Could The GOP Convention Dump Trump for Scott Walker?
It is useful to read David French’s piece today on why — as a matter of rules — delegates to the Republican Convention are not actually bound to vote for Donald Trump alongside Erick Erickson’s piece...
View ArticleThe Quaint, Fuddy-Duddy Question of Experience
Last year, when the presidential season got going, I often quoted Rick Brookhiser: “The presidency is not an entry-level political job, unless you’ve won a war” (like Ike). That should have ruled out...
View ArticleTrump, Hillary, and Their Supporters
For a long time, conservatives like me have made a point about Hillary supporters: They tend to stipulate that she has behaved in corrupt, mendacious ways. They really won’t argue back with you. They...
View ArticleTrumpsters, Fuzzballs, and Fury
Trump has done a remarkable job of unifying the Republican party — and the whole right-of-center world, really. You can count the Republican office-holders who have not come out for Trump on one hand,...
View ArticleAgainst Dumping Trump
Trump’s attacks on Judge Curiel — the subject of my latest Bloomberg column – have led some Republicans to speculate about whether their convention could nominate someone else. (Some of that...
View ArticleReport: Hillary Appointed Clinton Foundation Donor to Intelligence Board
ABC News has an unsettling, albeit unsurprising, report out today:Newly released State Department emails help reveal how a major Clinton Foundation donor was placed on a sensitive government...
View ArticleOn an Independent Bid, a Third Candidate
I know a helluva lot less about practical politics than Karl, the Ax, and the rest of the pros. But it seems to me there is an opening for an independent candidate — someone who can offer relief to...
View Article‘Pizza, Pints, and Policy’ with Yuval Levin on Monday Night
Yuval Levin, whose new book The Fractured Republic is the subject of a symposium in The Federalist today, will be the featured guest of the Conservative Reform Network and the Hoover Institution in...
View ArticleThe Freddie Gray Prosecutions Continue to Unravel — Judge Finds Prosecutors...
Here’s the latest from Baltimore, where prosecutors continue to falter in their quest to convict Baltimore police officers for their alleged role in Freddie Gray’s death. So far they’ve lost one trial,...
View ArticleThe UBI and Immigration
At the beginning of the month, Swiss voters rejected a universal basic income by a very large margin: 77 percent of the voters opposed it in a referendum.Switzerland is very conservative in the...
View ArticleElizabeth Warren: Republicans Are Blocking Garland to Protect the Rich
In the age of Bernie Sanders, the rich are to blame for everything. According to Senator Elizabeth Warren, they’re the reason there are currently eight Supreme Court justices.In a speech during an...
View ArticleYou Can't Make Peace By Yourself
The peace president is ending his term with American forces engaged in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, Libya, and Yemen (and perhaps elsewhere). Moreover, his efforts in Iraq, Syria, and...
View ArticleOf Course
Rajiv Fernando is a Clinton superdelegate: About six months after Fernando resigned from the State Department advisory board, he was invited to attend a White House State Dinner, honoring the British...
View ArticleWill Congress Exempt Itself from the Overtime Rule?
A destructive Department of Labor rule to expand overtime pay was finalized a few days ago. The rule will affect 4 million salaried workers making between $23,660 and $47,476 a year. The long-term...
View ArticleA Win for Federalism
Dean Clancy explains how conservative opposition sank federal medical-malpractice reform. Clancy makes the constitutional case against federal action; here I make the policy case against it. A Win for...
View ArticleDonald Trump Is Down 46-35 To Hillary Clinton In His Favorite Poll
There are a number of reasons we should not get overly excited about national polls or national poll averages in the presidential election. First, the important polls are at the state level – those...
View ArticleBrexit into ORBit?
Um…The Independent:The campaign to take Britain out of the EU has opened up a remarkable 10-point lead over the Remain camp, according to an exclusive poll for The Independent. The survey of 2,000...
View ArticleWatch Tonight's Colorado Senate Candidate Forum
Tonight at 7:00 p.m. (Mountain Time!) Americans for Prosperity Colorado will be hosting a candidate “economic forum” for Republican Senate hopefuls — Robert Blaha, Ryan Frazier, Darryl Glenn, Jack...
View ArticleThe Very Model of a Modern English Major?
As you may have read, English majors at Yale are in rebellion. They have petitioned the department to do away with the Major English Poets, i.e., Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, and so on. Yale has long...
View ArticleThe EU and Facebook: Against ‘Free Movement’ of Speech
Douglas Murray is a distinguished British journalist, who has written a fine cover story (on Brexit) for the most recent NRODT. He was also shortlisted for this year’s Orwell prize.It’s the latter...
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