The Trump Crisis
What has Donald Trump really done in the past week that has been in any meaningful way different or worse than what he has been doing throughout the past year to make it perfectly clear that he is an...
View ArticleTrump Isn't Going Anywhere
Are Republican politicians going to desert Trump en masse? Probably not. They might lower the temperature of their references to him even more, but I doubt they’re going to rescind their endorsements....
View ArticleBelieve What ISIS Says About Its Motivations
On Monday I wrote about Pope Francis’s flawed analysis of the root causes of jihad. Like many progressives, he located their murderous intent less in their religious faith and more in the injustice of...
View ArticleClinton in the Lead Again
The last time I commented on the head-to-head polls, Trump had taken a small lead in the averages. Clinton now has a much bigger one: She’s up 5.1 percent in the RealClearPolitics average, which is...
View ArticleKrauthammer’s Take: On Obama’s Iran Deal, If a Company Did This ‘CEO Would Be...
The Obama administration sent $400 million to Iran at the same time American hostages were released, and Charles Krauthammer said he does not think the deal was ethical or even legal:Of course the...
View ArticleIt’s Early August. There’s Time to Turn This Around, Right? Right?
From the Thursday edition of the Morning Jolt:It’s Early August. There’s Time to Turn This Around, Right? Right?Ross Douthat observed that Donald Trump’s post-convention bump came after not only the...
View ArticleHillary Clinton: Late-Term Abortion Extremist
Democrats love to talk about how “extreme” Republicans are on abortion. “What about rape and incest,” they protest? The reality is that rape and incest make up an extremely small percentage of the...
View ArticleGOP v. Democrats: Social Experiment Proves Republicans are Nicer
Filmmaker Ami Horowitz conducted an interesting experiment at the Republican National Convention this year. He stood outside the convention area holding an “I Love Hillary” sign to see what would...
View ArticleISIS: As ‘Contained’ As It Ever Was
The New York Timesran a lengthy piece on ISIS’ ambitions in Europe earlier this week. One prime source is Harry Sarfo, who traveled from Germany to ISIS in response to a ‘holy call’ (clearly he was...
View ArticleWhat Trump Gets By Refusing to Endorse Paul Ryan
What does Donald Trump “get” by refusing to endorse Paul Ryan?Does he think Paul Nehlen is going to beat Paul Ryan in the Republican primary Tuesday? Paul Manafort acknowledged that outcome is...
View ArticleNever Forget: Terror Overseas Kills Americans Too
While we don’t yet know the motive for last night’s knife attack in London, the sad news that the murder victim was an American underscores the reality that violence overseas can be an American problem...
View ArticleClik here to view.
To Win the White House, Hillary Just Needs to Hide
The first rule of politics is: “When your opponent is self-destructing, get out of the way.” By that measure, Hillary Clinton is handling the current Trumplosian exactly right. If she wants to be...
View ArticleNRO Is Moving to Facebook Comments
As of this afternoon, NRO will be moving its comments section from Disqus to Facebook.If you have built up a set of conversations over the years, worry not: All comments on existing posts will remain...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pew: The Voters Lose Faith In The Voters
Of all the polls taken this year, this nugget from a Pew Research survey in March is maybe the most fundamentally depressing, and its pessimism now seems hard to argue with. Pew found that a solid...
View ArticleHillary Keeps on Telling Her FBI Lie
It’s as if she wants to beat the fact-checkers into submission through sheer exhaustion. Hillary's FBI Lie: She Told It Again
View ArticleThe State of the Race: Not Good
I’ve been on vacation this week so haven’t been able to follow every jot-and-tittle of Trump’s battle against Khizr Khan, Paul Ryan, and assorted other enemies, but a few thoughts:–We have learned more...
View ArticleHillary Clinton--The Candidate of Change?
All that said, this is how badly things have gone the last couple of weeks–Hillary has a slight lead over Trump as the candidate who can change the country for the better, according to the new NBC...
View ArticleIn Tennessee, Republican Voters Send a Disaster Back to Washington
On Tuesday I wrote a piece urging Tennessee voters to reject Scott DesJarlais — a Republican with a sordid past:He had a whopping six affairs on his ex-wife and supported her decision to get two...
View ArticleFriday Links
If you grew up in the 1980s, or have kids who did, you’ll love this supercut of dancing in ‘80s movies (set to Lionel Richie’s “Dancing on the Ceiling”)Habits of highly mathematical people.11 Weird...
View ArticleObama's Challenge to Republicans
President Obama said that those Republicans who have repeatedly denounced Donald Trump’s comments should not be supporting his presidential campaign. On this point, I agree with him. But it’s worth...
View Article