Trump Throws Conservatives Under the Bus on LGBT Issues
During last night’s disturbing conclusion to the Republican National Convention, Donald Trump gave a lengthy and dismal speech promising that he can solve each item on our nation’s laundry list of...
View ArticleTexas Delegates Helped Reveal the GOP's Cultural Divide
Ever since I’ve grown closer to the political process, the people I meet have surprised me in two ways — one good and one bad. First — given politicians’ terrible public reputation — I’ve been...
View ArticleBREAKING: Terror in Munich
3:47 P.M.: Reports about the motives of the attackers are conflicting:Witness broadcast on CNN says Munich gunman shouted “allahu Akbar” and targeted children.— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) July 22,...
View ArticleA Short Note on Open Carry Hysteria in Cleveland
By the way, now that the GOP convention is over, we should note that all the hand-wringing over “open carry” was exactly as overwrought as we suspected. It was amusing to see the media treat open carry...
View ArticleCruz’s ‘Suicide Note’
Concerning the latest column of my hero, Charles Krauthammer, a few observations.He writes ofCruz’s Wednesday-night convention speech in which, against all expectation, he refused to endorse Donald...
View ArticleSo Much for the 'Lone Wolf' Theory in the Nice Terror Attack
As we wait for more details on the mass shooting in Munich, let’s not forget the investigation in Nice is still underway. The results so far undercut the notion of a “lone wolf” attack and instead...
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Poll: Who Would Be Tougher on Terror?
Who would be tougher on terror: Trump, Clinton, Cruz, or Johnson? Take NR’s latest poll and let your voice be heard. Poll: Who Would Be Tougher on Terror?
View ArticleThe World After Trump's Nomination
Jay and I welcome the Wall Street Journal’s Bret Stephens to discuss the slide of the Republican Party toward, well, at least ideological incoherence. Bret mentions at the start that three men – Bill...
View ArticleIt's The Candidate
There is a view, widely shared among those in the know and those not in the know, that it’s safe to vote for Donald J. Trump because he will be surrounded by smart people who will guide him, counsel...
View ArticleNeed to Know Audio Fixed
The audio of Need to Know was garbled. Now fixed. Need to Know Audio Fixed
View ArticleElevating Kaine
Clinton’s decision to run with Virginia senator (and former governor) Tim Kaine might not have been all that complicated. She likes him, she’s comfortable with him, she thinks he would be a good...
View ArticleHillary-Generic Democrat 2016!
The focus groups must have indicated that with her electoral college advantage, Hillary Clinton just needed a generic Democrat to be her running mate. And the good news is, she found the generic...
View ArticleEstonia, Newt Gingrich and Strategery
There was a time when JFK went to West Berlin, a city surrounded by Soviet-occupied territory, and announced that he was a Berliner.There was a time when Ronald Reagan went to West Berlin, a city...
View ArticleDriving Sanctity of Life Out of Medicine
Over at First Things, I have an article detailing just a sampling of the many ongoing attempts in law, regulation, and the courts to drive sanctity of life out of medicine.For example:Washington State...
View ArticleTalkin’ Kaine
Sometime during the first Obama term, I met an experienced Washington insider and had a question for him. “I can’t understand why Obama chose Biden as veep in ’08. What does Biden bring, really, except...
View ArticleTrump, Scalia — Whoa
After Trump’s acceptance speech, I wrote that there was one thing, at least, I liked about it: It was authentic Trump. True Trump. Trump was not trying to please. He was saying what he believed,...
View ArticleClinton-Kaine
I’ve never paid much attention to Tim Kaine (and, really, why would I?). So I was surprised by his conversational deftness as a communicator. It’s rare for a career politician to seem so normal. He has...
View ArticleYour Political Guru
The list of people who know as much about American politics as Michael Barone is very short. The list of people who know more than he is nonexistent — a blank. Barone is my guest on Q&A.I ask him...
View ArticleThe Politics of Anger
Mollie W. O’Reilly, of Commonweal magazine, tweets: “The more obviously unfit he is, the more supporting him becomes an eff-you to the system.”I think she has put her finger on a very important dynamic...
View ArticleDWS Goes Under the Bus
This seemed the simplest reaction to the Wikileaks affair and easiest way to try to placate Bernie and his fans. I never got why she was supposed to be such an asset at the DNC anyway, except she did...
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