Trump, One Year in, Should Withdraw from the Race
It was one year ago today that Donald Trump rode down an escalator and unfooted the entire American political order. Much of what he did to that order is extremely lamentable: He has obliterated...
View Article‘Heed Trump’s Warning’
I wrote today about Trump’s Orlando speech, which had all the flaws of a Trump speech, but also raised important issues: The kernel of Trump’s speech was rather obvious: “The bottom line is that the...
View ArticleCBS News: ‘Look How Easy It Is to Buy an Assault Rifle’
This morning, CBS News breathlessly reported that one of its producers was able to walk into a Virginia gun shop and legally purchase an AR-15.Woodward and Bernstein-style investigative journalism this...
View ArticleThe State of Trump
I may not like it very much, but what Trump is doing on the NRA and the terror-watch list goes to what I thought was his potential promise as a candidate. Since he isn’t an ideologue or a conservative,...
View ArticleRubio for Senate?
I may be missing something, but I don’t get why a terror attack in Orlando means that Marco Rubio needs to run for the Senate again. Marco Rubio Running for Senate?
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Charlie Cooke: ‘The Government Would Like to Put Your Name on a List — and...
National Review’s Charlie Cooke took to Facebook Live yesterday to discuss the Orlando shooting and take questions about the Left’s gun-control agenda and other Second Amendment issues that have...
View ArticleA New Lawsuit from FIRE
There’s a lot wrong with the Obama administration’s effort to get universities to lower standards of proof for allegations of sexual misconduct. The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education has...
View ArticleCongressional Reassertion
Last week, I noted around here that the House Republican agenda, now being rolled out in stages, is both impressive and tragic. The substance, particularly on welfare and regulatory reform, has been...
View ArticleOf Course It Would Have Been Better If Somebody Had Shot Back
President Obama today criticized the notion that the victims in Orlando would have been safer had one or more of them been armed. Such an idea, Obama proposed, “defies common sense.” In taking this...
View ArticleWhere Does Trump's "Muslim Ban" Now Stand?
In his speech earlier this week, Trump appeared to be changing the substance of his temporary ban on Muslims’ entering the United States, switching from a religious to a geographic test.When I’m...
View ArticleFriday links
For Father’s Day, a selection of parenting advice from Homer Simpson: “Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.” Related: one of my favorite Father’s Day stories...
View ArticleCruz to Endorse in CO Senate Race
Ted Cruz is set to wade back into politics after a brief respite with an endorsement for Colorado GOP Senate candidate Darryl Glenn.The endorsement will almost certainly be a boon for Glenn, a county...
View ArticleParade of the Red Flags
From the last Morning Jolt of the week:Parade of the Red FlagsMeet young Omar Mateen:Things took a dark turn on Sept. 11, 2001. As classmates looked on in shock, Mateen celebrated the terrorist attacks...
View ArticleKrauthammer's Take: ISIS Must Be 'Driven Out of Their Headquarters'
Charles Krauthammer argues that the United States should learn from its history of dealing with al-Qaeda and root ISIS out of its headquarters:It’s remarkable to me that we seem to completely ignore...
View ArticleDespite Jolly Comments, Rubio Ally Says No Senate Decision Yet
Florida representative David Jolly caused a stir this morning when he told CNN that Marco Rubio was saying he would seek reelection to the Senate. Jolly has long believed Rubio is running, and he...
View ArticleCIA: 'Number of [ISIS] Fighters Now Far Exceeds What Al-Qaeda Had at Its...
Don’t look now, but yesterday before Congress, CIA Director John Brennan painted a vivid, awful portrait of insufficient efforts against ISIS: “The number of ISIL fighters now far exceeds what al Qaeda...
View ArticleEric Metaxas on Virtue and...Donald Trump
Earlier this week, we posted a Q&A I did with Eric Metaxas about his new book, If You Can Keep It. I saved the conversation about the presidential election for you dear Corner readers today. I...
View ArticleDeconsolidation
A month ago the CBS/NYT poll had Clinton ahead of Trump, 47 to 41 percent. This week the pollster has her ahead 43 to 37 percent. The margin’s the same, but both candidates have sunk four points....
View ArticleBernie Sanders Continues to Flummox Democratic Loyalists
Bernie Sanders delivered a live speech to supporters last night via video feed, announcing that his presidential campaign would continue on to the convention with a shift in focus. His top two...
View ArticleHitler Learns The Journal of American Greatness Has Shut Down
Via Steve Hayward: Hitler Loses Greatness
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