A Speech to be Forgotten
Hillary Clinton might as well run a front-porch campaign. If she wins in November, it’s going to be because of the weakness of Trump and the strength of her party and organization, not her abilities as...
View ArticleFriday Links
Free-market economist Milton Friedman’s birthday is this weekend: some favorite quotes and short videos. And Beatrix Potter’s birthday was yesterday: in addition to Peter Rabbit et al, she produced...
View ArticleWhat Would Hillary’s Speech Have Been Without Trump as a Foe?
From the last Morning Jolt of the Democratic convention week…What Would Hillary’s Speech Have Been Without Trump as a Foe?Hillary Clinton didn’t give that bad a speech last night, but it sure as heck...
View ArticleThe War on Cops Continues
Several news services are reporting that one San Diego police officer has been killed and another badly wounded (but expected to survive) after a driver they pulled over late Thursday night opened fire...
View ArticleGary Johnson: Religious Liberty Is a "Black Hole"
The Libertarian candidate knows he is “sideways” with his own party on this issue, but that’s ok with him. “I mean under the guise of religious freedom, anybody can do anything.” Republicans aren’t the...
View ArticleBefore July Splits . . .
. . . would you please consider a generous contribution to National Review, in appreciation for the exceptional writing and analysis and thought you find here, day in and out? By generous, of course,...
View ArticleWhen Will the Anti-Police Violence Cease?
Earlier this week, after the last of the funerals for the Baton Rouge police officers murdered on July 18, a colleague and I were removing the mourning bands from our badges. “I’m afraid we should keep...
View ArticleThe Othering of Donald Trump
The Democrats put on perhaps the best convention since 2004, when George W. Bush took a big step toward winning a second term. But we’ll have to see how the race looks in two weeks. If Hillary is back...
View ArticleTrump Blames Fellow Republicans for RNC's Low TV Ratings
The ratings for the first three nights of the Republican National convention came in well below those of the Democratic convention, and, naturally, Donald Trump took the news as an opportunity to throw...
View ArticleRepeal the First Amendment, Clinton Insists to Applause
From Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s speech last night:I believe that our economy isn’t working the way it should because our democracy isn’t working the way it should.That’s why we need to...
View ArticleA Golfer for Our Times
25-year old Patrick Reed is near the top of the leaderboard in the second round of the PGA Championship at Baltusrol Golf Club in New Jersey. Reed is a top-ten professional golfer with career earnings...
View ArticleRudy Giuliani Illustrates the Problem with Terror Watch-List
This week, former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani – who is serving as a national security adviser to Donald Trump – spoke favorably of requiring all Muslims on the federal government’s terrorist...
View ArticleLook Who Has the Same Bad Plan for Fighting ISIS
If anyone doubts that Hillary Clinton is the candidate of the unacceptable status quo, look at this section of last night’s speech— about ISIS:I’ve laid out my strategy for defeating ISIS. We will...
View ArticleMore on Johnson-Weld
Their idea of good judges? Justice Stephen Breyer and Judge Merrick Garland. More on Johnson-Weld
View ArticleSilly People Freak Out Over a Picture of a War Hero and a Gun
In some quarters of the silly, ignorant internet this picture is causing a stir: Carrying has always been important to me for my own safety but now it is imperative because now I have someone relaying...
View ArticleUpdate on Shooting of San Diego Police Officers
As I noted earlier, two San Diego police officers were shot, one of them killed and the other badly wounded, during a traffic stop late last night.The murdered officer has been identified as Jonathan...
View ArticleNeeded: An Unlearning of Political Mythologies
Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Bret Stephens looks at the EU’s response to the Islamist threat and finds it wanting.This is well worth noting:Can the decline be stopped? Yes, but that would...
View ArticleClinton an Abortion Right Absolutist, Second Amendment Relativist
Hillary Clinton squirmed quite a bit today when questioned by Chris Wallace about whether she believes the Second Amendment protects an individual right to own a gun. She reluctantly conceded the point...
View ArticleDonald Trump's Race to the Bottom Becomes a Sprint
Here’s a handy rule of life — always honor Gold Star families. Always. That doesn’t mean that you have to agree with them. You can certainly openly disagree with a Gold Star mom or dad on policy,...
View ArticlePolitics Imitates Basketball
The scheduling of the Trump–Clinton debates will remind college-basketball fans of the Princeton–Loyola Marymount matchup in 1991. At the time, Princeton’s ultra-methodical offense, coached by Pete...
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