Does Trump Really Care?
There was something about the way Donald Trump spoke last night that made me wonder how much he really wants to be president. Although they disagree with one another vehemently as to the likelihood of...
View ArticleCrisis Averted
Unmentioned in all of the news reports on the RNC convention is the grave crisis that occurred on Tuesday in the Media Center, which houses all of the journalists, talk show hosts, and bloggers...
View ArticleTurkey's Road to Totalitarianism
We knew the repression after Turkey’s attempted coup would be bad. But we didn’t know it would be quite this bad.The most recent news out of Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Turkey is simply extraordinary....
View ArticleNo, Melania Trump's Plagiarism Was Not "Racist"
Melania Trump’s blatant plagiarism of Michelle Obama’s 2008 DNC speech was many things: ridiculous, dishonest, sloppy, illustrative of an incompetent campaign. But, according to the great minds of the...
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A Tough Lady
Editor’s Note: The following post is sponsored by our partner, Hillary’s America.No, not Hillary. Well, she is tough, in a Capone-ish way — the point of Dinesh D’Souza’snew book, Hillary’s America: The...
View ArticleChris Cox’s Convention Address and the Extinction of Pro-Gun Democrats
Back in 2010, when the National Rifle Association’s Institute for Legislative Action endorsed some vulnerable House Democrats, NRA-ILA Director Chris Cox explained that the NRA had to stick by...
View ArticleBen Carson’s Generic Populism Falls Flat When Trump Is the Story’s Hero
Ben Carson’s speech at the RNC was everything you would expect a Ben Carson speech to be. He smiled wide, thanked the crowd a great deal for their applause, and went on to speak about the miracle of...
View ArticleCuba: Does Obama Care?
There was a headline in the Miami Herald yesterday: “Cuba’s human rights abuses worse despite U.S. ties.” (Article here.)Oh, yes. But I might question that word “despite.” Is the Castro dictatorship...
View ArticleTrump, Putin, and the GOP
One of the most remarkable things about the convention last night was that Governor Christie went after Hillary on Russia and Putin. I will quote him:. . . she said our goal was to strengthen...
View ArticleWould Mike Pence Be America’s Chief Operating Officer?
Jeremy Carl suggests, “Vice President Pence would be almost uniquely historically powerful, in contrast to the beta role he seems to be cast in by the media.”It’s a particularly pertinent point in...
View ArticleIs a U.S.–U.K. Free-Trade Agreement on the Way?
Abandoning President Obama’s insulting “back of the queue” rhetoric now that Britons have voted to Brexit, the Obama administration is signaling an openness to a U.S.–U.K. free-trade agreement. Newly...
View ArticleWhy Russia's Olympic Doping Scheme Merits Banning the Country from Rio
The legacy of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics continues to evolve. Observers may remember that what started as a PR mess for its Russian hosts turned into a startlingly dominant display of athletic...
View ArticleThe Best Policy
The other day, I was remarking on honesty, and dishonesty. It would be hard to imagine that the Republican party could field a nominee as dishonest, as untrustworthy, as the Democratic nominee. And it...
View ArticleThe Fifth Avenue Principle, in Force
Not every statement that trips from Donald Trump’s mouth is true, but this one was: “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose voters.” He wouldn’t lose his...
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'Revolutionary Communist' Protesters Burn Flag, Block Convention Entrance
Protesters managed their first disruption, albeit a minor and brief one, at the Republican National Convention this afternoon, when a group burned an American flag. The Cleveland Police said two...
View ArticleThe Problem with 'Unity'
Last night, Paul Ryan wrapped up his speech at the RNC with this: “What do you say that we unify this party?” It was the one line that garnered real, enthusiastic applause. But I cannot help spying...
View ArticleMassachusetts Attorney General Unilaterally Rewrites the State's Gun Laws
Without the legislature, without the governor, and without any form of public consultation, the attorney general of Massachusetts has today rewritten the state’s 1998 Gun Control Act.In an edict sent...
View ArticleA Response to Tavis Smiley
In the July 19 issue of USA Today, there appeared an op-ed piece that ran under this headline: “Listen to the Baton Rouge Police Killer: Tavis Smiley.”I am aware that columnists most often do not...
View ArticleLaura Ingraham's Speech Was Very Strong
She really made the case for Trump at a level of sacred values, loyalty, hard work, and patriotism. Too few of our candidates know how to do this. Trump, in his own rough way, does. It’s not about a...
View ArticleBrowbeating the Never-Trumpers
Ingraham said that Republicans who haven’t endorsed Trump are acting from “wounded feelings and bruised egos.” I think that’s a cheap shot, and lousy politics.You may think that Republicans who remain...
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