-elected even with an electorate as old and white as it was in 2004. Latino voters did not put...
View ArticleEx-Im Bank Special-Interest Lawmakers, 0; Richard Shelby and Mike Lee, 1
Here we go again. The Senate — led by the Democrats — is trying to restore the full lending power of the Export-Import Bank, a federal agency that subsidizes loans for large foreign companies to buy...
View Article'New White House Policy Promotes Ethnic Separation'
. . . and “Congress Should Reject It.” That’s the title of an excellent new Heritage Foundation issue brief by Mike Gonzalez. It’s prompted by a new Obama administration policy statement, released...
View ArticleReleased Gitmo Detainees Killed Americans — No One Should Be Shocked
This is the least surprising, most infuriating news of the day:The Obama administration believes that at least 12 detainees released from the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have launched attacks...
View ArticlePresenting One of the Most Humiliating Academic Mistakes Ever
You’re going to love this one. Thanks to Steven Hayward at Powerline, I ran across only the most satisfying story I’ve read in years. A few readers may remember a study published in 2012 that...
View ArticleYou Better Believe Democratic Groups Have Ads Ready to Go on This Line of Attack
USA Today has a big piece on Trump not paying bills:…the consistent circumstances laid out in those lawsuits and other non-payment claims raise questions about Trump’s judgment as a businessman, and as...
View ArticleJudge Hanen Sets Aside His Lawless Order in Case Challenging Obama’s...
Judge Andrew S. Hanen of the federal district court in Brownsville, Texas, was justifiably outraged that Obama Justice Department lawyers lied to the court and the plaintiffs in proceedings related to...
View ArticleNo, Hillary Is Not the Conservative Option in 2016
I’m a big fan of Jamie Kirchick – indisputably, the greatest “Russia Today” television guest of all time– but he’s just flat wrong when he contends that Hillary Clinton is the conservative in this...
View ArticleEzra Klein: Hillary an ‘Extraordinarily Talented’ Politician
No, really: Ezra Klein, the editor-in-chief of Vox, wrote an article headlined “It’s Time to Admit Hillary Clinton Is an Extraordinarily Talented Politician.”I’ll let him explain: “Whether you like...
View ArticlePoetry
ALTAR The altar of the great cathedral brings indoors something of the majesty of the open sky, as the architect lifts the eyes of all from the altar to the wide beauty and precision of the ceiling,...
View ArticleFreedom Caucus Gets New Member: Boehner's Successor
Warren Davidson was sworn in Thursday to fill the seat vacated last fall by John Boehner — and he’s joining the group of House conservatives who effectively forced out the former speaker.Davidson is...
View ArticleKrauthammer's Take: Hillary's E-mail 'Story' Is Strategic
Charles Krauthammer argues that Hillary Clinton’s confidence her e-mail server won’t earn her an indictment is a strategic move to control the narrative:Look, she has her story, and she sticks with it....
View ArticleFreedom of Religion, Freedom of Worship
A tale from the plot to redefine “freedom of religion” as “freedom of worship”–my piece will appear in tomorrow’s WSJ, and you can read it online now. Lankford
View ArticleFriday Links
On This Day in 1964, Democrats Filibustered the Civil Rights Act. Related – 1920’s KKK application form.Well, that’s handy, I guess: Butterflies Have an Extra Stomach Attached to Their Vaginas.The...
View ArticleMod and Man at Yale
Are non-Yalies allowed to weigh in on controversies at Yale? Well, I’m finna. Plus, it’s kind of a National Review right — and rite. (I had so many lunches and dinners with WFB’s college classmates and...
View ArticleBen Carson, Perhaps the Greatest Deep-Cover Double Agent Ever
From the last Morning Jolt of the week:Carson: Trump Privately Admitted to Me Attacking the Judge Was WrongI take it all back – well, most of it. Evidence is mounting that Ben Carson is the greatest...
View ArticleGross and Utterly Characteristic
Via Hot Air, the story of Clinton donor Rajiv K. Fernando. Hillary Clinton Donor Rajiv K. Fernando
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Obama's Favorability Is Only 43 Percent in Battleground States
The good folks at the Wall Street Journal offer this fascinating chart, which pokes a few holes in the conventional wisdom that President Obama’s polling numbers are rising, and are likely to help...
View ArticleCanada Senate Votes for More Euthanasia
Assisted suicide advocates in this country pretend it is about terminal illness as a political expedience. It’s baloney, but a lot of people fall for it. Ya gotta want to believe!The need for...
View ArticleAgainst Trump, Yes, Hillary is Likable Enough
The Fox poll asks whether Hillary and Trump are likable enough to serve effectively as president, and incredibly enough Hillary actually scores better: 47 percent say she is likable enough and 49...
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