"The Hillary Standard"
Incredibly enough, Hillary believes that she is operating under a special standard that works to her detriment. "The Hillary Standard"
View ArticleOne of the Wonders of American Civil Society
An inspiring and heartrending segment on “60 Minutes” on the Make-a-Wish foundation. Make-a-Wish on "60 Minutes"
View ArticleA People for Life and Freedom of Conscience
Americans want restrictions on abortion.As I sit in the Knights of Columbus soon-to-open to about 18,000 pilgrims Mercy Centre in Krakow for World Youth Day, from their headquarters in New Haven,...
View ArticleMonday Links
These fashion ads from the 1970s will make you really glad no one dresses this way now.Widow takes dead husband on road trip in Alaska.This Ingenious Car From 1923 Turned Into a Boat.Compilation: 100...
View ArticleOne Night at the Champagne Bar
Impromptus today is the usual mishmash, featuring Mussolini, Trump, Chris Sale (baseball pitcher), Pavarotti (late tenor), Admiral Byrd (went where it’s cold), and more. The column ends with my...
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The Russians Cross the Democrats’ Red Line: Appearing to Help the GOP
From the first Morning Jolt of the Democrats’ convention week:The Russians Cross the Democrats’ Red Line: Appearing to Help the GOPLet’s face it: Democrats don’t distrust Moscow for their militarism,...
View ArticleBoom
Trump now leads in the RCP average, which is not particularly surprising. He got a bounce and if the election were held today would win, per 538. Now the pressure is on the Democrats to have an...
View ArticleTrump in the Lead
Several polls are showing a bounce for Trump and showing him in the lead. The RealClearPolitics average has him up 0.2 percent–but that average includes some pre-convention polls; exclude them and he’s...
View ArticleDebbie Wasserman Schultz Booed at DNC Breakfast
Embattled outgoing DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz was booed this morning by protesters during a Florida delegation breakfast at the Democratic National Convention. Wasserman Schultz, who will be...
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Fill Up the Tank
At National Review, we’re in the tank — for the truth. And the truth this week is that the Democratic party is set to nominate for president a former Secretary of State who has a legacy that is...
View ArticleNCAA Grandstanding
On Friday, the NCAA announced that cities interested in hosting NCAA championships must fill out a questionnaire on whether they have laws (state or local) that govern use of bathrooms and locker...
View ArticleWhat's Wrong With Tim Kaine's 'Personally Opposed' Position on Abortion
Tim Kaine is one of those politicians who is “personally opposed” to following premises to their conclusions.Patrick Lee, a philosophy professor at Franciscan University, writes on Facebook:The...
View ArticleThe Tim Kaine Pick Was Conventional, but in 2016 Conventional Isn't Safe
Over the weekend, lots of folks declared that Tim Kaine was a “safe” pick for vice president. He’s conventional, he’s comfortable, and despite his progressive voting record, he’s got a reputation as a...
View ArticleWho Gets Putin's Vote?
Stipulating that nothing is certain, it’s always seemed rather plausible if not outright obvious that Vladimir Putin prefers Donald Trump to Hillary Clinton. There’s the mutual praise, the Manafort...
View ArticleHire an Editor, Senator Booker!
We know who Cory Booker wanted to be tonight: Barack Obama in 2004, the young charismatic African-American politician who electrifies the convention with a soaring speech and sets off a generation of...
View ArticleBernie Sanders' 2016 Story Comes to an End
A little before 11 p.m. Eastern Monday, Bernie Sanders spoke to the convention and demonstrated he had no Cruz-esque defiance in him. In the end, Hillary Clinton – the one who took all that Wall Street...
View ArticleThose Sanders Delegates
Matthew Yglesias writes:Sanders had little control over his delegates, who seemed unwilling to get behind his endorsement of Clinton. This was in part a matter of sloppiness on the part of Sanders’s...
View ArticleDavidson College: Almost No Republicans
There are fewer Republicans on the faculty of Davidson College than there are at the Democratic convention this week, according to a new report from Matt Lamb at The College Fix:Davidson College, an...
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A Democratic Convention Without Terrorism Talk
A selection of tapas from the Tuesday Morning Jolt of Democratic Convention week…Bernie Sanders texted his supporters in Philadelphia, Monday afternoon:“I ask you as a personal courtesy to me to not...
View ArticleCalling the Next Great American Author . . .
From our friends at Taliesin Nexus, for creative types who love liberty:Calling the next great American author! If that’s you, then September 9 – 11, 2016, have us fly you out to New York City, put...
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